The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-06-29 00:00:00

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TUE STOURBRIDGE OESEPVER.

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necesiary that she had a long re3t. Sha was under I , Has any one ever seen a Stonrbridge OLD HILL. Telegraph Boy i
his Care until the ,23th January. -She could., not in a hurry? I have heti • considerable experience of our THE PROPOSED MADr,TuATEs' Row AT OLD HILL.—
walk for the first mouth without suff-ring ' Much i Ine-0 hoes, eee I eel 'liven .to the c "elusion tadt th"v A' the Snell' -rlshire Q iarter Session, on Monday next,
pain. She would suffer a good deal of pain for three Tit,' ""; ''-'i
~''' ~.,, '' ',:t„'"o-',-; -'''' if' "a' m-ere'" "
or four months. There would b. no-prominent ' pareutt ato a requisition delivered to the Uhrk of the
', They .eive reeitee , —i•e_a..., - a scenes. and like MOSL Peace, a motion , will be made to order that a staiion-
enlargement of the joint.- Cross-examined' :, At .other ric
do;eattets ride ther hobbi to death house, &c., shall be proeided at Old ill f the
WHAT did people o before Lawn ri H in.
Tennis was in- temporary confinement of persons taken into custody,
tended her at her own house 'four times. vented? When a. 'poet arises io sing its Praises will and that the expense shall be defrayed out of the police
She attended the surgery-several times. It they call him a Lawn Tennyson, or
twill they merely
was not a very serious case, it was a sprain he has Laws Tenlis on the brain? " • ' -41ci DEATH BY DROWNING.—Thomas White (25), lath-
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She wonia be able' to Bit -dOWa at dress making. Mr. Preec7tes poll as-usual has not turned out a sue- atter, residing at Garratt's Lane, OA Hill, met with
Mr, Young addressed his Honour for the de- Cos, from hie point of view. . ' • • is death on Monday night, ueder sad circuncstances
. fence and said thelfirst question was whether the WHO IS responsible for the watering of Stourbri say rates. -
dge ' The deceased left his work at Me :srs. Lowe'e timber
defendants were guilty of. negligencein not barn- Streets? I,am not usually of a yindi.ctive dispositon, taut yard at eight o'clock, and, in company with a number of
Ido wish the contractor was compelled to walk the high other workmen, proceeded to the canal, close to, for the
cading the place. He. should Drove by six wit- ways and byways for a couple of hours one dry sunny purpose of bathing. It is stet 3tl that the deceased,
neases that wire at work at the time that it W. day with a slight wind blowing. People are popularly bring under the influence if think, jumped into the
barricaded. -If his Honour considered there was kl)posed to swallow a peck of dust in the course-of their water and said he was going to swim to Birmingham and
negligence then it must be a verdict for plaintiff lives, but surely they are not expected to take the whole back. He had not been in the water many minutes
and it would be for his Honour to consider what dose at once. e before he got beyond his depth, and the struggles of the
amount plaintiff was eqitled to for the pain she • THE Australians have been defeated by -Birmingham man fully convinced the bystanders that he was actually
had suffered. Mr. Young read several extracts (eeiling by the first innings as the match was not drowning. Notwithstanding this, however, and the fact
of law healing On the point. Josiah played out) and that too in weather more like their that there were lying close at band several empty boats,
Beckley, surveyor to the— Local Board, said kteivnet
.ctivrimo It:me-akt eh a na
laaeryg e they
yd
etarohfEwli yards of the
that the , alter!ationS had been under his . c'wn through. Why are the great stars thoughnot invited to Stour' writalwioU'itagmmakaingi aannly awttaetmehpetdtohirmescus egMferrEhdilylairfde
directions and commenced on the 2nd October:. bridge? Surely our lc:meal talent could make a stand Lowe, the moan's employer, at length arrived, and with a
nearly tivo months before ,the accidelt occurred againt them, . . boat hook succeeded in dragging the deceased in an
He always took care to
.hhve the place barricaded
~- THle.lr want another-hundred and fifty -pounds to meet insensible condition from the water. Mr. Standish,
after the day's Work where the repairs were going ' the expenses connected with the erection} of St. Thomas' surgeon, was called in, but tee poor man died from the
on so that persons could walk on one, side. He Chuece Clock. Stourbridge peop:e have a mania for effects, early on the following morning. The deceased
heard Of the accident and went to see the nature. expensive improvements which do not benefit the town, leaves a wid.mw and two children.
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lett) one woold. be satisfied until-a Branch Railway was
nature of it. A week or nine days - after the beought down into the heart of the town, and now, no
accident he had a night watchman and a light put one is sanguine enouge to even hope that it may be of
there.—By his Honour: It wasnot in consequence material use to the inhabitants. Indeed tap more
of the accident- that a watchman . and lights were general opinion is that it is a positive disadvantage.
there.—James Cox, chartermaster, said he know And the same holds good as regards the clock. With
th road in question and-the hole. He passed it the exception of the, few people who dwell in the close
several times a day and on the 29th November he vicinity of the church the dials are invisible to the
gia.eral.tpublic.bfltihe chudrch
Ito
not even situated in a
saw the plaee and it-was then barricaded. Be-
njamin Wittington said he was the ganger of the mkt:on:kw, thionwro reg
unapta e; h e
ear- als! oto itso a
tc,,,hhi mt
hees
seoveuroyd boofd ya
works where the aceident occurred. Every night clock's 'Jells unless one is 'listening for them; even
they left work they barricaded the road and it was though they were ten times as powerful as the paltry
impossible for anyone to get there unless they .got imitation of "Big Ben." with which St. Thome' is
under or over the rieils or up the embankment.— blest, ' The fact is it is merely another example of the
Jsseph Collins gave corroborative evidence.— theory of one of Englauci's greatest novelists as exempli-
Other witnesses were called to prove the same.— 'lien in "The Great Hoggarty Diamond." 11l advised
Dr. Pearce and Di. Newman said there would be generosity presented St. • Thomas' with a.clock, the
clock ncceesitaled a set of chimes, the chimes necessi-
no permanent injury to the knee. The one knee
tated alterations and improvements in the church tower,
would be a little less than the other.—His Honour and doubtless, it will end by the old chuach being pulled
intimated that he should give a verdict for plain= down and_ a new one erected to suit the clock.. ..l'he
tiff subject to a point of _ law.,whicji he would worst featyre in the case is that the iuhebitauts are
reserve and suggested.- it was a case - that the expected to pay for these expensive freaks. • .
partes 'might agree' upon.—JudgMent defeired...', - COLERIDGE Founted no .less than thirty-nine distinct
odours of Varying degrees of . nastiness in 'the city of
Cologne. I- don't exactly mean -to 'assert that my nose
is sufficiently educated to detect-so many Vatieties of
swede, beef do know that down High Street on f ues-
dlylast in the broiting sun ',experienced such a gale of
congtouaerated•filtby stenches that I have now, Thurs,
ilay, scarcely recovered from its effects. If our Town
Commissioners insteed of scouring the country to study
various systems of drainage and vintages of champagne
hal. coatented themselves with exploring and improving
the sewers and like aberninatioas of their own town, the
rateph-yers' heath would •heive experienced wore favour-
able conditiens for welfare,. -abd their pockets spared
sundry rather hew/ calls upon them.
ton glad to see that'Eari Stamford has again thrown.
()pep .the far-famed
,gardens at Envilie to the public.
e..v,ier one must remember the incidents that led to the
ciosine of the gardens, and every right minded person
must deeply deplore them. We of the •11l telt" Connay do
let r ince in is high position in the estimation of our
feLow countrymen, .und I regret to say, their depreeni-
Lae, e,t us is only- too well f.muded I 'venture to aesect
that ie no other country iu Europe would such vindaliew
as I.,rd Lord Stamford to close his gardens and as re
a4y coinafitted in England be thought of. Entre mce
ti Levele gardens is a privilege, granted- to the people
id ties nau.tebOurhood and such as is granted to very few
eteigeb urine:ids.' It. is in . our own hands-whether i•
eliall be continued or not, end it is the duty of -every
right thinking peitiOil to guard it to the utmost of their
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atari,lo of pleasure resorts I am glad to see that the
13,w branch Line is at la.t opened. This line opens
up the whole et.s.rict of Arley, tiewdley, and the Sev,rn-
side villages. a distiict of grtat beauty, and one which
wil ,:uw 1 hope receive the patronage of many of those
wtio ,Ornierly considered Aialvern and district the only
"p.ee to sp,nd a happy day."
Ibis is J water weather than we've seen 'yer yet. This
is the effeut of the brollidg temperature.

