The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-12-08 00:00:00

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Q 1' THOMAS' COLLEGE, RHYL, NORTH
•WALES. Boys' Seaside Boarding School. Home
CGmfcrts.
ENTRANCE AND OTHER EXHIBITIONS.
Inclusive Fees, Thirty-six Guineas a year,
Prospectus and highest references from Rev.
PRINCIPAL

ii tdled mine. and domestic coal is selli g rather
more fret ly than it did all throudh the Pa", month.
Prices are very iriegular, and yield little or no
profit,

sponding month of last year. 19 deaths had
occurred from zymotic urseases, viz, 17 from
scarlet fever, one from puerperal fever, and one
from diarrtnna.. The high mortality might be at-
tributed to the presence of scarlet fever in an
epidemic form during the last month. Mny of tne
cases had succumbed to kidney disease and dropsy,
following scarlet fever, arid the almost impossibility
of getting suitable treatment folio% ed out. Isola-
tion had been carried out as far as practicable, and
the streets and courts had been disinfected with
carbolic powder. The facilities for the spread
ot the, disease, however, were great, and were very
litte under the control of the medical men. A
building had been erected at Kings(kintord Work-
house for the teception of small-pox cases only,
but as that disease was to a g. eat extant under the
coutrel of preventive measures through vaccination
and re-vaccination, the building was not likely to
prove of so much service as if applied to the sup-
pression ot ttiose disea-es of a con agious nature,.
and which could 11 ot be said to be nearty so muck
under control Scarlet fever, as far as he could
judge, had Leen transmitted from the neighbonring
localities of Rolled Oak Common and Biockmoor,
and had spread with great rapidity through most of
the striae, sin this sanitary dist net. A case of
typhoid fever had occurred in Hill Street; and one
of continued fever in Brettell Lane. After calling,
atteetion to one or two existing nuisances, the
Medical Officer of Health said a notification of the
presence of scarlet fever would, with the permission
of the Board be trausmi,ted to the Local Govern-.
ment Board.

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BIRMINGHAM, Thursday.

There was an entire absence of buoyancy at the
iron market to-day. and orders were only oh ained
with difficulty. No improvement in demand has
been cans d by the withdrawal of the notices in the
coal trade, though it tended to ste,dy the market.
Orders for export through the Landon mercantile
houses were singularly scarce, alike for bars, hoops,
and sheets ; but there was a slight recovery in the
American demand for hoops and steel sheets. Some
of the sec nd-class houses are tolerably well off for
orders for common bars at ..t6 ss. medium at £6 10s
to £6 15s, and best and extra qualities up to .29 108
per ton. The list houses, however, tare exceedingly
sbort of oiders, except in isolated instanct s. Still
the basis of £7 10s is maintained. There was a.
diminished inquiry for tube strips, owing to the gas
tube makers having decided only to work four days
a week in order to curtail the production. The pig
iron market is very much dept( ssed, and sales to-day
were confined to small lots chiefly of Staffordshire
common forge and Derbyshire pig at slightly weaker
quotations. Coal was in fair demand for domestic
purposes, but there was no impfovement in. the
manufacturing inquiry,

GLASS CUTTERS.
WANTED au OUTWORKI, R who can do Cruet
Work. Api,l) Q , Stourbridge (abs.rye,- Office.

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GLASS MANUFACTUM RS.—A GENTLEMAN
well-known in the trade and with a large con-
nection, representing one of the 1 argest Earthenware
Manufacturers in the Potteries, is desirous of represent-
ing in London, or Lohdon and chief Provincial Towns,
a Good Flint or Pressed Glass Manufacturing Firm
P.W., Mr. B. Bentley, 9, Windmill Street, Finsbury,
London.


A letter was read from tbe Rev. W. B. Bliss,
who, as chaplain of the Seuth-street Cemetery,
called the attention of the Board to the danger to
health arising out of the practice of keeping the
bodies of those who had died from infectious
disease for an unreasonable time b-fore interment.
After instancing several cases which had recently
come under his notice, he asked the Board if they
could take any steps to have this checked ?
The Clerk had, it appeared, communication with
the medical officers on the subject, and both Mr.
Ashmead and Mr. D'Arey Ellis replied to the effect
that they had always in such eases advised early
burials, and Mr. Ashmead suggested that a bye law
should be passed limiting the period during which
bodies should be kept.
After some discussion it was decided to leave the
matter in the hands of the medical officer of
health.
The question of providing a publics cemetery for
the town again came before the Board, the Clerk
pointing out that the Board had authority to deal
with the question, although it was at first thought
the vestry was the authority tad° so‘
Mr. Carder said South-street Cemetery, accorling
to the rate of burials there for the past 12 yews,
would last five years longer.
Mr. M. Rollinson remarked that since the
question was last brought forward there had
been an expression of opinion by some people that a
publ,c cemetery was not required in Brieriey Hill;
and he, therefore proposed that the matter be re-
ferred to the sanitary officers to inspect the existing
burial grounds and report to the Board.
This was seconded by-MT. Waldron and, agreed
to.
It was shown that the Board was negotiating for
obtaining sufficient land at the back of the Town
Hall so as to make another means of egress there-
from.
Mr. Carder believed that if, :under the present
arrangement, a panio or rush was to take place in
'the hall whqn it was crowded, the disaster would
be equal to that at the Ring Theatre, in Vienna.
It was left to the committee to carry out the
work without again coming before the Board
Upon the moti'm of Mr. Waldron, it was. decided
to retain Mr. Jelf, Q.C., Mr. Anstie, Q C., and Idr.
R. E. C. Kettle to onduct the Board's i ppeal in
the r ous - of Lords, in, the a3tion of Pearsall v.
the Loe .1 Board.
A new general district rate of 2s. in the pound
ao.o.- made.

