The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-05-02 00:00:00

SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1885.

The sentence of death passed on Saturday 11P°13
Eliza Salmonds for the murder of her child at Stoke
Newington has been respited. An ofsicial notification
to that effect was received as Nesvgate Prison on Mons
day afternoon, and was immediately communicated W
the prisoner.
An appeal against the decision ot Mr. Baron Pollock,
who had refused to grant a writ of habeas cor us to
enable Mrs. Weldon to csme from Holloway Prison 11
pursue her action against Mr. Neal, has been dismlss:o
by Justices Grove and Manisty.
At the Central Criminal Court on Monday, FiederiFls.
G. Helmore, convicted of threatening to murder MI"
Grierson, was sentenced to fifteen months' hard labo'
A man named Adams was taken to a surgery at
wall on on Saturday night, bleeding from a wound in tilet
chest. Mr. Clark examined him, and found that a ekll_
two inches deep had penetrated the right lung.
man died in a few minutes. His wife was apprehendeo
and it was found she bore traces of ilnusage. of
On Monday there was a numerous attendance _
ministers and delegates at Bloomsbury Chapel on the
e
occasion of the opening of the spring session of th,
Baptist Union of Great Britain and Ireland. The in
Dr. Green, of the Religions Tract Society, was induete,
into the chair (from which the Rev. R. Glover, 01,
Bristol, has just retired), and delivered his presidential
address on "Signs of RevivaL" Was
At the Dover Police-court on Monday, a charge
heard against a commercial traveller, named Jsle'l
which excited considerable interest. It appears thbav
the defendant put up at an hotel in the town, kePiss's
Mrs. Tritton. While there the defendant entered is's
landlady's private room, and seeing Mrs. Tritton
kissed her. Mrs. Tritton informed her husband,r
the result that the traveller received some rather ro
vedt
treatment. The magistrate considered the case
and characterised the assault as a very gross and ou 8
rageous one. The defendant was fined £2 and all th
costs.
A largely-attended "council meeting, in connectiost
with the Yorkshire Miners' Association, was held si
Barnsley to consider the present serious eriBlss,oo.
idlers. Nearly every colliery in the county vsas Or,
seated. Mr. Cowey, President of the Associa""-'
WaY°
occupied the chair. The question of providing dio,
and means for supporting the men on strike los by
cussed, and much encouragement was given e
reporters showing that the Lancashire and Derbrm!'"
v
sia
miners had made known their intention of to
those out every assistance. A previous resole,ta-
continue the strike and resist reduction by all
mate means was reaffirmed.
A murderous assault has been committed at 'V'agte,,i
bourne by a gang of gipsies on an old man osra
tha
Matthews, belonging to Pevensey. It seems ssse
Matthews went into the Lodge Inn, between t's"we
and Pevensey, and on leaviog he was followed hY s
gipsies, who, it is said, set upon him, and after beasl".4.°
him most unmercifully, robbed him of a few shillii3bs-s
He was left lying in the road, and was found io
apparently dying condition. meat
At the monthly meeting of the board of manages A,
of the Manchester Royal Infirmary on Monday,
r.
Simpson, in moving the confirmation of the minutes
go
the Monsall Fever Hospital Committee' said there,4o.
