The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-10-04 00:00:00

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The monthly meeting of this Board ,as held on
Men.tair, in the
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change,
r. E. -,rtager, senior, 4),...etipied the oliail'
There Were el,o p...i:s. zo., M,,,,a. Li. T:ir.ey, Platt,
Palfrt.y. North. ‘/N' oolley, Walker, (11114 m Parkes,
ani Li ask ew. _ _ _

The minutes of the last monthly and spec:al
meetings were tead and confirmed.
The returning officer's certificate was read aud
upon the motion of the chairman, was entered in
the minute book.
The following newly-elected commissioners were
then sworn in and took their seats at thP Board :
W. Gr t, W. Patch, W. Jones, J. Cs vi lader,
H. Hieklin, G. R. Perkin, D. Penney and C. H
Collis.

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The Finance Committee reported the Treasurer's
balances on sevkral necoun s a• that date, were as
follows :—llighway account. £llB Is. 7d., Improve-
ment accour:t. .£196 17s. 41., Urban Sanitary
Authority accornt. £321 Ws. 2d. Your committee
haying examined the following accounts and find-

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The Im;:rovemtnt Committee reported that plans
for the erection in Church-street, of a shop, offices
and four houses for Mr. S. A. Brooks, had been de—
posited. On reference to the plan it would be seen
that the front wall was not straight. The com-
mittee r( commend that a strip of land as shown on
plan, in quantity 25 yards, be purchased for the
purple of widening thq street and straightening
the boundary Mr. Brooks had offered the land at
103 per yard, and the committee recommend the
Board to accept the offer. The committee recom-
mend that the surveyor be instructed to kerb and
channel Hill-street side of Heath-street, from
Worcester street, to Hill-street, with 3in. blue
kerbs and 4in. Rowley setts. The estimated cost
was £2l. the labour to be doLe by the Coln-
inia,_,iunerts' men when convenie t. Plans for the
ereceion of a house and smiths' shop at the junc-
tion of Di ii. street, and New-street, for Mr. John
Saunders had been deposited. On account of the
nsre.weess.of the road, the committee recoua-
met.ded that a strip of land he purchased for the
purpose of widening the street. Mr. Saunders has
( trend the land at the sum of £l3 which your com-
mitt, e tee mmend should be accepted. Y, ur com-
mittee recommend that the plans of new buildings
te te,ss,d, subject to being in compliance with the
bye laws, end the above improvements carried out.
The remrt was adopted.
The Ch irman then readjthe following memorial
whi.-11 had been numerously signed by the princip-.1
trad, smen and shopkeepers of the town :—To the
Improvement Commissioners of the township of
Storlrbridge. Central Post Office, Stourbridge,
shou:d removal b- necessary. We the undersigned
ratepayers, tradesmen and owners of property in
Stourhridge, respectfully tuge upon the town com-
missioners, the importance of having a General
Post Office in the centre of the town, as near the
Market Place as possible. We would draw atten-
tion to the importance in view of the extension of
the township, by incorporation, that every considera-
tion should be given, not only to the principal
tradesmen tied ratepayers of the town, but also to
the important districts of Amblecote, Coalloourn-
brook, Wordsley, Wollaston &c., in which direc-
tion all the chief trades and manufactures lie, and
cur's, quentry most of the Post Office businsss is
centered. We feel assured you will give every con-
Bidet alien to the wishes of your petitioners in this
case by using your influence to the Post Office
authorities to carry out 80 desirable an object."
The memorial was referred to the Improvemeet
Committee.

