The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-09-19 00:00:00

Si ti OBSERVE.R.

COMMENTS ON CURRENT THINGS bridge £3O 141 7ad, Halesowen £24 13s lad, Non
residents £1 193 Bd, total .2101 9s Ocl against .291,
STARVED to death ! A fearful conclusion 18s 91d.—It was resolved that the Clerk be paid th e
to a human he history. Yet such is the sum of £l5O, for expenses incurrad in conducting
plain English of a verdict returned by a Lou- THE I 2ROPOSED T3IENNIAL EL36rION OF Gault- the recent election.
HARVEST THANKSGIVING SERVICES.—The annual
don coroner's jury as to the death of a DlANs.—The poll on the question eff the proposed
harvest thanksgiving services were commenced in
woman this week ; for the formal deliver- triennial election of Guardians in Stourbridge
Union was taken last
oweeks-,this town on Thursday night at St. Thomas's and
ance of "effusion of blood on the heart and St. John's Churches, both of which have been beau-
chest, accelerated by privation," practically Wall, thse andtard the ~-.
Novuhne
ni c g or .
Te
completed
to the on Saturday,
decalya'red ahe resultl tifully decorated. At the former place of worship
pthamsermon whsjtrsetacdhebd by the Rteivl. WR.evJonTes,
Lof
means nothing more. The poor woman had This shows that 3,759 votts were C9St in favour of
been in the workhouse infirmary of St. the Proposed alteration in the mode of ebsetion and ~..
a' a ,
robrteo, d
nanof Kidderminster. by the
eservice's will be
George's-in-the-Ea,st, and left it, dangerously 3,191 against, giving a majority of 56S in favour of i•-;'
ccntinied to-morrow (Sunday).
1 tlh6e4c...hange. The numfber of possible
were in-
al, in direct defiance of the dcetor's advice, viz DRUNKENNESS —At the Police Court yesterday,
dtherr9en,
tsoabthotaitt
tahlearagueb
joeetrtaatevpoatyeeia.
to die in her own wretched room. It is the It ,is be- before Colonel Fletcher, Major Cochratie, and Mr,
ratepayers
aalier
old, old story ; the poor tnrn with a repug- lieved that the Local Crovernment Board will issue Adi. Freer, Martha Parsons was chargel with being
seance tlitat will not be overcome from the an order, in accordance with this vote, that the 'teak on the 12th inst, at tee Lye, P.C. Brazener
dreaded "house." This unfortunate creature elections shall in future be held triennially. The
proved the case. a fendant having been previously
convicted, was fined 5s and costs,--.Benjamin
preferred the shelter of the one scantily- foilobrrg was the voting in the several parishesl:7-7, Cattier was also fined 5s and costs for a similar
A.. ecote, in favour
.of proposed.., alterationc offence on the 14th inst, at Clent. In default of
furnished room which was to her a home, ‘against 109; Kingswinfoi d, 1,60i-1,15,9 ; ake- payment 14 days.
with those very few indispensables which more, 152-8 ; Cradley, 225-218; H Aealesowen, 147 a -AF .TRY I,LTRY WOMAN.—Elizabeth Wall was charged
could be procured from her husband's pit- —145 ; Hasbury, 91-135 ; Hawn, 89.49; Hilt, 191
esith using obscene language on the 12th inst, in
--__ 28 ; Illy, 12-0.; Lapal, 55-5 ;
sLtutlelia.an---
tarece of three shillings a week, to the corn- —2B;
wßiinclfoarcdrei.269l-2317 J . 3681 CG art Street Defendant was fined 20s and costs;
pat-active comfort and care provided by the
L-31423- Wollaston, lls or one month's imprisonment. P.S. Chare proved
parish. The husband says'—but the case is -112 ; Wollescote, 77-193; total', 3,759-3,191. theocase.
BSTRUCTION.—Joseph Hine
stilt sub judice—that the authorities resented SUPPOSED SUICIDE.—The body of Thomas Smith ley was charged with
, 0
obstructing the free passage of the highway on the
the woman's indifference to their hospitality haulier, of Field Lane, Oldswinforcl, has been found.
1 9th inst. P.C. Aae proved the case. Fined 20s
by refusing to supply her with food or re- in a Pool at Chaddesley Corbett.—Deceased's
some
i and costs.—Samson Bird was charged with ob-
lief. On the other hand—though the medi- hf
raise
nbde
se nasntdaysibnegeaxt Ce
expected
hereslestCor husband Corbett tt 0
with
hmeer i structing the free passage of the highway. The
cal thud relieving officers have been com- home on Sunday, l.l)ut as he did not arrive she started 1
easAe was withdrawn on paymentßoefncoasmtln.
