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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-12-31

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-12-31

THE LABOUR MARKET.

The iron and coal industries continue very active,
especially in Derbyshire, Yorkshire, and West Lanca-
shire.
The steady and continuous improvement in the engi•
nearing trades of the North has led to an advance of 2s.
per week to the workmen in these trades at Halifax,
Bradford, Leeds, Manchester, and other towns with-
out any serious dispute.

In Scotland the ironworkers and ironmoulders are
now fully employed.
The nut and bolt makers in the Staffordshire dis-
tricts are new well employed. The nail trade is in a
poor condition, and the workpeople are very badly
off.
As regards the strike in the Potteries it is likely
soon to terminate, as it is reported that more than
half of the hands have returned to work on the same
terms as they left.

The woollen, cotton, flannel, lace, and hosiery
trades remain on the whole fairly busy. The leather
and carpet industries are active. The hardware
branches at Sheffield, Wolverhampton, and Birming-
ham are busy, and the workmen are fully em-
ployed, especially in the cutlery and tinplate depart-
ments.

The shipbuilding trade continues active on all the
rivers, especially on the Mersey, where it is very
brisk, and has been all the year.
Reports from the large towns show that trade is
improving amongst cabinetmakers and upholsterers,
and bids fair to be good all winter. This applies
equally tl London, where the men, after haying had
a hard time of it for some years, are now fairly well
employed.
Emigration still continues at a high rate. Nearly
400,000 persons have left the ports of Great Britain
during the past year for foreign fields of labour.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-12-31

OLD HILL.

A CIIARG 2OF PERMITTING DRUNKENNESS.-At
the Police Court on Wednesday, before McEsrs.
W. Bassano at:d. C. Ilolcroft, and Dr. 11. Walker,
William Darby, landlord of the Royal Oak Inn,
Blackheath, was summoned for permitting drunken-
ness, on the 10th inst.—Police.sergeant Cooper
stated that at 10.30. on the night in question he
met Police-constable Frost in the Market Place,
Blackheath, and in consequence of something he
reported to him they both Visited the defendant's
house and there found a man, who was very drunk,
in the kitchen. The man was taken home by
Police constable Frost,— Police-constable Frost
gave corroborative evidence.—The defence was
that the landlord did not know that the man was
in the hcuse. The house was cleared about a
quarter of an hour before the police came in, and
up to that time he believed that the house was
empty.—After hearing the defendant's witnesses
tha Bench dismissed the case.

DRUNK ON LICENSED PREMISES.—Noah Slade,
of Long Lane, Blackheath, for being drunk on the
licensed premises of Win. Darby, was fined is. and
costs, with the alternative of 7 days' imprison-
meut.
RILFUSING TO QUlT.—Reuben Charles, miner, of
Old Hill, was fined is and costs, for being disorderly
and refusing to quit the licensed premises of James
Batty, known as the Gate Hangs Well Inn, Hales-
owen Road, Old Hill, on Sunday the 25th inst.
DRUNK AND DISORDERLY.—Iienry Pugh, Henry
Tucker, Samuel Tucker, George Grove and John
Naylor, miners, all of Old Hill, were charged with
being drunk and disorderly. Police-corhtable
Wickstead said.,that about five o'clock on Sunday
afternoon last, the 25th inst., he saw the defendant B
who were drunk, fighting together in Garratt's
Lane, 011 Hill. They also made use of very foul
language. Henry Tucker, Henry Pugh, and Geo.
Grove were each fined 20s and costs, or in default
28 days' imprisonment. Samuel Tucker and John
Taylor were each fined lOs and costs, with the al-
ternative of 14 days' imprisonment.
FRAUDULENT REMOVAL—John Teaks, of Tivi-
dale, was charged with fraudulently removing his
goods to avoid a distress for rent. Defendant was
the tenant of a Harriet Perkins, and owed Li is.
Lr rent. On the 12th inst he removed his goods
from the house without paying the rent. De-
fendant was ordered to pay the rent due and the
costs. _ _

THE PAUISH CHURCH CHRtSTMAS TEA PARTY.—
The congregation attending Trinhy Church . held
their annual Christmas tea party in the Trinity
Hall Schools, on Tueday night. The chair was
occupied by Mr. Walter Bassano, J.P., who de-
livered a prdctical address. The entertainment,
on the whole, was the most successful ever given
du the district.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-12-31

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-12-31

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-12-31

CHRISTMAS WITH AN IMPERIAL
FAMILY.

