The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-05-30 00:00:00

STOURBRIDGE OBSERVER.

ALL roe THE DatNic.--.Samuel Portsr and genty
Lee wer2 charged with steal.ng a jar of ale value
2s, on the 26th inst. Mr. Waldree defended Porte
Thomas Chapman said that he was at the Sev::n
Stars Inn, Niel.loss Street, on Monday last, and
bought a half ssallon of ale. He went home and
gaw the prisoners Porter and Lee and some one
else. Porter asked him to let him drink. The de-
fendants rushed at tine and took the bottle off him,
and 'sent mo Porter's house. He had not seen
the bottle since, P.S. Chare said that he went to
prisoner's house on the above date at about 11 30
at night. Porter came to the door and he asked
him where the beer vs..s He said" Ile did not
know, he had not seen it, and he could search the
house if he liked." Witness sail if you give me
permission I will, Hel then searched the house
but could not find it. On Tuesday night he arrested
Porter on a warrant. In answer to the warrant
he said he was as Ninnocent as a child; he knew
nothing about it. Les gave himself up that morn-
ing, Friday, and teade no reply. In the cross ex-
amination Mr. Waldron asked witness whether he
left the doors of Porter's house open, and he re-
plied that he shut it. Mr. Waldron then addressed
the Bench. Mr. Firmstone said that the Bench had
come to the conclusion to convict. They would
deal with the case as lightly as they could under
the circumstances and fined them lOs 6d each, os 14
days.
PERMIT [LSO DRUNKENNESS. Daniel Walters,
landlord of the Market Hall 'ravens, was charged
with permitting duntikenne,ss in his house on the
25th inst.—Sergeant Oakey state' that he saw a lad
named Seepphercl come out of defendant's house
drunk. Witness went into the house and found a
number of lads there drinking. The Bench said
there was snne doubt whether the evideuce be:ore
the ii was sufficient to juetify a convictiou and the
case would be dismi,sed.—Albert Shepplierd was
fined 2s 61 and costs for being drunk in the Market
Hal Tavern, on the 25th inst.
Assattess—Jesse Heywood was charged with as-
-waiting Charles Davies. at Iverley, on the 24th
inst.—Mr. Bagst r defended.—lt appears from the
evidence of complsinant that h 3. went to a pub-
lic-1.0114e where the defendant was On leaving the
hosse one of complainant's friends called defend-
ant's brother's dog. an I that caused a disturbance,
but. it was apparently settled. The defendant and
his Mends then went down the road, and witness,
who as in a trap, overtook the defendant. The
defendant's trother went up t ) the trap and pulled
a man n %seed:Payne out, and they commenced fight-
hoe, Camplainant went to stop the fighting when
nsfendant struck him with a walking stick. It
broke part of his jaw, krucked sons:, of his teeth oat,
an.; lacerated his cheek. He was knocked senseless
and when he recovered he saw defendant lying on
the ground. Defendant then began to cry and
asked him not to p:osecate bin, Defendant went
will complainant and pail the doctor's bill.—
Alfred Whittnarsh saw the defendant strike tile
complainant on the back of the head and mouth.—
Charles Crump said he was at Iverley on the day
in tineslion, and saw two Inca fighting. He saw
one knock the other dewn. William Payne g Lve
rroborative evidence.—Mr. Basster, in defence,
said the injuries csinplainant received were only
those which he richly deserved. He should ask
them, after hearing the evidence of his witnessea,
to dismiss the case, as the lauguage they used in the
presence of females was disgusting, and that com-
pla,nant brousht his punishment on himsel(.—Geo.
