The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-11-23 00:00:00

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BOATID OF GUARDIANB.—The weekly meeting
of this board was held yesterday, Mr. H. Billing .
ham in the chair. There were also present
Messrs. Raybould Haskew, Thompson, Rollineon
Wood, J. Billingham, Giles, Mills, Plant, Fid-
dian, Lavender, Kelley, Eveson, and Brooks.
Admitted into the house daring the week 17;
dischargedlo ; dead 2; remaining 425 ; cor-
responding week last year 434. Out-door re-
lief, Kingiwinford district, £27 63 7d; Stour-
bridge district, .tl9 73 8d; Halesowen district,
£l6 133 6d ; non-resident paupers, 93 41 ; total
£63 17s LI ; against £57 43 114 d last year.
Alt INTERESTIN.I ADVEATIBEMENT.—The adver-
tisement of fortune of Samuel Heckscher, sen.
in Hamburg in the number of our gazette of this
day is very interesting. This house has acquired
so good a reputation by the prompt and discreet
payment of the amounts gained here and in the
environs, that we beg all ourireaders to take notice
of his insertion this day.
A DRUNKEN COUPLE PVINISSED.—At the Police
Court,
Monday, before Messrs. J. Holcroft arid
cn
F. Evers, William Brown, a navvy, employed on
the new line, and Mary Brown, his wife, were
charged with being drunk and disorderly, the
former being also charged with assaulting the
polio On Saturday night Police-constable Eaves
found them stumbling about High Street, and
he took the woman into custody,. whereupon the
man attacked and nearly stripped her: Brown
after vards got the officer down, and kicked him
most violently. The man was sentenced to three
Inonths' hard labour and the woman was fined es
and costs.
SKATING RINK ENTERTAINMENT.—ThiS popular
place of entertainment was well patronised on
Monday evening last. On Tuesday evening there
was EL grand skating contest for four silver medals
pr sited by the proprietor. The first prise was
for tlae best figure skating. The second was for
the most graceful 81:at:pg. The third prize was
for the fastest skater round the rink half-a-mile,
and the fourth for the fastest juvenile skater
round the rink half-a-mile. For the first event
there were only two competitors, Master J. Wake-
man and Master H. Collins. The prize was
awarded to Master Wakeman. For the most
graceful .skating there were three competitors,
Masters J. Wakeman, H. Collins, and P. ,Allsop.
The medal was awarded to H. Collins. The half-
mile fastest skating produced ten competitors
open to all corners who had to go twelve times
round the rink for the half-mile. J. Greenwocd
(Birmingham) 2 minutes 40 seconds, W. Hitchin
2 minutes 54 seconds, F. F. olkes, 2 minutes 44
second. 4, J. Gillani, 2 minutes 50 secands, W.
Niokolls, 3 minutes 10 second.% W. Smith, 3

minutes 8 seconds, H. Collins, 2 minutes 47
seconds, J. Wakeman, 3 minutes, C. Chappell, 8
minutes, and F. Hainge, 2 minutes 44 s4conds.
Greenwood won by 4:seconds and was awarded the
medal. The juvenile fast skating produced three
competitors, E. Collins (scratch) 2 minutes 45
seconds, S. Hainge (30 yards) 2 minutes 55
seonds, F, Collins 2 minutes 411- seconds, who won
by 3i seconds. The judges were Messrs. Dixon
and Laveridge, of the Aston Rink, Birmingham.
Starter, Mr. H. 3 Hainge. Timekeepers, Messrs.
Mapp and Pearson. After the racingthe prizes
were awarded by Mr. Hainge, the proprietor, who
said he had much pleasure in handing over the
prizes to the successful competitors. He was
pleased to say that out of the four prizes, three
were awarded to the Stourbridge competitors.
(Cheers.) He should have been very glad to have
given the fourth to a Stourbridge man but the
prize was won by Mr. Greenwood, of Birmingham,
and he had pleasure in presenting it to him who
had fairly won it. Each of the prizes were then
fastened on the successful competitor. The
whole affair was a success, between four and five
hundred persons being present. We may say that
this is the third prize that has been won by Mr.
Greenwood for fast skating.
FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT ON THE BRANCH LINE.—
On Thursday morning last two men were severely
injured whilst at work on the new branch line
into the town, making six who have been hurt by
accidents since the line was started. The two
men were engaged in blasting the sandstone in
the cutting about 20 yards from the bridge under
the Station Road. They inserted one charge of
about half a pint of gunpowder in the rock, ram
mod in two parts, but for some cause or other the
fuse did not burn properly, and the charged did
not explode. They then poured some water over
it and determined to withdraw the charge and
make another. They had removed a portion of
the ramming, and were "galloping" the hole with
" jumper " in order to extract the remainder.
when the powder suddenly exploded. As the men
were close over the hole, one on each side, they
received the effects of the discharge in their
faces. One of them, James Smith, a married man
of Netherton, was very badly injured about the
face and arms, one eye being quite destroyed,
while the other eye was so much injured that he
could scarcely see. His right arm was also
" blown " by the powder, though not burned
mush. George Wilkes, residing in Coventry
Street, Stourbridge, had one of his arms hurt
severely, but he came off with much lighter in-
juries than his fellow workman. Dr. Bayley, of
Stourbridge, was called in to attend the luau's in-
juriee, and Smith was removed to the Guest Hos-
pital at Dudley. His injuries, though dangerous,
are not expected to prove fatal.
HIGHWAY °Flit-WEL •,..At the Police Ciurt hald
yesterday, before Colonel Fletcher, IL 0. Firsestons
and C. Cochrane Thomas Huxley, of Clent, was
charged with allowing a donkey to stray on the
highway on the 15th inst. Police-constable Wallace
proved the case and defendant was fined Is and Mts.
DRUNK AND DISORDERLY. —Edward Lloyd was
charged with being drunk and disorderly on the
16th last, at the Lye. Police-constable Widdows
proved the case, and defendant was fined 5s and
COFIt 8.

DRUNK AND INCAPABLE.—Edward Riker w;is
charged with being drunk and incapable on the 17th
inst, at Cradlay. Police-constable Oakey proved
the case. Fined 5s ; in default 14 days.
A DRUNKEN WOMAN.—At the Police Court, on
Saturday last, before Mr. It. L. Freer, Elizabeth
Johnson was charged with being drunk and dis-
orderly in High Street, on the 15th inst. The case
was proved by Police-sergeaut Jones, and defendant
was fined 5s and costs; in default 14 days.
DRUNK AND INCAPABLE.—WiIIiani Jones, a cab-
man, was charged with being drunk and incapable
at thP Lye, on the 15th inst. Police-constable
Paynter proved that he was on duty at the Lye,
saw a horse and cab standing, went to see about it
and found defendant asleep in the cab, and drunk.
Fined 5s and costs.