The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-11-15 00:00:00

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GRAND BAZAAR.—A six days' bazaar was opened •
in the Con Exchange, oa Monday last, by the
nev. Canon 'McCave. in aid of the Catholic Schools
and Presbetery. After delivering a short speech •
Father Price called on the Rev. gentleman to ad., :
deess those present and to open the bazaar.—The
nes. Canon McCave, who was received with ap-
-11S4?, said that when he looked at the stalls and
said holders, and the decorations in the Hall, he •
felt warranted in saying that the promlee "in fairy
rea!ei" had been fairly realised; and they had here
n 1' by realm which bore out all he had fancied.
'I o his Mind the main picture before him was the
plum.: and perseverance cf theStourbridge catholics
'I liey did not put on the sign "established 1803" like
ti ad' men in various towns, because the ages of the
stall holders must be kept a secret. No doubt that
:ors to the bazaar during the week would sid-
le ire the beauty of the decorations. No doubt,
again, the fairy revels and the raffles, and the selec-
tions of the band would attract many sight-seers
into the room be:Ure next Saturday night, and as
Christmas was CO near, here was every imaginable
at tide suitable to cheer the Christmas fire side. A
present fit for the young or the old; for the Burley
widthe curley,this date and placedidnoteirect the value
of the present. He thought the best way of giving
satisfaction to the Stourbridge "elders.' and "elves"
was by buying every article in toe room before
Saturday night. He had to remind them that the
aim of the bazaar was for Christian Education, and
for applying to the lowest instincts of the soul.
To put the matter plainly, some 300 children were
educated at the Denominational schools at a saving
to the rate-payers of £2OO to .2350 per year. The
Catholic Schools had been a saving of over .Cl,OO
during the past four years. They had a religious
training, and also something more precious than all
this. They must not ferget that there was some
meaning in that passage of scripture, "I know mine
and mine know me." The laet of the landis power-
less without the law of the Lord. He told them
that what they were doing was for charity and hoped
that all would do something. He then said that
the "fairy realms were now fairly opened to the
oparations of the fair, and he hoped that their
vi tints would, under all circumstances, be patient
and willing victims."—Father Price, in proposing
a vote of thanks to Dr. McCave, said that he had
come there to open the bazaar under greatditliculty,
at great inconvenience.—Mr. Haskew seconded the
vote of thanks, which was heartily responded to.
In bearing out Dr. McCave in his remarks about
the schools, saving the ratepayers £2OO a year, he
sale that it saved every ratepayer nearly a pound a
year.—The hall was beautifully decorated and
surpasses any previously held by any denomination,
for neatness and plentifulness of the decorations ,
all of which were carried out and under the super-
in•endence of Mr. Hand, who designed all of them.
A stage was erected at one end of the room for the
baud, which consisted of three violins, a flute,
clarionet, cornet, violoncello and double bass, aud
was under the joint leadership of Messrs. 'William
and Frank Griffin. The front of t.e stage was
prettily set off with fiewete, ferns and other plants.
W., must specially mention the fountain, wa len was
en eted by Mr. Hand in the centre of a rockery and
wn interepersed with ferns and bulrushes. This ye a
in.leed, we think, one of the prettiest sights in the
bazaar, and Mr. Hand deserves much praise for the
triable arid labour he must have gone to, to help to
mi; lie the room look so pretty and to make the
bezaar a sucecss. Ther , were eieht stalls erected
fos the sale of various articles and all of them were
egstally attractive. We noticed a nice piece of
workmanship and skill on the stall of Misses
GI iffins which was a painting on a looking glass.
it was painted to represent a stream, with water
growing by the side, and kingfisher's sitting
Ott thetn.—The following ladies were the stall
hollers:—Mrs. Hi nry James and Mrs Haskew, Mrs.
a• soli, Mrs, Barlow, Mrs Joseph James, Mrs.
ti thieson, Mrs. Hand, Miss Ruseell Misses
(itiflin. Mr. Johnson kept the toy and miscel-
latesous tll, Mrs. Whitwell was in charge of the
lot my stall. The refreshm)nt stall was very
nit,' iy arranged, and under the superintendence of
Miss A Barlow. The gas pipes and pillars were
set eff with evergreens and the sides of the wall
were decorated with flags, and in some instances
bird cages and birds were conspicuous. Takiag
the words of Dr. McCave, we cannot but say that
the bazaar was indeed a "fairy land." We must

not forget to mention our fellow townetnan'a clever
.11r. Alfred Wall's "Theurgia." This
i.va indeed a wonderful piece of myartry and the
sm:i it charge oi admisaini ought to be paid with
g@ I glace by all The bazaar which was a great
success, %%as crowded every night of the week,
htiiii:reds of p rsons beiog unable to gain admis-
siol.

