The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-01-13 00:00:00

THE STOURBRIDGE OBSERVER

anb 71t5trict tletas.

MIDLAND E.A.ILWAY CO. V. MAINWARING.—At tho
County Cctrt on Monday, before Sir Rupert KO du
(judge). This was an action in whicn the Midland
Railway Company sought to rccover a certain Full
of iii,ney from Mr. E. P. Aluin.Naring, for carriage
of goo2s.—Mr. Shc2herd appeared oa lielia7f of the
Company.---Mr Shepherd rinted out that the
claim we for the carriage of sonic goods from
Sheffield to Churchill. The goods were carried in
the year 1880 and the two it.3ms, which remained

unpaid, were dated August 27th, and September
28th. There were four packages of goo3s sent
about the same time and the carriage 6n two had
been paid, and the carriage on the other two was
in dispute. The company claimed that the
carriage in respect of the goods was at the mate
of 26e. Bd. per ton. The defen-,nt alleged that
the proper sum was at the rate of lls. 81. per ton
and had paid that rate into court. The point wa,
whether the charge was at the rate of us. 81 per
ton, as alleged by the defendant, .4. at the r.oe of
265. B€l. as alleged by
.the plaintiffs. He read a

consignrw-nt not e, which vras as follows :—Delivered
to the Midland Railway Co. from the Wards End
Steel Co., 22 buhiles spring steel: 25 cw and 2 qrs.
That was dated August 27th. On September 29th
the goods were described with the consignment note,
35 bundles spring steel-45 cwr 2 qrs. Out of the
four parcels of goods two had been paid for and
they were consigned" Besscqner Bars," which would
be carried at the rate of his. Bd. per ton. The
items upon which the claim arose, were described
as "Bundles of spring steel" and. the charge for
them would be at the rate of 265. 81. He produced
a document showing the rate of he charges for
carriage of goods from. Sheffield to the Kidder-

minster districts, ThiA showed that there were
certain potions of goods which were carried, not
involving the cartage to the station from which it
is sent, nor the cartage fn! delivery. There were
cla-ses in which the railwly campany contracted,
not only for the sending, but the delivery. Under
the Lead of exceptions occurred the following items:
—iron, undamagable. For that class the rate
would be at lls. Bd, per ton and would bo carried

at owner's risk, In this case the consignment note
did not Fay it was undamagable steel. Seeing that
it was not so entered they charg, d at the rate of
26,. Bd. per ton. The defendant's contention was,
he thought, that the goods, what,-ver they may be
d .scribAl into the c ,n,ignment were in fact gods
to come under the descripi ion of Bes,emer steel.
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There were two rates, called class A. and class B.
With regard to the rates under enss A., the goods
were to Le carried at owners risk, the goods so
carried were described as follows :—"Argle bars,
iron or steel, to be carried at class A. rate. viz :
11s Bd. per ton. The two parcels which (Lien-
dant had pr.dd for, in tile consignment note were
called "Bessemer Ba.l s" and they were put under
oiros A , but the other being described " Spring
Stca " were nut carried under this clas4, and the
company were entitled to 265. Bd.—The defence
was that although the goods were consigned as
"Spring Steel." they were simply "Bessemer
Spring Bare," and ought to have beer' carried at
the rate of lie. Si. per ton.—His Honour said that
the goads were forwarded as "Spring Steel." 'Plat

was-a
well-know H article and qi-me Under the rate

of class B. it was a m'st tha p trt of de-
fendant's principals, who s ,nt tho ituods, rh,),
hal con,igue3 them as "Spring Steel" and in-
voiced them as " Besseru r Bars. —l.lis Howar
gave a v2rdlet for the codiparty.
. APPLICATION FOR A NEW TRIAL.—M... T. Homer
(Brierley Hill), applied for a u..w trid iii a
runainsr down case. He pointed out that thi case
was heard before the deputy judge at the 1-st
court day. The plaintiff was Mr. John .Dutt,m,
car proprietor, of Stourbridge, and the defendant
was Mr. John Ilickton, car proprietor and licensed
victualler, of Crddley He ith. The amomit of the
claim was .235, the value of a hors, that was killed
in a collision, and also some mall sum of damage
to harness and shafi . He pointed out the facts of
the tase dud theta verdict for the full amount
waq given Ire read a number of affidavits, when
he had fiLzel since the trial and which stated that
the horse was worth about .210- Mr. Elcock (Messrs.
Gould and Elcock) opposeci the application. He
also read a number of affidavits which he had ob-
tained, siting that the horse was worth from .230
to £3s.—After some ccmaultition between the two