ing them to be eorrect, recotnineed that they be scriptions. The Bodily wanted to lc are out the
ate :—Highway a. cunt, £52 ;9 • 91., Improve- headings of the chepters, but a gentleman said,
meat atcoant, -tat us, lid , Urban San;tery "No. If they are to have a testament, let them
hority acceuna £42 as. 1 41. Henry Williams's have a good one," and he gave .2600 towards the
inte-est on tie_ eepeso a:100 to )4-1- years interest, fund. In 2i months 500,000 copies of these penny
e 6 oe. 01. A Is of reduced assessments made by • tesotments had heen issued, and the society were
Aseeaonen Committee ef the Boura of Guard- now indebted adout 20,000. He (the speaker)
iiii w.s 1 d Isf re yeur comnii.tee, which they thought rz:any were not aware how the Bible society
eecemuiend should be aeupted. had lowered the price of scripture. When the
Mr. Platt, in moving the adoption of the report, society started in 1805 they brought down the price
referrea to the need of improvements in the town, of the bible to 6s; whereas, no bible could be got
and said, ng to the rates, he believed the rate which for such a sum as that before. He then called at-
all iteellioeat people should desire to keep low was tentien to the translation work of the society.
the de :th-rate. Thete ought c, rtainly to b. Since he saw them last mole ti a 130 languages had
suffi.aent saa:t ogo on in,p,.oving• th• tawn. The lean ridden to their translation. Not one of those
Mc-r et H.:11 want d ate thee into a pi oper state, had a bible beFore. Amongst those languages was
and they %veleta a free liaraty, baths,. and several I the argan. Yargan had one of the most unhospi-
, 0.110- things. ide should like to keep the rates table climes i n the world. The gentleman to whom
down as much as they COll id, but th, y should do they were indebted to this translation was the Rev.
Alm was raqui-ite, acid do it well. Charles Bridges, who began life at Bristol. He
The Medical Officer of Health (Do Eagar,) rc- was a waif and stray, and was found sleeping under
ported that the numb( r of births for the past a bridge in Bristol by a gentleman. He took him
mouth was 34, and the deaths 16. This gave a to the workhouse, where he was schooled as best
birth rive cf 41-S pr 1,00 per annum, and a death- they could afford. The gentleman took notice of
rate of 19.6. The death -rate was higher than that him again, and he offered himself as a missionary
for the preceding month, whilst for the corres- to go to Terra-del-Fuego. He had to invent an
pending month last year it was 27'6. A case of alphabet, and has 21 more vowels than the English
sporadic cholera had been repotted during the language. After two years he succeeded in his
month. The saritary rrangements of the house task. He wrote out the alphabet 20 times, and had
were found to be good, but the man had partaken to correct it. When he had got his grammar and '
of a pork pie on the previous night, and the medi• dictionary his work began. When he had finished
cal officer did not attach much importance to the the gospel he brought it home and superintended
case. The precautions taken to prevent its recur- it passing through the press himself. He (the
rence were as follows :—The corpse aas buried as speaker) read a letter from that minister, who was
soon as possible, the house thoroughly fumigated, very glad of the bibles, and said the Yargans were
bedding and clothing destroyed, the paper pulled beginning to read eagerly. Inside the letter was a
off the walls, and the tap water laid on. draft for £5. This meant a good deal from those
The Nuisance Inspector reported that 204 loads poor people. The only language which the whole
of night soil had been removed during the .onth, bible was not printed in was the Japanese. They
The commita e begged to report in accordance had the New Testament in that language, and the
with instructions they had caused to he erected whole bible was being completed. Every year sees
a large lamp of 150 candle power at the junction an extension of the society on the continent. The
of Church-street, Hagley-street, and Kidderminster- society had in France about 54 missionaries travel-
street, with High-street. This lamp supplies light ling about. They had 400 men on the continent,
in the place of three ordinary leaps which had and 600 in the world, who followed out the bible
beeu teeth.* aiehen. ate eoet was coafin :c1 the and turned the people by their way of living.
£l5 granted to your committee by the Board. The The resolution -was eeconded by Mr. Shepherd,
committee aeked for power to erect a similar lamp and carried unanimously.
with a triangular refuge at the junction of Kidder- The proceedings then terminated.
minsterestreet, with Worcester-street, at a cost not
exceeding £l5 ; also to place two lamps of 75 candle
power, one on each side of the clock at a cost not
exceeding ..t7 103. Od. each.
'With reference to the ease of sporadic cholera,
Mr. C. H. Collis asked if the well had been filled
no. He did so because he was informed several
di used wells in the town were used for drainage
aurpceFes. and sewage turned into them. It tars
sort of thing was done they should have the came
kind of thing as there was at Kidderminster.
hr. H. Turney Can you bring authentic infor-
mation about that. Mr. Collis said he could bring
forward sn owner of property who gave him the
information. A workman this person was employ-
ing suggested he should turn his drainage into a
well he was going to have stopped up, and when the
property owner objected to do so, the man said the
elm., thing ha c: been done at other disused wells in
the town. Mr. Turney said there was a suspicion
about the water used at the house where the cholera
case occurred, although it was said the attack was
due to the man eating pork-pie. He should like
the opportunity of finding out the cases Mr. Collis
spoke of, and they would be taken up by the
sanitary inspector.
Mr. 11. Turney moved that a new lamp be placed
at the bottom of Kidderminster-street, and two ,by
the clock.
Mr. Woolley said that he had heard that the
new lamp had dispensed with three;ordinary lam, s
and consumed the gas of six.
Mr, Jones seconded the resolution, and said hati
supposing it did consurce more gas, it was Nvel
worth the extra expense for the improvement at
the corner of that street.
In answer to a question, Mr. North said that a
meter had been put down, so they could get the
pr per average. He did not jump at con elusions
and wanted to wait two or three weeks so that he
could get the praper average.
It was resolve I to add to the resolution that an
extra lamp be put at the top of Enville-etreet, and
was carried.

