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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-10-24

VALUABLE FREEHOLD PROPERTIES

AND BUILDING LAND,

QUABBY BANK, LOJMY TOWN, FIVE WAYS,

CR.4DLEY, AND TIBBATTS ROW.

In the pariehes of lanyveinford an Roo•lpy, hy the

county of Stofia,cd.

TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by Mr. JOHN
BENT, on Treason, the 27th day of OCTOBER.
1868. at the House of Mr. Samael Leonard, the Mon
POLK INN, CRADLRY FORGE, at Six o'clock in the
Eveniug, subject to conditions to be then read, the
following Valuable PROPERTIES:—
Lot I.—All that valuable and conoact FREEHOLD
GROCER'S SHOP and Premises. situated in Nee/bridge
Lane, Quarry Bank. comprising excellent Grocer's Shop,
Kitchen, Front Parlour, Four Chambers, good Cellar.
Brewhoase, Warehouse, Piggery, capital Garden, and
other Outbuildings, and well supplied with Hard and !
Soft Water, late in the occupation of Mr. Benjamin •
Tiblsett's, of the annual value of £25, the whole com-
prising an area of 618 square yards.
Lot 2.—A1l that newly.erectod FREEHOLD DWEL-
LING• HOUSE and Outbuildings. situated in Newbridge
Lane, Quarry Bank. eoesisting of Front Parlour, Sitting
Room, two good Chambers, Cellar, two Brewhou,e:,
Chain Mends/dory, Piggery, excellent Garden, and other
Oathuidings, containing, in the whole, an area of 515
square yards. The Property is well supplied with water,
and is now in the occupation of Nebo Cartwright, at the
very low rent of £lO per annum.
Lot 3.—A very valuable Plot of FREEHOLD BUILD-
ING LAND, having s double frontage, situated at New-
bury Lane. Quarry Bank, and contains, in the whole, an
area of 900 square yards.
Lot 4.—A1l that valuable FRE E TIOLD DWELLING-
HOUSE and Front BUILDING LAND, situated at
Loamy Town. Five Ways. Cradle!, near to the Station,
consisting of Bitting Room, Pantry, two Chambers,
Brawbouse, two Chain Shops, and other Outbuildings,
with enclosed Yard, and now in the occupation of Mr.
Stephen Dunn, at the very low rental of £lO per
•nnewl.
I. t —11 l Four FREEHOLD DWELLING-
HOU AES and Outbuildings, situated at Loamy Town,
Five Ways, Cradley. adjoining property belonging to Mrs.
Hackett, and now in the respective occupations of Daniel
Batham, William Round, Thomas Parkes, and James
Winnell, prodacing, at weekly rents, the sum of £24 14s
per annum.
Lot 6. All those two FREZHOLD DWELLINGS
HOUSES, with Nailshop and other Outbuildings,
situated in Tibbett's Row, Five Ways. Cradley, and now
in the respective occupations of John Paine and
Willetts. producing, at weakly rentals, the sum of £127.
per annum.
For further particular.. maple to the respective Offices
of Mr..lo,tph Stokes, f4,11e to. the Auctioneer, both
of Dudley.

To LET... :t, i!orsE and MALT-
Horf,l . Slaughter HOOSP, two
SI/ As, Piggeries, ml Walled.in Yard. For more than
forty yearn in the occupation of Mr. George Mallen, who
is gie;ng up business.—For terms. apply on the premises.
OF t. qr. Yates, 14, Parkwtreet, Stourbridge.

G.ENUINE

CIGARS at

T. HOMER'S,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-10-24

PTANOFORTEs.
DIANOFORTEs, HARMoNIUMS. &c.,
for Sale r, Hiro. Ur AY and secon.l.l.and. A I
fisenatit for C.o.h; or n:ty I had on the Tnit..ic Yi..af
PCINCIPLE, ff,1:11
H. STNIMs,
lITOff.STIIEET, STOMIERIDOE.
Old Pianos taken in exchange.

