The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-06-28 00:00:00

DUDLEY.

THE ELECTION or CORONER.—Mr. A. B. Foster,
She:ifl' of Stafford, having rueived hr Majesty's
wi it for the election of a coroner kr the Dudley
distr'e,, which or that purpose forms pA.'t of the
Cou•,ty of Stafford, in Place of the late Mr. R. J.
Watt.,, the election has been fixed to take place at
sp, cid court to be held in the Dudley Town Hall
on Thursday, the 3rd of July prox.
OPEN AIR CONCERT.—On Wednesday eveuinv.
Mr Cements gave the first of a series of open air
..onc,:ts in the Dudley Market-place. A capital
seiectioa of popular niecs was performed by a
hialy-efficient. band of 20 talented Instrumentalists,
and the spacious market-place was thronged wi'h
an appreciaVve audience. There was an enclosure
tai ing a few reserved seats, the admission to

which was 2d.
BATHING FATALITY AT HART'S HILL. —A distress-
ing bathing fat lity took place on Wednesday
ev, ning in the Fen',l Pool, Hart's Hill. A yoang
man named Gartner (1S), of Pensnett, started to
swim across the pool, but when half-way across he
suldenly thryw up his hands and sank. He is sup-
posed to have been seized -with cramp. Up till
Thursday the body had not been recovered, the
water being v, ry deep at the spot.
GOOD TE3IPLAIt PRESENTATIOY.—An interestins
ceremony was performed at the meeting of the
"Haste to the Rescue" Lodge, 1.0. - T., held on
Wednesday evening. at the Temperance
Dedley. Mrs. Byrne, who is about to sail for
Australia, was presented with a beautiful gold
bracolet, a mother of-pearl cardess, and a number
of other trinkets, as a mark of the esteem in which
she is hell by the members of the order in Du iloy.
.Che presentation was made by Mr. C. Partridg ia
very touchinsr and appropriate address. Miss Wo,al-
- who is to ace mpany Mrs. Byrne, was also
presented with a silver necklace, &c.
LIBERAL ASSOCUTION.—The annual meeting of
the Castle IVbrd branch of the Dudley Liberal
Association was held on 'Wednesday evening, in the
Assembly RO'IDS, Dailey. Alderman Finch pre-
sidO, and there were also present Mtssr:a Willis-
croft Young, Whitehouse, Fidoe, Newey, Elliott,
&c.—The Mayor (Alderman David Howat) was
elected chairman of the ward, and Mr. H. Jones
secretary for the ensuing year.—Messrs. Williscroft,
Young, and Whitehouse were chosen to represent
the ward on the executive committee, and ten
gentlemen on the '2oo.'—The Chairman referred in
feeling terms to the loss the party and the town had
sustained in the death of Mr. Councillor Crew, and
on his motion it was resolved to send a letter of
cando!ence to the bereaved family.—lt was resolved
to accept Mr. W. P. Greenway as the Liberal cart-
didate for the vacancy caused by Mr. Crew's death
—Mr. Chas. Partridge intimated that Mr. Green-
way could not command the teetotal vote if he ad-
vocated the continuauce of the license of the Good-
fellows' Arms, Flood-street, recently purchased by
the C,uncil.—The Chairman intimated that one of
the objects the Council had in view when they pur-
chased the house was its reformation.
BANKRUPTCY EXAMINATION.—The adjourned pub.
lie es, a-0 ination of John Theopbilus Barrett, time-
keeper, St. James's-terrace, took place on Thursday
at the Du hey County Court, before Mr. H. Walker,
Registrar. Mr. R. N. Hall represented the debtor,
and Mr, T. A. Smart the creditors. Mr. E, P. Job-
son, official receiver, was also present. The debtor's
liabilities were stated to be £172 is 01, and the
aFseti nil. He received a salary of 303 weekly, and
in addition ..£l2 a year for looking after a c!,apel,
12s a yeaa for taking care of a burial wound, and
13s a quarter as secretary of the Wren's Nest Court
of the Ancient Order of Foresters. The debt's, he
said, had been contracted by his wife, and he
blamed the creditors for giving so much credit,
knowing that he was only a working man.—Cross-
examinal on this point, he admitted owing Mr.
Hale, furniture dealer, about £2O. Before the
official receiver be had sworn that he had given up
all his effects, but he had since told the Court that
a Mrs. Oliver had advanced him £2 10i on a build•
ieg society inve,tor's book. The money had gone
towards the expenses connected with the filing of
his petition. He had made several small preferen-
tial payments to cre6itors, but not to ..ny great ex-
tent. He had never lived beyond his incoma,—
Mr. Smart said it was ev dent that the debtor's
affairs had not laen tharoughly investigated, and
he asked for an adjournment which was granted.