The Vienna Correspondent of the Daily Telegraph,
writing on December 26, says : _

Christmas was kept up at the Palace, as usual,
quite en famille, only this year the Imperial party
included an additional member—the Crown Princes.;
Stephanie. A large tree, reaching from floor to
ceiling, profusely ornamented, and covered with
multi-coloured wax-tapers, had been prepared in
the apartments occupied by the Archduchess Marie
Valerie, the younger daughter of their Majesties,
these rooms being in circular form aronnd the tree.
The Crown Prince presented his father with a richly.
bound copy of his trip to the East, The Empress
received some elaborate needle-work from her daughter-
in-law, over which the Crown Princess had spent a
couple of months. To the Emperor she gave several
drawing and oil paintings by her own hand. Princess
Marie Valerie's presents chiefly consisted of jewellery,
some of it of great value.

At five o'clock the Imperial famify adjourned to
the apartments of the Empress, where they dined
together and remained till nine: The Emperor
always insists upon not being disturbed on any
pretext during those annual family gatherings,
than which nothing can be more cheerful and homely.
His Majesty, as a rule, never sits more than
half-an-hour at table. The dinner parties and ban-
quets at Court are always rather hurried, and it
is evidently a relief to the Emeeror when they
are over. He is frugal to a degree in his daily fare,
and seldom drinks anything but Pilsener beer. It is
only when he dines in a small family circle, as. he does
on Christmas Day, that he makes an exception. In
that respect he resembles Leopold I. of Belgium, who,
even on great occasions, used to have a steak served
reparately for himself, while his guests were partaking
of what had the reputation of being the most recherche
cuisine in Europe.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-12-31

THE STOURBRIDGE OBSERVEX

FATAL PANIC IN A CHURCH

AT WARSAW.

WARSAW, Dec. 26.

On Sunday, during Divine service at the church of
the Holy Cross, a false alarm of fire caused a general
panic, when the worshippers, making a mad rush to
the doors, some thirty to forty persons were crushed
or trampled to death, and about sixty others were
more or less injured. The following particulars have
been given :

On Christmas Day (Sunday), during midday ser-
vice at the Church of the Holy Cross' the cry of
"Fire ! " was suddenly raised. A fearful panic imme-
diately ensued, and the terror-stricken congregation
instantly rushed in wild confusion towards the only
door in the building. It opens on to a kind of
platform commanding the street below, with which
it communicates by three stone staircases. Within
a few minutes the doorway and the three stair-
cases were blocked up by a straggling human mass.
Women fainted and were trodden under foot, while
old men and children were crushed and literally
flattened against one another. All attempts on the
part of the priest to pacify the people were fruitless,
although no vestige of fire was visible.
When the fire brigade arrived there was nothing for
them to do but to remove the dead and injured. On
entering the church they found a young man, half-
naked, holding the corpse of his wife in his arms, and
his eyes fixed on an image of the Virgin. He had
recovered his wife's body from the thick of the
crush, and in a fit of frenzy had torn off the upper
part of his clothing. Other scenes of despair were
enacted inside the church.

The victims, dead and living, were transported to
the infirmary of Warsaw, called St. Robert's Hos-
pital. The dead were laid out in the courtyard for
recognition. The place was soon filled with the
relatives of the deceased, whose anguish was painful
to witness. _ _ _

A rumour having spread that some Jewish thieves
had raised the false alarm, the mob rushed to that
part of the town which is chiefly inhabited by the
Jews, and commenced their work of devastation.
The riot at length reached such a pitch that the
military were called out, and it was far into the night
before order was restored.

WARSAW, Dec. 27.—According to the latest accounts
the panic in the Holy Cross Church, on Sunday,
resulted in twenty-nine persons being killed, thirty
being seriously and upwards of 100 slightly injured.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-12-31

THE OLD HILL MINES DRAINAGE.

