The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle. — 1873-01-25 (Stourbridge, West Midlands, England)

PASSING ODDITIES. —The wayfarer does read the spring of 1872, and should not receive any again some strange announcements. At Knightsbridge, • until July in next year. He should show them how few days ago, he may have observed a shop.window this was. Hie tenants had been at great disadvantage stuck foll e.f bills, some offering, in large letters, "Gas this ' year. They had had a wretched brel year in Stoves," and others, intermingled with them, 'Skates." petatoes ; and his belief was that if they had been Seasonable advertisements &mit g the late weather. obliged to sell their crops in October they would not In the New Turnstile, Holborn, an inscription on the have got two-thirds the prices they were getrang now, wall proclaims, "Gentlemen's Repairs Th no" Within and he would not hay.' got any rent until July next. oithnoepw-oupld.itnchtgine a surgery. 'lire reality is a boot' lie was not paying this for himself ; it was the custom of the district. This was an advantage to the farmer. Now, it was proposed to have a two years' HORRIBLE WHOLESALE MURDER Al CAL notice, which must be from February to February, curra.-A horrible wholesale murder is reported from if not two and three quarter years. What would be Calcutta. It appears that on the 30.11 ult. a native of the conseemence of that? Es cry landlord would be the Dossai caste, armed with a massive chopper,. obliged to secure himself by taking his rents at the sharpened on both aides, and two knives, set out of his proper time. He hoot ventured, in the presence of • tou-e with the intention of murdering his wife and his great majority of tenant-farmers, to state a few facts son-in-law, between whom, aa alleged by him, an ins. Ini behalf of the landlord which he thought would be proper intimacy existed. Not finding them where he for their mutual interest. expected they would be, he attacked ha daughter, who Votes of thanks to Mr. Sootson and the Chairman haopene -1 :Mot to come in his way. With • stroke of the terminated the proceedings. chopper he knocked her scalp clean off, so that the whole of her brain visible. She immediately expired.  .-• ner Da- . WSS In murdering her, he is reported to have said that had she not been born, and had she not married the man, his wife would not have been estranged from him He next attacke I an old woman of the Dossed caste, and dispatche i her in a similar manner. Finding then his moth-r in the way, he dealt a Wow on her head, and she fell down apparently dead. He stated to the police that he struck her became he whiled to save heWthe grief which would overtke her on his meeting with his testrved punishment. She is in a very pre. carious stste, and no hopes are entertained of her re. covi-iy. He next attacked a woman of the Dholi caste, Inflicting a severe blow on her head. She is also in • very precarious state, and not exkiected to survive. He then attacked a young woman of the Kellar mate, whom he also seriously wounded on the bead, her injuries consisting of several cuts. She is in a prectuione condition. After attacking seven other persons, all of whom be wounded more or lees seriously, he was captured by an itippector of police A