been a very considerable increase of smallpox inw't
cheater during the past month, and in order to glee os
the committee had been obliged to erect at onoes,be
emergency building to accommodate 24 patients. 'esi
epidemic, he iwas sorry to say, was increasing Tea
rapidly indeed. As many as 40 cases had been rece`.olo
during the past seven days, and at the present tloaie
there were 119 cases in the hospital. If the ePid,e4.tee
continued to increase at the present ratio the consul'
would have a serious work in dealing with it. th°
A case of robbery by a servant girl at Weyrnou ,
heard on Monday. Mrs. Sly, landlady of the li:ll3bs,
Head Inn, on going to her cash-box, missed sis
reigns, which were safe a short time previously. ney
girl subsequently admitted having taken the 131°„"se,
and burying it in the garden at the back of the hnie
On the police officer searching for the missing CO
found £5 163. Prisoner was sent to gaol for one rag'
Most of the upland farmers and graziers in 1„,,e13,14
have commenced sheep-shearing, and " locks " are "cily
being sold in the local wool markets. There Is tar
any trade for them yet, but merchants and factors bill
them as they come along, the price given being thre;
pence per pound. The rumours of possible war teaed
buyers of wool very cautious, although it is not expect or
that, should war break out, it would interfere:43
much with the trade, as prices have been so low lelss
long time that it is regarded as almost impossibleoo
them to fall further to any serious extent. P,ess
wool appears to be quite as much depreciated as IZifest
wool; there are large stocks of it in hand, and to e t
a clearance holders must be prepared to acceptble als,°_llt
threepence per pound less than was obtains
la"
year. rce
Easly on Saturday morning, the Salisbull P's
effected another arrest in connection with the s°",,s
of dynamite outrages in the county. The priglif
name is Henry Ford, who had been until roe ss.
employed as a clerk in a solicitor's office at Salisbn
This makes the fifth arrest, the prisoners being 11=33,
Holloway (who are regarded as the principals). -"—sro
alias Wentworth, Gamblin, and Ford, all of wh°e'bore
of Salisbury. The plot in which they arc said totb
been concerned was a wide one, and it is apparent Tfe,
those cognisant of it are in different grades ca
Roe and Holloway are sons of respectable tradesso°"'
Gamblin is a dairyman, and Beach a labourer.
A prize light occurred on &tturday morning
_Woe,
place two miles from Glasgow between Ned
alias" The Rake," and Ben Jerrett, an English sassed,
grinder. There was a large muster of friends and Par
fp ng
sans of both pugilists, and the ~.uud was carer°
roped off. After nine rounds had been fought tbe
Englishman fell to the ground unconscious, and mcoue
was declared the winner. The police were absent.
At the sitting of the Central Criminal Court os
Saturday Robert Charles Hodgson, who had been Oil;
victed of unlawfully wounding Judith Allan at Croyd'ci
was brought up to receive sentence. He was orde,rses
to enter into his own recognisances in £2OO, and o,"::
two sureties in £lOO each, to keep the peace for twat"'
months.
Eliza Salmons found guilty at the Central Criroin...sl:.
Court on Saturday of the wilful murder of her
mate child, was strongly recommended to mercy.
tence of death was passed. at
day'
Mr. Sydney Buxton, M.P., presided on Satur ,tb
the second annual general meeting in connect"'
the Committee of Managers of London Board SelWes.
Sir John Lubbock, M.P., in the course of some obsercof
tions expressed his opinion that the inhabitallts, s
London owed the managers of elementary sesoolso
deep debt of gratitude for the zeal and unselfishetese
with which they devoted much valuable time °sae.
very important functions they had patrioticallY
sented to undertake. s sloe
The "Grand Habitation" of the Primrose s'es;ter
held their annual general meeting at the Westraidesyli
Palace Hotel on Saturday afternoon—Lord Es° -0 of
Churchill presiding, supported by a large proportlo‘.o
the members of the Grand Council and the eitjoe
officials of the League. Lady representatives wet: the
present. The chairman reviewed the history °ls Dot
' League and noted the rapid spread of its intluellev
only in Great Britain but also in the colonies- cot
trustees and the General Council for the year
elected sea s/
An important miutary mqmry was concels nis
Dublin on Tuesday, after a two days' sitting, lec'
sts
irregularities which occurred at Kingstown on fef b°
ill°
barkation of a detachment of the sth Lancers
Soudan. It is stated that Colonel Chichestsr,o
went out with the men, was recalled as 800° delellf
arrived at Souakim, and that he and Colonel 1781' or°
were requested to send in their papers. Thses„ls bag
both present at the inquiry, the report upon "'-
been forwarded to the Horse Guards. t'b
William Heard, an engine-fitter, was mislay des
Plymouth on Tuesday on a charge of causing the, beell
of Mary Macdonald, a woman with whom he Ins, re'
living. The body bore marks of terrible inior.-00°9
suiting, according to the medical evidence, from
and kicks. 1
t 6
At the meeting of theßirmingham Watch Corrolc4;
attention was called by the Finance and Fire ,13r1,003'
Sub-Committee to recent serious fires in Birguel'serill.
