The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-09-06 00:00:00

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Tux Ous. Curvatarrs Grvarna Ii4TAT...--"Reeently
there has been completed. new system of drain' age
in the town, and almost simultaneously the old
culvert system appears to be breaking up. As a re-
eult the ground has elven way in many parts of the
town, leavir"oe holes exceedingly dangerous r
traffic. On Sunday night at 6.30-, a trap was being
driven along Lower High Street, when the ground
suddenly gave way beneath the pony, and the ani-
mal was at once buried ty to the &sake. 'The five
occupants of the trap were thrown Out and more or
less shaken. Oue of the pony's Lgs was broken,
i and the animal was badly bruised. The affitir has
k caused some excitement in the town,
THE MAIN DRAINAGE Boes.a..—A meeting of the
above Board was held in the Commissioners' Room
on Monday evening. Mr. P. Pargeter was elected
to preside.—Tt was stated that the amounts in band
were, on the general account £387 4s. 81., and on
the loan account £1,256 6s. 10d.—Mr. Mills (the
Clerk) said he feared that after the drawings had
been made very little would be left in hand.—A
report was read by Mr. Fiddian (Sarveyo:-) as to
the progress of the works. He stated that Mr.
Jevons, the contractor, was euitled. to receive £7OO
on account of No. 1 contract, and that would make
a total of £4,400 which had been paid to him on
account of the contract. The subsidences inivarious
parts of the town were also referred to, and it wile
said that neither the Drainage Board nor the Coin.
'-missioners were liable for any accident that might
occur from them, as there was a clause in the con-
tract which rendered the contractor, Mr. Jeavons,
liable for anything of that kind which might occur
The Board authorised the payment of various sums
amounting to upwards of £1,900. They also in-
structed the clerk to apply for the fourth instalment
of £5,000 of the loan of £25,000. A resolution was
also passed to issue an advertisement for an engineer
(or toe pumping station.
ANEw INDUsTEY IN STAFFoRD3HIRE.---The intro-
duction of machine-made horsenails into the
country dates back some ten or twelve years, and
they have taken a firm hold upon the market ; but
' it is a noticeable fact that English manufacturers
have been very backward in developing this trade,
and have hitherto allowed it to remain, to a great
ex:ent, in the hands of American and Continental
,competitors. Much as we appreciate all improve-
ments in manufactures, especially such as give a
better article at PiHaller cost, we must all regret to
gee trade going away from our own country ; and we
are glad to note that an extensive w..rka for the
manufacture of hOrsenails has just bet3il b wt.-a
very close to the old seat of the hand-made horse-
nail trade. The works we refer to are those of the
Whit i itlgtork Patent
.I.lerseuail Company, at Kinver,
near Stourbricige, ..itii the very suggestive, and
thcroughly English trade. mark "Newmarket."
is stated stated that the nails are being manufactured from
the very best brands of Swedisti charcoal iron. In
shape they much resemble hand-made nails, and, it
is alleged, are relit..ble, being of one uniform pitch
stiffened from middle to point, and'il preeieely the
same g..ade in head and snack . The nails are ma e
and pointed without being subjected to any heat,
. and trout the samples we have before us tested in
various ways, we should judge them to be of ex-
cei ent quaity. It is a welblenown fact that the
cost to the shoeing-smith of preparing hand-made-
• nails for use is equal to something like 20 per cen -
o; the 'nice, which is entirely saved in these nails
aoart from their superiority in other lespeces.-.-
The Irondnonjerr, 23rd August, 18E4.
ele,srs. W. H. &H. Li May, Seed Factors, 63,
Borough High Street, London, report :—Good at-
tet.dai.c.: on tho seed inaidiet this- day. New ;in,
lo Win, rape seed, winter tares:, owl rye., at last
w • ek's prices. Very lii tie doing in canary and
hemp, Few enquabis hr -hite and brown niustard
sced,--Scptember 3rd, 1881..
I:Leo note OF COinIIt,sIC;NER3 Tbe annual
election o; eouimissi,ners in the plac.a of those w r o
_o out of office by rotetien. teot pl-tc,e en Thuredey .
, lie affair passett off very quietly. the East ad
.1% e-t \V,,rds closing early in te. day. In the Stmt..
irli ii,rd a late in re eacitement *as evinced,- the E.;oli
Leaag kept open daring tie day. In the Bast Wart!
3ie3-r5. J. Cadwalietier, W. l'atc!i,
.and yir, Griffin
v e ..e.el,eted ;in the Vt'e.3 Ward Alessrs.. Waiter
Jo os, U. R. Pe.kin. and H..kiicklin were elected.
bleeers. il. Jam, e, J. D. Penny,
,- and C.. H. Collis
.aet e returned fur the South. Ward, but 70te8 were
:,1s) recorded for other gentlemen. The number o.
v. ti. giVe 11 ‘• ItA at follows :-11. Jams, 205; J. U
edny, 197 ;C. 11. Celli, 191 ; J. Unde.rwooti,
• Worthington, 16; 6 .„oioor. 6, The total
12....a1-.l•er id Xatep.iyei4 Yu tug ih no Soul r
RUA too, bat seine 11-..1 more tan ~.e..., vota.
..I'LLE ToWN tithr.V.EYeItELIIP. —ma adjouraed wee..
hie ot toe Couithk,ScOliers wax held oe. Weduesaa.,
Of,,.nr, to fill up the odic of - town surveyor, vaeaot
hy tie ri sigoution of air. John •Veylor. - Air. W .i.
1 tiny pres•ded, awl on his mo io.n,. setanded by
Mi. Nona, Mr. Wttlaat Perry was Unialqllolls...
