The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-10-16 00:00:00

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COTT:,-;-FY COURT.

DETAINING BELLS FROM ST. JAMES' Cif URCII
WOLLASTON.—At the Vounty Court on Wednesd
beere zfir Rupert Kettle—Judge—this Wa3 a c rse
in which the Rev. G- Gitbanks and churehwardcns
of St. James' Cnurch, Wollasten, sought to r,cover
two pare of handbells an I damages for their de-
t-ntion, a-noariting in all to £4 los 91 each, from
William Alfred Pugh, Union Street, and Richard
Bidmead, Ainbleeote.—Mr. Elcock appeared fo:. the
plaintiffs, and Mr. C. H. Collis defende I,—Mr.
Elcck ;,ail that al.iou:- ten years ago the ringers of
the chum!: drew up a snbscrip:ion list to provide
theniselvcs with a set of new handbells. • The hand-
beds were obtained, and sometime ago Pugh and
Bidmead left and took two pairs of handbells with
them. The questimas to be decided were whether
the bells were vested in the church, or in the lingers
as a body.—The Rev. G. Gilbank said that he sub-
scribed towar 's the bells thinking they were for
the belfry.—His Honour asked Mr. Collis what his
defence was.—Mr. Collis contended that the bells
were vested in the ringers because they paid the
greater part of the money for them out of their own
pocket.—His Honour said that even if they paid
the whole of the money for the bells they had no
right to take the bells away. He had subscribed
towards a new vestry in Wolverhampton, but he
could not take any of it aw,ay. They had no more
right to take the bells away than they had to take
the font. People might subscribe to a stained
window, but they could not take it away. His
Honour gave verdict for the plaintiffs, is damages,
and costs on the amount claimed.
ADMINISTRATION ORDER.—James Smart, ham-
merman, Brier:ey Hill, made an application for an
administration order. In answer to a creditor the
applicant said he had been in business but had not
gained anything by it. He had not done much
work lately. ills Honour said applicant owed .233,
and if he got .216 together and paid it into Court
to be divided equally among his creditors he would
dismiss him. An order was made for him to pay
lOs in the pound at 7s 6d a month.
IMPOUNDING LAMBS.—WiIIiaM Hollies, butcher
and farmer, Halesowen, sought to recover .212 12s
8:1 from Joseph Parkes, Halesowen, for damages
caused to lambs by impounding them on the 16th
July last. Mr. Waldron appeared for the plaintiff,
and Mr. Heoper defended.—Plaintiff said he saw 16
lambs belonging to him in the pound, It was a
small place and it was cruelty to put them in.
Eleven of the lambs were depreciated in value to
the amount of 103 eich. The five lambs he sold
for 30s each —Joseph Sraart said it was a vary im-
proper place to put the lamba in.—The CAS° was
adjourned

ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC. - The next lccAl
examination in connection with the Royal Academy
of Music for tile Worcester centre will be held early
in the spring of 1887. The syllabus and full par—
ticular., may 13,! obtain d of Mr. IV. C. Box, A,0.0.,
St. John's, -Worcester, the local representative of
tle Academy, and the names of intending candi -
dates must be received by him on or before Decem-
ber 11th, 1386.

ALHAMBRA THEATRE. A. very good programine
his been cari-ied ut at this place of amth-,errfent
during the week by Mr. Henry Hampton and his
conapacy who, as state iit our last imprcsiion, was
re-engagA for awe k lo:,ger, t )--night (Saul day)
bringing_ his e-gagernent to a cis. Owing to the
inclemtmcy of the weather the audiences have not
been very large, but we hope that it crowded house
will be seen to-night. Tile principal parts are
sustained by Miss Stockley, Mr. 11, Hamptin, Mr.
E Wilde, and Mr. G. F. Lgrumon. MiSs Sto-AVy
has created a favour.ible impression by her pluasing
manner an 1 capital acting, and slie throws such
energ; into hr parts that commands from the fi at
to Cie last the sympathies o!.' the house. • Mr. H.
Hump 0115 p..;urtray:ll of -his characters is of the
highest or !er and his clever acting el'cits frequ-nt
applause from !he audience. His delivory is always
true and he is free tr .tu any ore: assumption. Mr.
Wilde and Mr. Lernmon have, pieces allotted them
Which require careful study, and they performed
them in a style vdaich did them the utmost credit.
The other members of the company gave capital
aid. On 'Thursday night Miss btockley had a
ben.eat, and Mr. Hampton also had a benefit last
night. The pieces sclectel were the "Lady of
Lyons" and " Hamlet," the worthy proprietress,
Mrs. W. Patch, sustaining the part of Queen
Gertrude in the latter play. The well-known lot:a
amateur, Mr Will Griffiths, kindly gave his services
at both benefi's.

