The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-06-04 00:00:00

TILE STOURBRIDGE OBSERVER.

WANTED at ONCE, nevem' GOOD HOUSE
PAINTERS.— Apply, W. Green. 54, High
Stied, Stourbridge.

AGENT WANTED to push first-class
LUBRICATING OILS. Commiqsion 10 to 15
per cent.-1;ox 201, Post Office. Liverpool,

Committee recommend that Mr. lioraley's tender
foi emptying and cleansing privies and watering
and cleansing street for on year amounting to £7BO
is accepted.
The Chairman moved that the recommendation
of the Committee be adopted, viz :—That 500 feet
of canvass hose be purchased for the fire migade,
and also to pay the bill £l5 is for the new hose
that was purchased with the new steam fire engine.
Mr. H. Turney (Captain of the Fire Brigadt.), in
reply to Mr Green, stated that any charge made
for attendance at fires went to the current expenses
of the brigade. There was not a single member of
the brigade who received any-thug at all for his
ssrvices.

The resolution was carried.
It was decided that Mr. Horsley's tender of .040
per year for emptying ashpits, and of £440 per
year for cleansing and watering the streets should
be accepted.

The Chairman said aat he gave notice that at
the next meeting he should call the attentiou of the
Commissioners to the gas question generally.
Mr. Edwards: On what principle.
The Chairman : I need no say anything about
that now.

Mr. Walker. solicitor, attended with the convey-
ance of Nock's property, which was sealed. He
suggedtd that the clerk should be instructed to issue
notices to the tenants of the property, so as to
ensu:e possession of th 3 prop:ry.
It wa-4 resolved that notice should be served.

The Chairman said that he thought the disposal
of this property should beiref?rred to the Improve-
ment Committee. He took it that they were not
going to allow that property to remain as it was for
a number of years to come. It was a disgrace to the
town and the time had come for the Board to
consider what sLould be done with it.
After seine little discussion it was decided that a
spacial meting of the whole Board should be called
to con,ider the matter at some convenient date.
The Chairman said that there seemed to be an
impression among a number of the farmers attend-
ing the markets on Friday, that they were goi,g to
be summoned for obstructing the streets, and it :ad
been moot oned to him that it would be desii able
to make it a tree market. He had, however, in-
vestigated the subject, and had found that the
average takings were 4s 6d per week per year.
Mr. Hughes: This is not a fit subject for this
meeting to discuss

The Chairman: It should be referred to the proper
committee fur consideration.

Mr. Bland remarked that he wished to say one
or two words with regard to the free admission of
tenant farmers to the Corn Exchange.
Mr. Hughes: We cannot enter into this matter
as it was not on the agenda pap,T for this meeting.
It was decided that the question of free admi.siJn
should be referred to a committee of the Board.

Mr, Taylor (clerk) said held been asked by the
police to ask the Board to i-sue a notice cautioning
people for standing in the streets.
Mr. Hughes moved that the clerk be empowered
to issue notices cautioning people against obstruct-
ng the streets.
It was seconded and carried.
There was no other business of importance,

THE FORTHCOMING AGRICULTURAL
SHOW.
A meeting of the Local Coznintttee waR held at
'ho Talbot Hotel, on Wednesday night. Mr. W. J.
Turney presided. —The minutes of the last meeting
were read which showed that the total amount of
-übscriptions promised, up to that date, was £654
Blakeway stated that he had called upon
Mr Godfrey, who expressed his determinalion tc
resign.—The total amount promised up to this date
was ..£670 16s 6d, towards whieti .£272 19s 6d had
been paid into th, bank.--aar. Blakeway said that
he had received a letter from Miss Whitton, of the
Lye, who expressed her deti, e to exhibit some wax
flowers. Re forwarded a letter to the Central
Committee and they had no objectian.—The
Chairman said that seeing the Central CommittPe
had no objection to Miss Whitton's exhibition, he
did not see that they had anytaing to say againet
it —lt wa4 agreed to leave the matter to Mr. Blake-
way.—Mr. Blakeway furti.er stated that a gentle-
man had cimmunicated with him to give prizes tor
donkeys; and stated that he would give prizes him-
self if tile Society thought fit for them to be intro-
duced.—After hearing a letter read from the een-
;a-al Committee, which stated that it was a failure
at Malvern, the Committee decided not to give
prizes for donkeys.—lt was decided that the five
guineas subscription, from Messrs. Harris and
Yew son, should take is special form, and be given
in two classes (66 & 57) for a jumping prize.—Mr.
61akeway said that it was most desirable that there
should be some place erected tor covering. carriages
There was a large entry of valuable ones, and of
course it would not do for them to be txposed to
the weather. He wrote to the Central Committee
about the matter and they sent him a reply inti-
mating that some provisions should be made for
keeping them under cover —After some discussion
Turney moved that the Stourbridge Drum and
kite Band be engaged, seeing that their funds could
well afford it, for the three uays, for 15 gui.eas.
—This was agreed Blakeway remarked
that there was an impression they were only going
to engage the local bands, and were not going to
have the Grenadier Guards. This was an erroneous
report from Bernet:iv:ly, as the local bands were only
engaged to give a little more spirit to the thing.—
ft was deciaed that one day, ta be fixed by the
central committee, should be set apart for the ad-
mission of the school children to the show, free. Mr.
6lakeway further announced that he had receive!
a letter from the Rate of Stamford and Warrington,
id which he had consented to take the chair at the
dinner.