parties Mr. Etock informed His Honour that they
had agreed upon a verdict. His client wored
acce; t .212 for the value of the horse and the
costs would remain as already taxed, Each party
would pay their own costs on the present, occasion.
The Hallidie Patent Cable Tramways Corporation
Limited, give notice that the lists of application
for shares will close on Saturday, the 13th instant
for London, and on Monday, the 15th instant for
country applications.
ACCIDENT IN THE FOG.—Wm. Wood, an elderly
man, employed as night watchman at the Mersey
Wheel Works, had a narrow escape from drowning
at midnight on Saturday, A dense fog prevailed,
and Wood hearing some one about, as he thought.
w nt towards the canal, and before he was aware
' walkedlinto it. He was quite unable to get out
himself though he crossed from on side to the other
to try to do so, and after he had ben in the water
as he supposed nearly twenty min:lutes. his cries
were heard by two gentlemen passiag along the
main road some li tie diseance from the works.
[hey got him out of the water and gave informa-
tion to the pllice. Dr Egar was fetched to Wood,
who was stff and helpless with cold, and Polies-
eonstables Webb, Day. and Moore, afterwards took
him home on a truck.
STREET ACCENT.—Mr. H Merris,cab proprietor.
of Dudley, was driving out of the Talbot yasd, on
S turday evening last, accompanied by a friend,
when the horse, a ceirited animal, gave a start in
turning sharply into High Street, and both gentle
men were thrown from their vehiele. Mr.
Morris fell heavily upon the pavement on his head
and shoulder, and it is as feared at first he was fatally
injured. He was b :silly cur, and bruised on the side
.he head, ad a; other se,vere injurree. lls was
carried into the Talbot, and Mr. Hammond Smith
was called in to attend Intn, and it was 'outer
necessary that he should remain ar the hote . ele
Morris's compan:on, it is stated, esca.,ed without
injury.
DEATH 'most BURN.'.—A child named Florence
Brown, four years old, died at Wollaston on F, iday
the sth ins`., from the effects of burns received the
p evious day. While the moths was out of the
h use the child set fire to her clothes in some way,
aid a woman named Ellen Thomuson found her in
dames. thompson txtinguished them by wrapping
a beslquilt round her; bat the child had been fatally
Hured, and only survived till the next day.
A recent writer in our local papers hts wisely
observed that "one of the follies of the age is to
!tuy dear Wines and Spirits." Another folly is to
3uppose that buying from these who make the
largest return of duty is buying thorn in the
cheapest market. The Merchant who pays duty
upon thousands of gallons, pays in exact propor-
Von to the retailer clearing a single cask. A great
profit must be gained to cover enormous expenses
if large business premises, cost of advertising, and
an allowance of profit to the Agent, greater in
smany instances than taken by the respect
able Merchant. To buy cheap is to buy where but
one profit is made, ant we cannot better illudrate
our argument tan by pointing out the way in
which our townsmen, Messrs J. Rutland and Son, of
63, High-st, have opened up the trade. We have
no hesitation in saying that 25 per cent, is now
saved by their bringing the producer and the coil-
sumer together, over the prices pail a few years
ago, and a trial will fully bear out our assntions
Dadley Herald, December 24th, 1881.
"ROUGH ON RATS.. '—The Thing desired found at
last. Ask chem'sts, grocers or oilmen, for Rough
on Rats It clears out rats, mice, beetles, roaches,
flies, bedbugs, insects, ground moles, &c. 71d. and
is. boxes.
" BUCHUPABIA."—A. new, quick, complete cure
for all urinary affections, (smarting frequent or diffi-
cult) and kidney dissa,ses, 4s. At Druggist. London
Agency, No. 1. King Edward's Street.
A new featuure in respect to tramways is. an-
nounced this week win h prernis_s to effect a
revolution in this now popular mode of locomotion.
Elsewuere our readete will find tee prospectus of
the Hallidie Patent Cable Tramway Corporation,
Limited, with a capital of .£1,000,000, it' £lO shares,
of which 50,000 are now issued. The patent in
question has, it appears, been worked ia various
parts of Atne,ioa for some time past, and it is stated
with very great success. Th.• principle is that ef
an endless rope sunk in the road way and propelled
by stationary engines, and the are are fitted with
irripspullsys of au ingenious and effective eharaeter
which being fitted with jaws that grip and rel ass
the rope 4utuniaticaily, by the presAir,l of the rope
on the jaws prevents the rope from slippiug, and
being set in motion by the engine, actuate tile
cable while passing up one tube and down the
other. The motien is pleasant and there is, we are
told, no jerking. The speed will be nbout six miles
per hour, whether going up or down a gradient or
along a level. Twenty ears with 5,"10 persons ca
be drawn at one time by the etationary engine.
The cable is capable of sustaining a teneile strain
of 120 tons per square inch a-ca. 1.7e1s the leas:
important improvement in connection with ,fr.
Hallidie's patent is to be found he the rature of the
rail he uEes. Instead of t 1,3 ch-cply zrooved rails
which have caused se much eoni:eleint by the driv-
ing public, he lays flat and flash with the roadway,
a groveless rail. This is A 1)0011 all round, nut to
the traveller in the tramcar so much perhaps as to
the travelling public otherwise. Lacking at the
Hallidie system in all its bearinge it seems to have
arrived among us at an opportune sesson, There
is a general demand for the extens!en of .he tram-
way mcans of transit, but in mew iclities the
neiee, the outting up of the roads, the WO wad

