The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1866-10-27 00:00:00

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A fearful tragedy has been enacted at Medina,
Lenawee county, Michigan. A woman named Simms, wife
of a farm labourer, took her four children to a barn and
cut all their throats and then, her own. Three of the
children and the mother are dead. The fourth child
cannot recover.
A. tall preacher, cie facto, is reported from America.
is oft 41n. high, humans* powegtul, and weighs 300,
Otilds lie has a voice, 'Barra Boatolll paper, 4114 e our or-
gan's bass pipe, roletnit and grand In Its roll. Its is at pre.
. rent preaching with much force at Saratoga. England lithe,
pine for such a muscular Christian: he would draw im-
mensely.

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A poor Prussian officer, Von Widell, who went all
trougl the en
Eoglieh iwy
nizigggraeit Oonnogetc4.hei.igneseult,uwpaswzttnti, ci
the iildnof • precipice 2,000 feet high, his foot slipped, and
he was precipitated to the bottom. •
A correspondent writes :—" All persons of the nitrites
ones Jolops, %% inhume, Evans, Wallis, ltiehards, Thomas,
Edwards, Powell, from Ap-Llowell, Price from Ap-Rice, or
4p-itees, are of Welsh descent. The late Lord Chancellor,
whose surname is liethell, from Ap•ahli, io,of Welsh ex-
traction, Vyvian, Trevelyan, Trevannion, Peddennts, Pepa-
nedden, Penningtslo, Penrose, Polkhighorne, are names of
persons descended froniCornish Colic , one million of the
inhabitants of Great liritain were barb in Ireland. The
Irish In London are more numerous than the whole popals-
tlon of the city of Naples."
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During a fele at Algiers the overseer of a gang of
convicts, • Zoaave, and the clerk of the prison contractor,,
were drinking in a wine-shop. After some conversation as
to wages, the overseer suddenly said to the Zouave, "I will
het you five francs that I kill you at the 'hest shut." The
Z I nave, considering the avinirtleu • joke, wiccepted, and the
other, drawing 8 revolver, fired, and the soldier fell dead,
shot through the forehead. The overseer then turned on
the clerk, and lodged a ball in Ida throat.

A novel thing in strikes is reported. The stable
boys In the -service of the Earl Fltzwiliiam, of Wentworth
Woodhouse, have conceived the idea that they are under-
paid, and accordingly the other day they marshalled them-
selves, and armed with their brooms and Shovels, made an ap-
plication for an advance of three shillings per week. This not
being conceded with, they threaten that if their respire-
wants are not met they will go " out on strike." Tile little
army who are thus "standing out " are saidto be b4tween
twenty and thirty In number.

The, Italian journals 'publieh the following address
from " Rome to Venice " It is dated Oct. 0, and signed "rho
Roma ommi the. " " The it omens send. their sin etre tllate-
thins to the Venetians on the occasion of their obtaining
liberty; and they hail the happy day which shall unite them
with their Italian brethren as the precentor of that arnich
shall herald the longed-for liberation of Rome.'

On Sunday morning an old man, named Alfred Gib-
son was shot dean by a young rnab named Daniel Marsh, at
a place called Chapel Hollow, helper, in Derbyshire. The
parties had been drinking together, and tte accused, who is
In custody, states that the gun went of during a struggle in
which the de:wowed tried to take the weapon from him. An
inquest hiu; been hell, and a verdict of madslaughter re-
turned.
The Pope was put in high spirits the other day by
receiving, Rirough the Atlantic cable, the tollowirtg telegram
from Baltimore, despatched on October 9, at 11 30 in the
morning, and delivered at Rome it 3 Ohio the afternoon :
To Ills Holiness Pope Pius IX. Seven archbishops and
forty bishops, met in council, unanimously, salute y..ur
Holiness, and wish you a ling Pie, and desire the preser-
vation of all the ancient and sacred rights of the Holy See.
Martin John Spolding, Archbishop of Baltimore, and Presi-
dent of the Council.
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The following notice is conspicuously posted in the
ladies cabins of the Brooklyn and Jersey City fern boats.
We may add that notices of similar purport may be seen
upon every steam boat in American waters, and in the
coaches upon also, American railways Out of respect
in the ladies, all gentlemen are requested not to spit tobacco
juice upon the floor of the cabin."
Newspapers are increasing in number to rapidly at
Venice that the Milan type-founders cannot supply type fast
enough.
Mr. Disraeli, according to the Pall Mall Ga:ette, is
preparing • comprehensive Reform Bill. which comprehends
household suffrage and a f:Of IrMichise in counties.
In London' a young woman who possessed a good
voice and was fond of surging, while thus amusing herself
the other morning, was heard 10 lull heavily, and on a
neighbour running to her assistance, she was found to be
dead. The medical testimony given tithe Inquest showed
Chat death had resulted from the rupture of the pulmonary
artery, caused by over-excitement and Ringing.
A duel has taken place on the frontiers of France
and Belgium, between an English nobleman am! a French
gentleman named Dupre. The latter was severely wounded,
the former slightly. The cause of the meeting was some
trifling remark made by the Frenchman about England, fur
which an apology was offered, but refused.
is History's page
Napoleon sage
hind penned his name and his mark,
When a Prussian cause,
And read the same,
And write across it " Bismarck."
A French gentleman has evinced some anxiety that
there should be an exhibition or a contest for supremacy of
beatify at the Paris Exhibition between the beauties of all
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matter has teen