Barg
e
mittied for trial—this allegation is emphati- away home with her brother. On her way she saw I
, was chaArNaedEßwOiutlsi. drunk wchLilst in charge of a horse
callv denied, The circumstances, whether the body of a man being carried away from a pool,
,
officialism has in this instance pro-Ted heart- and,
as subsequently turned out, that was her hue-
an-1 cart, on the 12th inst. P.C. Cartwright proved
band's
body. It was till some time after she reached the case. Fined 104 and costs.
less, as often enough it has done, or whether
home that news came that it was her husband who Os 'FENCES AGAINST THE FACTORY ACT. John
the authorities have done all that could be was drowned.—He is said to have been in a despond- Robitoson was charged that he, being the occupier
of a workshop, did unlawfully employ a child,
done, are harrowing enough; and it will be jag state for some time, named David Robinson, after 7 o'clock in the even-
well that a searching enquiry be made into FATAL TERMINATION OF AN ACCIDKNT.-1 man
in,, ou I,he 19th august. Mr. C. C. W. Hoare,
the matter. Something ought, if possible, I named. HearyiLuck, hauliaer,tlShloHunt
Heath,
heaNscdieitd
e s Inspector of Factories, prosecuted, Mr. Platt,
to be done to overcome the unconquerable fargoom 1 1 jitinisi esh loerse receivedran
awaty.
:rid ehae and two o't'her Assistant-Ineeector, proved the case. Fined lOs
. aversion evinced by the very needy against men in the cart with him were thrown out and in- and costs.—W. al a
child after 7 oclok at night.
Bloomer was chleged with un-
indoor parochial relief, especially medical jured. His collar-bone was broken (this being the lawfully employing
,
relief. Noharshness or hard discipline should second time an accident tof the kind had befallen Fined 14s including costs.
him), and he was otherwise so injured that death ASSAULT.—EIIeu Clinton was charged with as-
have place in the regulations or their admin.- has now resulted. saultinsr Mary Bishop at Wollaston, on the Bth inst.
istration, frightening away the suffering
ORGAN RECITAL —lir. Frank Simms, of Hyde, ----' in
\lr' -11" ds defended. Complainant said de-
poor from the workhouse or infirmary door, Isle of alright, son of Mrs H. Simms, organist at St. fenclant came into her house and said the scarf she
(complainant) wore was hers. Defendant then
.to die in a hovel or outhouse rather than Maly's, Oldswinford, gave an organ recital at that
aaug.li.r -
hold of the scarf and pulled her round the
enter within the dreaded walls, church on Monday afternoon. The argan has lately '
* . * * i been improved, and Mrs Simms gave a satisfactory
house ; teat-lug it from the pins.—The Bench said
it was a family dispute, and as defendant was
I exhibition of its powers and capabilities. Mr. H.
willing to pay the costs, the case would be with-
Mobberley and Mr, Charles Perks varied the pro.
drawn.
gramme with a vocal solo each, and the recital gave
much uleasura to those present. A collection was CHARGE AGAINSr A COMMISSIONER.
made for the repairs' fund. Mr. William Edwards, auctioneer, Market-st.,
lteeeerr HoROLOGICAL IMPROVEMENTS is the title a member of the Stourbridge Improvement Corn.
of a pamphlet by Mr. J. W. Benson, Ludgate Hill, teissioners, was charged with ass main(' Mr. Geol.. e
London, in which he dese.ibes the special construe- Foster. provision merchant, High Street, o:1 the 3rd
Con of the new patent" Ludgate Watch," which just, and also charged with damaging a hat, value
has just received the gold medal at the Inventions is da, on the same date.
Exhibitiou. The book, which is fu ly illustrated. is Mr. jesse Herbert, of Birmingham (instructed by
written in such a manner as to be intelligible and Messrs, Wall and Hinds), appeared for complainant,
indeed interesting to the general reader, who will and Mr. C. W. Collis defendsd.
