The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-08 00:00:00

BOARD OF GUARDIANS

The weekl3 meeting of this board was held
yesterday. Mr. Grangcr in the chair. There
were, present : —Messrs H. Billinghana Rhodes,
(_-luest,' Kelly, Peozer, Wood, Ilan, Giles, Ibis-
kw, Brooks, Brown and Wright. Admitted into
the house 10; discharged 22; born 0; dead 1 ;
remaining 308; corresponding week last year 294.
Out-door relief, Kingswinford district 1:23 16s
Od; Stourbridge district £l5 0,5 d ; Halesewen
district, £l6 3s 6d ; non-resident £1 Os 21 ;
total £56 Os ld ; against £54 17s 21-d last year.
Precept for the following County Rates were
received. Staffordshire £B7O. 18s 9d. Worcester-
shire £609 18s. 11d.

PEOPLES' PIC-NIC.—We beg to inform our
readers that there will be held at the Heath,
Stourbridge, on Monday nest. a monstre fete and
pic-uic, when there awaits the true lovers of
mirth, songs, dances, and all other kinds of gala
festivities, the greatest treat that has ever been
held in the district of Stourbridge. We have no
doubt from the programme and array of excellent
talent that everything that is necessary to render
the days' amusement complete has been provided,
as we observe from the programme that it consists
of bar performers, comic vocalists, negro minstrels,
foot races, and all kinds of amusements too
numerous to -mention, which will at times be
enlivened by the choice selections of music, which
will be performed by the celebrated brass and
string bands (numbering upwards of 50 per-
foriters), and on the whole will form one of the
most attractive programmes that has ever been
submitted to the Stourbridge public. Although
the engagments have been made at a very heavy
cost the promoters have only adopted a small
admission charge in order to make it a peoples'
pm-me and those people that wish to spend a day
of harmless mirth, fun and real enjoyment cannot
do better than assemble at those beautiful grounds
above mentioned (kindly lent for the occasion).
GRAND CRICKET MATCH.—Our readers will see
from our advertising columns that a grand cricket
match will be played on the Stourbridge ground
on Monday and Tuesday next, between eleven
members of the Stourbridge Club and eleven of
the Greasboro' Fitzwilliam (Yorkshire). Although
this may be considered a village club they play
very strong. Yorkshire is well-known as a reat
cricketing county. We understand that they will
have the service of Mr. Oakes the great wicket
keeper for the county and will be well supported
by othei well-known names. Stourbridoo Club
will have the assistaace of the Midland leviathan
(E. Oakes), Mr. Paul Foley, and it is expected
one or more of the Lyttelton family, whose reputa-
tion of cricket are well-known so that those who
pay a visit to the ground will see a good display
of cricket. Field's Worcestershire Cavalry Band
is eng,aged for the occasion.
EMIGRATION TO QUEENSLAND.—The new Clyde-
built iron ship" Famenoth " sailed from Greenock
for Brisbane, Queensland, on tho 28th insi, having
on board the following emigrants :-133 single
men, 66 single women, 32 married couples, 48
children between the ages of 12 and one, and seven
infants, making a total of 318 souls, equal to 287
adults. The single women are under the charge
of Mrs. Boyd, Dr. J. R. Josephs acting as surgeon-
superintendent.
CHARGE OF HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—At the Police
Court, on Tuesday, before Mr. R. L. Freer, George
Squires, William Abbott, and Thomas Hall,
three young men, were charged with assaulting
and feloniously robbing Henry Davis of a silver
watch and chain, on the night of the 2nd inst.
Addiiva apposed t 9 prcucute,--Coaplainaut,