The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle. — 1879-02-15 (Stourbridge, West Midlands, England)

FATAL ACCIDENTS.—Three shoCkirg. accidents to Brigade, Royal Artillery, for swimming out twice at very great frisk so the brigantine Princess Royal, with girls occurred the other -day in Dandee factories. yre Margaret -Valley, aged 15, employe,i in Dora-street tz,7;l cone 62°ethht 7"hi Works, wae looking at a valentine when 4notlaer girl wrecked lait. Vammed°en Fort wn n g o t e playfully gave her ft push. Valley fell on a scythe- 24thgof December. knite, used for cutting jute, and the blade wounded her Other rewards were also granted to the crews of so severely that she died in half an hetr.—Annie shore boats for saving life from wrecks on our coasts. Walker, aged 12, employed as a half-timerin Wallace Payments amounting to £1,611 were likewise Made on Works, jumped on to an elevator in motion, and, fail. different lifeboat establishments. ing to get fairly bn the lift, her body was crushed Among the contributions received by the institution between the elevator and the tfoor of the next flat, were .2100, a thank offering from F. R. A.; 50 and she died before raedioal nid amid be summoned.— guineas from Mr. Edward Birkbeck, M.P..; £5O from CathcTine Don, aged 15, employed in Manhattan the Bristol' Histrionic Club towards .the support of Works, was attending a spinning frame when a leather their lifeboat at Loseiemonth • -and -43 1.45. 3d., belt which was driting the machine -broke and struck ,sed.dilional; from St. Michael's- (Paddington) lifeboat her on the back of .the head, and she died in a few Fun& The late %Ir. James Ball, of Reading, had ( minutes. • . . .. , left the institution a legag of E 50.. . ... . , r" er (.1 ' •bi-4-1 k-V. tl • ' '+#l44llo*: IV,' -- - - - - `,,..,!.t.(36,,,1 ~.-Drej . a,: a pr. ~.rfil 4114,.., ...,-,...,e - . ,_ . • * ,irgat,All4,' It l'' ,* . ' .1,. -r t 1 ...,- • , ... _ , •;.• ii;‘,7oo,i'imi Oil, - 1 ohs. . - -;.....decweirttio- '- - 6sio-t-ip ii„,, _,. 1, ' . = • , • :-1109.43 Si* dm bed • t .5.4. 4 # ~... .1•241.-,4 -.4t. i."en6' ve-auwailwa ca scieriftlet. --"Z; g 54,.... ,  . • •  ..  Xt.m or'  • r '  i.  i 4I  Her Majesty has graciously intimated her desire to become patroness of the Oxford Indian Institute, and has sent 0.00 as a contribution to the fund. As a matter of precaution, the Lords of the Council have issued instructions for the careful examination of all vessels coming tram the Black Sea and Sea of Azof, though they believe there is no ground for silarm as to the importation of the Plague into this country. William M.Guiness, the labourer convicted at the Lancaster Assize of the murder of his wife at Barrow, was executed on Tuesday morning within the walls of Lancaster Castle Marwood was the executioner. The convict had not been visited by any of his relations or friends since his conviction. A meeting of the farmers of the Scottish Borders has been held at Kelso, to consider the present depressed state of agriculture. ,Several farmers who spoke said that it was perfectly impossible for the farmers to go on paying the present high rents, one gentleman estimating that the loss within the last two years on Scottish agriculture had not been less than £30,000,000 sterling. The abolition of the law of hypothee and of the law of entail, s.well as a general reduction of rents were advocated. Lord ,Polwarth. speaking on behalf of the proprietors, demurred, however, to it being supposed that a reduction of rent would give . lesbian the remedy they wanted, seeing that it would.stop. ~the flow of capital to the soil,"and he imirgested-thr iaenu. - lord and tenants should simply act Irr a patient 'and orbar log way one to anotfter ofter 4.4• '• • • .4 ^ • •   •