ee,ive fioin its pc-usal much useful information. Mr. Herbert said complainant and defendant were
Feseca Woate FOR LADIES.—The summer is over; candidates for election as Commissioners on the
autumn has now fairly set in, and in a short, a very 3rd inst. Complainant was taking a man named
short time we shall have long winter evenings to Powell to vote in the Corn Exchange, and when
get through indoors. What can be more delightful, going along Market Street defendant wentup to them,
while the brother, husband, or father reads aloud turned them round, and struck complainant a blow
some enticing book, than for the feminine members on the right breast with his fist. He also struck
of the family circle to use their fair fingers in con- complainant on the hat with a stick. That was an
structing daiety garments which may, perhaps, aggravated assault. Mr. Foster had no vindictive
adore some member of the family, or if so needed, feeling in the matter, as a letter had been written
may be exhibited on a stall at the next fancy fair, to defendant stating that complainant would accept
or be sold to a lady friend, thus rendering the time an apology, but this was refused. Mr. Foster was
so pleasantly employed, also profitable. The FANCY willing now to accept an apology and let bygones
WORK BASK ET, published Ly Mr, It. S. Cartwright, be bygones. The apology not being given, Mr.
Johnson's Court, Fleet Street, at the small price of Herbert went on with the case.
2a, contains explicit instructions for making many Complainant said he was a grocer and provision
dainty garments for adies and children, including
machant. On the 3rd September, at three o'clock
stockings, gloves, frocks, pelisses, baby's hoods, in the afternoon, he was going along Market Street
wool-hoots, tte. with an old man named Powell, Sao record his vote.
RECOGNITION SERVICE.—A service was held at Defendant went up to Powell and took him by the
the Presbyterian Chapel, on Wednesday afternoon, arm and asked him to go and vote for him. Witness
for the recognition of the Rev. A. W. Timmis, the took hold of Powell by the right arm to support him,
recently appointed minister. The Rev. ,T. E. when defendant used most abusive language. De-
Carpenter, the Rev. M. Gibson, and the Rev. Carey (cadent then struck witness on the right breast with
, Wiliam s took part in the proceedings. Afterwards his clenched fisr, raised his stick, and struck hie.
' there was a tea in the Unina Hall, a.n 1 a meeting, on the hat, and at the same time caught Powell on
at which Mr. Worthington presided. Addresses, the head. He did not touch defendant at all. He
were given by Professor Carpenter and Mr. Walters raised his hand after he had been struck, and called
and Mr. John Taylor and Mr. W. Platt, on behalf Mt. Young to his assistance.
of other religious bodies, expressed their cordial Cross-examined: When Mr. Edwards came up to
good wishes towards Mr. Timmis. A presentation, speak to Mr. Powell he did not push him away. He
, consisting of an address and a purse of money, was might say that defendant had threatened him two
I made to Mrs. Davies during the evening, in ac- or three times before. At the time he did not know
knowledgment of her lung services as mistress of that his hat was knocked in. He did net bear Mr.
the schools. Evans tell him that he had a dent in his hat, He
ACTION AGAINST A Noneoraw GENTLEMAN,—At did take his hat off and press the dent out, saying
the Stourbridge County Court, on Thursday—before at the same time that defendant had done it. He
Sir Rupert Kettle—a case was tried in which Mr. gave 7s 61 for the hat when he bought it, but he
Joseph Muckley, glass manufacturer, of Audnam, could not say the amount of damage done to the
Stourbridge, sued Captain Webber, of Stody Lodge, hat.
East Dereham, Norfolk, for £47, the value of a Henry Powell, Thomas Clarke, Mrs. Clarke,
quantity of pheasants and other eggs, and of two Myra Bullinghtura, William Young, and Mrs. Sutra
St. Bernard f whelps which plaintiff supplied. Mr. gave evidence on behalf of complainant.
Plumptree (instructed by Mr. W. 0. C. Addison) George Foster was then charged with assaulting
appeared for the plaistitr, and Mr. Herbert Collis William Edwards. Complainant said that on the
for the aefendant.—Mr. Plumptree said that, ow- day of the election he was in Market-street, near
in; to an advertiseuent in the Field, defendant the Institute, and he met Mr. Powell. Witness
wrote in May to plaintiff for the price at which he asked him if he was going to vote and he said he
would supply him with pheasants' eggs. After was. At that moment Foster came up and
the price had been sent, defendant sent an order accused him of taking his voter away. Witness
for a quantity of eggs, stating that on receipt of denied that and Foster then caught hold of him by
the eggs he would forward a cheque for the anaoant, the collar and pushed him away. His stick acci-
Meantime, as he was a stranger to plaintiff, he dentally caught Foster's. He did not do it inten-
begged to refer him to his hankers and his wine tionally. He did not kr ow that it was Mr. Foster
merchants, wao would inform him as to his respect- until that (Friday) morning, when he was intro-
ability. There were subsequent extensive orders duced to him.
