The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-10-25 00:00:00

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DUDLEY AND MIDLAND GEOLOGICAL, SOCIETY.—
This setae; y held their seventh and last field inet-
ing of ihis season. on Mondly for the purpJse of
making a further examination of the glecial boulder
district in the neighbourhood of Bu,hbury. Although
the weather was rather unsettled, a good muster of
members assembled, and after noticing a nein ber of
boulders in the s'reets of the town of Wolverhamp•
too, they drove to the residence of Mr. Jno. Marston
The Oaks, who kindly permitted :hem to examine a
I,rge collection which he had had brought from
Palmer's Cross, near Tetienhall. Several of thew,
boulders bore undoubted ice marks, being striated
and scratched, and a few had polished surfaces. The
difF rent kinds of granite were observed, some of
which are supposed by Mr. D. Mackintosh to have
been brought by ice from Criffel Mountain, in
Kirkcudbrightshire, and from Eskdale, in Camber-
'and, whilst the felstones are considered to resemble
the Areeig rocks of North Wales. Fiona t-hnce the
p et.,y drove to Tetteahall, Palmer s Cronkhall
and Oxley, observing ininumse numbers of boulders,
some of large size lying by the..roadsid?„ and eth-ws
e
of sat tiler size built into to heciles rt wills
The way was then taken to linsehburYt where, be •
sides a larci number of good sized bleeks of varied
character, several were setn Of iminertfo size. The
p irty then visi:ed the church, over which, in the
abseils° from home of the vicar, the Rev. M. B.
Meor:iouse, Mr. F. Burton couductEd the party,
giving na iuteres!ing oc-leinit of the several parts of
th • edifice, Eze The quaint old font and the beatiii-
i-u; p.a!pit and reading desk, with their exquisite
c Irving and flue marble, were objects of much
interest, and were great!), admired. A number of
he members ascended the tower, from which an
extensive view can be obtained. The party then
waked to Bit,hbury Hi'l to see a gravel quarry in
the Bunter Coitg!oinerate. It was particularly re-
marked here how the quartz pebbles were marked
awl pitted by the piessere of other pebbles imping-
ing on then, which is a characteristic feature of
this conglomerate. After hammreing at anothet
large assetn'elag,e of boulders. the party iejoined the
carriages and returned to Wolverhampton Mr, J
Elliot t, of the Wolverhampton Free Library, who is
ned acquainted wi, tbe geology of the district, ac-
companied the members and added much to the
instruction and intereA of the excursion.
FonTUNE TELLING
CASE.—At the Police Court,
On Wednesday, before the Mayer (Aldernia.o North)
Alderman G. 13agott, and Mr. fieteman (magistrates),
Elizabeth Lovel, a mariied woman, and belonging
to the Level tribe of gipsies, was charged with pro-
fessing to tell fertunes, by pretending to rule the
planets, of two young girls iramA Caroline Doves-
ton and Rebecca I,loyd.—Dovaston s :id prisoner
cane to the shop at which she was employed as
' assistant, and wanted to sell her and Lloyd some lace.
She told them if they purchased it for Bd, she would
tell them something that would do them a shilling's
worth of good. They then hiught the lace, and
witness was asked te leave the shop whilst she
imparted some mysterious information to her com-
panion. Witness left, and on her return prisoner
was talking to Lloyd about ruling her planets, and
offering to rule them for a shilling. She offered to
do the like for witness and to give her the name of
her future husband. They consented to have their
fortune told, and prisoner promised te bring the in.
formation at night, in writing. When she returned
she handed to the girls a closed envelope, which she
said contained the result of her consultation of the
planets, and tolathem they were nut to open it until
five minutes past seven. She wanted is., but was
only pad 6d. When the envelope was opened it
contained a blank piece of paper.—The Mayor said
the practice must be stopped, and the case would be
adjourned for a week. In the meantime the Bench
would consider how they should deal with it.
BEERHOUSE OFFENCE.—At the same Court James
Jones, landlord of the Cape of Good Hope, was fined
20s. and costs for selling beer during illegal hours,—
Inspector Wigley proved the case.