The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-24 00:00:00

THE STOTTRIIRTDGE OBSERVER.

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COUNIA CuUliT

HART v. PAYNE.—At the County Court. on
:qatiday, b..fore Sir Rapirt Kettle (judge,) William
Hart, lio-simait maker, &Insley, brought an action
agaiest against defendant. Felix Payne, for 10
clamtge., done ta a trap on the 28,h
I)ci_nabe.r last, at llalesowen.—Mr. Homfray ap-
wareil for plaintiff and Mr. W. Waldron for de-
fendant. —The cese for the plaintiff, was that the
defendant an into his trap and broke it and threw
his wife out and knocked two of her teeth out.—
A uttalber f witueses were called.—Mr, Waldron
ur.4.1 that thee was no negligence shown cn the
part of the defendant. —Defendant said that on the
28th December he was driving t, Cr:x(lle)% His horse
was only walking when the accident occurred. He
was sober.—Geerge Smith said that the accident_
occurred in ehutch Street. The defendant was
going at the rate of -.ix or seven miles an hour. The
defendant drew his hone into the gutter wikai he
saw the defe:alant coming. It was Mr. Haa.„
fault.—ilenry Southall said thiondant's horse was
going five or six miles an hour. Hart was going
faster rival defendant. Hart did nething to get
out of the way. Defendant pat his horse in the
gutter. His Honour intimated that ho should like
toe case settled,.as it had been before the Court in a
previous • occasou, and said if he give a verdict for
plaintiff alone, anoth?: one miee.t be brought for
the injury sustained by phintiff's wife. The
solicit ore on both iks agre-d that if his Honour
cave a decision Vic ...r .hottli not he alliwed to
proc.ed any furtt-er. His boar then gave a
verdict for plain ill for is, so as to carry c .sts,
and it was agreed the costs shank! be paid in four-
teen days, and the rest at the rate of ..Z1 per month.