Heywood said he left Kidderminster with three
companions about eleven o'clock on the morning in
question. They went into a public-house and had
something to drink. Whilst they were there Payne
us -d disgusting and filthy language towards a young
woman that was with them. They drank up and
went on their way. Complainant overtook them
and wanted to fight. They said they did not want
any bother, but Payne said " Give them a
good hiding." They then get out and a-saulted them
His brother was knocked down in,ensible, and wit-
ne,s was knock- d over a hedge.—Emily Hedge said
she saw Heywood knocked down and heard Payne
say he had a good mind to kick his brains
us,—George Commander also gave evidence.—Mr
Firestone said that Davis's party were the first
aggressors in the matter, bet he punishment was
more severe than defeutl uoatemplated. They
had decided to inflict a fine of 3 ss and costs.
CAUTION,—Simeon Wooldridge was charged with
careying on the business of a dairyin in and pur-
veyor of milk on the 18th inst without being regis
tered. Withdrawn on payment of costs..
VAGRA.NCY.—Bridget Lyons was charged with
being drunk and di-orderly on the 28-h inst. P.C.
Bird saw defendant was drunk aucl making a gnat
noise oa Beauty Bauk. He got her as far as the
town clock and then she thre.v herself down, 1.111
he hal to get a stretcher and take her to the station
D lendant said she would leave town that day if
they would let her off. It w%s very vexing. De-
fendant hal been previousiy convicted and was fined
103 c
Ditessts —Thomas Beach was charged with being
drunk on the 17th tildswinford, • Fined 5s
and carts, or 11 days.
Assatrur.—John Pearson was charged with as-
saulting Elijah Cartectight. Csmplainant said he
wanted to ride in mite boats, and as he would not
let him, he struck him in the mouth, knocked him
down and struck him. Defendant was tined 10s
and costs.
Cow STEA.LisG.—Gelrge Wakefield was charge:
with steiling a c w, at Bell End, in the parish of
Sellbroushton, on the 25th ult, the property of
Edward Smith.—Prosecwor, who is game-keeper
to C. P. Noel, Esq , said h niissed the cow at 12
,)'&.cck on Mouday last. The same evening he
went to the Lye and there saw the co x. He gave
17 for the cow.—Joan Bullingham sail he saw
the priamer with the cow, and asked him if he
wanted to sell it He said he did, and wanted £l3
for it, fie said he should not pay then, as he was
a little suspicious. lie told him to take the cow to
his house, and on going there at night he found the
cow in the stabl-, He gave pisoner 26, and he
was to pay the remainder the next morning.
Thm prisoner said the cow had been left to him by
'is father. Prisoaer was committed for trial at the
Worcester Sessions.
THE RESULT or BREAKING THE PLEDGE.—JO'"
't.otnas Roe was charged with being divak and re-
:using to quit. the Old Stir Inn, en the 25th inst;
he was also charged with being drunk and dis-
orderly in the pubiic street, and further charged with
assaulting P.C. Farley whilst in the !execution of
his duty, both on the 25th inst.—Tae landlady
-if the Old Star proved the first case,—P.C. Farley
said he saw the defendant creating a disturbance in
the street. He took defendant into cuAosly and he
became very violent, and kicked hitn several times
about the body.—Superintendent Wheeler said he
went to the defendant's cell, as ha was making a
noise, and was very violent. He saw the officer and
he was blesding from the nose an 1 t e mouth. lie
aapeared to be very much exhausted, and had to go
off duty that night and part of the next (Ilya--
Defendant said he was very sorry for what had
happened, hut he did not remember anything as he
drunk at the time, He had been teetotal for
eighteen months, and he hoped that they would be
as light as they could with him.—Mr. Firmstone
jl they were very serious offences, but the most
serious was ths assault on the police, fo • whisii they
lma 1 decided to give him two months i.the•lso hmerit
,%eth has d labour. The other charges would not be
proceeded with.—Enoch Roe was fined 20s and
so-ts tbr interfering with P.C. Parley whilst in the
eleeution of his duty, on the the 25th inst.
OBiTaUCTlON.—W'illialn Parsons was charsted wit'
ebstructing the free passage of the highway on the
21st inst, by leaving a horse and cart thereon for a
tong and unreasonable time. P.C. Jones s d-1
ha
saw the defewhint's hose and cart standing it the
,aid.lle of the road, and he watched it for twenty
Ali:lutes, during which time no one was wilt it.