and in the report presented the fire brigade f°%ololl
tendent complained of the present inadequate Pre'
for subduing large fires. esisit
At the Blackburn Borough Police-court on Toi
ten lads, aged from 13 to 15 years' were charge: vil°
wilful damage to Sandhope Mill. The Plscibeov
watched and prisoners were found to barricade bitty'
selves in and drill like soldiers. They smashed," Or
seven panes of glass with sticks and damaged t'eea o°'
piping. Four were remanded and six were
and costs each. Iry
: ide
On Tuesday afternoon a shocking case of susiesrss;s:
investigated by a coroner's jury at Hucknall joss%
A collier named Charles Jackson met with Os:, P'sl
some weeks ago while descending a pit in a ess,as-.011
was under treatment at the hospital for sofs;s,
but on returning home he grew very desP°lntein:a
on Monday morning was found dead at the issile
the pit inn shockingly mutilated condition.
precipitated himself into the shaft. A yersS-
" Suicide whilst in a state of temporary ineallitl
returned.
On Tuesday the Free Church Synod of Lothiseborgh,
Tweedale at its half-yearly meeting, held in Bclis,°s.
had under consideration an appeal by the Pea
th
Stuart Muir (Leith) against the decisions ejecs,°
Presbytery of Edinburgh in findixo, the libel rdeecibl
0'
which charged him with certain 'Popish ten o
After a speech from Dr. Muir, which was nli'd etheh
several curious passages, Principal Rainy 9n•
were heard on behalf of the Presbytery of Edlet. Pt'
The libel was then unanimously found relerloiscretlfi
Muir dissented, and appealed to the General Aas had
giving amongst other reasons that the SP° A ethea
aside the fundamental rules of Aristotle "
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reasoners—(laughter)—and because no so.ll s
hitherto been punished for his peculiar political °l;bsrg
Rosina March, a domestic servant, 075° Teescls'i
before the Hastings borough magistrates on sues 00
with stealing a number of articles and als°asatl, s
money, the property of her master Mr- .s wbe,
private gentleman, residing at St. ieonarelsse'd
the goods were missed inquiries were naade,!"'" the Pei
then discovered that they had been placed iiiThe.73
pession of a charwoman working at the h,7,sploYs,eo
were handed over to another charwomna, ass° is &Poi
•
at the house, who, finding they svere dishonest
t to b
by, brought them back. The prisoner was sell
for two months. Lx°l
shiOren Tanudesd
yayoJrkoshhnireHany,aailwpoayin,tswmaasn Thstrbligieje:s.bovreeto;
bnrglariously entering the Queen Anne Pu viesfl
Chapel-street, and stealing £45 and 0058 Ancit,e,sif
apparel According to the evidence d
Donnehs , a railway policeman, Hay abose. oors'eo,
from his cabin, stating that he was going Vise seta:o
pointsman, on the night in question:
tne Is-
ss met ta sf l°
but again went out. Subsequently vnssooet,
_t
coming along the line carsving a shawl with_lustod Vet
it, and on taking him to flier cabin Hay sugge prig"'
they
mi
y;ohmouldttaell d forthr trial.
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auction
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hoaltv ehrabda sab;_et_n°l:lobecTisaPeiSkto Tref
order of the Inland Revenue officials lifbes of
income tax. The goods consisted of a ninth, proP4o
cheeses and 13 tubs of Canadian butter, orchr'ssje
of Mr. E. J. Jones, provision merchants "consiele
had been made upon Mr. Jones for_ turned a%,(0,0
amount in excess of what he had, re Tile aal
jS
income, and he refused to pay the claiellss au
attended by other tradesmen in th..
goods were bought in on Jones's hehall•

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