The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-06-04 00:00:00

IMPR)VEMEN COMMITTEE REPORT.

The Town Surveyor reports as ful:ows :—The re-
pair of Birmingham Street has Lem advanced as
fast as the supply of broken metal would permit.
It is propos,d to cootinue amid complete Vie work
during the ensuing in nth. Wollaston Road end
Mill Street require repairing with a small ad :Wort
ot metal, and this is prop,sed to Le dose forthwith.
I have eta niled tee Hungary Hid Road, the eon.
dition wi .11 was recntly complained of by Messrs
itullora a% I Co, and have also had at intervie
with a rep-.!sentative of that firm, at which it was
stated th .t they defiled the .oustruction co. a kerbel
footpath on one side of the road, and that the cart
way be put in a good state of repair. I tanuut
recomm nd that a tootpath should be made along
this road, on account of it, width being insufficient
to allow of the passage of two vaiiclei if reduced by
a kerbed footpath. The surface of the road is in a
bad c indition, nod requires reforming and metali 41e;
as soon as possible—Tiamway Fatension —I have
received from the e :gineer to the Tratnw .y Citn-
pany an intitnation of Vl...ir mat eition to proce2d at
once with ail eonstr,a.on , of the s fl of the
tramway in Lower Hign Street, in aci:orJa ,c-i with
the arrantzethent, as to %mood raving :Llti 0 1% ill
your late surveyor.—Bag.ey Street,—ln acc,rdauce
with instiuctions I havJ communicated with the
Lye Highway Board as to an arrangem nt
dividing this street for purposes of repair, the
boundary of Li e town•hips being in the centre of the
atmeet. one half ot the width being repairable bv
each Board. The Lye highway Board, through
their clerk, intimate a desire for a deputation from
this Board to meet them with a view of ranking,
some arrangement.—Steam Roller.—This has been
employed 6i days at home and hired out 7 days
On retuning from Norton on the 12th lust, toe
driver, Kitchen, in passing down heath She t, ran
the roller into a gas lamp which was broken. The
driver of thr roller gave notice to resi;ll his post on
the 14th inst. Sewers. These have teen
thoroughly flushed during the I sat month. In
future it is intenthd to flash at in:ervals of a fort-
night. Seine complaints have been inade of the
nuisances arising holt various seerer ventit
but I do not think the course of complaint at ad
ge .oral. Wherever a ventilator is ascertained to
be persistently offensive steps will be taken to re-
move the cause of complaint.
Mr. James proposed and Mr. Parkes seconded a
reso ution to the effect that aiylie Strom bc levell, d
and channelled, and the n. cessary notices given to
the p operty owners.
James thought that they ,should take the
stree.s in ahich there were the most houses fir t.
Mr. Hughes moved that Par_etor Street be in-
cluded, and this was sezonded by Mr. Woolley
Mr, I latt said he should vote againit the outside
streets being done until the .aggiu n High Street
hid bees dm.. It was endlisbood time year lige