. it•CtlAi to tee office. -
DRUNKENNESS.—AL the Police Court year
.rday,
eetere keol. rleteher, and Ales•re C. Coehotee, A
I' . ees, and W. J. Tarney, Ebjati lieadriek was finer.
5. and coots for beiag drunk son the Ist nisi, at
ee„eoy._lseieli Pearson was on the evidence t 1
P.C. Powell filled 2s 6a end CO 3 ttl for being druilk
ee the 2eito ult. at the Lye.—Ann Best was fo
being crank on the tat inat fined 2s 6d incladiaig
eeets.—Ellen Wainalight was fined 2s -oil wet
costs for being drunk and dieordedy on the • 30tii
utt. -
OBSCENR LANGUAGE, Joseph 1 itnmins wa,
etarg,d with usine obscene language. P.C. Da+, a -
p- Ovt.tt the ease. Nine previous cce.victions were
peeved. Fine t •.:Os and costs; in default I will 11.
5t..1,1E TAIROWING.--.Y. Higginsi3,e as charged with
th.owing etoues on the 30111 olt..—Twol buys teetet
called w tio saw detendatit throw at a boy. Tee
a:oee watt through Mr. Blakeway. veteriaer,
surgeon's, window. Fined Is including costs.
TstaVir or PEARS —Thomas liraenan (16), Pet- r
Corrigan (S), and Morales Moray (14) were criarnd
with steetine a quantity of pears from a field, tee
property of Walter Whites Webb, on the .Ist het.
—ttiah .rd A. ford said that he saw defendants in a
fielant Brook-street and they wee throsking atatte.
auts Yardley gave corroborative evidenc,,
- dir. Wheeler and .5.1 r. Baker gave evidence as to
;lie character of Corrigan, which they said was AP, re
hath—Corrigun was remanded to the Workheu-e
for One week to see if he could be got into an In-
dustriil school.—The other two defendants were
lit.ed 2s 61 and costs each ; in default 7 days.
IN SeancH OF GAME.—William Turford, James
Hayden, and Frank Green were charged with ti es-
passing in search of game on land belonging to
Mr. Hensley, Cradley, on the Ist inst.—John Adams
said that be saw the defendants in Mr. Hingley's
field. Two of them had guns, but no dogs.—Green
Sal-I they had permission to go shooting ins field ad-
j ilining Mr. Hineley's. 'They shot and wounded a
rabbit and they followed it into Mr. Hingiee's field.-
-Previous convictions were proved against Green
and Turford. Defendants were each fined lOs and
erste.
APPLICATIoN.—Mr. Shepherd again applied for a
confirmation of the license to the refreshment room 4
si the Stourbridge Junction Railway Station.—Mr.
Itoberts; of Ptdmore, appeared to object to the
iie,nse being granted. The license was granted.
atr. Roberts then said that-- why he opposed the
application was that although the Railway Con-
pray Said that the railway servants should not 1).
eepelied at the stati eie, yet they avers. From hie
ewe p-recital knowl.dge a netnher of the servants
00l died horn the e Lets tii drink supplied at the
stations.
A SSAMI.T.—EIizi. Floya, the elder, was eharged
with aisaultinAg ikPr2d siturnonds, on the 31st nit.—
lMr hinds defended.—Complaiu:nt said the &lenti-
ant mule int ) iii.4ll-oiee rind he ordered her out
three times, lie went towards her and she struck
t toe, vet the head with a piece of brick. Ho then
\poshtd her into o.e • yard —Mrs. Baston, Henry
Ba-tod, and Italia Sielmonds gave corroleeraive-
evidence.—Teere was a cross-summons against
Alfred Sitemoeds for assaultine Eliza - Fl,ed, the
elder, on the 2 I sr. nit —Complainant sail sho went
lett) defend tit' s h ittie to feteh 13Fr .hfughter. ..`.5 e
had pert ef a b ick in her 'band. The defendant
ordered hr eu and before he spoke again he struck
hr in tlrt moulh. liwerniant then gave her a k cic
if wl s' er Ii iq the yard.— Ad •lai if' Floyd and
Foutua'A rt in e.av cor obsTative evidence.—Floyd
was fled 10.3 mil costs. tut Simmonds was dis-
charged. .
SetiouL BOARD CASES.—TWO persons were a tin-
allow Li f ,1* net sending their children to telool. fee
the first dim a fine of Sc wAs inflicted. In the
other ease there were three children anl the defend-
:. e was fn It 5s tor encl., child.
TR4AT T 3 WeatEPEOPI..F.—On th-.1-4t iost.i.o' tie
wotkoerple in t.L. employ of .Nicpsrs. W.-3. T, rn -y
and C )., hal lb ir outing, the firm .deFrayi, g all
.expenses. The plaec slicted was , At-fey, on tie
hankeel ~h , fiev,-;.,i, whiter they vi.a,) cOitvc!yk d r.
23 brakes, ace Jnipn.i dby lime 11; ierle,y Hid tan.
On the hralth of the firm being proposed i.- was
co; dially re,ponded to by Mr. W.. 1. Turney, J -,
and Mr. H. Turaey. The health of Mr. and Mrs.
R. Mathews was also 'duly honoured and responded
to by Mr. lt Mathews, who took the opportunity
of thaek'n 7 the employees (some 450 hands) for tea
hareleonae solid silver tta and coffee eel-vice pre-
tented to him oa the ot,‘ asioa of lii:i rria-!i?!..g,9 %rite
.Nle. W. J. Tu..ii y's,oldest daughter. A ':etzt en-
jn)able day we.; eeent. . - '., '
Ileevena ee.ces.—For these rades,_ 1- :. 0.. h ake
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