natlobs. Ile is too late In the day
decided In favour of Englishwomen first, and ItsHainaut:dm:,
as regards Europe. lhe American ladies hart, however,
their large elanos for diatinetion as beauties, but perhaps,
to mad jealousies, they will be kind enough not to put In
their claim on this occasion. We have only to add that the
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gentleman hi a been disc-were,' to have beC.ll recently an in-
mate of a lunatic asylum!

According to the /Vela York Tribune there is great
political excitement In Vancouver's Island; at an lniligna-
lion meeting of colonists, in fact, a petftibn to the Queen has
betu &tooted, praying for a responsible Government ; or,
In default of that, anuixation to the tnitod States.

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A Parisian journalist, while mixing up grief for the
untimely death of Grimthaw with another crow over the
triumph of Gladlateur, at)les Grimshaw k curlkr—the
coachman.

The Thames Angling Preservation Society have de-
termined to put the law in force against those who take un-
deriize.d fish, and the following schedule of the sizes legally
capturable has been put forth :—Salmon. not less than CIO ;
trout, not less than llb pike or jack, 12 inches front eye to
tad perch, 8 inches ditto ; roach, a inches ditto : dace, 6
Inches ditto ; gudgeon, 5 inches ditto; barbel, 12 Inches
ditto; chub, ii inches ditto. The water baslilfe are occa-
sionally to inspect the wells of tunts, to see that the law
affecting undersized fish is enforced.

Sir Rxierick Murchison, as one of the Vice-Presi-
dents of the Eyre Peter., and AM Fond, says that the state-
ment generally circulated of the subscriptions having reached
the sum of 10,000/ is very erroneous, for up to this day the
amount Is barely 4,0001. Sir Roderick adds, the Jumada
Committee haviug taken the first step towards the prosecu-
tion of et-Governor Eyre, the committee earnestly hope
th.it the fuod raised for his defence will be Lirgi.ly
Increased.

The Independance Rely, }AK a otory to the effect
that England views with great jealousy the proposal of the
Viceroy of Egypt to give to that country representative in-
stitutions England is said to regard this simply as a step
to a French protectorate, and the Sultan is represented as
being hotly opposed to the proposal. It would be the
digging up of an old and long-burled policy were England
to interfere in any way in the matter. The whole thing is
• question between tho Viceroy and his subjects and
probably no hotter step could be taken by him than to
grant them • constitution. The very proposal is slant-
Acaut, coming as it does from a nahornmedan sovereign.

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Miss Burdett Contts has presented a donation of
towards the fish-hatching operations of the Thames
Angling l'reservation Society.

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There was a great Eeform demonstration a° North.
ampton on Monday. Notwithstanding heavy rain, great
numbers of working men assembled and walkel in proces-
sion. The rain canto down so heavily, however, that an In-
tended open air meeting was abandoned, and the proces-
Zion marched to the Town Hall, whkrestrong resolutions were
passed. In the evening there was a densely crowded Meeting
In the Town Hall, and a number of those who could not ob-
tain admittance there went to the Mechanics' Insulate,
where they held a meeting Mr. Gilpin, M.P , was present
at the Town Hall, and made a speech, which was well
received.

Sir Morton Peto has gone before his constituents at
Bristol, and given explanations in referenco to his connec-
tion with the London, Chatham and Dover Railway. Brae-
Coolly bin explanaiion will Fe found that Fir Morton i'eto
denies that there has been any overissue of legal deben•
totes; and that for other things of which the Committee of
Investigation complained the late solicitors of the company
are responsible. Sir Morton l'eto says he may bare been
foolish In endeavouring to support the company, but he has
not been oishonest. The meeting which he addressed
unanimously passed a resolution declaring his explanations
to be satisfactory.