Vined 5s and costs.
BOARD (a, GUARDItN.9.— At the 11,1111 We 4ily
neeting hell vest rday Mr. H. presi
S knitted. 13; dissaargel 14, rein ii ling 515
igaitist 514. Relief, Eingswinford, £l5 12s 7d;
it urbridge £29 17s; lialesowen E• 24 5 , 3d. Non
ajj ,
et 21 19s Sd ; total £lOl 14s 61; sgainst
£93 17s. A precept o: the W orces-er County
rate-; was r% celvso a ;vaunting, t ) £1,525, being a
core -so of 4.5 il 16s St on th am unt of last
Veer.

BROMSCI ROVE.

THE GUARDIANS AND THEIS 'CHAPLAIN. Tile
s ibject of the alleged religious destitution at the
workhouile was further discussed at a meeting on
Tuesday of the Board of Guardiaus.—The Rev, J.
Kidd, chaplain, stated VIA under the present cir •
cumstances he deemed it right to report that he met
from time to time with inmates who seemed to have
violated tl.e laws Divine and human to a mom
serious extent. Some phases of immorality were
very shocking indeed, and in dealing with them
v,reat circumspoction was needed, These remaiks
would be misleading if he did not add that there
were worthy persons at all times in the house from
among the s ttled poor of the Union, and that the
Sunday services were well attended, The religious
ministrations continued to be what they had bcen
f r many years past. He heard of no grievance
amongst the poor, and certainly there was no such
thing as spiritual destitution In another communi-
cation the chaplain referred to the proposal to invite
Dissentinir mitiislers to hold services at the work-
house and to visit the sick; but he pointed out th:it
while Dissenting ministers, bring licen-ed, were
entitled to visit the sick inmates of their own persua-
sion upon being sent for, they were restrained from
interfering with other sick people, and thus the
ministrations of a Dissenter could not cure the ch -
fects of the chaplain, even if defects were shown to
exist. He was triable to find any reas .nahle pl a
for their preaching in the dining hall. Dis.ienters
were S 3 few that no congregation could be made
unless drawn from among Church people, and he
could not stand by and allow that.
COURT LEET.—The half-yearly Court Lpet and
Court Baron of Lord Windsor, lord of the manor
of Bromsgrove, was held at the Town Hall on Wen-
nesday, under the presidency of Hr. Scott, stewaad
of the manor. Mr. J. Sheldon was bailiff, and Mr.
J. Braizon. reeve. The jurymen and ocher officers,
were appointed, and the custimary business of the
Court was transacted In the evening the bailiff
entertained the juryinen and a number of friend-
to dinner at the Coach and Horses Hotel. T. e
evening was passed in a convivial manner, and the
health of Lord WindsOr was drunk very enthusiast-
ically.

l'ilE FOItEI A.l, \'D IRO:c
rh a-pc.ct of the Tic lgi m coal trade is Stil far
fr ~n ecicoiraz,iug. Oat of sixty collteri43 which
in operati iege basin it i sts'Led
o iiv nie ic no v ining tarried on at a prof.t,
aul
••c ,irc only i !I i u lug mull dividend's to the
s Jar hol (rs At Parie, a: well ado tho gat
Fen h eintres, the attitude ot the
Feenc:i coal ti tie in,: of exi octatiou ;it is gearen
t'qat autumn or,±ers will no: xert t2:6 year much
intlaimce noon quo.ations. The coke makers of the
,)ortmtitil dktlt ae h lilasiseetitg to arrange
f-n. a r doe i•qi of product:on. The tone of the
3el.fiaci iron trail, iastead of baying beneitod by
tuin ta.ken bpei ic 1 events dlaring ft& 1%4
week or two,has ecome rather weaker if anyahing.
