The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-07-30 00:00:00

PINANC COMMITTEE.

The tr.-fanrer's tyllancos ou the seve,al acamAts
were a, fl Improyemen Ace,' halanc,
dtie t),*tr- au or, £23 93 Lii ; lizii wa A. Unit_
mo tie 0 re _a .'i.lll 1- sd; U a, Srinitary
ount, balance due o t ezt,urer, £534 193 8 ;
Waes Account, balance due tom treasixer, £l4
153 6d; L an Account, balati...,e due icom ti esurer,
.R. 140 Is 911, Fummary of cal,m,ces, total due fioli
treasurer, £657 143 81. The to lowing aecomvs
were recommeoded to be paid : Lnprovorm-!lit A.c-
count, 1;413 103 0,1; ilighw.iv Aeooent, £lB5 11s
; SAnita,y Act:a:int, £37 03 3,1; 14 -an Ae•
count £. Your commitiee hay..
vouchers o' gceouti.,3 or 1.-rd .0 be pd at the lts'
moothl) meeting and Bud thee co:r, et.
In iegard to the 105.,1 of E,2,403 the Boar" bad re_
cesed 7 tenders tor that sum, and these were care-
fully considered by to committee, who recom.
mended tha.. the tender of Hews. Barclay cud C,
9, Hart Street, Bloomsbury, V. C., who otUred to
bupply the sum on the following terms, viz . For a
period of 30 years, replyable by way of annuity,
at £3 17s 61 per cent per annual, br accepted The
procuration tee would be .221, wide!) would ioclude
law costs on I,nders' side, exclusive of s:o.IDD
day. It was stated that the interest of the various
t..!nciers varied from 3i to 41 per cent.
ibe rep,rt was a !opted.

