The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-07-01 00:00:00

BOARD OF GUARDIANS.

The weekly meeting of this Board was held
yesterday; Mr. Granger in the chair. There
were also present :—Messrs. Brooks, Rhodes,
Biliinghain, Baker, Griffin, Fiddian, Guest,
Homer, Hall, Huskew, and Paskins. The
minutes of the last meeting were read and con-
firmed. Admitted into the house during the
week, 18; discharged, 24; born, 2; dead, 1;
remaining, 411. Corresponding week last year,
399. Out.door relief, Kingswinford district, 4:37
us 2d; Stourbridge district, £23 7s id; Hales-
°wen district, 4:24 2s 3d ; total, £B5 Os Od,
against .R9l 76 5d last year.
A letter was read from Dr. Pearce, of Brier-
ley Hill, calling attention to the falling off in
the number of persona being vaccinated in his
district.

A letter was also read from Dr. Bayley, in
which he reported a case of a child four years
old suffering from small-pox in Stourbridge, and
urged upon the Guardians the desirability of
putting the law in force in reference to the Corn.
pulsory vaccination, as litany persons had told
him they would never have their children vac-
cinated until compelled to do so.
The Clerk was instructed to order the reliev-
ing-officers to watch any cases that may break
out in their respective districts, and also to au-
thorise the relieving officers to use such disin-
fectants that may be necessary. The Clerk was
also directed to have a number of bills printed
and circulated in the Union, requesting persons
to have their children vaccinated, and that, in
default, the compulsory powers of the Vaccine-
tint Act would be enforced.

Permission was given to the children to attend
at the ensuing Foresters' Fete, in Hugley Park.

PROPERTY SALE—At the Talbot Hotel last
night, Messrs. Oates, Perrens, and Wooldridge
offered for sale several properties belonging to
the late Benjamin Richards, deceased. Lot 1,
consisting of a front shop in High•street, was
knocked down to Mr. Chambers for I:810. Lot
2 was not sold, the reserve being £300; neither
was lot 8 sold. Lot 1 was bought by Mr. J
Field, for £240; as was also lot 5 purchased by
the same gentleman for £305. Lot 6 was bought
by Mr. J. shepherd for £l6O. Lot 7 was sold
to Mr. H. Orford for £215. Lot 8w45 not sold,
£4OO was offered, bnt the reserve being £5OO, it
was not sold.

ASSAULT CASE.—At the Petty Sessions held
yesterday, before Major Fletcher and B. Little.
wood and it. L. Freer, Esqrs., Eliza Skelding
vas charged with assaulting Hester Fitzpatrick,
on the 23rd ult. Mr. Addison defended. The
complainant said she was coming from Mrs.
Pardue's shop about seven o'clock, when the
defendant said to her, "Paddy, which way does
the bull run,- and spat in her face twice from
the bedroom window Amelia Williams gave
corroborative evidence. Mr. Addison, for the
defence, denied the charge, and called Jeminm
Moore, who said that complainant came to the
defendant, and began to blackguard her. Fined
6d and costs; in default seven days.

APPLICATION FOR PROTECTION.—Sarab Rogers,
of Portobello, made an application for the pro-
tection of her goods from William Rogers.
Complainant said she married her husband in
Wales. He had repeatedly left her, and the last
time was thirteen months since. She had six
children, and a house furnished. She wanted
protection to prevent him front taking the fur-
niture at any time. The application was gran-
ted.

BREACH OF CONTRACT.—Herbert Hingley Was
summonsed by Philip Cope for refusing to pay
him the sum of £3 Os 93, wages due, at 48 63
per day. Complainant said he worked for the
defendant as a carpenter, and he agreed to pay
hicu 4s 6d per day, and there were £3 Os 93 due
to hill'. The defence was that he (defendant)
took some work by contract, and complainant
was u partner, and was to receive an equal share
of the profits. This the complainant admitted,
and the Bench said they could not adjudicate in
the case, and dismissed the summons.

CHARGE OF ASSAULT. Jane Hodgkiss was
charged by Ann Partridge with assaulting her
on the 20th ult. From the evidence of the coo,.
plainant it appeared that they did not live on
the best of terms, and on the above data she was
going on her business, when the defendant came
to her and Galled her and "old cat,- and struck
her several times on the head and arms. The
defendant denied the charge of assault, and said
Unit complainant knocked her little sister down.
She went to ask her why she had done it, when
complainant put op her arm. She (defendant)
i,id not strike her. Fined Is and costs.—Mar-
tha Hodgkiss, sister to the above defendant, was
charged with is similar offence, and the Bench
dismissed the summons.

ASSAULT CASE AT THE LYE. —Joseph Bate.
man was charged by Jehn Broruyard with as-
saulting hint on the 24th ult. Complainant said
he was at ti public.bouse at the Lye. A man
named Fagot took his watch-guard. 'Witness
went out of the house, and defendant with him,
wanting to tight. He refused to fight, when the
defendant [(Mowed hini,struck him on the nose,
and broke it. He afterwards struck hint on the
face, and blackened b )th his eyes. Two witnes-
,es were called to prove the case. Fined 2s fid
and costs, 13s 6d; in default seven days.

APPLICATION FOR SURETIES —ThOlllag Stead-
man was charged by Sarah Saddler, an old wo-
man, with using threatening language to her on
the 21st ultimo. The threat complained of was
proved, and defendant ordered to find one surety
in £5, and himself in £lO, to keep the peace for
one month.

HIGHWAY OFFENCE. —Thomas Masters was
charged with allowing hia cow to stray on the
highway on the 22nd ult. Police-constable Roe
Proved that he found a cow in the Hayes lane at
libout two o'clock in the morning, which be
longed to defendant. Ordered to pay costs.
THE LATE INDECeNT ASSAULT AT AMBLE-
COTE.—At the Stafford Sessions, on Tuesday,
before Mr. Rupert Kettle, William Boxley (18).
WRS indicted for unlawfully assaulting Jane
Jones (12), on the 30th May, at Amblecote, and
WES sentenced to twelve months' hard labour.—
Mr. Underhill prosecuted.

HDLIAIVAT'S OINTNYNT AND PlLL9.—C,,telr, Coughs,
phtheria, sine! Bronchitis. —These corrective remedies
are infallible for the cure of these pectoral complaints,
which, when neglected, often end iu settled asthma on
t- rminate in consumption. The Ointment, well rubbed
upon the chest and back, pen I' sting the skin, is carried
directly to the lungs, where it expels all impurities
All the blood in the body cite -metly purses through the
lunge, and there all noxious particles tending to produce
disese.e can be quickly, thoroughly, and permanently
neutralised, rendered harmless, or ejected from the
system. Holloway's Ointment and Pills perfectly accom-
plish this purification and by the blood thus cleansed
the influence of these wonderful medicaments reaches the
remotest parts of the human body, and thus cures all
diseased motion, whether internal or external.