1h re hais e.rtainly been no di,ertga in. the sei-
tlicial qu,taTtori urrent. but thaso quotltic,na
1, ve not at the 6a ii time sumorteil w rtch
it:t
inunos-, The P .r:s iron earkat appears tz, be
;rowing vr.aker. in t;ie Nord seine ;rather
irct-
tnt transa.ctioos are r,-1, rted to have toe, coacii!ai led
it £5 Se per ton in merchants' iron, hLt a want., of
)rciers is <ren rLy oqoplah,ed of in CL.,
rite intene,enee rae-ived wib respett t.
Fa
Jan ira tratle is h tie favourable; aooi,) o7:rilGts
ire rep:q.t.-a, howetw, to have bees moeut-d tk?
estphalian rollit.4

Village, and Henry Wilkinson (25), miner' Tat
Bank, were charged with being the principals in a
cock fight—Supeantendent Woollaston, in applying
for a reman I for a week, stated that the inquiries
which he had instituted respecting the cockfights
which had taken place in the district were not com-
plete, and he was desirous of summonirg nextWeel-
nesday a numbar of persons for aiding and abetting
and taking a prominent part in the cockfights.
air. Jackson, ef West Bromwich, who appeared for
the defendants, said he had no objection to an al
journment, but he had to a remand.—Mr. Bas ... no
What is the difference ?—Mr. Jackson : If the pri-
soners are remanded they will have to pay 18s for
bdi fees, which they object to do. If it is proved
the prisoners are guilty of the offence with which
they are charged the magistrates can only inflict a
fine, c sesequently they should not hays been
arreste •. . Superintendent Woallaston said the de- Tribe annual meeting of the members of the club
fendan ~.re arrested in consequence of giving
false n r , 4Pwas held on TussArty, at the Stewponey Hotel, near
and addreases.
,The magistrates re-
Stourbridgs. Before the business of the club was
=tide:, ale defendants for a 'week, and accepted gone into the members formed a procession and
bail for their appearance, headed by a brass band marched to Kinver Church,
SELLING ADULTERATED Mrta John Parton, It the church the prayers were read by the vicar
milk dealer, Providence Street. Cradley Heath, was
(the Rev. J Hcdgson), and the sermon was
fined Li its fot selling milk adulterated with ten I preached by the Rev. W. C. Gibba, rector of Hagley. j
per cent. of water. Thomas Llonl, milk dealer, 1 Mr. Gibbs gave an address touching directly on the
Cr elley Heath, was fined -41 is. 61 for selling as I question of thrift and erevilence, and the velue of
uew nolk milk from which the whole of the cream i being associated with a well-managed friendly
meld been extracted. Thomas White, milkseller,
society.
Reddall Hill, was fined £1 us for selling milk ' There W 3,3 only a small attendance at the meet-
adulterated with 3 per cent, of water; and Isaac ; ing of the club. -
Doorbar, farmer, Dudley Wood, was maimed in a 1
LordtN LytteltonMr. lv
similar sum for s Bing milk adulterated with 3
cent. of water, The off twee were proved by Sarni.P 'W. C. Gibbs, and J. Hodgson, sent Foley,
.vaeurde
the
ouperes-.
v''t ! W. li. Fporleeyprodded and
r..