AGENT YOU PAW'S PATENT
M LODY HARMONIUMS.

r. CURD.]
BENJAMIN TAYLOR,
CLIPPER AND SINGER,

No. 8, Forille-xtreet,
Sega moot respectfully to announce to the Nobility and
Gentry of Stonrbridge and neighbourhood, that he con-
tinue% to CLIY end SINOP. in the Stables of hie corn.
unodinns premises. No. S. F.NVILLE-STRIFT. opposite the
Crown Ten. and Rewires them that every attention shall
be paid to Horses ontrnated to his cave.
GAS SUPPLIED TO GENTLLMEN SENDING THEIR OWN

GROOMS.
No. 9, Noville-street.

SAMUEL SALT & SON.
7IAGI.EY-STREFT, PALESOWFW,
AGENTS FOR THE "OBSERVER"
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-10-24

Xocal anb Pistritt Pts.

ISIDUCENT AssAULT AT ANIBLECOTE.--At the Stafford
Sessions, on Tuesday last, before the Earl of Lichfielit,
Henry Evans (on bail,. wits boaktedt for unlawfully as-
saulting Hannah Hill, en the 19th of September, with I
intent. The case was proved, and the noble Earl said
there would have been a heavy sentence bet for some
imprudence on the part of prosecutrix. Prisoner was
then sentenced to three months' hard labour.
ASSAULT AT KlNosWlNVeri3.—George wsta (on bail),
was convicted of a common assiolt upon Alice Pratt, on
the 29th of August, at Kingswinford, and sentenced to
one month's imprisonment.
ENLBERZLEMENT AT OLDSWINFORD —Eli Chapman (on
bail) was indicted at the Worcester Sessions, on Wearies-
a.o lost, before Mr. I: P. A,riplk7ftt. , 2 C . f , I.7Dbf e-
Zling various same of money, amounting to £l5 104, in
Angnst last, at Oldswinford, the property of Solomon
Hart and others, trustees of the True Briton Lodge. Isla
ma-ten. Mr. Streeten prosecuted, and Mr. Jell de-
fended. Fell details of tile case have already appeared
' in our rob:inns. As our readers will recollect, prisoner
, was fi i'i ' iiv toe lodge of Odd-Fellows, and SIRS held
respoie,,,.e for money that was gone, and no account
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-10-24

THE POLLING PLACES.

In a city like Philadelphia there are some 300 different
polling-places, or "election divis,ons," as they are called,
each one covering front thirty to fifty acres of ground, and
:mot aining from 400 to 600 voters. The city is divided in this
way for the omvenience of the voters; and while the
divisions in one part of the town will be strongly Republican,
the divisions in another will be as strongly Democratic. The
majority of the voters in any one division are able to control
the board of ofildals who receive its votes at the polling-
place on election day, and in this way each party has a
section of the town where frauds in its favour are o dmived
at. "Colonizathm " consists in locating a set of voters in a
part of the town which is doubtful, for the purpose of
securing a majority there. These voters either get a con-
structive residence in the place where they intend to vote, or
else they personate dead men or men who have moved away.
Voting by " repeaters " consists in a wmad of men going from
one division to another, and thus voting Over and over
again. This they can easily do as the polling-places are only
a few hum lead yards from each other. There are strict laws
against all these frauds, and heavy punishments provided
against them, but the laws are never enforced, because the
party in power is committing the some frauds as the one that
is out of office, and the assessors, policemen, and other
officials whose business it is to enforce the law are always
busy politicians, and generally those who the most
work at breaking it. The people who permit them-
selves to be used in these frauds are usually men of no
character, but their votes count as heavily as those
of the worthy. our thieves, pickpockets, count. rfeiters,
gamblers, and " roughs " are always active politicians
Neither party does much cheating except where it is in
the majority, and in those places there is very little check
upon it. If the other party sets a watch, the watchers are
bribed, or, what is quite as effective, made drunk as soon as
possible. The "colonists" and "repeaters" nearly always
appear in battered military uniform ; for " who would
deprive the old soldier of Ins tote?" The man presents him-
self at the poll, hands in his ballot, and the officers inside,
knowing it is all right, drop the ballot into the box before
the opposition have time to complain. Then there may be
an inquiry made as to the genuineness of the voter, but it is
quickly silenced. Intimidation and threats, perhaps the
beating of some one more anxious to maintain the right than

to secure his personal safety, may follow, but the minority ,
party are usually too much cowed to make any effective
resistance.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-10-24

OLD HILL.