2Zessrs. W. H & H. Le Miy, Secd FactorF, 68,
°ugh High Str.:et, London, rero t:—There are
ti 1 r Lumber of samples of new English clover seeds
Ott. ring, hut difficult to place; buyers are still ex-
peeling a further downward tendency in price, and
in u .r opinion their anticipations will b 3 realised.—
ember 12th, 1884.
ALHAMBRA. THEATBE.—This week we have had
an exceptionally good company verfcrming
hell., under the leadership of Mr. Federick Wright.
The piece selected on Monday, Tuesday and Wed.
ne,day was "No Mercy." The piece is a thrilling
one :Ind affords plenty of scope to the partakers of
dlfferent parts. Mr. C. Pierrepoint as Rueben
Phlt rold, the wronged man, showed a careful study
of the pin and he is a very clever actor. The
Stcp!ln Rennard, the villian, of Mr. Preston Mar-
chat was well potirtrayed. Mr. F. Wright
succeeded in convulsing the audience in the
clnir:icter of Het Toker, and he was greeted with
mud applause each time he appeared. Ned Tarnley,
the honest workman, was exceedingly well rendered
by Mr. J. Elm, re. Celcey, the blind girl,
by iiss U. O'Malley, was everything that could be
desi:ed. Miss 11. Wright acted to perfection Ta'a
Tarhiey. The rest of the ccmpany clicrfull justice
to tie vari.,,us parts allotte't to them. On Thurs-
day and Friday 'Called Back," was placed ou the
ptage in a splen_id manner and which deserved
bein,; b..tter appreciated. To-night (Saturday) "so
Mercy" will be again produced.
Sr. JOHN'S NATIONAL SCHOOLS—Miss Ada L. M.

Car. wright, of the above school,, has successfully
pa,s d the preliminary College examination at Oxford
and obtained a Ist Class Queen's Scholarshir.
BOARD OF GUHRDIANS.—Mr, Raybould presided
at the weekly meeting of this Board yesterday.
'1 here were also present'Messrs. Pargeter, Hi ogley
Gro‘ e, Si% iter, 6idaway, Paikes, Thompson, Rollin-
' s:n, Wo,d, Bryce Giles, Crump, Pearson, J. Brooks.
T. Ert,oks, W. Green, H. Billingham, Stringer,
For. t, Yardley, and Hill.—Admitted 11. discharged
7, dead I, remaining 567 against 542.—Relief,
li:nw,winford 1:43 Is 6d, Stourbridge £3O 8s 3d,
Ilide•owen £22 19s 10d, Non-residents 17s 2d,
total ..t9B 6s 9d against .t. 97 3s 33.--The tender of
Mr. J. E. Jones, of Stourbridge. for the supply of
bedsteads was accepted.—The Cl:ric reported that
at the audit of accounts held during the present
Iceek tne auditor made a surcharge against Mr. H.
Ya,ti s ot £l5l 141 id and against Mr. J. Gittings
£512 16s 101 d. On the motion of Mr. M. Rollin.
son, seconded by Mr. H. Billingham, the Clerk was
directed to apply to the sureties of the former
°file. r and to the guurantee society in the case o:
ttie latter, asking f r payment of the amounts.
PRESENTATION TO EX-SERGEANT JONES. - On
Frid,,y afteinoon a presentation a WBB made, at the
L.t.ation, of a silver watch and chain ti ex-
sergeant Jones. Engraved inside the watch was the
foliuwing inscription :—"Presented by the Super•
intendeut, sergeants, and constables of the Stour-
bridge Division to ex-sergeant Jones, on his retiring
from th force after 33 years' services." The Super-
intendent in making the presentation said he honect
it would be an encoursge7t.ent to thos-: present in
the force to do a 1e ex sergeant had done. The
sergeant then suitably responded.
DRUNKENNESS.—At the Police Court, yesterday,
betore Colcnel Fletcher, H. 0. Firmstone, and T.
D. Toomas, Eso,s., John Thomas was fined 2s 6d
aud costs for being drunk on the Bth inst.—Ben-
jamin Harper was tined 2s 6d and costs for being
drunt: oo the Bth int. P.C. Gwillam proved the
ease. —George Jones was charged with being drunk
and oisordeily on the Bth iust, at the Lye. P.C.
Jones proved the case. Fined 2s 6d and costs; in
default 7 Brettell was charged with
being drunk and disorderly on the 7th inst. P.C.
Yowdl pitn?ed the ea-e. and denndant wie fined .5s
and cots; in default 14 days.—David Dovey was
charged with bean, drunk on the let September at
Stambermill P.O. Jones proved the case. A long
list of previous convictions were proved against him
by P.S. Cope. Fined 5s andcosts.—Robert Bennett
was fined 2s 6d and costs for being drunk on the
29th alt, at Cradley Park. P.C. Chare proved the
case.

OBSCENE LANGUAGE. - Joseph Timmins was
charged with using obscene languap on the 4th
inst. P.C. Pitt proved the case. Defendant, who
has been previously c ,hvieted, was fined 20s and
costs; in default 1 month.
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CAUTION TO MILK S LL':RS.—Elizaboth Norris
was charged with carryi gon the tr,,le of milk
seller without being regist,red.—Alexander Norris
said that the defen.laut carried on the business but
was 4-,,uorant of the law, The case was withdrawn
on payment of costs, is 6d.—Benjamin Walker was
charged with carrying on the trade of milk seller
without being registered. PS. Cope said he saw
the defendant selling milk. He asked him if he was
registered and he said "No, I saw Superintendent
Wh-eler, and he said I didn't want one." Super-
intendent Wheeler totally demo I that statement.
Defendant was tin,A 9s 6d and c,.sts.
CAUTION To Bays.—Henry Lloyd and William
Harrold aer.i chalged ih letting off tirevvorks on
the Bth inst, within tifty feet of toe highway. P.C.
Agg p•oved the ease. Filled is includti g costs.—