WHIT,IINTIDE SHOW AND SALE.--Mr. 11. King
held this sale. on Tuesday last, when a grand lot
ot beasts were offered. The it prize was taken
by Mr. James Yardley. with a very handsome
short horn liPifer, which was sold to Mr. James
Lane for ..fs34 Os. Od. The 2nd prize was obtained
by the Right Hon, the Earl of Stamf"rcl and
Warrington, with a magn,ficent short horn ox,
woich was rola to Mr. R. Parkes for £3l Od.
In sheep J. W. Pargeter, Esq., obtained the lat.
riz for 10 splendid tegs, which were sold to Mr.
Jones, of Stuuibrioge, at 80s. per head, and Mr.
James Lao°, at 72e. per bead. The 2nd prize w.s
awarded to G. A. H. Best, Esq., and were sold to
Mr. Met. 11 at 755. and 70,. 6d: per bead. The
411Cep penned were some of the best fed tiiat have
been offired ior sale and for which there was a
Ntiarp dewanci. The sale was very numerously
attended by buyers from all parts.. Total of sale
£2,200. Messrs. James Lane, Jos. Parkes, and
U.
_BetLoes, officiated as judges.

FUNERAL OF COLOUR-sERGEANT WALKER. —The
funeral of Colour-sergeant Samuel Walker, krmerly
ot the 89th Regiment, and for a long t rtu of yeac-
c!at the Stourbridge
us
drill-itistxuctor to the Stourbridge Volunteers, took
eilAnire.sdNavyalakfeter
enlistedrnoo
a drummer in
the 89th Regiment in 1831, being then fourteen
years old, and had a pr, longed periud of service,
pia:lee te'
ryN. V
being made colour-sergeant in 1850, and three
years tater, when at Gibraltar, teceived a medal for
long service and good conduct He was ordered
home before the outbreak of the Ciimean war, his
term having nearly expired, but he remain,. d with
the depot of the regiment some time in Ireland,
fkiter on he was appointed sergeant-instructtT to
the militia at eweastle (:)tafford), and on June
at, /860, came to Stourbridge as Berg-ant-instructor
to the Rifle Volunteers. Lis post he c ntinued t
till till two or three years ago, but he still re-
mained as-ocidtcd with the corps as leader of the
band, welch he had trained. He died on Sunday,
from he.rt disease, and his funeral on Wednesday
was twenty-one years to the day from his first
lkittling in Stourbridge. Sergeant Walker was a
man highly respected by the volunteers, and by all
who knew him for his upright and conscientious-
ness course in life, and it may be mentioned that
he had for twenty-one years been superintendent of
the Wesleyan
Sunday School in Sttuibridge,
fhere was a concourse of 2,000 or 3,000 people at
the funeral, w.t.ich was conducted by the Rev. J. R.
Sawtell. Nearly 100 Volunteers from Stourbridge
and other t,,wns attended, and also the boys of the
Grammar School (where he hadbeen (lrill-instructor)
the scholars of the Wesleyan Sunday School, and
private friends. A firing party paid farewell
tribute to the deceased, and the coffin was almost
covered ‘sith wreaths when it was lowered into the

grave.
TEA.NSFERB,—At the Police Court, held yesterday.
hefote Colonel Fletcher and F. Evers Esq., the
Cottage Spring, Woliaston, from Francis Walton,
ro Joseph Hodges. The Eagle Inn, King Street,
‘Volla,tou, from James Hasbury, to John Turberville
The Stvtn Stars Inn, Market Str:..et, from Di id
Cole, to Ann Lally. Vauxhall Inu, front F. T. Law,
to John madden. The Wheat Sheaf, Cov,ntry
Street, from Thomas Moody to Daniel Wood. Th;
Bridge, from Thomas S. Walker, to Enn's Perrens.
The Star Inn, Lye, from George Taylor to William
Henry Brooks. Mount Street Tavern, from Trios.
:•3eing to Ellen Marriott. The Windmill Inn, Lye,
from Jeae Brooks to Joseph Billingham. Park
Street, Tavern, Kidderminster Street, from Henry
Saunders, to John Cadwallender. The Malt Shovel,
Beauty Bank, from Richard Porter, to John Porter.
The Royal Exchange, Beauty Bank, from Charlote
Harris, to Joseph Dockety. Wine licen4e, High
--street, from Samuel Whitehouse, to George Foster.
Beerhouse, from L. Billingham, to Henry Wool-
dridge.
CHARGE OF DRUNRENNEEL—Thomas Healy and
Martin Belly were charged being drunk at
the Heath, on the 29th ult. Poliee-constable
Turner p Ted the case. 1 a ii was fined 5i to
i:A;lude costs; and .1 homas. who dAI not appear,
was fined 2s Gd and costs.---James Hill was charged
with being drunk at Wodeseote, on the 23th
Police-sergeant Payne proved the case, and said he
made um, a bad language. Fined ssi and costs.

