The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-07-25 00:00:00

THE STOURBRIDGE OBSERVER.

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BOARD OF GUARDIANS.

Mr. 11.Billingham presided at the weekly meet;.
lag of this Board yestelday There were also pre—
(-tit Mes,rs. Roberts n, Groves, Rollinsen, Dawes,
Bryce, Raybould, Webb, J. Billinghqm, Crump,
Pearson, J. Brooks,. Rhode, Stringer, Forrest,
Yardley, and Hill
Mr. Ro!lir son tee master, reported that there had
bcen admitted 13, discharged 10, dead 1, remaining
519 galist 509. —Reli f, Kin,:swieford .t 44 83 6.1,
Stourbridge £3O 173 3d, l-kalesowen £23 19s 2d,
N it residents XL 108 10, total £lOl 4s 7d against
£.17 lie 101
'1 he Chairmun rattler] ed that the amount of re-
l'ef was nth wr. g side.
Mr. Grove: Has it ever gone down?
Tr e Uuer,. : _No tor tie. 1 at si.c years
Triennia! Llfctions.—A e;ter was rec -iced from
the Local Gorernune..t o rd forwarding a draft
order which he Boar p 0. ova to is-ue to enable
he opinio of the lat .p -yers and owners to be taken
as to tne sub=titution of t en nt: in-ted of anutial
electior.s cf Gua!dians as recently moved for by
Mr. Guest.
Mr, J. B cx)l,s: n, tic.) tt at n .2ct, week be
would muvr. ?het. the resolution asking for the ord, r
now aloweil be reueided, en; th-,t th op;nlou ~f
0:e ratepaytrs and owneus b.! not taken upon the
que-tion.
The Lot Governme it Board
.wrote saying they
had no obje.ttiol to the propos ti of uhe Unarlians
to fill up the present Hales ev.-n reli f di.triet.
Tie Board instructed the Clerk to advertise for an
officer acooidingly.
Mr. Parsons, the schoulma-ter at the Workhou 0,
wrote resigniag his appointment to take effect on
the first Friday after -he next examivatioa,
'Cite Board am:Hinted a deputation to visit the
several asylums in th • Union.
The coadition of the Louse,—A. letter Ins r,.4
ceived from the Local Gogernment Board regret-
that th., Guardians of the Union had been un-
able to arrive at a deci.ion upon the very important
and pressin4 quo lions affec ing administration of
the Union. The Board impres-ed up ,n the Guard-
ians the necessity of taking some immidiste steps
towards relieving the overcrowded cendition of the
Workhouse, and they u•uggested that the Guardians
shoJd comider whethet they could not cutter into
some arrangements with the Guardians of soul-
other Union for receiving some of the indoor poor
No instructions were given to the Clerk upon the
matter by the Board.

LOYAL CALEDONIAN COHICS.—On Monday even-
ing a new log& of Loyal Caledonian Corks was
opened at the house of Brother J. Malpasi, the
Seven Stare Inn, Market Street—A procesu was
formed by three different ledges, headed by the
Stourbridge Brass Wind, at Bro A. J. Barnett's, the
Mitre Hotel, and then marched up Kidderminster
Street, down High Street, to Bro. Malpass's. There
the opening ceremonies were performed and about
25 members were initiated in the society by thi-
or- tbers of the different lodges. About thirty
more remain to be initiated and judging from the
appearances this lodge will undoubtedly l'e the
strongest in the district.
SPECIAL SrnmoNs.—Sermons were preached on
Sunday 1 stlat Holy Trinity Church, Amblecote,
on behalf of the Choir Fund.—Th preachzr, worn-
:rig and evening, was the lifv. C. 1). Pixel!, vicar of
Frampt ,n Cotterill, near Bristol, who delis' red Lx-
cellent sermons ,o good congregations.
DEDNEENNESS —At the Police Court, yesterday,
~efoie Laptain Noel an! Mr. T. D. I homas, Jane
A.nn Davis, agrespEctable lookiag young woman,
was charge t v‘i,h being drunk and inc4pable in the
publi, att.-et. on tbe ;:i2lst ins. Serge tiit Cbare
proved the case. Finci 2, Ca mad cos, s.—A charge
wring Elizabeth Smart for being drunk was aa•
jourueri for 7 days. ,wing to the officor in charge of
t. e cone b,,ing ill.—Albert Hayes was chargtd wit:
"fein; drunk and di-orderly on the 20 h lost, at the
Lye.—P.C. Langistoue proved the ca-e. Fined 6s
and costs.

