The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-04-16 00:00:00

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FATAL LAMP ACCIDENr AT WOLLASTON.

On Tuesday afternoon an inquest was held at the
Guest Hospital, Dudley, bef,re Mr. E. P. Jobson,
coroner, on the body of Mary kore (57), a marrie
woman, who resided in the Bridle-roai, Wollaston
'):i the 28,1 March dee ased went down the c -liar
-0 get Some coal. canyin4 with her a ligive-d petro-
lena amp. When Ea-way down toe a eps se
•tunbled and fell to the ',Aura She was rendered
insensible by the fall, and when she regained con-
scio isness her clothes were on fire. Tnere was no
one else in the house at the time, and sh.t hail to
ex. inguish the filmes as best she could. She had
am n tier: for some time when'', r daughter returned
hone and assisted iier upstairs. iter daugater rao
for a d.ictor, and he gave her so,ne on and cot:o:1
.1111 woo t tires, h injuries with, bur. did not
visit the putienl. hiniselt aciiil the n,.l:t day, when
'ne said the i,ju-ies were of a most s,rious nature,
.ind woul i prunably prove fatal. Deceased wbS
afterwards removed to the Guest Hospital, where
she died last Frirtay. A verdict of Accideutal
death " was returned.

DISTRE,SSING SUICIDE AT BEAUTY BANK

Mr. Edwin Dok r, depa y-coroner, held an in-
qnest ou Tuesday, at the hou,e of 111ra Enz Lbet
Percins, th. Cottage, Beauty Bank, en the hp'y of
Ala,y Alan Ank (54), -,vtfe of IVi .ta:n Noe glasa•
cuAer, Virk,sr 6r.-eet, lii.a.aty Bank, who toun.i
hanging deal in 11,..r bed-roo7n on Saturday nio fling
last. . _

William Noke sail he resi led Ia West Streei,
Beauty Bank, and was a. glasscuttor. D •ceas. d
was his wife atri she WM 54 YeArs of age Ist nie:h-
-tl4. She had saffared toe last fur years from
alas in the he .d, and had had two mtrolus The
stiokes effected her general health. She nail been
attended by Dr. Bay!ey. he could get about the
t ouse alright, but would sometimes be se z.id with
id moss of which seof en complained. When
the pains came on he old not think she was respon-
sible f.r her ac tots. On Friday oigiLt 811.1 went
to bed about a rpa..-.:ter past ten, a•d during the
night .he seemed to El ep very qui...tly. At halt-
pa6i. four o'vl she was a Liga , arkt twenty
min..tes to live withePs got up and went to work.
lie lit,:ot see her apin un ii about tw lye u'e oi k
311 Saturday. S,.e was t ,en Itimig dead. 5: e
v:d ab ut her son George, wow nt to America
ab .us five years ago. 1. pr, yed upon her mind.
Emma liin;rlon said she tived in Euville
and was the %Nife ot Wiloura Kingdon, van pro
prietor. Mrs. Brewer, a neighbour, fetched her on
St urday in rlmin about ten minutes pit.t nine, and
a.k,A to go to Mrs. Noke's. She went in but could
001, tind tier. On goig up sat a :41.- saw Ii i hi...
'dud the la.rd room door. Sc saw the body was
hargng inside the door. A clothes line was
fisten-d to too 11,) ot timed or, plea over tie top
mm the docc, and attached r Avid dece-s d's 'Jerk.
She was up to the to of t.;,e to, and e'er te wi.re
off the floor, ss helivt2l deceased stood on it
acGomi-lish the fatal act. A neiabour
named W ods cu: C. down,-

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T ; jury reta a avu -liet of " SaLi I, whilit in
state 0 temporary insanity."