WHITSUNTIDE DRUNKENNESS.—At t e Police
Court yesterday, before Messrs T. D. Threees, w.
J. Turney, A. Freer, and E. W. bb, Edward Staples
was charged with being drunk and .diso: duly and
refusing to quit the Wagon and Horses Inn, Wor-
cester Street, on the 31st ult —Defendant was asksd
to leave the house, but he reftr-ed and wanted to
fight Fined 5s and costs.—Benjamin Ski lding,
horse-nail maker, Wollescote ; John Beddoes,
labourer, Stourbridge; James Bowen, carter, Stour-
bridge ; Walter Rock, labourer, Stourbriage ;
Cherles.Griffiths, labourer, Mill Street, Stourbt idge ;
and Teomas Huxley, sen., Clent, wee tined 2s St
and costs for drunkenne=s William Griffiths,
cooper, Besuty Bank; Thomas Partridge, chtin-
maker, Wollescote; Joseph Meredith labourer,
Lye; and Charles Griffiths, labourer, Hagley, were
fined 5s for heirs.: drunk; and John Stevens.
labourer, 10s and costs, and Amos Smith, anchor
striker, 6s 6d including costs for similar breaches
of the law.
A ROUGH COUPLE.—Samuel Porter, labourer,
Heals, was onarged with being drunk and disordsry
and assaulting P.C. Moore, 01 the 30t ti
Henry Bosworth was charged with assaulting P.C.
Cooper at the same ti.e.e and place —From the evi.
dance it appea. ed teat tic P.C. Moore was sent for
to eject Porter from the Star and Garter lon, at ti.e
Heath, and wh Ist doing so Porter struck him.
When trying to handcuff Porter B sworth interferea
and assaulted the officer. Later on P.Cs. Moore
and Cooper went to arrest Bosworth, when he
became violent and struck Ceop r a severe blow in
the mouth. —Porter was fined £1 and ete-ts, or one
month's impris mment; B iseorth was fined 304
and cots, or one month.
MATRIMONIAL SQUALLB.—Tr,omas Kirton, Colley
Gate, was criarged with assaulting his wife,
Amelia Kirton, on the 2ard ult.—Mr. J. Clark
(from the office of Mr. Waldron, 13rieriey Hill,) de-
tea& d.—lt appears complainant tefused to eat
some bread and butter, and defendant threw some
tea, sugar and bread at her. Defendant next left
the house, complainant followed him, and caught
him; whereupon he threw her on the ground, in-
juring her back and arms. On getting back horse
ths defendant struck complainant, threw her into
the elect, and refused her admittance to the house.
—The defence was that complainant wanted to go
and lite at Hay Green, and defendant objected as
It was about 3 miles from his work; and at this the
cum, lainant became very viol rat, and damaged
pictures and o'hsr articles to the amount of 255.
All defendant did was to put his wife out of the
house to prevent her doing futsher damage. Affir
hearing several wit eases, the Bench imposed a fins
of lOs and costs, or 14 days.—Defentlasit . I shall
go and do it.
CAUTION —Anthony O'Boyle (17), Angel Street,
John Gavan (17), Be nod Court, and Valentine
Tiinmins (15), Birmingh m Street, were charged
with trespasieng on the Great Western Railway
Station on the 29th Aril, and refusing t quit
when rrqueeted.—Mr. H. Mills prosecuted.—The
case was proved, and defendants were each fined
5s including costs.—Messrs. Freer and Thomas did
not adjudicate.
THEFT OF WATERCRESS.—WiIIiatn Law, miner,
Halesowen, and Reuben Waldion, miner. Hales-
owen, were charged with stealing 24Ibs of cultivated
watercress, value 7s, the property of William Wilkes
Bell Heath, Bellbroughtco, on the 28th ult.—
Prosecutor recei‘ed an intimation that some men
meditated stealing the cress, and a man was set to
watch, with the result that the two prisoners wees
detected in the act or taking the cress. Waldron
was fined 5s and costs and 34 6d damage; Law was
fined is and costs, and 3s 61 damage.
ALHAMBRA THEATRE —Two powe:ful and mit.
ing dramas, "Broad Arrow" aud 'False Hearts,"
have been placed on the boarss at this theatre
during the week, and have attracted good houses.
We advise all who wish to spend a pleasant evening
to go to this place of amuee:nent, and the wish will
be gtatified.
SKATING RINK.—On Whit-Monday Evening a
masqusrade ball sod costume skating took place at
the above rink. and was largely a•tended. A con-
siderable amoin.t of fun was occasioned, and every..
holy appeared to enjoy theinselss s. The proprietor
has m ide arrangements with Messrs. Gr,enwool
and Hill, champion figure skates, to give two en-
tertaiuments to-day (Saturday), one in the after-
noon and one in the eveuing, and should prove a
draw. T:.e price of admission will be the same as
usual, 6a, with use of skates.

BOARD OF GUARDIANS.—TheusiaI weekly meeting
of this Baard was held yesterday, Mr. P. Parge:er
presiding. The Matatei s returns were as follows
Admitted, 7; barn, 1; discharei, 35; dead, 1 ; re-
maining in the house, 526; against 500 for the:
corresponding week last year. —Outdoor reliat
Kinowinfold, .£44 5s 8d; Stourbridge, £34. 11
10l; llalesowe, .230 9a 101; noa-reeidans,
Si; total, £lll 8.100 ; correspmding periid its%
year, £ll2 6s 61d.
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