The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-07-03 00:00:00

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1 Of the 42 nuisances reported by the officer this
month) the following is a list: Dilapidated and un-
I i;lnitary biiilditigd, 1; dilapidated and unsanitary
pri,ies, water cloets and ash pits, '2B dilapidated
yr choked drains, 5; -buildings with dllapir'atvd
=pouting, 3; wells with impure drinking water, 3 ;
miscellaneous. 2. The officer has visited the sevvn
registered lodging houses and the eight registered
..laughtee hoiiseti dtid ordered the removal of nule-
ancee found thereon. The reg.!Eiteretl ledgleg
houses have!heen occupied as follows:
Daily 71
Weekly 497
• . In the month 1,985
There ',die bden ilo comploints. Night soil re,
moral: Two hundred and five privies, 174
belonging to 319 houses, have been emptied and
eleinsed during the month and their contents re-
moved: Number ,of loads, 294. -Thele Are 15
nofities for removal on the books; or•aboutr4 days
work. "Your committee hate gone through the
whole of Dr. Gresswell's recommendatiore and
have deferred their further consideration to a fur-
ther meetinz, at the same time they are of opinion
that so far as practicable the model bye-laws re-
Wing' to streets and bnildinge issued by the Local
G,vernment Beard should b adopted by. the
, Board. Your committee received and considered
six tenders from local tradesmen for painting and
Ic-rating the town clock ranging from .R 6 to £l4,
,nil recommend that the one sznt in by Mr. Rol-
cf Brook Street, to do the required werk for
£5 he accepted. A letter frotti Me. A. W. Worth-
ington, askina for the use of the Corn Eichatige
fer the annual meeting of the Ambulance Society
on the same terms as last year has been received,
and your committee recommend that the request be
complied with.
Mr, Rollason'e tender forpainting and decorating
the town dlock Was accepted; and the free use of
the Corn Exchange was granted to the A.mbulance
Society on the the occasion of holding the annual
meeting.
The Chairman read several tenders willh lad
been sent in for the removal of night Soil, The
ten ler of Solomon Hill, Netherton, was aceep' ed.
The tender was for £340. -