AN OLD OVIIIIIDEB.—Sarah Crane, an old
offender, was charged with stealing, on ihe let mat,
a quantity of watercress, the property of Thomas
Morri., of ilagley. Police-constable Smith proved
that he saw the defendant cutting the cress at four
o'clock in the m-rning. Defendant was further
charged with using obscene language in the public
streets on the 27th ult. Polico-constable Williams
proved the offence. Police-sergeant Jones proved
thirty previous convictions against the defendant,
twice for felony. For the first offence defendant
was fined Is and costs and 3s, the value of the cress,
and 5s and cos s f,r the second off:Alec ; in default
14 days in each case.

DRUNK AND DISORDERLY.— William Pardoe,
slater, was charged with being drunk and disorderly
on the 27th ult. Police-constable Cartwright
proved the case. Fined 2s 6d and costs. James
Billingham was charged with being drunk and dis-
orderly at the Lye, on the 28th ult. Police-con-
stable Jewson proved the case. Fined 2s 6d and
costs.

OBSTRUCTING TUB IHIGRWAY.—John Theophilas
Dunn, J. Smart, James Hughes, John Walker, and
Sylvanus Dunn were charged with cau-ing an
obstruction at Cradley, on the 23rd ult. Police-
conAtable Oakey, Police-sergea,ut Payne, and
another officer proved that the defendants were
pigeon flying, and obstructed the free passage of
the road. Fined 59 each to include costs.—llachard
Nock, William Nock, and Phillip Preece were
charged with causing an obsttuction of the road at
Oradiey, en the 9th ult. Police-constables Oakey
and Martin proved the case. Fined 5s t.) include
Costs.

CHARGE AGAINST A CRADLEY LICENSED VICTU-
ALLER.— Widiam Fellows, landlord of the Bridge
Inn, Crailey, was charged with permitting quarrel-
some pe:sons in his house oe 11. e 30th ult. Mr.
Homer defended Police-constable ()a key said at 7 15
p.m., he heard a noise in defendant's hait-e. He went
in and found from sixteen to eighteen persons in the
house. One man was drunk, had his coat off and
wanted to fight. There appeared to be a regular
row. He call,d the attention of the landlord to the
row, who said Wall had had nothing to drink in hi,
h-use, and that he had or.:ered him out. Wall
said he had three quarts with his two companions.
Emma Jane Marsh, domestic servant in the employ
of defendant, said that a quarrel arose
between two men named Clarke and Whale' and
she told them to be quiet or go out: Mr. Fellows
was than down the cellar and sha went and called
him. Mr. Fellows came up and ordered Whale out
of the house efore the policeman came in. James
Clarke and David Evans also swore that defendant
ordered Whale out of the house previous and sub-
sequent to the arrival of the pol.ceman. The
Bench said they thought they could not altogether
let the land;ord escape, as he ought to have been
present in th house, or had a competent person to
take charge of it a hilst he was absent As it was
the first (knee, and he bore a good character, if he
would pay the costs they watilci allow it to be
withdrawn. The defendant paid the costs.
WILFUL DAMAGE.—Geore Smith, butcher, of
the Lye, was summoned for turning a flock of
sheep into a fled belonging to Mr. Horsley, doing
damage to the amount of 10s. James Horsey said
that on the 24th ult, he saw the defendant stand-
ing in a field near the Junction Rtilway, in which
there was a flock of sheep. It was laid np for it:ow-
ing grass. He asked defendant who had put them
there and he replied it was him, and also dared him
ta put them out. He went to get the sheep out anA
got them to the gate, but whilst he was uhfastening
the gate defendant drove the she, p into the grass
again. He went to carry one of the sheep out and
defendant pushed him down. His evidence Ras
supported by two witnesses. Defendant was fined
5s for the damage, and costs.

(;AMBLING.-Wm. Bentley. Samuel Willetts,
Johnson, and Jas Whale, of CrAley, were each
Lined 2,16 d including costs, for gambling in th.!
highway, on the 29th ult.