Messrs. Bates, Heady and Co., 37, Walb-o ik,
London, E C., have received the appain'ment as
dele4ates foz the M'elland Counties to the IWer-
national ExhiVtion ts be held in Barcelona horn
September, 1837, to April, 1838, and the 811th
American Journal ard La Gaceta Sad Americana y de
Espana," published by them are ama,inted the
official organs.
A NEW PETEIOLEU3L EgGLNE.—On Monday after-
rifon a neinbe: if ,rentlemen visited the works of
Messrs. Prii.sltnaa Lothe-, HoldernE,,ss F9un,l-2-,
Hull, to attend the trial of a Pat-,..4 :rt:tgine, the
motive p Diver a tvh;,,u Is obtained from the use of
petroleute These eagines are male
under 111,:s:rs. Eteve and Home's patents
and are extremely simrle,in their internal arrange-
ments The petroleum is stored in a small tank
cootaining one to two day's supply as the case may
be. A small pressnre of air is put into this tank and
the p Aro.' ,urn is.foreed out of into it a vessal in a
vaporzad condition, in NS hich it is then drawn in:o
the cyqader by the outs'roice of the piton, tin I
Lavin; bon eo-npreg:sed oa the instroke the charo
is ignited by means of a small elecric spark. Ttil3
immadia•ely explodes the contents in the cylin 'er
and t.:e piston it driven forward. The engine, in
which th highly rAined petroleitn is used is very
similar to that in which the corn-non pr. tralep.-n
e.npl,,yeil, the oniy diff,sr:nce being that in to la t. r
engin -Ul3 Oil is ttlic:u in[') the cyl uder in a heated
con litin. Toe costiof the oil ii estimated at a half
penny [co three farthings par inlicatel horse power
per his. Font horizoWal engines were at work,
two w:th be.lz dine and two with common petroleum.
One of ab mm three•au I.a-half indicated horse
po ver, supplied with banzoline, was driving easily
four biasts at which chaiu•in ik,rs were at work,
besides a punching and a shearing machine. A
vertical engine of about four-horse power was driv—
ing a train C'l7 a•td doing wore with ease. The'
test; weri;consid inot sati,factory.-- The Tins,
October 13th.

BO.AtID OF GUARDIAN'2.-11r. Haslrew presi led
at the ‘ves.kly meeting of this Bard held yesto ciay.
The `Araster Of OW House reprted as follows : Ad-
mitted (luting the week, 19; discharged, 11; deal,
:3; remaining in the House, 506; corre-pornEng
week last year, 545. Outdoor relief : Kingswinford,
£47 15s 103; S:ourbri3ge, £39 Os 61; Halesowen,
£26 its GO; nonresident paupers. Li 17s sd; total,
£lOB 17s 33/4d; corresponding period last year, £lOO
18s 103/43.
CARDERS CAUGRT.—At the Police Court, yester-
day, lx:fo:e A Freer, Esq , Valentine Timmins (15),
William Flood (18), James Gisborne (18), Joseph
Webb, and Robert Jones were charged with playing
at a game of charm) with cards on the 10th inst.—
P.S. Oakey saw the defendants playing at a game
called "banking." Webb, who has been a number
of times convicted, was fined 103 including costs;
the other defendants were fined 5s including costs.
DRUNKENNESS.—Patrick Kilcoyne was charged
with being drunk on the 11th inst. P.S. Chare
proved the case Fined 5s and costs.—Josiah Bates
was charged with being drunk on the Bth inst at
Colley Gate, Cradley. Fined is and costs.—Ben-
jamin Cartwright was charged with being drunk at
Hawley on the 10th inst. Fined 53 and costs
Mary o'o4llaghan was fined 5s and costs,—Levi
Dunn was fined is and costs for drunkenness.
ALLEGED THEFT OF A HORSE. Abet Gould,
nailer, Wild moor, was chargcd with feloniously
stealing a horse, value £3 [Os, the property of
William Binner, fruiterer, Wildmo2r, on the sth
inst. Mr. Waldron prosecuted, and Mr. Clulow
defended. After hearing some evidence, Mr. Freer
said he had heard no evidence on which to convict,
and dismissed the .case.
OBSCENE LANGUAGE.—WiIIiam Olds, Hockley,
was charged with using obscene language on the
9th inst. near the Vine Inn, Lower Iligh Street,
Mr Freer said the language was sadly too common
in the town, and some people did not know whtn
they ; s2cl it. Fined is and costs.