GUAItDIANg.—Ar. Parget,r presiled a. the usual
weekly meeting ot this Board yesterday. and there
were also presi nt Messrs. Hi':gl y, Giffin, Sidawav
Parks, Thompson, McMillan, Dawes, Bryce,
Chs.mbAs, J Biihngham. Guy. P. arson, Brooks
Rhodes, B. Bid n...tham, Worthington. YardlEiv, an I
Hill The Mas i.r's w-ekly return; were as follows :
Admitt. d 23, diect:arga 5, dad 1, remaining 538;
alst yea. 501. The out ciao- relief was, Kiu2swin
fool, £l5 10s 3.1 ; S:ourini ie, £35 is 21,1 ; Hat s-
owen, £29 us 3d ; non r, sident pat' ers, 15s 91;
tot .1 Liii 101 2* 1; last year XlO9 2s 4i '.—A
I,.tter we r,ceived tr..m James, frensiror. stat-
-111.4 that be Boar-i's ~c-ount was overdriwn,'X3,lB7
He coold at charge interest, and he did cot thinK
the bank could be expected to floc' tl-.e Board funds
te ,axch an txteot free of eharce, e.p,oially as some
of the stuns had been anremunera,ive. fie m-n-
-tioned he bad sustained altss up to the present f
£3O. The Cintirinan said if the calls had been
me the Board would have had a ba•ance at t'-e
Bank.— Mr. Yardley morel, and Mr. Pearson
seconded, that a deputntion be appointed to wait
upon the treasurer and exp Lin the position of
affairs. Tlvi Chairman aid cheques had ben
sioed that day for £23-1, and more hat) ,25,000 was
din to the eriunty aut ioriti -El and 1119 Main Drain •
age Bo -rd Mr Peareon said that made a £6,000
(I,2tlei ney.—The Clerk sail £1,200 h ti been paid
jut° t,le Bank s'nc,i the treasur-r's Ltt r WiS
written. The (notionW is carri d It was deci led
to write t- the overseers urging them to pay the
stint; oue.
DKUNICKNNItSfiI —.N.t the Police Curt yesterday,
th 22:6h inst.
betor- M.e,s B. I'. Th,.mas IA. Freer. William
Rags 11, ~htss eugrav,T, B ettell Lane. was fined
F 609:
,rtpnii
sc:enipts, e
n. 813,-.,i,i,il4.,i)is)ri. e •,1:
so n tlel a
e.
costs fo7 drunken.ss on the 23rd inst.—kV:l er
Miteheil, labourer, Bouroe'teath, 5s arid 2s 61 andfo
beinl in a staie intoxica ion at th-it pls,e
Ewmanu,l Baker, Wolleac ‘te, was eharel ith
bei-g drunk and di-orierly on the 2nd last at Wo •
lesPote. P.C. Jones proved the case, and defend-
ant was fined Os and costs.—L-vi Know was
cher..:ed ,Nith being drunk and drsvntlerly on th,
231.1 lust, at the Lye PS. Char sail defendant
was riran't and swearing in the o,ldfello.s Arm -
Inn. Fined 53 and cos Aston, for
being drunk an,l disorderly at the same hue and
plau, was fined 53 and cots.—C arie Barr-11.
'Atiri charged with being drunk on
licensed premises, viz, the Blue Ball Inn, Oratlev,
on the 23:d inst. P.C. Wetth said he found the
the abouvsee poirevmireyeshiln9uairlTT:a:zucanh-e
defendant on
ta.oitwia')rn:lsanhai:nh.eur"ltaanit''ately callin4 Jahn a ,hi
F.
Fined 2s 61 and costs —Geor4e ii t-lier and Robert
Harper, Heath, were eh tra-d with disord-rly
and refusing to quit the White Elor.,e Inn, Heath,
on the 119. ti inst. Mr Parkin landlord, said the
defendants were hagOing in his house and he
ord-red them out hut they di 1 not at one compi
with hi request. George was n-t so bad as Rooert
and he did not use ha 1 lan,zulge, George was
dischar:?.en, and R)nert was filled 105 and costs.
OBSTItUCTIoN -7-4-hu Poole, firdogs dealer, Crad.
ley, was hag' d with obstruc• ing the fr(e plssa2e
o the ii:g'nw ,y itl iiigh Street, Lye. n the 25th
inst., by I,avin4 his horse and cart thereon for a
lotaa and ni,r-eas nab)!-- time . Orde:i.•cl to pay tie
costs, 3s 6d.
WHAT MOST nx Do.—Alfvd Willi in 'tiptop,
gro•er, Eligo S reef, wa. charged with obptructi,lg
the F ee pas:ae .•t to hig iway In It•- Du Road,
Lye, on the 25th inst: PC. S on, said h siw dot.-
endant's hor-e st ,n dog to the road for 20 mince.
and there was no one with it the wh iie of th, time
He spoke to the defen•tant atout, it and that he
should summons him. -Defendant ~yon may
do so if you like." PS. Ch ,re corrob irat d
De!endant a id he bad an wish to ob.truct t: e
highway, but he a os d like to lt,low w,st he was
d.••• L we,,k Or two ago he was sitinnaone I for
Ica-ling. act no,/ hi wis u d [using in
crier. The Be•-ch said it was very dangerous bu.
the Superintendent was wiling o withdraw the
case on paym•nf of costa; and this cour-e was kc
ceptel by d fendant.
DONEY DRIVE39IN Arots.—John aria
was chargr3l with using obscene. la,agnage on the
11th lust, on Clen liii Common; tier wa.i
summons charging Su an 8"ok, a wit'. assaulting
John anl A- n tho date ;in 1 al -o
w•th usi•t2, Obs-ene 1,-istra4e Mr thud aopiarc.d
for Stokes. anu or Waldr in fir .:11Orri==es —3u
S cites aid s ,e was arrin aitn a lads a, t,
hire of a do- key when An i Morris inter.etr..d
On the ti lie John Motris Caine oti aAdr.
filthy remarks to ler, and she then strdck him with
a sti. k. Mr. wat rou sail be sh• nitt prove beyond
all d,)ubt that Lis dint di i not use t 1 nguage.
1B said Stokes hit him vlih s !arm,
don;<ey•driv-n_ snick He id noi !nage 1-0 ff any
bad liinAtiage.—The Bench retired to con-id r thti!-
ver lict, and on returning into Court Mr T, ()mats
said th,y should hue John Mortis 103 and cots;
is :he a sank case they considered there w. s
deal of prisocatioti and should only i Ilict a fine of
2s 6d including costs; the summons to, ot4s:enc
langni:ge-sgainat h r was dism sac-i.
ALLEGED Tunrr. —George 6edg ey, gl.iss blower,
John Str-et, WorCsley, was cliarv,ed that be di'.
stea!, take and carry away 91, t • e :Loney 01 Yorence
Parker, Hill Street. The facts of the case were
that on the 23ri i -et siae was in Queen Sircet at
about bait- ta t ten. T-,e d,feniant asked prose-
cutri:. for 2d .v.d, on he,- to tiAal to give it, he. the
p, s.,ent ix -s his hahl into her pocket
and a Onset( • •• w 's firtu or allcgrd
t • e had to it her if she appeared
against. -lane, in tt o, and
the Berle% d.,eideA that :he evict:nee uas too weak,
a..d stn. ..e e kve
Amostama Llmeszrzotri-4aloob Hill. miner, whit