SPECIAL EXHIBITS OF CAMEO GLASS AT THE WOL-
VERHAMPTOr anticipati,n of the
visit ( f the delegates of the Lssociated Chanab r
Commerce to the Exhibition on Wednesday even—
ing. Messrs. Thomas Webb and Sons, of Stour-
bridge—for whom Mr. William Walker, of Lich-
tield-street, is agent—had placed upon their Stall
No. 217, near the Wulfruna-strest entrance, an
exquisite collection of Cameo glass The articles
comprise a valuable, riclily-designed vase with
cameo work in white on a ruby ground, and another
vase of a similar description but of different design
and colour. There was also a variety of scent
bottles with silver mounts, in addition to toilet
tables and candlesticks, and a roagnidcent duplex
lamp of imposing appearance and choice design.
Two plaques, in frames, were perfect gems. The
whole of the exhibits are Messrs Webb and Sons'
on manufacture, and they reflect the highest
credit upon that well-known firm. Not only to the
distinguished visitors on Wednesday evening but
also to future visitors to the Exhibition the articles
to which we have briefly referred are sure to prove
very attractive.
Me,srs. W. H. & H. Le May, :Seed Factors, (38,
Borough High Street, London, report :—Very fair
attendance on the seed market t:s day. The
trade for winter tares, rye, and trifolium, is very
quiet, and paces have a :downward tendency; the
same may be said of mustard seeds, S,ptember
29th, 1884.
DRIJNICENNFSS. -At the Police Court before
Messrs. F. Evers, H. 0. Firmstone, and A. Freer,
John Hand was charged with being drunk and dis-
orderly on the 27th ult, at Blakedown,—P.C.
Holloway proved the case. Fined 2s 6cl and costs
—David Tromans was fined 2s 6d and costs for
being drunk on the 27th ult at the Lye. P.C.
Powell proved the case.—William Cox was charged
with being drnnk in the public street on the 28th
ult. PC. Webb proved the case. Fined 58 and
costs.—Samuel Sheppard was charged with being
drunk on the 25th uit. P.C. Davies proved the case
Police Superintendent Wheeler proved eleven
previous conviztions F'ned 20s and costs ;in de-
fault 1 month.

FURIOUS DRIVING.—James Hancox, of Datfoid,
wa, charged with being drunk and incapable whilst
in charge of a horse aa‘l cart, on the 20th ult, at
Hag•ey. Defendant was further chErged witi
fur onsly driving a horse and cart on the same date.
Mr. Spencer Thurefield was for the prosecution,
and Mr. Ili;tgs defended.—Jane Ramer, a Cok iii
the mploy of Mr. Thursfield, a solicitor, of Kidder-
minster, but now staying with the family at Clert,
said that en the ab‘ive date she was in company with
Mary W'hecler. a nurse at about five o'clock. She
was Iv:a-cling a perambula4-or, with two children ia
ftZtoaar3s the Lyttelton Arms. Sha was in the
horse rood, ahout a foot from tee kerbstone and
whilst going L:1.0,!! she heard a tart coming very
furiously. Before sLe could get the perambulator
on to the foo path the cart passed her and upset the
peramhtlat r. The children were thrown out. A
man came out of a public house hnd shouted at de•
ft-ndant, but he did not stop, P.C. Croucher then
cam' out of his house and examined the children
and then went after the defendant. When they were
by the Lyttelton Arms they met the policeman
bringir.g the defendant back. The defendant was
drunk —Joseph Malpass, bill poster and auctioneers'
porter, said that he was in Hagley at about 5
o'clock. He saw the defendant driving a horse and
cart. The hors - was gahopin:! and the defendant
was drunk and swaying about. He saw the per-
-Bi:tabular.° urs t and the children thrown out. The
peraulbu atoe was about six inches from the foot-
path. went on the other side of the road and
called to defendant, but be did tot stop.—John
gnowles gave corroborative evidence, P.C.
Crouther, P.S. Jones, and Surerintendent Wheeler
gave evidence as to. detendant's druekenness.—For
the defence, Mr. Thoma-, Guest, Brettell Lane, was
called and said that on the atove date the defend-
ant In ought a load of ii.arl to his house. HeCwas
sober when he came to his house and when he went
away.—David Hubbal, Wollaston, said the defend-
ant was perfectly sober, and had no symptons of
having been drinking.—Mr. Firmatone said the
Bench had given their best ,t,tention to the eases
and they had both been fully proved. Defendant
was fined 5i an I cost', in do 'anit 14 days; and for
the furious driving 20s and and costs, in default 1
month.