for eggs; and the defendant also ordered two St. Cross-examined :Witness was sober. He hal had
Bernard whelps from plaintiff. A good deal of only one or two glass sof wine. Witness did not
correspondence was put in, and it appeared that at use the language written on the paper produced,
last defendant wrote that plaintiff had sent him He did not deliberately strike Foster on the head
eggs that he had never ordered, and said that they with a stick.
had turned out very badly' Mr. Plumptree slid he George Wood and Francis Evans gave evidence.
gathered that it was also going to be allege 1 that Edwards was fined 40s and costs for the assault
plaintiff had not supplied the quantity of eggs and 28 6d for the damage to the hat, amounting in
charged for, but he did not know how defendant all to .24 Is 6ci, The case against Foster was dis.
conld deny it, aftei the statement he sent to p'ain- missed.
tiff setting out the number of eggs charged for,
with marginal notes opposite them, "very bad,"
" very indifferent," &c.—Mr. Muckley wasexatnined
in support of the claim, and said he never heard a
word of objectieu to the eggs till he asked for the
money. Defendant had also complained about the
dogs, one of which he said had died. Mr. Muckley
said the dogs were of the highest blood living, and
he was one of the largest breeders of St. Bernards
in the country. In cross .examination, plaintiff de-
nied that he agreed to allow a discount of 20 per
cent., or that it was usual to give extra eggs when
a large quantity were taken. Ile did, however,
give defendant extra eggs. Mr. Collis put in a
letter of plaintiff's, in which there was a reference
to 20 per cent. off, but plaintiff said he could not
tell what it ferred to; and his Honour pointed out
that it was ally half a sheet of a letter, and in the
absence of the other half it was of no value. His
Honour said, the orders being proved, and the de-
livery proved, the eggs being kept, and there being
no warranty given, he did not sea how the claim
could be resisted. It was really an undefended
action. Mr. Collis wished Captain Webber ex-
amined, and he said plaintiff sent him more eggs
than he ordered. If he had been at home he should
not have received them. When he wrote and re-
monstrated about the account, plaintiff wrote back
to say 20 per cent, was to come off; and he expected
it would be taken off. The eggs turned out as badly
RS could be His Honour said there was no de-
fence, and gave a verdict for plaintiff.
PAINFUL STREET ACCIDENT. A sad case of
su Wen death occurred in Enville-street, Stourbridge,
on Wednesday. Noah Wright, an elderly man in
the employ ol blessre. Nash, was walking home in
the direction of West street, where he live i, when
he staggered and fell to the ground. Death appar-
ently occured at once, as Dr. _Hammond Smith found
be was lifeless when ho a-rived. Deceased had net
comelained of illness while at work.
The examination of Joseph Lee Stinson, brick
' manufacturer, Brierley Hill, was continued on
Wednesday, at the Stourbridge County Court, be-
fore Mr. Begistrar Collis.—Debtor stated, in reply
to the Official Receiver (Mr. Jobson), that he re.
ccived £2OO a year rent from the Stourbridge Fire
Brick Company for the three years ending Decem-
ber, 1883, and also a minimum royalty of £2OO upon
the niines. They %ere also to pay £5O a year for
coel royalty, but it was not paid for the three years,
either £5O or £lOO being paid at the final settle-
ment. He received about £l6 a quarter for cottage
rents collected by the Firebrick Company. His
.household exPenditure was about £250 a year, and
latter payments to the bank and mortgage interest
there was not much left for himself. He borrowed
money from his son for various matters connected
with bis farm and other things. He went into
partnership with Mr. Cross, hut did not state any.
thing about his liabilities to him. He believed he
was perfectly solvent. He borrowed a further sum
befo: the partnership to develop the propce,as. He
, did not think it necessary to disclose that to Mr.
Cross. The latter found ..Vioo in cash. They were
,
1 each to find £l,OOO, witness's share being in steak,
plant and cash. The value of his stook and plant was
over .2800. Mr. Cross gave notice to terminate the
partnership because the blue brick business was un-
profitable. There had been £3OO repaid to Mr.
Cross, and £4OO was due. Debtor was also erzare-
ined as to a negotiation for the sale of a reoperty
on which there was a mortgage to one of his rela-
ti as, but said he did not negotiate it.—The ezam-
ination was adjourned sine die; -chi . the apprication
of the Official Receiver, who said he should be able
if it was done to call up the debtor for further ex-
amination if necessary.