STEALING A RABBIT.—At the Stafford Sessions, on
Monday last, before Mr. F. W. Twemlow, Joseph Robin-
son (16), chainmaker, pleaded guilty to having stolen on
the 23rd of August last, one tame live rabbit. Having
been previously convicted, he was sentenced to six
months' hard labour.
CAUTION TO BANTAM—At the P tr SEINPIOGP, on Wed-
nesday last. Ire 1,•I ()are PI o '.V. ft. Barri, Esqrs.,
John Estes, baker. Dudley, was charged by Superinten-
dent Mills with delivering a quantity of bread, otherwise
than Ty weight. Defendant said he did not think the
"(holt • o', l.akers had to weigh it, and he WM ordered to
ay the en,is.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-10-24

EXPECTED RETURN OF LIVINGSTONE.

Sir Roderick 1.. -NI nrchilon. has sewt the following

tttr for publication awl which will be read wits
givat satisfaction by our r.aders -

-
'• I ant harpy to make known to the public that letters
width I have just received Irons Isr. Kirk. of Zanzibar, dated
Au...rust Isth and 'jilt's, inform me that he had received
through an Arab messenger short letters from Dr. Living-
stone, is ritten at Marungu and Cazembe, places which he
to the S. and S.S.W. of Lake Tanganyika.
•' As these brief letters were written in the months of
October and December if ISti7, we have now obtained
it telligence which satisfactorily accounts or the delays that
h,ve occurred tissue he wrote to myself and others from a
m ,re southern 'Mitsui, in the month of February, 1.,••67.
•

'• It appears that Livingstone has been hiving ;I;iiing three
months with friendly Arabs and waiting for the close of a
native war before Iwoceethee es his stay to 14 ji, turl he
told the Arab tnesbenger that after exploring Lake Tan-
ganyika he intended to return to Zatikihar. This is the
th,t announcement from himself that he Intended to quit
Africa by that route, and it COilfirnlS the suggestion I made
long ago hi the Royal Geographical Society, as stated in The
Ti,nes of October 7.

'• The letters of Dr Kirk are very comforting, inasmuch as
thy make clearly known to us that provisions, medicines,
letters, and information had been sent to meet Livingstone
at ijiji, and that our great traveller was aware of their being
so sent. Dr. Kirk :klso reminds me that when Livingstone
went on this expedit in ami he has not received any Euro-
pean news since Ike was unacquainted with the discovery of
/taker and the southern extension of Lake Albert Nyanza
towards the Tanganyika ; but as the map of Raker has also
been transmitted to t jiji. Livingstone will at inice see that
It was Wore than ever incumbent it, him to try to solve the :
great problem of the Nilotic watershed of Africa, by deter-
in :
sing whether these great lakes an, united or separated by
liLik lands, and, if separated, by ascertaining into what
river system Tanganyika discharges its surplus waters.
.• With the authentic data now before us we nifty well
believe that the news which came by telegram from Beimlnky
dated October 3 Was perfectly correct ; for, after Livingstone
quitted the southern end of Tanganyit a, he will have bail
ten months to explore the whole course of that lake, and
afterwards to find his way to the seacoast.
l'our readers 'mud rememl per that the ordinary post from
Zanzibar, whether by the Seychelles or tire Cape, usually
tales six weeks or none to reach England, and hence, if my
distinguished Mend reaches that phi, In a week after the
departure of the steamer w hiat carried the news to Trin-
nor kalee, some weeks tatty probably elapse la:fore we can
knew of his arrivals! Zanzibar. He may, indeed, bring the
news himself, and enable his admiring countrymen to give
him a hearty welcome before Christmas.