IMPROVEMENTS COMMITTEE REPORT.
Intomal Drainegs. The surveyors reperts Hest
house connections hive been made in Coventry-st.,
Vauxhall, Mount-st., Church-st.. Duke-st•, Cliffs!,
Giles Hill, Birmingham-st., Fostsr-st., Angel- et.,
Court-st., Market-at., Bell Lane, Mill at, High-se,
Lion-st., New et , Talbot-st., Round Court, Union
Passage, Union-st., Victoria-st., Hemplands, Han-
bury Passage, Theatre st., and Enville-st. They
hive issued a certitleate on this account for £2eo
Tse certificate for the extras amount £32 10s sd;
but this amount includes the Round Court sewer,
exte , length in South Street, and a short length in
l'argeter Street. The two first were ordered by the
Board. The surveyor's monthly report referred to Ilsvivers or ENGLISH WATCHES.—NO industry
the removal of toe steps in Enville Street agreed has, perhaps, suffered more from foreign competition
to by the Board with the consent of the owner of ' than watchmaking. Lower prices, notwithstanding
the property, and the committee have referred the the inferior quelity of the article, have greatly re-
mitter to a sub-committee to carry (eat the required dueled the demand for homework. A. spirited attempt,
work. The repairs of the flegging near the nvs- however, to restore the English watch to favour has
post office has been carried out at a cost of about been made byMr.W. Benson, of Ludgate-hill, whose
£l. The surveyor reports that the taking down lebeure were recognised by the award of tho Gold
and rebuilding of the house for the Superintendent I aledal at the Inventories. His "Ludgate" watch is
of Police has been commenced but no plans are de. made in his own factory, and gives employment to
posi ed. Your committee have requested the upwards of 100 skilled workmen For accurate time-
clerk to write to the county surveyor requesting keeping, strength, and durability this watch has no
that the plans be sent at once, or the work to be rival.
stopped. The surveyor has written to the owner STEALING A TRICYCLE AT STOURBRIDGE.—At the
of property in Worcester Street calling his attention 1
- Worcester Sessions on Tuesday last, Samuel
to the dangerous condition of a well belonging i Fox, (24), fitter, alias William Reden, alias
thereto. A plan has been deposited in reference to j Speaker, pleaded guilty to stealing a tricycle, of
the extension of the tramway about 100 yards up i which he was bailee, the property of Messrs. Jones
LAWN TENe4I6. High Street, and your committee have requested g and Attvsood, on July 10th, 1885, at Stourbridge.
SMALL HEATH v. WOLLASTOY.-1 match was the surveyor to make inquiry as to the formation i Mr. Cranstonn, who defended, stated that the
Played at Wollaston. on Saturday, between these of tramway from the end of Brettell Lane throueh '-‘, prisoner was drunk at the time he obtained the
clubs, which resulted in a win for the home team Wordsley to Kingswinferd. Your committee hive 4. tricycle Since that time, until May last, he had
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ty 8 sees to 1. F. Peery and A. Owen (W.) beat received the write, n opinion of your solicitor as to : been leadingan honest life, when he was arrested on ,
Butler and Watts (8 H.) 2 sets to love (6-1, 6.3). the old drains referred to by the surveyor in his last I another charge. and sentenced to a month's inspri. ,
C. A. Petley and H.H. Bowen (W ) beat Fear and report, but recommend that action thereon be for .: sonment. Prisoner had been three times previously
Watts (S. H.) 2 sets to love (6.1, 6-1) .F. Parry and p esent deferred. Your solicitor has also reported i. c nlvictel, and he was sentenced to eighteen I
A. Owen beat Fear and Watts 2 sets to love (6 2,6 0); on the legal point in reference to the persons who ii months' imprisonment and three years' police super- 1
0. A Petlsy and H. H. Bowen beat Hurler and - have made the house connections without giving 7, Yisio n". 1
Watts 12 sets to 1(6 1, 46. 6-2). Total: Wol- the statutory notices to the surveyor. Your oom. :i ACCIDENT.—A sad accident has befallen a son of 1
aston, 8 sets, 52 games; Small Heath 1 set 17 games. . ntittee have requested that the persons referred to ": the late 2,1 r, S. Simms, professor of music, at Stour.
THROAT IRRITATION AND Cosign.Roreness and dry-
be asked to attend the next monthly meeting of the : bridge. On Wednesday he was at a bedroom
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ness, tickling and irritation, inducing e ugh and affect- committee. Your committee have appeinteJ ali window of Mrs. Sirrints'- 'honsse-in -Mallet Street.
lug the voice For th se symptoms use Epps's Glycer- : sub-committee, consisting of Messrs. Hughes, (when he overbalanesd himself and fell through,
ins Jujubes In contact with the glands at the , Woolley, and Walker to report on the repairs re- : sttiking his forehead on the bricks below. • He re-
moment they are excited by the act of sucking the qu red to be done in Pargeter, Baylie, and Heath mained in an unconscious state after being found,
Gly- erine in these agreeable confections becomes 5 St: eetss With regard to the land in Foster Street 'l. and is seriously injured. •
actively healing. Sold only in boxes 71d, tins le lid, p your committee have received another offe f-o:n GRAMMAR SCHOOL SPORTS.—The Grammar School .
labelled "JamEs EPPS Lt CO., Homoeopathic Chemists, 1- xf,•, ,
I,ondoa " Dr. George Moore in his work on "Nose Robinson in reference to the purchase of a • aehletic meeting was held on Wednesday afternoon -
and throat Diseases," Kos : "The Glycerine Jujubes t
I per ei.ion of the land next to Mr. Ward's property ;on the cricket ground, at Amblecote. and a large .
prepared by James Epps and Co., are of undoubted ant have referred t
.1 he matter to a committee as to company was present to witness the p.roceedings. _
service as a curative or pal ia:ive egent," while Dr,.! a proposed exchange of land with Mr. Ward as a - A Land was engaged to give additional interest to
ordua tic) rues eerier rhyscian to the Municipal 4 necessary preliminary to any negotiations with Mr. the tmeeting, and the contests themselves excited
trust .tid aar Leiriaary, wtites : "after an extenued IW. Robinson, Your committse have instructed much interest among the friends of the boys. ..
'lint I have found yo ir Glycerine Jujubes of consider- - the town surveyor to use his utmost diligence that The principal prize winner was H. Perry and his
ti:.e Lenellt in „e„oss all sescas os throat disease,' the contractor do leave the streets and roads in sucesa gained him the distinotion: of:the champion 1
Epps's Medicines may be lied at 130 High Wrest such a condition as is required by the terms of the oup holder. s
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The Chairman having summed up, the jury ac-
quitted the prisoner.
There was another charge against the prisoner of
aiding and abetting the bankrupt, but as the facts
were the same this charge was withdrawn.

II me is happier with a bottle of the destroyer of
rh-umatism,—St. Jacobs Oil.
St Jacobs Oil is sold by Chemists at 2s. 6d. a bottle,
or by post 2s. 9d., from the Cbarle3 A. Vogeler Com-
pany, sole Proprietors, 45. Farringdon Road, London.