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Sat urduy night. He tliouht fats was enough to
aggravate any man's feelings. Complainant said
she had the banns of marriage published to
frighten her husband, who h d told her that he
would have rothing to do with her or the child,
Comp' inant altered her statement a little this eneek
and said the defendant struck her on the arm and
face and then tried to put her head on the fire. The
case was dismiss-el.
ASSAULT. Thomas Wakeman and Wiliam
Wakeman were charg-d with assaulting Thomas
Deeley on the 25th ult. at lirettell L tne. , Com-
plainant said Thomas began to quarrel uver a littler
boy and eventually challenged hint out to fight,
He went outside and there Thomas knocked him
down and sat u, on him. His brotner William
then cams cat and kicked him on the lead ---
Benjamin Stevens was called for the defence and
said he saw the complainant fighting with Thomas.
Wakeman, and Deeley struck the first blow. They
fell down and. Thomas a Hee/ out for help: De--
fendants ;were ordered to pay the costs,. and all
three were bound over in thir o reeuguizame of
X 5. to keep the peace for 6, months.
COAL 1.3-tabu:co.—George Brow& ald Walter
Hill were charged with stealing a quantity of coat
the property of the Earl of Dudley on the 30th ult.,
—Mr. Waldron defended.—Thomas Jewes and
Phoebe Brown were charged with receiving the.
same well knowing it to have been feloniously
stolen. P.C. Lafford proved the case and said tee
saw the two boys take the coal from No. s,Wallows
Colliely, and put it through a fence, and he sawthe
defendant Phoebe Brown take a bucket full of coal
off her son. He saw Hill take some into the house
of Jewes4, and on visiting the house he found the
coal in a place where he worked. George Brown
was ordered to receive 6 strokes with the birch rod
and Hill 12 strokes. The other two were fined 40s;
in default 1 month.

A PUGILISTIC PAUPER.—At the Police Court on
Thursday, before W. F. F. Buughey, Esq., Stipen-
diary magistrate, Samuel Homer (53), a pauper in—
mate of the Kingswinford Workhouse, was charged
with cli-orderly conduct, and assaulting Josiah
Potter, another inmate of the Union.—On Monday
the pris ,nor, apparently without provocation; struck
Potter with his fists, and afterwards, when remon&
stra,ted with by Isaac Perry, the potter, he used
abusive language and menaced him with a chopper..
So violent was his conduct that a police officer had
to be sent for.—The porter informed the Stipen--
diary that the prisoner had a very bad temper, and
was "up tor fighting" directly when spoken to Ly'
any one, Last January he attacked witness with st
carving knife, and he had his hand badly cut in
wresting the knife from him. Previous' convictions
were recorded against the prisoner, and he was•
sentenced to two months' hard, labour, during
which period Mr. Boughey said the gaol surgeons
would have the opportunity of finding out not only
what his temper was,, but also what was his- state
of mind.

COARG.t. o Fimorm—Thomas Allchurcb., des-
cribed by the police as having no fired residence,
had preferred against him a charge of stealing two
sums of money, amounting altogether to 17s. 6d.,
belonging to W. E. Gettings, clal merchant, Brock--
imoor.—Defendant did not appear, and an adjourn-
ment was asked for on behalf of the prosecution..
The Stipendiary said be must have some evidence,
and T. C. King, in the service of the prosecutor,.
said defendant, without authority, had collected
coil accounts to the amount named.—The case was.
adjourned for a week.
ALLEGED ASSA.IILT. Samuel Simpson (17),.
boatman, and the son of the landlord of the Old
Boat Inn, Wordsley, was summoned for assaulting
Samuel Saddler, also a boatman and a publican, at,
Brockmoar Bridge. I medical certificate was.
produced, showing that complainant was unable to.
appear,.and that he was suffering frnm severe.
injuries to his right thigh —His wife said he had
been kicked in the thigh, and struck with the buckle.
of a strap across the neck.—Defendant was re--
na,nded on bail fora fortnight.