_
The arbitrators appointed under the South Std..
fo:dshire Mines Drainage Acts have i-sued their
fint...l award for a rate to be levied in the Old Hill
distiict for mines drainage purposes, the maximum
amount per ton being 31 on fireclay and limestone,
and 6d on coal, slack, ironstone, and other minerals.
Owing to the circumstances in which several mines
are placed the rating upu them has been reduced.
Messrs. Cochrane and Company's Yew Tree Colliery
and Mr. John Barron's Hawes Hill Colliery are
assessed at id per ton; the Earl of Dudley's War-
rens Ball Celliery on the east side of the Russell's
Hall Fault, and Mr. George Taylor's Springfield
Colliery, 2d per ton; Messrs. B. flayboulti and Co.'s
and Messrs. IL Martin's Old Buffery Colliery and
MessrS. U. and J. Dunn's Withymoor Colliery, 3d
per ton; Messrs. Skidmore, Webster, and Co.'s
Eagle Colliery, 4id per ton; and Mr. T. Lleweilyn's
Blackheath Colliery, 5d per ton. The Saltwell and
Dud!ey Wood Collieries, the whole of the mines on
the Eouth side of the River Stour and the mines
lying fn the Cradley Trough are exempted from the
payment of the rate.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-12-31

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carmen leave the good i unless tbes9 terms arc complied with, as the small profit will not admit of credit and
bookkeeping, and the Proprietors trust the great reduction in price will induce cmsumters to avail themselves
of the saving of 25 percent.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-12-31

SOUTH KENSINGTON ON A BANK
HOLIDAY.

"Any one," a correspondent of the Pall Mall
Gazette writes, "who wishes to understand what a
boon would be the opening of our museums at least
for a few hours on,Sundays, the only free day in the
week to so large a proportion ot the population of our
great cities, has only to go into such a place as the
South Kensington Museum on a Bank holiday.
On Monday afternoon the building was brilliant
with electric light, and thronged with a crowd to
whom no doubt much was a mystery, but who never-
theless seemed to find real delight in the beautiful
thing 4 around them. There was a fair admixture of
working people (in the widest sense), of every rank
down to the lowest. Real interest was taken by most
in what was to be seen • in the pictures, especially
those dealing in sacred subjects, which would
naturally be most famdiar to them; in the wonderful
workmanship of the Japanese; even in the o;d books
exhibited in the Dyce and Forster reading-room; in
the open works of the big clock in the centre hall ;
and in the casts in the twc;rhalls at the entrance. In
short, the scene was one in all respects pleasant to
look upon and to think of, and be repeated every
Sunday in the year, if the matter could be arranged
, with due regard to the interests and prejudices of all
concerzed.'

The ex-Empress Eugenie is expected to visit the
Queen at Osborne early next month, and will remain Her
Majesty s guest for several days.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-12-31

EMIGRATION FROM GERMANY.

German emigration in the year 1882 promises to
become even more colossal than in the past year.
Already about fourteen thousand tickets have been
taken by vessels leaving Bremen alone in the early
spring for the United States, and every day additional
passages are being booked by that route. This does
not include Hamburg, whence an almost equal num-
ber of emigrants will proceed to the other side of the
Atlantic.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-12-31

6ATURDAY, DECEMBER 31, 11381.

A PUBLICAN'S SON CHARGED WITH Horst,: STEAL-
ING.—AIbert Crewe (18), the son of a publican, of
Level Street,. Brierh--57 ITill, was brought up and
charged with stealing a horse, the property of
Edwnrd Elcock, baker and corn dealer, Brierley
Hill.—Mr. -Waldron defended.—William Roberts,
a youth in the employ of the prosecutur as bread
porter, stated that on the 7th inst. he took a dark
.brown gelding, belonging to his master, to Mr.
Nrck's field, in Locks Lane, On the following
Sunday, when he went to fetch the horse, it was
missing.—Jcseph Roberts, father of the last wit-
ness, and also in the prosecutor's employ, said
when his sun Informed him that the horse was
missing he (witness) made inquiries all around the
district, but could find no trace Of the animal un-
til the night of the 14th inst, when two men re-
turned it to Mr. Elcock's shop, stating that they
had purchased it from a man at West Bromwich,
who gave the name of Holloway.—Cross•examined;
Witness considered the hers° worth a2o.—John
Stokes, rnilkseller, Gunn's Lane, West Bromwich, !
, said on the morning of Thurstay, the Bth instant,
he met the pr'soner .in the Dudley Road, West
Bromwich, leading a brown horse, saddled and
bridled, lie told witness he was going to the re-
pository to sell it, adding that the animal had
been down with a load upon its back, had been
blistered and turned out, -and that his father had
told him to take it to the repository and sell it for
whatever it would make. In reply to witness, he
srid he wanted .t 8 for the animal, but offered to
take £5. In the ceurso of further conversation, he
said he must sell it, and at last sold it to witness
for a sovereign, who returned him a shilling.—
Boughey : For good luck? Witness: Bad
luck, sir.--,Troceedina, witness said he fed the
horse, and the same day took it to Birmingham and
sold it for ,E 3 10s. Stokes's father stated that on

the following Saturday Matthew Copson, horse
dealer, who purchased the horse from him, returned
it, saying he believed so:nething was wrong with
it, Subsequently a handbill was seen, and the
horse returned to the prosecutor.—Sergeaut Salt
said he arrested the prisoner at Aston on the 24th
init.—Prisoner now pleaded nr,t guilty, and was
committed to the Sessions, bail being refused.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-12-31

MEETING OF CREDITORS.