BOARD OF GUARDIANS.—Mr. H. Billingham pre-
sided at the meeting of this Board jester.;ll.—Ad-

THE "Social Democrats" of London are
discovering, by hard experience and at the
cost of some sacrifice of that filthy lucre
which :they profess to despise, that it is
illegal to obstruct free passage along the
Queen's highway in order that they may
preach their sounding doctrines of equality
to all mankind. An obstruction is an ob-
atruction, no matter what the cause, and
always brings the obstructor within the
grasp of the law. These noisy professional
and amateur reformers must withdraw
themselves from the thoroughfares and pay
rent for some building or enclosed space, in
which they may harangue those who will
stay to hear to their hearts' content. In
London, and all large towns, there are also
public spots in the open air, on park, field,
common, or waste lands, where politician or
preacher, no matter what his persuasions, so
long as he does not express them in obscene
or seditiouslanguage, mayialways address his
fellows. But those who are persuaded that
they have a mission to mankind will not be
allowed, in an order-loving community, to
create a nuisance in the streets.

THE sixpenny telegram comes into opera-
tion within a few days, and doubtless it will
be deemed a boon by business men and
others to whom the sending of a short mes-
sage is an hourly or everyday occurence. The
new rate fixes a minimum of sixpence for a
dozen words or less, and a half-penny for
every additional word. Both address of
sender and receiver are to be charged,
though, as is pointed out, in few cases more
than the mere name of the sender will need
to be given. Some important little conces-
sions are made to the public, too, in the
matter of word charging, a compound place
name, such as Kingston-on-Thames or Tun-
bridge Wells, being charged as one word
only, while five figures will count as only a
single word. This latter announcement will
be received with by operators on 'Change,
whether stockbrokers or buyers and sellers
of produce, as they will chiefly benefit there-
by. The Post Office authorities are antici-
pating a large acceleration in the business of
the telegraphic department by reason of the
alterations, and, doubtless, they will not be
, disappointed.

PERHAPS one of the most beneficial results
of the change, as a contemporary points out,
will be the practical public teaching in
brevity which this statutory limitation of
twelve words for sixpence cannot fail to form
The increased quantity of telegrams sent
will materially reduce the number of letters
written too. The cheap message will strike
a hard blow at long disquisitions, and school
men in the desirable art of Baying exactly
what they mean in the fewest possible words
[t may be that some day the telephone will
be as widlely and generally employed as a
[neaps of communication as the telegraph is
is likely to be on and after the first of next
month, and possibly some of us will live to
see both occupying in combination the place
now held by the penny post as the universal
method of carrying questions and answers,
thoughts ald messages between men and
men sundered by space.

TIIE days of practical joking are not past.
Someone in Dublin advertised the other day
for cats and kittens for export, offering two
shillings for full-grown specimens of the
feline race, and half that sum for examples
of their playful progeny. The animals
were to be taken to an appointed place on a
given evening, and no less than a hundred
and fifty folk responded to the call, carrying
hampers, boxes, and all mariner of lecepta-
cies, each containing one or more cats and
kittens. But to the dismay of the long pro-
cession of custodians of the "harmless, ne-
cessary" fire-side favourites, the offer of pur-
chase was only a hoax perpetrated by some
mad wag who, doubtless, enjoyed the dis-
comfiture of his dupes from some neigh-
bouring point of vantage. Miss Pussy
must be plentiful indeed in Dublin when so
great a nnmber of household pets or plagues
were drawn together by so insignificant a
bait.

THE local magistrates rightly served a mili-
tant-minded householder of Wandsworth the
other day in imposing upon him a term of
two months' hard labour for savagely as-
saulting a constable. The man in blue had
invaded his kitchen in quest of water where.
with to extinguish a fire which had broken
out in another part of the house. This was
certaihly no time for lengthy explanation,
and as what was offered was deemed unac-
ceptable by the master of the
house, he without further ado fell upon and
smote the poor policeman, whose sole aim
was the protection of the assailant's pro-
perty. For this highly improper conduct,
the outcome of a dangerously hot and un-
reasoning disposition, the Wan dsworthian
was very properly consigned to the House of
Correction.

Epp', COCOA.--:GRATEFUL: AND COMFORTING. "By
• thorough knowledge of the natural lsws nhich govern
the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by scare-
ml app tuition of the fine properties of well-selected
cocoa, Mr. b:pps has provided our breakfast tables with
a delicately fl voured beverage which urty save us many
heavy doctors' bills. It is by the judicious use a such
articles of dlet that a constitution may begradualy built
up until strong enough to resist every tendency to disease
Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating around us
ready to attack whenever there is a weak point. We
may eicape many a fatal abaft by keeping ourselves well
fortified with pure blood and a properly nourished frame.