The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-12-16 00:00:00

BOARD OF OCARDIANS.

The weekly meeting of this Board was held
yesterday ; Mr. Granger in the chair. There
were also present:—Messrs. Brooks, Rollinson,
Baker, Billingham, Darby, Fereday, Griffin,
Guest, Homer, Hall, Haskew, Jeffries, Paskins,
P. Parge ter, Rhodes, and Wright. The minutes
of the last meeting were read and confirmed.
Admitted into the house during the week, 12;
dead, 1 ; discharged, 7; remaining, 428. Cor-
responding week last year, 447. Out-door relief
liingswinford district, £2B 13s 4d; Stonrbridge
district, £2l Os ; Halesowen district, £2O
12s 3d; total, £7O 1.2 s 91d, against £B9 2s 7id,
last year.
The Clerk reported that there was a balance
in the Bank of £1,693 16s 4d.
Mr. Pearce, one of the medical officers, roper.
ted a case of small•pox, at Brierley Hill.
It was ordered that provision should be made
at the Union for the reception of such cases,
and to use such stimulants and disinfectants that
was necessary.
The Clerk then reported the death of Mr.
fiargreaves. He was ordered to report the same
to the Local Government Board, and advertise
for candidates for the office, the election to take
place on the 29th inst.
The Clerk was directed to issue advertise-
ments for the erection of new fever wards.

Worcester County Rates were ordered to be
Land as follows: X 575 2s sd; Staffordshire,
C 771 Cis.

THE INDEPENIANT CHAPEL.—The Rev. James
Richards has seut in his resignation as minister
the independent Chapel, after a pastorate of
J 3 years.

'lnc LATE BREAD CASE.—Mr. Shirt wishes
as to state that the bread spoken of at the trial
was not wade up in the copper boiler, but in ti
.vooden trough adjacent to it.
HORACE LATIMER.—It Will be seen in OUT
advertising columns, that Horace Latimer will
;ire two Orand Drawing-room Entertainments
the Corn Exchange, on Tuesday and Wedues-
.lay next. Mr. Latimer is possessed with great
musical and ventriloquial powers, and the two
tours' entertainment given by him elicits loud
applause. Those who wish for a treat should
.tot forget to go and hear him.
FRESH OUTBREAK OF SMALL-PDX.—We regret
to say that this disease is on the increase. Ur.
tug the week the small-pox epidemic has ap.
peared in the house of Mr. Sheldon, Amblecute
Bank. On Tuesday last he buried a girl twelve
years of age, who died front the disease after
aine days' illness. Since then two more of his
.thildren have been suffering from the same cent-
plaint, aged respectively six and sixteen years.
Ar. R. L. Freer has been called in, and is doing
ill he can for the sufferers. Within the last day
or two another case has occurred in Church-
itreet. Mr. Barratt, the Relieving-officer, is
ioing all he can to prevent the spread of the
isease by freely using disinfectants. .

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ACCIDENT AT THE RAILWAY STATION.—A rather
serious accident happened last night at the
itourbridge Station. It appears the 'Manches-
ter goods' train from Worcester, due at Stour-
bridge at 8.40, arrived a abort time before nine,
oad in the course of the shunting they had to
jut some goods' trucks across the line at the
•rossing inside the station. Somehow or other
piece of a shovel got in between the points,
sd the pointsmats was unable to join them iu
.me. The consequence wag that one of the
:ticks was pushed into the top end of the new
igoal box, at the end of the down platform,
ed 4 wheels of the engine were also off the
iad. The truck wos pushed into the cud of the
.ox, and did considerable damage, forcing one
I ad it completely in, and calming a large crack