A meeting of the creditors of Wil;iam Wood-
house, lately a chain manufacturer, residing in High
Street, Gradley Heai h, was hekl on Wednesday at
the Heath Tavern Inn, Five Ways, Cra.dley H ath.
There was a large attendance of creditors, and Mr.
Samuel Cave, boot and shoe manufacturer, was
electcd chairman.

Mr. C. H. Brettell, of Dudley, and Mr. T. Homer,
of Brierley lull, appeared on behalf of creditots.
Mr. J. Wright, solicitor, of Cradley Heath, who
represented the debtor, said the liabilities amounted
to £9Ol. 9s 6d, and the assets were X 265 lis Mon

the 2nd of December, the day on which the petition
was filed. Since that time, however, a portion of
the debtor's goods had been &id, and as the debtor
was not in the district at the present time, he (Mr.
Wright) was not in a position to say what the
assets were, but he should think they would be
about 490. _ _

Mr. Homer s iid he should have been wry glad
if the debtor had attended the meeting, but he had
been informed that he was not likely to attend, as
he had disappeared from the district.
In reply to the Chairman, Mr. Wright said be
was unable to oiler any composition, and it was
thereupon decided to liquidwe the estate. Mr.
Wright was appointed solicitor, and Me-srs. cave
and Pateshall trustees to hc estate..
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-12-31

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REWARD OF BRAVERY.

On Monday the crew of the Clacton-on-Sea lifeboat
were presented at the Public-hall, Clacton, with the
rewards subscribed for by the members of the London
Stock Exchange, the Fishmongers' Company, the
Clacton Land Company, the National Lifeboat In-
stitution, and a number of private gentlemen in
recognition of the brave services performed on the
23rd of Octaber last in saving the lives of sixteen
Frenchmen from the. lugger Madeline, which was
wrecked on the Gunfleet Sands. The rescue was per-
formed in the face of exceptional dangers and diffi-
culties' and as a reward for the skill and bravery dis-
played by the crew the sum of £l6O was subscribed
for their benefit. Each man was presented with a
purse of seven guineas, a tankard, and a certificate on
vellum by Lady Johnson, in the presence of a large
number of spectators.
Sir John H. Johnson addressed the meeting and
graphically described the dangers which the crew had
to encounter before they could get near to the wreck.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-12-31

THE MORMONS IN ENGLAND.

The Mormons in England held a conference in the
Hope-hall, Bloomsbury, London, on Monday, to con-
sider the best method of advocating their cause, and
to discuss certain propositions made by the council.
From statements or complaints Made to the con-
ference, it would appear that the advocacy of Mor-
monism in the metropolis has not been attended
with good results to the Mormon cause, although
in the provincial towns the Mormons have not
laboured in vain. In Birmingham and Man-
chester and the various manufacturing and airri-
cultural districts of Lancashire and Lincolnshire,
numerous converts have been made, and it is pro-
posed that an emigrant ship should start with these
converts for Salt Lake Oity early in the new year.
Some of the " elders" already in this country will
remain to continue their work, and a considerable
number will return to Utah. Other Latter Day Saints
are, however, expected to leave Utah for Great Bri-
tain. Norway, and Sweden on an early date for the
purpose of making converts to Mormomsm, a number
of young men being of the party, who, it is expected,
will'influence persons of their own age.
It would appear that during the months of August,
September, October' November, and December, nearly
1,500 converts to Mormonism have been made in
England alone, and these and others are expected to
emigrate to Utah. It was resolved that for the future
the advocacy of Mormonism in England should be
conducted in a different manner, and a selection of
hymns was made which could be sung at the
"services." It was proposed and unanimously carried
that female advocates of Mormonism sholld
accompany the elders in their street mission work, as
it was thought they might to some extent restrain the
roughs, who have recently manifested their antipathy
Co Mormon teaching in a very forcible manner.

The " missionaries " appear to be plentifully supplied
with money, and they do not hesitate to spend it for
the promotion of their cause.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-12-31

AN AMERICAN VIEW OF GIBRALTAR.