CAUTION TO BAKERS. - Henry Dale was charge -
with carrying out bread without having scales and
weights. Tne case was withdrawn on payment oi
costs. _ _

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CAUTION TO CARTERS. Joseph Hingley was
charged with being in such a position as ft t to
have proper control over his horse. P.C. Moore
found defendant last asleep in a cart, and the reins
were hanging loose. Fined is and costs.
SCIIOOL BOARD CASES—Three persons were sum-
moned for not sending their children to school
One was fined 21 6d, one adjourned, ,and the other
fined is.
ANOTHER Daurrit.--LJohn Smart was charged a ith
being drunk and disorderly on the 22nd inst.—P.C.
Davis proved the case, Fined 2s 6d and costs; in
default 7 days
A BAILIFF IN TILOUBLE.—James Fawkes, County
Court bailiff, was summoned for driving, or causing
to be tbiven, a pig, woug the highway, without hav-
ing a license. It appears that defendant seized
he pig for a debt, and caused it to ba driven along
the highway. The case was adjourned for a week.
FIIHIOUS DRIVING.—Henry Eveson was charged
w•th furiously driving a horse at Pedmore, on the
12th inst. Mr. Richard L. Freer said that btfore
giving evidence he wished to make a few remarks.
The scenes on a Sunday were something disgraceful,
People went out on a Sunday to enjoy tae scenery
and fresh air, and whilst away they got drunk. It
would soon be dangerous for people to walk al nag
the highway. Policemen could not do their duty,
for the men go so fast that it would he dangerous
to try to stop their carts, and they could not be
identified again. He saw a glaring case last Sun-
day, and he was determined to pr Bente. On Sun-
day last he was coming out of Pedmore Church an..:
heard a great noise. On loJking back he saw de-
fendant in one trap and some one in another,
coming down the road at a furious rate. Fortun-
ately for witne,s, and unfortunately for defendant,
his hat blew off and he had to turn back and get it.
When he had got his hat he went off tat the same
furious rate.—Edward Morley iden:ified defendan I
as the man who came cl,)%n the road, Defendant
said that a hoop came off a catt wheel and struck
hie mi.re on tLe head, causing her to start away
He tried to p,lt hr up and did so in about ninety
ards.—WiLiam ani George Crudgington coe-
loboratcd dt fendaut a ,tatemeut.—The Bench said
they had decided to put a stop to the furicus driv-
ing. They should adjourn the case for-a week in
order to enquire about the hoop c 'ming off the cart
wheel.

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APPLIOA.TIoN.—Mr. H. El.dlots ay, assistant clerk
to the 6tourbridge Guardians, applied for an order
for the rentoval of John Braston, an inmate of the
Stourbridgo Union, to the Dudley Union. The
,epositions were read over to the man arti he was
asked to sign theta. He replied, "Let me see what
i'Ve got to sign first." He then read it over an.l
eftzsed to sign it, on the ground that they ha I
fused him him admission into the Dudley Union la&
Christtnas. Mr. King said if he s.gne4 it oe would
have to be admitted, but he . still refused to sign it.
the application was granted.

SOMEONE has set Vie Clyde on fire. A clear and
brilliAut flame has for some days been seen issuieg
from the waters of this river of "ink and stink," as
an irreverent writer once styled the broad stream
which flows through the city of good St. Mungo.
The phenomenon arises up the av r, away from
Gla-sesow, how, ver, near to the mouth of the A.uchin-
raith burn, hard by Bothwell Bridge. Its origin is
attributable to a strong current of gas, which has
f re,td its way upwards tin ough the earth from some
subterranean mineral workings, aud, coming to the
surface of the ground on the bed of the river,
bubbles up into air through the volume of running
water. Some days ago a sturdy trout-fishcr, wad-
ia the stream, having li.4ht.:d Lis pipe, heed
es 'y threw away th) match, still burning, wlaich
at once set the escaped gas ahl ize, and so, daylight
and dark, the dwellers thereabout see a strange
weird light on the river which all their efforts
failed to extinguish. What a sensation this would
have created among the Ciydeside peasants in the
day a when everything not generally understood was
straightway set down to supernatural agency !
How the bright crimson berries of the rowan tree
would have been set up at every cottage door with.
n sight to frighten away the kindlers and winged
watchers of tue elfin light, for each "guid mon'
and "Him wifie" would religiously believe the singu-
lar spectacle owed its origin to the noiseless deni-
zens ot fairyland, and that its inexplicable appear
foreboded some heavy and unknown ill. And what
a tale could the legend-loving Sir Walter of Abbots-
ford have conjured up with his magic pen from the
flame lighted by the careless angler on the Clyde.

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