The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-08-14 00:00:00

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Lira IN BUBINEBB.-I'HE PEN.—Smart and Co.
of London, Manchester, and Liverpool, the we 1-
known teachers of writing, bookk,epini.g, shorthand
and arithmetic, wid open their academy at the
Mechanic's Institution, Market Street, Stourbrelv,
on Tuesday next, when ladies end gentlemen will
be received for instructions in any of the ab:ive
6ubjects.. A fine liesinsi hand guaranteed in
six lessons for one ,tlinea. Prosp,ctuses may be
had on application.
FIRE IN ANGEL STREET Early on Wednesday
morning last a fire was discovered ta le.ive broken
out in a lodging-house in Angel Street. Tf:e alann
was given by the police and the Fire Brigade soon
in attendance. Owing to the efforts of the Brigaie
and the neighbours very little damage was dune,
but had the fire once got ahead there was plenty of
scope for a s..,:riou, conflagration. This is another
instance of the smartness ot the Brigade turning
(nitro fires. It may be as well to state that the
Stourbridge Brigade attonded at the Sraethwiek
contest on Saturday last, and were very successful
in the various competitions. They won the first
prize for the eight men wet drill, and the second
prize for the four men dry:drill. Cons:dering that
such brigades as Newburg-on-Thames, Thame,
Leeds, Spon Lane, and others competed, we mu-t
congratulate the Stourbridge Brigade on tiieir suc-
cess.

DAMAGING GROWING POTATOES.—At the Police
Court yesterday, before Col. Fletcher, Lord Lyttel-
ton anti Mr J. B. Cochrane, Edward Mooi.e and
Therms Bristow. two boys, were charged with
damaging a quantity of growing potatoes the
property of William James Moore, of the Lye, on
the 10th inst. It was alleged by complainant that
he saw the defendants in a guidon belonging to
him. He went into the garden and Saw a quantity
of potatoes were pulled up, and a portion of them
put into a bag. He did not set the defendants pull
up any potatoes. They were dismissed with a
caution.

DRUNK AND DISORDEELY.—Thomas Bowen was
charged with being drunk and disorderly, at the
Lye, on the night of the 9th inst Police-constable
JOWSOII proved that defendant was drunk and using
bad language. Fined 28 6d and costs.—llenry
Littlewoocl was fined 40s and costs, with the
alt, illative of one month's imprisonment, foe being ,
drunk and disorderly at Wollescote, on the 9th inst.
Pen .e- sergeant Payne proved the case.
CRUFLTY TO A TIORSE.—EIias Savage was sum-
moned for cruelly illtreating a horse on the 9th
just, by working it while in an unfit state. De-
fendant pleadol guilty. Police-constable Poole
proved the case and deendant was fined 21. 6d and
costs ; in default 7 days.
DRUNK AND Dtsoßrusnix;R:chard Tay:or, of
the Lye, was charged with being drunk on the oth
jest, and making us s of bad language. Police-
constable Jewson proved the case and defendant
was fined lOs and costs, or 14 days.
CAUTION TO WAGONERS .—James Tay:or was
eh,irged with riding on a wagon, on the loth inst.
:it Cradley, having no reins to guide the hnrges.
Police-constable Oakey proved the case, and do-
Lndant was ordered to pay costs.—Michael Kite
was charged with being in such a position, on the
10 th inst. as to have no control over the horse and
cart. Defe.,aao.t pi ea,dect guilty and was ordered
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