The Neil) York Herald says :—" Gibraltar is really a
part of the Spanish dominions, and England has no
more right to it from one point of view than she has
to Cape Cod. This policy of holding outposts, as it
were, around the globe is peculiarly English. There
is scarcely a country which has not an English garrison
mounting guard on its coast.?. France' although
but a short distance from England, is watched by the
Channel Islands. Heligoland, which should belong
to Germany, is an English fort. Malta was taken
from Napoleon, and from Malta England keeps guard
on Italy and the African ports. Cyprus looks out
upon Turkey and the entrance to the Suez Canal.
Aden watches the Red Sea. Hong Kong is an out-
look upon China. We in America have similar expe-
riences in the Wands on our coasts held by Great
Britain. We suffered more than history has. ever told
from their occupation by England during our civil
war. It is not inconceivable that some day it may
become a serious question whether we should not
insist upon England withdrawing from Nassau. The
question involved in the concession of Gibraltar to
Spain is one that may ultimately interest the United
States."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-12-31

BELBB.OUGIITON.

Ihe rent audit of 351,.. F. r. Rufford's estate was
held at the Bell Inn, ou the 216 L in,t The agent
(Ur. H. King) a further abatement
of 10 per cent. w ,-•1 ! Le, being an allowance
of 25 per cent.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-12-31

Pal ad gistrict gals.

CO 1$ DINSIONE

TI 0 luombly rucetin,.6. tll-4 I). dy w,i3 I,,•id in
the Board Room, on Monday last. Mr. G. Peak ns
in the 111‘2:rt• ,%tti, :11. 0 PC, EL:at •31"11.8*
Woolley, Lir, Griffin, North, an 1 Jon e.
The t;.eik rea t thc ii,iautes of the last nieetiog
which were contirmea.
FINANCE Cexreirrk:e.4 Ital•oi4T.—Your committee
repirt the tr.a.sucer's 6vlaite• s
way Account, du: bon. tvea«urci, £l7i; Ils 9d; lui-
provement Account due from treasurer. .1.1:03 6s 61;
Urban Sanitary Authority, due item treasurer,
534 178 od. lour committee having examined the
accounts, re-oin:oelid chat th, y pi: it :—I highway
Account .2144. 4s ; Improvement Aacount, .£B2
its 8d; Urban Salutary Authority, £35 las 11d.
On the motion of .4r ick, Seco:b.:ol by Mr.
North, the accounts were ordered to be paid.
Ptai.r/jiiesei Comatink,s,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-12-31

KIN VER.

The long depression in trade which was so
keenly fJt by the tradespeople and inhabitants of
this small town and neighbourhood, is gradually
disappearing. The first sign of better times was
very visible to the eye last week—as the show of
good Christmas beef, mutton, pork and poultry,
was second to none. Some excel.ent beef wae,
shown by Messrs. G. Bewker, J. Edwards, and G.
Green. At the shop of Mr. John Brittles we noticed
a splendid heifer, bred and fed by J. Brown, Esq.,
of the NeWbouse Farm, Enville ; and a prime fat
pig, nine months' old, fed by Miss Pearce, 'of the
Infirmary, Eaville Road, but the chief centre of
attraction was the shop of Mr. Albert Young
High Street, where there was shown an excellent
quality and quantity of mutton and pork, and a
grand fat ox. three year old, bred and fed by the
Right Hon. Earl of Stamford and Warrington,
Enville Hall. Grocers, drapers, and other shops
looked equally as well in proportion, and just as
they should be at this festive season of the year.
All were well patroaized by the clergy and gentry
of the town. Small portions of beef, and money
was given away to the widows and to the deserving
poor, and all appeared to show that a goad time is
coming. The Hyde Iron Works, belonging to H.
0. Firrnstone, Esq., J.P., have been kept in full
gear for the last four months, and we are, un-
doubtedly, making rapid progress towards pros-
perity. We hear also that the Whittington Iron-
works, carried on by Messrs. J. Williams S.: Co.
for more than thirty years, will, in the coming
year, be restarted. If so, depression with regard
to this small town and neighbourhood will very
soon become a thing of the past, as the prospects
of the iron trade have not bean so good for the last
eight years as they are now at this time of the
year, and all goes to prove that the opinion regard-
ing the bu.due.s of the coming year is a very
favourable one, and it is to be hoped that while
the sun of prosperity shines, ine,i will adhere to the
old adage, and "make hay while the sun shines."
Communicated. "