gener4l deterioration of the neighbourhood are
objected to, and not without reason. From what
we see these objections will be nearly all remlved
under Hallidi's system, and what is more, the
difficulty of ascending steep bills, which has
stopped the tramways where they have most been
wantA wilt now be overcome. We heartily wish
tat th:2 inventiltg as well as the travelling public
may In b:nefitted by the operatims of the new
! cable system.
Sn or B ATM ELECTION.—A. meeting Wfl/3 held
in the C Tit Exchange, on Tuesd,y night, in view
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of the -approaching School Bard election, with the
Object of aviding a contes-, Mr. W. J. Turney
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ilc point d out th desira :ility of con-

aituting the now Se')osil Board without a con-
test, partly for the sAke of avoiding an. experise of
ot/70 or £BO to the ratepayers, an also to prevent
an uunece2sary stirring up cf party feeling.
.The
Rev. H. Sherrar,t 1113V03, " That with the view_ of

avoidinl: a contested election, it is desirable that
the School Board shlu:d consist of thre members
of the Church of England, three naiconformists
and one Roman Cltholic, and that the various
sections sleet their own candidates. This was

secondea by the Rev. J. Moorhouse, and carried
unlnimously. A committee was appointed to
jurt'der the oject of the resolution, and it is_umier-

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stood that they will use their influence, if more
catildatPs are nominated by either seation than
the above proportion, to endeavour to reducc then
io to number n Ime i.—A. vote fiof that,k3