Tey. assistant to Mr. Horder, the inspector ander Lord Lyttelton commenced the proleedings by
the Salo of Food and Drugs Act, calling upon Mr. Perry, secretary to read the follow-
AN UNJUST SCALE.—Williaut Mills, butcher, of ins report :
High Street, Blackheath, was fined 10s and cosat "Forty third report of the Stewponey Beecher
for having a scale a quarter of an ounce out of Club, for the year 1884. During the year two mile
lance.---Defendant said he had no knowledge that members have entered the club. Eighteen male
his scales were wrong. and four female members have been erased for non-
DRUNKENNESS AND GAMBLING. Abeut thirty payment. Two deaths have occurred. The number
persons were charged with- drunkenness and of benefit members in the club is now 282, namely
gambang, and fines were inflicted ranging from 2s —246 males and 36 females, making with 22
61 to 103 and costs, honorary members, a total of 304. Tbirty-three
benefit members have received sick pay. The w-
in -nt3 for sickness amoanted to .£lO5 is 10d, and
tire money received from the members on that ac-
-41787 18s 80. The balance of
c ntahmaosubnetes to n,4141 8s 71(1.The balance of the sick
mu-rd
th ! 'burial fund is £874 4s 10ad. Twenty-one
members have received from the annuity fund
£l9O 4s Od ; the balance of that fund amounts to
£1165 4s 4d. The expenses payable out of the alm-
a try fund were £93 23 6d, and the receipts £67 is
2.t, I, leaving a balance due to this fund of £36 is
al 1. The balance of the benefit fund account is
44596 10s 2d, of which £8463 12s 3d is invested in
G wernment Stock. The interest received for the
veer amounted to £2BB 16s 7d, and the total amount
re s,eived for interest from the commencement of the
Calla is now £2469 2s 31d. Mr. Austell, one of the
pualic valuers appointed under the Friendly
sarcietie's Act, has recently made a valuation, shew-
is ; that, after providing for all claims, present and
f Aare, there is a surplus of £1440 13s sd. This is
c nsidered very satisfactory. An abstract of the
rules has been prepared and is sent with this repore
I is hoped this will lead to an increase in the
so :tubers. The present members would be benc-
h ted, as well as others, by such an increase.
(Signed), Lyttelton, 1 Trustees.
NI ty, 1885. William H. King,
A. supplementary report of the trustees from
Pecember 31st 1884 to Whit- Tuesday May 26th.
1335, which showed that the total number of
i..ta ;7inmbaerless,waansd3o637
fiteimclauldeisn. g 2T2hheontaoratayl
amount of
f
ilrimey treasurer'sinvested
hands.
the
Che report was adopteJ.
Mr. licdcroft, ar.d the Revs. R. P. Turner, T.
Parton were elected vice-presidents. The Rev. W.
C Gibbs and the Rev. J. J. Slade were appointed
honorary members on the committee.
In consequence of the failing health of the Rev.
It P. Turner he had resigned the trusteeship, and
o 1 the suggestion of Lord Lyttelton, Mr. W. H.
F ley was elected to fill the vacancy. Mr. Tayler
w s appointed as auditor. Stewards and visitors
e- ere also appointed.
A.n adjournment was then made to a large marquee
a; which dinner was laid.
At the close of the dinner,
Lord Lyttelton, who was in the chair, in pro-
p dung the health of "Her Majesty the Queen, and
tho rest of the Royal Family," referred to the fact
a st. our Sovereign had now entered upan her 67th
3 ear, and had reigned longer than any Sovereign
e -:cept some five or six. He thought he might say
f.r them all that they hoped her reign might be
f tether prolonged, and that for man/ years her life
night continue an example of sucharare public and
p ivate virtue. (Appleive).
With the toast of "The Bishops and clergy of the
three dioceses in which the Beecher Club operates,"
rile Chairman associated the name of the Rev. W.
U. Gibbs, who tad preached such an able and
a rnest sermon that morning. He wished more of
t hi benefit members had been present to hear it.
The Rev. W. C. Gibba, in responding. gaic
Viought it was a grand thing for their club to begin
i s meetings with a service in God's house. From
tile little he knew about the club he thought it a
in st valuable one, and he should be glad to sub-
scribe to it and to help it in his own parish. I'
there were someone for instance, in Hagley to whom
p :,sons could be referred for all the information
ta y required, it would be much better than having
t) send them for miles to gain information. He
should like to see some branch for children in con-
eeetion with tie club—the same as the Foresters
hit. If they could get hold of the children and
in Ike them members th re was no fear about their
h Ivlng adult members afterwards.