REPORT OF THIS DAY'S SEED :‘IARKET.—NICSSrS.
W. H. & H. La May, seed i'acts, 68, Borough
High Street, London, Report :—The demand for
ell descriptions of el ,ver and grass seed may now be
considered over.—May 218 t, 1884.
CONSTITUTIONAL A-SOCIXIION. The first of a
series of menthly meetings of the members of the
Stourb, idge Consitutioual Aesoeiat'on was held in
tee Reading Room of the Aseoedation, High Street,
ielee e'elat. There was a good atieuea.nce of
inetue-re, g C. P. Noel, (president).
Mr. H. T. Ili iaa, J P, - Mr. A. Freer, J.P.,
Messrs. C. H C. his, W. Eeward-', S. A. BrOeks, B.
Bratt, J. Millinchip, S. klambrey, G. Bu-ton (eon
Kecrezary), &e. After tins erelinary busieess had
been disposed of, the folloeing reso utiou, proposed
by Mr. Phipps, and seconded by Mr. Freer, was
submitted to the meeting end carried unanimously:
—"That in the opinion of this meeting th terribo
and fruitless sacrifice of li:e and the widespread
ruin tirroughout Egyptian territory are due to the
weet of a reselu e and definite policy on the part of
her Majesty's Ministers." (Aee the proposition of
Jr. Beet, secoeded by Mr. Hickman, it was als
resolved, .` Thet tbis uieeling has heard with setis-
factioa teat it is the inteetien of Lori Salisbury to
move a resolution in !he House of Lords deetaring
that the question of Parliarneotary. Reform stiould
.not be cleac with in the fraginen ary manner pro-
pte,ed by the Government in the House of Commons,
but that their scheme of redistrioue ion should be
,iiselosed to Parliament before teo Fiatichieo Bill be
a 1 wed to pass their '..ordenips' bourse, feeling thet
so impertant a que,tion should no: be dealt with ja
the interests of any p :rty, Inr, for the benefit of the
country at iarg,e." It was else) ordered that these
resolutions should be sent to the Opposition lead vs.
During :he present year the asseciaeion has made
grea progn as both a.= regards lee ine.. new mem-
bers end ie tie., work of orgeteisatioe. There
ire
b,•tween 30u and 400 suEscribing members, ch;efie
wereir g men, on the beaks, wh wll be prepared ;.o
do g od work at the next election.
PULITI,RNIACIIER'S ELEOTRO-CURATIYE APPLIANO PAS
has juse, Wen iesued from Pulvernaeher's
galvanic estalatiehment. 194, Regent Street, a pam-
phlet . n the DVS and :abuses of curative electricity,
containing a eiselosure of facts of intere-t to all
who suffer from nervous, me-culer, aud fuej nat.
maladies, &c. Its object is to enlighten tne reader
as to the genuine electiec .triture and curative
merits of Pulvermacher's appliareee, and at ts
same time "to expose the varioes eha es and frauds
whereby th ignorance of the public in tee ni Atter
electrical is taken advaeitage of in oreer to make
them accept non electrical colitrieances in place of
electric ones." It is now n2arly forty years since
Mr. Puivermacher ioeroduced eleo:ricity into Eng-
land as a theraputie agent. He had pievien ly
made it the subject of deep study, both in Vienna'
and Paris, and the well-eareee success that atteeded
the eraaietl outcome of Hs reseerches tias called
forth a host of vulgar, ignorant. and unprin ipled
imitators, men such as 'Dr. W. Lont Carpenter
speak- of as brain interee'ed in the s ite of "elec'xic
bel,s" hevinie "nothieg electric in them but tee
name." Mr. Pulverwacher's chain-bends, belts,
and pocket batnries are, on the eon:I-ars, sound
and -cientifie artieles, slender and hilt as they are
in appearanee restinguished medicel and seientitic
testimony is ae emphatie in their iavour as it is
weepine in its con emnation if he "toys", "shame,"
ant "ewind es" sod by limey manufacturers who
either do not possess a rudimentary ki.owledge of
the properties of electricity or else tire confessed
posters. The phamplet is most interesting r ad-
ing. It shows tno utter absurdity of expecting'
benefieial results to fellow the use (1 many of the
trump ry articles now advertised for the regener-
ation of the human frame, end deals in an able way
iee 'the "tai .h and flannel" frauds that have re-
cently Lee onae so numerous through •ut the king-
-,om. The speculators who trade upeu his reputa-
tion by copying Hs bu.ine-s ennouncemente, &c.,
allege that there is greater corefert in wearing
heir contrivances than his. This comfort, how-
ever, he shows might be secured by the app ication
of a simple piece of flame 1, and it is obvious th ir.,
in case of a remedy, efficaey seould be the first eon-
eelorrif inn A. el 01 tat, however, even in
t.is Mr. Pt lvermaoher's d.. tractors are wrong, for
his latest improyemeet- meet the requirements of
the most dlicate or fastidious patient. His chitin-
bends are tell of the most powertul el :ctriety, ye!
the cerrt-nt they administ, r produces neither sore-
ness nor ~hccks. We haie the utmost pleasure
and centid, ace in reconiminding Mr. Pulveree-
ceer's aepderces to the eotice of all who are in
nerd of tEe life givieg p- oeerties of eieetticity.
BOARD OF GUARDIANS —Tee usua weedy meet-
ing et this Posrd was hid yeeterrny; Mr. Ray-
bould tr a ding. Aernitted 14, dead 2, cliseltargerl
Id, remaiuiug 521, I: ri spoechng we, k as year
59e. Out -doer relief, Kingswinford £e43 17s 41.
..fin briege ..t3l 5s 0(1, ktatesowen £23 Ge 7d, non-
reei :red: pee pe s 1 12.2 i, toiai eilo I is let, egaiest
£97 11s 4id last year.
•ihiaMerstoniar NE.', CONNEXIjrI. —The annual
rn'cing of the Dudley dietrlet of the Me•liedid
w Cennexion took place in this town on Tuesday
at Wednesday, the Rev. H. Piggin, of Olileurv,
preei ding, Tne.Rev TG. Seymour, of Cheslyn
Hey. sac elected s.:cre.tary, and Mr. C. R. Smith,
ef idaingiam, a•sistaet sec:•etary. Tee circuit-,
ieclude Dudley, Binning:am (Ist and 2ne),
Cheslyn Bay, D ,wlev and Medel-y Oiebury and
Tipter, Stourleidge, Wolverhamwon, and Glotices-
ter, mission, with one or two exceptions fully re-
presented. The report subiei-ted to the meeting
showed that in s me circuits :there was an inete.,..e
in to mesa t ership, in others a decrease, whie all
contlibuted a lager amount than List year to tee
fun :s of the deeomin .ti ci, ad this i» spite of the
depression ef treacle. The Revds. J. W. Walls aid
A. Bouree were pissed on to the fourth ad seaceid
yi :Ira of their probuion respectively. The number
of members in the district is 2,974, wiih 318 on
trial. The sum contributed to Connexional funds
is 4,797 10e 2d. The Rev, F. H. Robinson, Bir-
tning'uarn, was the financial secretary.
DRUNKENNESS.—At the Police Court, yesterrlay