was passed to the retiring members of the School
Board for their services in the past three years,
The following persona have been nominated as
candidates for election, and it is anticipated that a
number of them will withdraw, but not sufficient
to avoid a contest, which will therefore take place
on the 22nd instaut, Samuel Broughton, Daniel
Percival Cooper, !homes Downes, Frederick John
Haskew, Isaac Nash. Henry Newnan), William
North, Walter Tliomes Packwood, Julia Patch,
Lionel Banks Penloy. Godfrey Rowley Perkin,
George Wil jells Prescott, Hugh Siierrard, Henry
Taylor, Arthur Thompson, John Timmins, Francis
-Underwood, Alfred William Worthington..
SenooL or AnT.—The distributioa of priz?s to
the students of the above school took place on Mon-
day night. Sir Rupert Kettle presided, and there
was a good attendance. The report having been
read, the Chairman distributed the prizet, and
>afterwards addressed the mestinse regrettins that
the school was not so well support 'd ii the
neighboarhood as an institution of the kind ouglst
to be in such aa imp rotor manufacturing district.
Those who wars interested in the proaperity of the
place sheuld endeavour to encourage the art
manufacture which was a speciality with them
The manufac;ure of glass was a special industry
there, and if they did not lose it wilully it could
never be taken fr en them. Properly cared for it
would always give them the command of the world
for an article that was always saleable, and which
would always la in form in some faehioa. Glues
would never be obtained in such excellence as at
Stourbridge a lirg as they kept up their make in
its present excellence. It was worth any ex-
penditure of money and wry amount of trouble to
keep up the manufacture in its present excellence.
It wire a heritage most valuable to them, and they
must take the s one Care to preserve it as they
%%Nein to preserve buy oher• inheritance. They
steeliest to have improved the material to the highost
point rsached in modern times, aid Sturbridge
glass hail the repute ef being the very be,t glass
an the world.. They should aim at keepints the
art of decoration ot glass at the nighest pi,ch of
perfection, as well as having the quaiity ef their
glass of the best, and he stronsly urged upon them
that they shouid place that institution in which
they were met on a sound basis. (Hear, hear,) A
din now rested on the building, but he was told
that a gentleman of tire neighbourho el was willing
to give either £lOO. or £5O. if a sufficient number
of donations uf like denominations were also given
toalischarge the debt. He trusted if he ever was
aeain invited to come there that he should find
tit us free from debt, and in a th >roughly satis-
lac ory state. Sir Rapers afterwards dwelt on
sine special points in art matters, and urgel the
serdents net to give up their work in the school
too early a date, as some did.—Mr. J. B. Shepherd
moved a resolution recognising the importance of
art decoration and the claims of the school to the
support of the employers Of labour in the district-
-Mr. C. Cochrane seconded the resolution, which
was carried, and a vote of thanks to the chairman
concluded the proceedings.
LADY LYTT ELTON. —On Twelfth-day Lady
Lyttelton, of Haley, was delivered of a son at
Grosvenor Street, London. This is the third child,
the eldest being a saugs tar, and the second at son.
DREADFUL ACC ID ENT NEAR STO RBRIDGE
Henry Jasper, a banksman, empt iyed at the
ddnall Colliery, belonging to Messrs. J. B. Fisher
and Ca., near Stourbridge, met with a shocking
death on Tuesday night. Some men had been re-
pairing the shaft used to draw water from the
mine, and Jasper and two others were removing
toe scaffolding about nine o'clock at night, when
the former slipped, and fell down the mine, a dis-
tance of 18e yards. The body was not recovered till
two o'clock the next morning, owing to theta beater
a great depth of water at the bottom. When
deceased was brought up he was found to be
terribly disfigured. Jasper w•is a very steady m
He leaves a wife and three children.
New ALHAsimiss THEATRE.—Mt Cherie Darrell
has produced at this theatre during the week a
grand patriotic drama entitled " Under the British
Flag," which, judging from the crowded audiences
that have assembled has thoroughly hit the taste
