The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle. — 1867-05-25 (Stourbridge, West Midlands, England)

CARS.-Mr. Pullman, of Chicago, is the " kali; " of the sleeping cam at the West,—running his cars over no less than sixteen separate lines of road (says the New York Times), lie makes them better and better every year,- -larger and more roomy, with better bells and more elegant furniture. He is now building cars with separate apartments for family travel-- each apartment furnished with arm-chairs, tables, sofas, mirrors, beds, kc., and by means of a compact kitchen attached to each car, each person served with meals d la carte, at whatever hours may best suit his or her convenience. A week ago he brought one of these cars to Albany and ran it through, by special train, direct to Omaha, for the United Staten' Commissioners appointed to inspect and accept that part of the Pacific Railway already done, and an accompanying party of invited guests. Several of these ears are already in use on the Western roads. They are exceedingly comfortable and deprive long journeys .4 nearly all their inconveniences and diseamfortn.  POOR LITTLE FELLOW !—The following is from the Mel4eurrie Artrat  Shout four months back a miner, named Dews, living at !Meinlite, was out walking with his wife and five children. When a short distance from their residence, a boy aged five years was found to be miming. The parents searched for him, but without success. The search was renewed and continued for several days, with the assistance of the police, but without success, tin the lath inst. the skeleton of the child and some of Its clothing were found on the banks of the NI oorabool, about flve miles from his father's house. The poor little fellow had ynadered away, and getting bushed, was unable to return home, and had no doubt died  BLOWING THEIR OWN TRUMPET !--Captain Semmes, in a lecture on the cruise of the Alabama, which he is delivering in America, speaks of Yankee ships in the following enthusiastic style :  When we were afloat in the A [aiming, if we were in doubt Si to the nationality of any ship we were pursuing, we had only to take • look at her, at whatever distance she might be, through our telescope, to determine at once whether elle were a Yankee or not. If she excelled the ships of all other nations in the symmetry of her hull, the length, the grace, arid the taper of her spars; If her canvass was whiter, her /ads larger, more beautifully set and "sheeted home," and hoisted in • more seamanlike manner ; if, in short, like a beautiful woman, she ravished the beholder as well by the swelling and graceful outlines of her figure ashy the witchery oilier drapery, we were always sure she was a Yankee.  A Wittcotot GlFT.—Looking into a wellknown shop-window in Oxford-street just after the last changes in the Government the thought ocnirred that the most acceptable present Lord Derby could have would be a Stationary Cabinet—Puce/i. DREADFUL Sulelng.—A suicide of a very shocking character WAY committed on Monday morning in the celebrated Clayton tunnel of the London awl Brighton Railway. When the eight a.m. train from London to Brighton had got about 100 yards within the tunnel, &respectably-dressed man, who had got into a second class carriage at the Three Bridges Station, suddenly opened the door, and threw himself out before his fellow passengers had time to restrain him. On arrival at the next station the fact was telegraphed to Brighton, and a special engine was at once sent to the spot. The body of the unfortunate man was found divided into three parts, his head and one leg being completely separated from the trunk. The remains weretaken to a public-house to await identification and the coroner's inquest. A