At the Central Criminal Court, in London, on Tues-
day, Henry Burton and Edwin Morgan, the two warders at
the Surrey County Lunatic Asylum, charged with unlawfully
assaulting and beating one of the Inmates of the asylum,
were tried. After hearing evidence In substantiation of the
facts which have already been frequently published, the jury
found the prisoners guilty of assault, but recommended them
to mercy on the ground that they the jury believed that
the accused had received a great deal of provocation, and
had been subjected to much violence before they assaulted
the patient. The prisoners were sentenced to two months
Imprisonment and hard labour.
The literary world in Paris have been taken by
surprise in consequence of the appearance of a translation
of Lord Byron's " Dou Juan," is admirable verse, by au
anonymous author. The work appears la two volumes of
five hundred pages each. It is said to have emanated from
the pen of a distinguished member of the bar—s native of
Caen—and to have been the occupation of his leisure hours
for many years past.
Mr. W. E. Forster addressed his constituents at
Bradford, on Monday night, In a very able sosech. He can.
1 littered that such a settlement of the aulfrage question as
! was proposed by Mr. Gladstone's bill will never again satisfy
the country, and he strongly urged the various branches of
1 the Liberal party to sink their cifferences and unite in sup-
port of a practical measure of Reform. In concluding his
1 speech he passed a glowing eulogium upon America.
The Ife:cord is responsible for the following statement:
! —"The Rev.ll.E T.Cruse, HA of Worcester College. oxford,
• young gentleman just ordained, Is about to be married to
the daughter of the Very Rev, Dr. Alford, Deau of Canterbury.
Mr. Cruse 13 also to be presented by the dean to the vicarage of
Preston-witleWingham, near Sandwich, worth about Wet a
year, in the room of the Rev. Henry Lascel les Jenner,
lately consecrated Bishop of Dunedin, New Ze thud, who
will resign it at the el se of the preient year.— I' he de has
requested a contemporary to stile that the termer part of
the above is true, the latter part entirely a fabrication.
rumour prevails in legal circles, and rudeli
reliance seems to be placed upon it, Dist Lord Dmby Intends
strengthening the legal element in the Homo of Lards by
raising Lord J Linke Sir George Imam. ad Lord Justice:Sir
Hugh Cairns to the peerage. yard Brougham and LW'
'WensleydMe and Lord St. Leenaeds are on account
of age, to be relieved of semis &their Mittel as law lords, so
that some addition to the numbegis cchisidered absents:dr
necessary. Sir George Turner, like his colleague Sir Hugh
Cairns, hitt conservative, and sat for some years in the liobso
of Codtmens as mensbee for Coventry."—Glooo,i
The naval papers are of opinion that if Sir Jqhn
Pakhigton cares as much about tne education of seamen as
he does about that of sbure-geing people, be might sto a
great deal of goal by
enquiring a little into the position and
treatment of naval schoolmasters. These officials, it seehis,
have to commence the slay at four 11.7 e by scrubbing Mid
holystonlag their own tombs and the schoefoooin,elml fe..m
that time onward are employed In doing/whet writing there
is to do ssm hoard, and to general portere.anullan,,
w,arlis until Mening—fillisg up the intersalls, lie Wools the
PerfOrmance of these miscellaneous duties lipteeni. g school.
In board some ships, Pi 13 Misted, there Is na dchoof at all.
The Sheffield I ndeprielenl 5t.11,-8 Olaf dens have
been taken in that town.and In several other important
Iron manufacturing districts to secure a general redueltion
of wages. • is. „rece iostapc, s, it is silk:lied, the reduction
will amount to from 20 to 25 per cent., while in others, It
will not exceed troin 10 to lb per. cent. The reasons given
for this step are thst for some time the Iron trade has been
.Itoeepiog, t active, and that let :its manufactured state
iron of the best descriptions has declined in price.
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The Marquis o Salisbury hag addressed a letter to'
thra Seeretary for War, In which he Masten you the necessity
of maintaining a home force effective enough to repel any
"sudden attack from an ambitious neighbour" A sullictlisti
'fracases° of the regular" array, ho thinks, would be too
only, and a permanent embodiment of the volunteers out
of the question. He therefore falls back upon the militia,
which nc woind improve by more frequent musters and
better pay : and he would keep up their Strength, not by
Arca eoci"tion, but by cowls:ant cach pigisli to fur
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