The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-03-31 00:00:00

E STOTT! tiE? RIDGE OBSERVER.

have gone further when meting about for
financial game in the preserves of the Stock
Exchange, and made a really heavy haul
out of each "cover," or other purely gam-
bling transaction, he might have done the
State good moral service. Bicycles and
kindred machines for recreative use are t o
be left alone for the !present, but Mr. Go-
schen has his eye on them, and he or
his successors in time to come may levy
tribute on the steed of flying steel.
There is to he a new scale duty as
regards the carriage tax, and among other
minor manipulations of sources of revenue
the small relief to income-tax payers under
Schedule A, relating to lands, is noticeable;
as is also the remission of the hawker's
license. The lessening of the direct income-
tax by one penny in the pound, bringing it
down to the easily calculated sixpence, is
regarded as no more than the country had a
right to expect at a time of prolonged and
profound peace. Mr. Goschen extends no
grievance to the brewer with his Bridget,
nor any to the publican ; so he will have no
great drink trade storm to stand against.
He has not touched the poor man too pea' ly
in any important particulars, so the milli in
will refrain from condemning him. And
then the richer folk if they wince a little at
the saddling of their horses and taxing of
sparkling wines, have something to be thank-
ful for in the vay of relieved local :)ressure,
and has not Mr. Go'sc';en left the around
rents alone ? The Ch-Lneelior has not to con-
tend either against insurmountable oppo3ition
from any commercial or financial clique with
whose monies he has ventured to interefere,
so that on the whole hernay be congratulated
on having come out of an unusually difficult
• undertaking with flying colours, and on
having added ?:o his prestige as a master
manipulator of fig-area.

oner eommeiH n severe terms upon the ignor-
ance of the hu ' -cl and the other pe-sons in neg-
lecting to take woman out of the cistern at once.
There was no ( nee to show that she was dead
when Doherty i liscovered her. The husband'
plea that hl ws iMs and confusei did not seem
to be a sufficient ne.—A verdict of "Suicide whilst
temporarily of uu-ound mind" was returned.

The Countess of Stamford has appointed the
Rev, A. Phillimore. Vicar of CAstle Bromwich. to
the Rectory of Enville. The population is 725,
and the living is valued at £979. The living of
Castle Bromwich has been given to the Rev R.
Rigden, Curate of Penkridge.
DnoNirstirrstss.—John Stevens was charged with
drunkenness at the Police Court, Thuasday, before
Mr T. D. Thomas. and fined lOs and costs Th.
following were also summoned for drunkenness and
fined, Thomas Chandler, at Hay Green, lOs and
osts ; Joseph Powell, near Junction Station, 5s
and costs; Henry James Edwards, 2s 6d and costs.
A WANT OF MAGISTRATES. Several solicitors
.rom a distance, a very large number of witnPsses
ihs officials of the court, tie mess, and others °on-
nected with the day's proceedinve, had to remain
in or about the court until a quarter past 12 o'clock
when on the arrival of 'Jr A. Freer toe following
case came on for hearing.
ALLEGED ASSAULT. William Jelf, of Cutnall
(.3 reen, was charg d with assaulting Richard Banton,
a f,h,wh-.1.,1 in the einpl,iy Jr.of IA. Smith, at the
l'r,hearns, on the 12th ins Mr. Bagster, of Kid-
derminster, defended. Co nplainant said he worked
for Mr. Smith. On the day in question he saw
ief.-n!_lant in a trap and defendant had lurcher dog
ri h h.tn wi,ich ran witness', sheep. Defenrfau
,t oat of the tap and struck him a violent blow on
tn,lkin2 mis triouth bleed. Cross-examined:

,e eeetid eweAt there %vas no else there ereept de-
nt ,ard Blew. fm u terer, said ho was driving
.long the Norco-ter Lane on the 12th inet, when he
saw defendant strike complainant. Witness saw
lareher dog under the trap. A man named
Aerc lith wa als driving alone the road and must
have sem the assaule, as he spe!re to witness about
it afterwards. The defen-e was a total denial of
the assault —A Miss Winnall was called and said
said she was riding home with defendant on the
above date. The d ,rz did not worry or tench corn
plainpnt's sheltie and defendant did not touch come
pkinint at all.—The case was adjourned for eight
days fa the purpose of producing further evidence,
the rates seeming dissatisfied with that given
on Thursday.
N fizeENSHD PREMISIVI Daniel Sankey and
Semuel Mayner were charged with being on the
licensed premises of John Marshall, the Harvest
home, Coventry Street, at 340 p.m. on the 25th
inst.—Mr. Ward, of Dudley, defended P.Cs.
Bubb and S. Davis proved finding the two defend-
ants in the house at the time specified, and Sankey
told the officers that he had fetched the landlady
sem watercress for tea. and Mayuer said he worked
there. Cross-examined ; There were there other
persons in the font room, and they said they had
.ematt to tea. —Mr Ward submitted that there was
oe case mede out fur hint to:answer. Mrs. Marshall
11;iy:R given evidence, the Bench said they had
d, eided to dismiss the summons but considered it
e)per case for the police to bring before thcra.
130,en or GUARDIANS.—At the meetine of the
(1 a•Jianp,.n Thurs day Mr. Pargeter presiding—a
let er was read from the 1.41 cal Government Board
with regard to the school tees of children
residing in the unim. but whole par sea sent
them to the schools outsid the union area. The
L e:al Government B tad stated they could not
concur in the view.: of the Guerdians on thei.iejeet.
If satisfied of the inability of the parent io p eve
thy could not weho.d the fee on the tround
the clihiren attended schoels ontsi,ie the un.0.1.
itinaared ha shoarl offer some r--
narks o the Boer t at the next meeting ci ,the
the proposals of fee Botte lry Ceineni,edoneet em.
affecting that union.
Ledeury, builder, Oldswinferri,—Thi.
deb or caate up for ht adjeurned AXA ruination oe
Wedeev,l:ty afternoon, at stourbridge Court Hone.,,
b-fore lielleeistrar Collis. -Be premed an e-
aten-led cash a a'ement, but in reply to Mr Jobeen,
the official receiver, he admitted, vrbrrt quuri.toaed
.14 to certain items, they required cor: action, He
iaid be had no intention to ,ei,dead the Court in re.
gard te them.—Tee Registrar said when they founu
a builder who entered into a contract without
knowing whether he was going to make a profit or
loss, they could hudly expect him to be • good
book-keeper.—The Official Receiver said that might
be ; but the Court had or lered hiut to file a cash
statement, and it was not correct in certain par.
tieulars,—lfter the Official Receiver had completed
his eXaMillatiOn of the debtor, the Registrar said
filvmugh the examiaation would not satisfy, he
thonsht there was no good in keeping it open, and
the debtor woald be allowed to pass.