Pooa RATE DEFAULTERS.—A number of persons
were summonel from Belbroughton, Stourbrid2e,
Lye and Wollescote. Orders for payment were
made in some cases, but some were excused,

JURY I.lST.—The jury list fur Pedmi re was sob-
mated and passet3.
THEFT or TOOLS —John Harnan was charged
with stealing a head knife, nut wrench, and a
quanii yof nails, the creperty of Peter Leek,
saddler, Belbroughton, on the 19th ult.—Prosecutor
said that the defendant was in his employ and left
on the 20th ult. He missed the articles produced
after he had gotie.—P.C. Wallace said he appre-
hended prisoner, who was on the way to Kidder-
minster. He searched him and found the articles
produced.—Fined 21s; or in default;thres weeks'
imprisonment with hard labour.
HIGHWAY OFFENCE. George Boworth was
charged with firing off a gun within 50 feet of the
highway on the 28th ult. at the Gigmill.—P. .
Paynter said he saw the defendant fire off the gun
in the highway.—Discharged with a 0111t1012.
SCHOOL BOARD CA3t:S.—Three persons were sum-
moned for net sending their children to school.—
Two were fined 2s 6d and 1 was,adj urned for a
month.

ILLEGALLY Pswr-aNa.—Samuel Nock was charged
with illegally pao,vniug an overcoat on or about the
22nd September, he not being authorised to do so,
the propel or of William Hill. Mr. Ward defended.
Compl Linant said he lodged with defendant and
missed his overcoat. He saw the overcoat at Mr.
Stringers. In cross-examination he said he never
agreed to pay defendant anything. He had never
paid him anything for his lodgings. He would
swear he had seen his brother, who was living in
the same house, pay his uncle 27s for two weeks.
The overcoat was usually kept in a box. He would
swear he never saw it hung up. He did not have
saiy conversation with defendant's wife about the
coat. He did not tell her she might pawn it. He
never received any money from her. He did not
owe them any money. After hearing other evidence
the Bench were of opinion that there was no case
of illegal pawning, and defendant was dischaned.
STEALING A FowL.—George Wright and Oliver
Barnes were charged with st- sling a fowl on the
27th ult. the property of G. K. Harrison.—Richard
Waldron, labourer, Hagley, said that on the 27th
ult. be was with his father and brother diggin:4
potat .es on Mr. Harrison's land. He saw Barnes
strike twice at a fowl with a stick and then hold it
on the ground, It was ju--t inside Mr. Grazeb ook's
ground. Wright ran to it and twisted its neck and
then put it in his pocket —James Waldron gave
corroborative evil ence.—William Johnson, farm
bailiff, said P.C. Croucher showed him the fowl (pro-
duced,) on the 27th alt. It was dead and was warm.
It was Mr. Harrison's fowl. Ile saw it safe about
9 o'clock.—P.C. Croucher said from information
received he went into a field of Mr. Grazebrook's
between eleven and twelve o'clock, He took the
j Lcket (produce I) off a rail and found a fowl in the
, 'Docket behind. It was warm and the neck was
broken. When he inquired about the ja ket,
I Wright said it was his. He then charged them
with stealing a fowl the property of Mr. Harrison
on the 27th ult. Barnes said "I dont know any-
thing about it.'' Wright said "I know nothing
about it."—With regard to Barnes the Bench had
some doubt in their minds whethcr he struck the
jowl with any felonious intent, and'decided to die.