The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-12-20 00:00:00

WHAT MILLI
Batumi. —Punch.

unas SmoKE.

A DWEILATA RUFFIAN. The Court of
Aniftee of the SeincelEftirietire has juat tried a Inge
u.rucd Toaquevide, • bhotruaker, thirty yv.is of.age
on a charge of robbery, arson, and double nuolei.
The crimes were committed at boudevllle, near Yvetee,
d the victim' were an axed couple named wig;
wioPt d him
hiro ad
oroperty. Ou the 15th of May last the ac,:ined forced
.barti.hbeeintoh.e.beduh.d..efactobrys
wofilit,hbe.qp
,rigoatnhe.dr,
a,*
an entrance by the bix-k door of the hhuai, hatweem
three and four o'clock in the morning, aid having
kited the old couple broken open the drawer, and cup.
hoards, and carried off all the money and valuables fie
could find. Then, in order to conceal Ids crime, he
covered the bodice, the bedding, and the fmnituse
with petroleum, and 6et fire to the premi.e.s. The
house wari rutin I), consumed, but the neighliatao, who
had hastrutil at the first alarm, got at the cerpsey
before they were injured by the flames. 'rot jury
found Tocqueville guilty upon all the saints, hat a.
mitted extenuating circumetancew The court cot.
damned him to hard labour for life.

A KENTUCKY DCA L. —The Frankfurt (gen.
tncky) Yeoman says —"On: the 12th of November,
Montgomery Roach, of Lebanon. mdge, in tie aortk.
weetein part of this county, accidentally alp-4 a dog
helon,ing to his cousin, James Roach. N. zt
Jammu Roach rtnnounced publicly that he intended ta
kill Montgomery on eight, and of this fact the latter
was duly informed and, of course, prepared hinierlf for
the encounter. On the 14th the patties met, Au/ lA/
poised each other a short distance, when James turned
on M.ntgomery, at the same time drawing his pistol
and proceeding to cock it. Montgomery in.d in hja
hands a small shot gun, and, seeing the other's wove.
ment, was able ti tire brat, but without effect, &pi
then started to run, Janice Roach pursuing and fir*
at him ache ran, one of the balls passing through the
lappet of Montgomery's coat. While still mini*
Montgomery drew a pistol and, returning the
one of the belle struck James Roach near tbe centre
of his breaet, and after an hour or two produced death,
Both partite &RI all the shots they had —but
apiece.
DISASTER AT SzA.—The bark Venus, Cap-
tain O' Brien, from New York for Antwerp, Min
general cargo, put into Plymouth Sound or. limo*
afternoon, to repair damage. About midnight, wia,
E.S.E. of the Lizard station, she was run into*,
French or Italian brigantine, believed to be Galls! the
Pau/ina. Neither ship observed the other, it hei*
very dark. They etruck almost bow to bow, ami*,
Venus had her port bulwarks smashed in, anchor**
broken, and head gear displaced. N serious damage
was done, and, after remaining some time by see,
other, they proceeded on their journeys, The
done to the brigantine is not known. he repairda:4l3
not detain the Venus in port above a few days.
MR. GLADSTONE ON BISHOP BUTLER. —Mr.
Janata Knowles sends to the Spectator the following ez.
tract from a letter written by the Premier tehim:—
" 10, Downing-street, Whitehall, Nov. 9. ,
have no formulated opinion for or *abut Evolutiou
Bishop Butler taught me, 45 years ago to sualoncileal
judgment on things I knew I did not mid
Even with this aid I may often have been
without him I think I should sever have beesva
And oh! that this age knew the treasure it nommen
In him, and neglests.—Yours an:merely, W. E. Glad.
stone."

SHOCKING DOUBLE MURDER IN
The Court Court of Amines at Tulle, department et the
CorrOze, has just tried a man named Tandem' 011
various charges of robbery, outrage, and murder deem
little girls, Marie Sustres, aged nine, and Mem*
Concha, age i ten. The evidence produced disclosed
some monstrous facts, which causeti a profound Nur
tion on the persons present. He was found guilty sad
sentenced to death. Loud applause immediately blob
out in the court, and the presiding judge had the
greatest difficulty in restoring order. Tire prima,
upon hearing his condemnation, broke into a furies
rage; he struggled and yelled, and several geodarme
were necessary tooverpower him and remove biro from
the pock. The execution LI to take piece at Tulle.
A Banva GIRL.— An Lterecting ceremony
took place on Monday at Plymouth, when the model
of the Royal Humane Society was presented by the
Bishop of Exeter to Mies Reynolde. In August lot
she raved a yottog woman frimdrowning by evrimming
out to her assistance. The preser tenon wee made
at a public meeting convened by the Mayor, Mr. Allred
Roomer. The Bishop, ire handiog the medal to there.
ciplent, Said that such nobleness as Miss Reynoliehed
'how° deserved public recognition for the sake, not el
the yoong lady herself, but t,f others ; and than that
were preeent felt that in preventing the medal they
were doing honour to themselves rath. r than to be.
The trove deed of a brave girl was huts m mentor,
a.ft, but in that one moment was shown the true chs,
racter, and such deeds could only be done by those who
had true nobility in them.

A Loin nt IN ALCHEMY. A few days since
(says an Indian paper) a I..olice calk wss murdered by
s life convic, at Bar° is. The murdered men, d
would appear, was eilly enough to be deluded by the
prieoner into the belief that he could instruct Lim is
alchemy, and with a view to receive a lesson had SO.
companied him to the river ride. Arrived here tho
convict tangist him alchemy "with 'vengeance," or, si
all events, let him into the "great secret," for, seizing
his guardian's sword, he shortened him by a bead and
decamped. Hs had not been teased when the informs.
tion reached us. _

THZ SMUT TRAFFIC IN BERL/N.—A Glt,
man traveller, writing of England in 1835, contrasted
the deafening noise in London streets with the dillies
of the city of Berlin, where the cries of children at plq
were the most obtrusive sounds which met the ear.
All this is now changed; and it wit soon bin :a
acaarding to • German paper, to relieve the
increasing truffle in the streets of Berlin by end
railway s, for the police are almost unable to cope with
the exigencies of the case. It is calculated that la
Berlin, • city containing a population of 900,000, thus
is a daily circula -ion of uo fewer than 19,800 bons
emiloed in the conveyance of goods, and of 1,21
riding-horses, 300 dreskies, 135 omnibuses, and
tramway omnibuses and carriages, which providemill
of locomotion to the inhabitants of the capital, add
the 14,000 strangers who daily-arrive at and start felt
seven railwsy stations in Berlin. Besides these, 1,111
carts and 2 200 trucks drawn by dogs pass
the gates of the city twice a day. Tee girastittiellt
condenunfri by humanity and expediency, of using ese
or purposes of draught will, it is said, speedily ha
into disuse under the new police regulations jssliensd
on account of the thronged condition of the thorough.
fares in Berlin.