of 'he theatre going public. Some new and beanti-
ful cenery has been provided by Mr. E. J. Davis,
the barricade and explesion in the second act
being one of the finest effects we have ever seen.
For the acting we have nothing but praise. Mr.
Charles Darrell, as harry Seaworthy, the hero of
the story, gave a moss carefully studied performance
and thorou :hly won the sympatey ef the au& nce
He has a gocet voice, a commanding form, and i
evidentlySau actor of experience. Miss Jenny
Lende was very graceful as Mary Trueheart ; her
a .enes with Harry being especially good. Miss
Kate Bertiarn as Nancy. a maid of ad work, Issas
orimfull of fen, and while she was on the stage the
laughter never stopped for one moment. We must
not forrset Mies Georgina Boyack who makes a
great ciLl out of tee small part of Jumbo, a nigger
boy. A greeter compliment could nut be psid to
Mr. J. W. Lynda then the gri ans and hisses with
which his performance of the vilianous Mordan
Joyce was received. Mr. Louis Murray was quietly
• impressive as Don Felix. Mr. H. J. Allen was
scarcely perfect in the text is General Trueheart,
but wound up the flail situation well. The re-
mainder of the p arts were in most competent hands.
We understated that next week sees the last six
eight-, of Mr. Derrell's season and on Wednesday
next he takes his benefit. The favourite drama
"Tile Factory Girl" will be played, and a great
many other attractions, and we doubt not that a
crowded house will rewara this favourite actor-
manager for the time and expense he has been at
in presenting good performances to the inhabitants
of Stourbridge.
RUNICE a ins.—At the Police Court yesterday,
before Colonel Fletcher and Frank Evers, Esq.,
Wilitain Lindley was charged with heing drunk en
the 9th. P.C. Moore proved the case, also several
previous convictions. Fined ss. and (- osts.—William
Cox was charged with tieing drunk and incapable
at Cradley, on the Bth P.O Cha.re proved tile case.
Fined ls and costs. Benjamin Cooper was charged
wish toeing (hunk and dis aelerly at the Lye, on
the 6th inst. P.e. Payne proved the case. Fined
53. and costs.—William Packer was charged with
being drunk awl di-orderly en the 7th. P.C. Davis
proved the caste. Fined 2s. 6d. and costs.
OBSCENE LANGUAGE.—John Timmins, fishm anger
was charger with using obscene language in the
puulic s-reet. Alfred Green and Anraham Cook
proved tne case. Fined ss. and costs ; indefault
la days.
FURIOUS DRIVING.—SamueI Nowton, of Cradley,
was charged %kith furious driving on the 28th let.
P.Cs. Cher° and Luker proved the case. Withdrawn
on payment of 78, 6d.
DRUNK AND REFUSING- TO QUIT Thomas
Rutter was charge l with being drunk and refusing
to Quit the Wagon and Hors s Inn, Fairfield on
the 26th ult. P.C. Wa lace proved the case. The
defence was that, he was a lodger. Fii el 5.. bill
Coats.
DRUNK AND DISORDERLY.—Ge )rge Hrcis was
charged with bring drunk and di orderly in High
Street on the 6th inst. P.C. Tanton proved t• e
case. Pleaded guilty. Fined 2s. 6d. and coats.
William Barnsrey ii as charged as ith being drunk
ad di-orderly at Cralley on the Bth inst. P.C.
Mica proved ths case. Fined ss. and costs.
ADULTERATED MILK. --e Benjamin Pearson was
fined is, aid costs for selling adultera ed milk.
SenoeL BOARD CASES. - A num,ber of persons
were summoned by Inspecter Baker for neglecting
to sand their children to s-hool and fined.
TRANsseas.--At the Pcce Court, yesterday, the
following transfers took place: The Rose and
Crown Intl, Market Street, from Frances Fliat to
Francis Underwood ; Tee Malt Shovel, Belbreuith-
toe, from Joseph Griffith to Tho macs King ; The
Swan Hotel, from Sam Argyle to Mary Ann
Solos. An interim of author:ter was granted.
Off licersts from llarris to Elizabeth Ito tier,
Lye ; front William Kimberly to William Weaver.
PROSEC UT lON UNDER THE TRUCK ACT.— Fred-
erick Kidson, n il factor and publican, residing at
the Lye, was surnamed for paying wages to a
man named Edward Bradley, a horsenail maker,
Otherwise than in the current coin of the realm.—
Mr. Hooper (Messrs. Stokes aid Hooper, Dudley),
instructed by Mr. Charles Wiriams, secretary to
the Nailmakers' elFsociation, appeare I to prose-
cute, ant Mr. Waldroa defended.—Then was
a further charge against defendant of paying
wages to Abraham Hill, nail maker, Lye, other-