The Rev. J. Hodgson proposed "Success to the
11 ocher Club," coupling with it the names of Lord
Lyttelton and Mr. W. U. Foley. Mr. Hodgson, as
oae of the auditors, expreosed his satisfaction with
Vie accounts, but he was sorry that while the funds
o!. the s Jciety had been increasine, the number of
r, e nte a hid ditniahed compared with what they
one were. He asked why more of the members
wei'e not present at that dinner, and at church that
malting. In such cases union was strength. When
he spoke of union he did not mean such unions as
the Agricaltural Labourers' Union. Was there ever
s ich a piece of humbug as the latter; and now it
had been exposed throughout the country. He re-
membered the time when every agricultural
labourer kept his pig. Now not one in fifty kept a
pi-C• That was one result of the Agricultural
Labourers' Union. And the Ironworker? Union
It id done no better for its supporters. The con.
did m of the dismal place called "The Hyde" was
p teals the result of the Ironworkers' Union. The
u lion he wanted all his hearers to beloag to was the
Church of England, which would stand all the
finer for there being more voters in England.
They had in that club £8,463 i-vested capital in
Government Stock. He asked thorn to drink
health to all the members of the Beecher Club,
Lord Lyttelton, in responding, expressed his re-
gret at the retirement of Mr. John Taylor, who had
b en connected with the club for something like a
quarter of a century. He was a most strenuous,
energetic, and devoted secretary to this club. He
-lel not think there were many of the old members
who would ever forget the courtesy and geniality
of his manner, or the devotion which he displayed
t ) the affairs of the club. Mr. Perry would find a
, very heavy responsibility in having to follow such
a secretary as Mr. Taylor. He believed that one
c suse for the decrease in members was the terrible
state of depression. both in trade and agriculture,
which was now affecting the district incee than it
had affected it for many years. It was owing to
that alone Coat they had, for the first time for a
ereat many years, a serious falling off in the
number of tuembers of the club, lie felt no donut
whatever that as times improved they should more
taan regain the numbers they had losa Eighteen
males and four females lied erased from the society
through nonpayment. They had contributed' to
Vint secisty no less a sum than .2206 63 Ild, and
had only received .£1,83 that the club ha,d bene-
fitted by their removal to the amount of £205. He
did riot say in the way of congratulation. They
did not want to lase their members. A more short-
s:ghtei policy than not to keep up payments to a
club like that he could not i iiagine. These memaers
lied pill over £2OO to that club and now
It id absolutely no provision for sickness and old
a4e, simply because they had left tnakins the 'r
1 p aymenta He should like to know the circum-
stances of those pe pie. He did not think there
wer , many teetotallers amongst them, because tee-
totalism was co:ince:tea with thrift, and it was very
s .11 in they would find a teetotaller giving up all
the 3 li..tilta,zes be derived from belonging to a
society like that. If a man was so hard pinched
i that in coral I n t afferd the few shil ings necessary
i to like e.
and
meet, his
it
payments.w ouici b e lini3lshould t
teecro
fat: n iths ee. m t
o Thosed,
do
' who erauk spent many pounds every year in stro,e;
dr
i
with a little less than to lose the benefit of a club
through noa-payment. lie referred to the manage-
ment exaenses of the club, which were rather
tleavi e. than they usal to be, end it would be
I necessery to make some provision to meet that in
: ititi,r._, lie suggested that the best way out of the
I, difficulty Would be by largely increadng the
1
i train 'ear of he. etit membet s. At the present time
the lett a paid twopence per month each towards
tie .x_le t•ws of the management, anl the rat was
, defra e.I by the sabserip ioris of honorary members.
I 4 Thej snail: I always ia future have to pay about
R.SS per veer for rnanagem..nt an I tows (Is that
they had only some £3O or .240 Next year they
, should have to increase the amount. With refer-
ence to what had been said as to the Yleereese of
. members, that w a not qu to correct, as they had
.i been steadily increasing since 1852. Before that
, ime the charges were too low, and when they were
raised to the proper nab, approved of by Govern-

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