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A,TON has undergone a thorough defeat at the hands
of t.urtiridge in the recent homing ma eh on the B ,i 1
gr,na4l.. Tlie-ViditOrt I am sure, however, will carry
a very, pieasing reminiscence of the day they spent
ki,r• . I know few bow cg greens to equal that a.taciled
to tLe /Sell b,th for bowlleg purposes and for it
;Jean:4. Lintiowered in a circle of utobrat‘eous trees, a
pi as 01,--shater is alw tys to be obtained there, a4d,few
wore ejqable- Means of indulging is "tarti dole: far
fdcnt.e can be imagined than au afternoon spent in
nessing the skilful play of the Bell Club. How is it
that there is no resort of this nature fur ladies ? I liar
croqi.ei aid lawn tennis club is on the tapis and now
Viet the rink is closed I am sure the idea it taken up in
the proper qu rter wend be a great succes-,. I com-
mend 11 to all ladies who are wise enough and energetic
enough to enjoy the healthful exercise and sport sffrde
by the latter same more espe.ciaily. I hope soon to hear
that the idea bas taken a tangible firm.

Comm) down from Birmingham the other eveuing
with a itch-known Stourbrtdge gentleman who, it is oaiy
chari:able to suppose, had been dining, but whom I sup-
pose I must not Lame. I was rather amused at the lot-
iowing colloquy which took place between him and the
" Mail " boy. "-What paper ia that, boy ?"—" Daily
sir."—" How much?"—" Ha'penny, sir "—"
it (.I,in't hold much. Giva me two, thcy'll do t•-i read
going home,"
TIIE MAN ABOUT TOWN.