The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-03-30 00:00:00

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tended the rink, of Which numbeIr
over 300 were
skating, at intervals. Considering the short time
the boys hays been in-practiee for this event it was
~wondarful. to see with what beautiful precision all
their enteriainment was gone through. We will
not attempt to particularise the skating 'of each
individual, but not a. siug,le mistake cVas made.
from beginning to end, and thel)opi
irie loud and,eontinuous applause which 'vas ire-
quently and-readilrgiven them by;:the. large 'as-
sembly. :The first to maker:their appearance Were
, *asters Fed. Collins and Sydney liainge, as Mr.
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And . Mrs. BrOwn,*ho on making theirdebuf, were
received with roars of laughter, the make-up of
thetwo little fellows being capital, and the man-
ner inO -whitliey tumbled. about was something
extraordinary. Tlie„iwo ivere followed by •I
Masters James Wakeman and -Fral!ili, Nay, as,
":The' Swell."- and of the ' Period." The
.rnake-up of Master Frank - was certalnlY-..the best 1
we have seenon the• rink, and was deitgOcid that-
many spectators were heard to ask; '‘.,‘ Who is'tlhat
nice little 'girl.", -These two skated exceedingly well
and came'in'for a- good share • of applatike: -:The
quadrille skating was the event of the evening.
The' party consisted of Masters ,Geora-O"'Collins,
14pryi Collins, -Ernest-Collins, WalterPenn,-Jarees
Wakeman, PhiliP''''Allsop, Fred Hainteli'and Fred-
Petry. Theylvere all dressed in a
_very net dark
blue uniforin, with 'rlaitd stripes, and "16Oked
well. They went through their performance with-
out an error on the part of either of them, a;ad with
such, wonderful grace and precision, that those
present simultaneously burst out with round after
round of cheering. The waltzineWai3 also nicely
done by the same young gentlemen. The -comic
part of the entertainment was thoroughly laugh-
able, and the following characters were well re-
presented. Clowns, Masters Fred Perry and
Ernest Collins; Pantaloon, Walter Penn ; Girl of.
the Period, Frank Perry; Swell, James Wakeman;
Sailor, Harry Collins; Indian, Philip allsop ; Chinese
'George Collins ;,.Negro, 4. V. Penn;
sPoliceman,
and Negress, by the irrepressible youngsters, Fred
. Collins and Sidney Hainge ;• Swiss Girl, Howkins
Dutten.; Countryman, Samuel Dakin ; and Negro.
, Charles Dancer. The whole affair...was:conducted
under. the Personal supervision of the spirited KO,
nrietor, Mr, 11..4.11ainge, who was ably .seconded.,
by his manager, Mi. Medo4t. We cannot close ‘,
this short . account pwithout referrin.gto the inde-
fatigable 'manner in which Mr. Samuel Pearson
:has persevered in training the boys, and succeeded
in bringing them to siich perfection, We believe
it-is the intention of Mr. Hainge to give a perform-
ance with -the boys 'at Handsworth Rink, on the
16th of April, and no doubt they will be well
raceived. .; , .
ELECTION OF GUARDIANS.—The following gentle-
men are returned -and unapposed,Am.blecote:P. Par
geter ; Ca,keniore : T.ll. Robertson; Hasbury :
Burr-;- : B. Parkes; lily: T. Green; :
W. Wright; . Lulfley : T. White; Ridgacre :J.
Foley; Wollaston: 34-Guest ;Brockmore:W: Wood;
Quarry Bank : Jesse Billinghain •; the following
are the,contested. places with the names of the
candidates.--Cradley:: James Ilingley, Joseph
Hingley, Josiah Hughes; Halesowen : G, arainger,
Charles Homes, 'Charles Smith; Joseph Nook;
Hawn: S. T. Weston, James Grove, Thomas
Williams; Lye: W. Fiddian, M. _Lavender, G.
Rhodes; Stourbridge :F. J. Haskew, H. Billing-
ham, R. Kelley, Thomas Cooper, William Clulee,
C. _E. Firmistone• ; LlPper Swinford /T. Eveson,
N. Forrest; Wollescote : Jno. Brooks, George
.Newnam ; Brierley-Hill: It.-Thompson, .G. Griffiths
1. Rollinsen, Peter Harris, Robert Warby; W.
Mullett, Edward ,Wright-; Pensnett :Jim. lay-
bould, E. R. Hale, Benjamin Wood, Benjamin
Homer, W. Mullett; t. Mary: G. F. Boddington,
E. C. Giles; William Mills •; Wordsley : W. Baker,
Hall, B. Homer, W. Mullett, R. Plant.
BOARD OF .GUARDIANS.—The Usual weekly
meeting of this Board was held yesterday; Mr.•
Granger in the chair. ;Mere were also present
Messrs: H. Billingfiam, Ra,ybould, Parkes,
Hall, Biker. Kelley, Smith, Haskew, Giles, Guest,
Fiddian, Lavender, Wood, Hale; Hingley, Griffiths
Thompson; and Mills. Admitted, 14; discharged,
16; dead, 2; remaining, 445; corresponding week
last year, 358. ..,Out-door -.relief, Kingswinford
District, .224 10s 6d; Stdurbridge District, .220
17s 6-i-d; lialesovien District, £l7 08.6 d; non-resi- -
dent paupers, 9e.44; total, £63 6s 10id; against,
£56 16s 6d -last year.
FOOTBALL.—STOITRBREDGE v. GOTIM—The re-
turn match between the above clubs was played
on the Stourbridge ground, on Saturday kit, and
was won by the home team -by one goal one try and
three touch downs to nil. The play of Messrs.
Trotter; Plant, Webb, and Brown, was very* good:'
The last match of the season will be played this
day, Saturday; on the Crioket,Giound. , .
TELEPHONE.—A Telephone was exhibited on the
ground by two amateurs. It was composed of
two tins covered with bladders and a very. fine
fishing line. :The length was 00 yards and voices
could be distinctly heard from one end to the other.
HAGLEY STOCK SALE.—=On Monday last there
was• a very good snpply, of every class of
:stock
which was warmly competed for by the very large
attendance of . buyers from the Black Country,
Birmingham, , and, Surrounding districts. _ ;Thu
rates realized were higher than hkve hitherto been
reached during the present year. Fat. beasts 'made
as high as £37; Sheep, 78s 6d; Lambs, 495;
Calves, 1245; Pigs were sold•dear.
CHARGE- OF GOAL STEALING.—At the police
Court, yesterday, before -Colonel Fletcher and Mr:
J. B. 4ochrane, Emily Brettle (14), and He-nit
Bre .
ttle (11), were charged With Stealing a quantity
of coal, on the 19th insb the property of J.. 8.
-Fisher, at the Ilayes.—Henry Griffiths proved the
case.—Emily was: ;fined 5s and Henry totTeceive
six strokes with the, birch rod.- • - •
HIGHWAY OFFENCE.—Thomas Gossage, of Bel-
broughtOn, was charged with allowing his donkey
to- • stray on the highway, On the 24th inst.—
Rolice-constale Payne proved the case.—Fined is
and Costs. - •
ASSAuLT CAsn.—Charles . was charged
With assaulting James Shufton; on the 24th inst.
=From- the evidence of complainant it appears
that he paid Id to have a swing in a boat.-- He
had about ,"Seven swings when the defendant
stopped the boat and told him to come' out. He
refused and -defendant struck him several times.
—Defendant was fined 5s and costs; in default 7
days.- ,