BOAt_tr.) OF GUAR,DIA.NS.

a, the osiial A,eltly Inc 1--
in of :his 80-ad ycs o thly ; :he ot ,er moirbcirs pre-
s,!ht prosoot vr,,re 10c.r4. Pargeter,.r, Bare, Ilingley,
r' 'gut. - liw iy, t tuß, Ch:)!n: s
Bryce, Chnutbri.s, J.
IT131), tiny, Pear, -11, Broolts, It4;es,
\V, Green, id. Billa.thtm, S,ringer,
Yardi.,y and dill Mas:er rep .rted as fulows
Admi:ted 17, dischi.rd 14. dead 1, reissuing in
the ions, 561, 56-1 for the correspollAtig
-,vek I ist 3,1. tr. The out loor wa, :
furl,£l7 17s 9 i ; Stourorvigo, .Z 35 4: 3.1; Liale::-
orran £27 109 2 ; nou-n-oilent, £2 :ts 5d ; total,
4;112 13sSi; e•irreiipin ing eriod iast year, £l,l
5 li.
I.'n Removal and Settlenient Ciainiitee
sent d -
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cot ot maint,L in,-; 23 pauper h .d been trantiferred
to other Unions, an th .t tile thins we, nut y-t ex-
d for appeal ag last 3 or ;ers, rept.es,nting 7
~er-ons. The estilinted int,ll
never-Ll paup.-rs hat taken their
diseiarg, r iter than be retool:A Mr ilihisig•harn
moved t;kat the report be rtoeived; Mr. Rnode
tqa.:,atied aud the mov meat w,s eAr lel.

ThIP. me-ting b. lug th.• Isst of the ti.ianeial year
the usual votes of thanks were passed.
t. procept for the County of Staft,rd for three
months, foe ..£179 9s Bd, 13'in.z three-eights of a
penny in the powid, was rt.ceived
GuardiAns att it lances from 16th April, 1886, to
15t Aoril. 1887 (53 weeks) :—ViessrP. Wyce 52,
Hill 51 Pa,rver 51, Goy 50, Brooke 50, Robin on
49,,Haskew 49, 11:ngley 47 Stringer 46, Rhodes
45, Yardley 44, Thnrupou 43, NleAillan 40, Pe•treon
40, Dawes 39, Webb 35. W. Green 31, Cliambeia
33, H. Billia ham n 32 Parkes 30, J. Billinzham 30,
siltway 29, Burr 28 Grove ( 25 Ho .grttil
21, 0, iiiia (fron 22nd 0 -tobl-) 19, Worthin. tat
(frail 3rd Docetnber) 17, Forrest (d 'ceased) 13,
Cramp 12, li.,)helsou 6, W. Wri..;ht 5, Whitt/ 6, T.
Green 4, J. Wriv,.tt (froqi Bth April, 1887) 2, ex—
H Smith, Esq., 1.

Vic-rot-tie HALE, AND RINK —During the holida3s
this place of amusement has be•-n w,ll patroniz. d.
On Monday night, in the presen e of a cuasiderable
number of s...ectators, thre.-4 valvabl, silver medals
were compet a for in three races. The first event
was a mile hurdle race, over three hur aes. E. King
and H. Ward so )n ;mit:laced R. Richards and U.
Davis and after an exitin.g. race King came in fit.
King ran outside one hurdle and Ward having
pulled King down it was deciltd to run half the
dii4a ,ce over again, hat Ward aft-i,wards declining
to run the prizc was awarded to King Five turned
ou for he two-mil, flat hen ticap. A. Oalwall,der
an I R., Ricer Is (65 yards stat), Warein.t. (50),
W. Alija •,30), and F. tia,m-haw (-crato!i). Al in
and Harmshaw des ed off at a capital rate and
soon c mint up with thPir opponetrs, who gradu-
ally retired. The rEve now lay between Allin and
fiarmshaw. The latter assumed the lead which he
retain() tto the finish, raining in an e,vi winn4r.
Th,re were only twa starters !or the mile 4 bstac'e
race, A. Green and A Ca Iwalladr. The °listed. a
were four in number, and the cr)mpetito-s had t)
crawl through a tub. skate under a fixture aboat
18 inc e 3 high, get up and dowa wide pla,ks placed
Upon ft trestle, and then skate under aooth r fixture.
Ti a race caus:id ainase,n,itt esp,cial.y
at tr.e tuba. Gen I • the way or most of the
ran. ru, he fell n t g ore 'ii lw r a eh ur.43
w..ich tie made the mo 4 use of and won afer a close
fiLi h.

eivlsl.)Tiolg volt A BIRICrIIGHAM DETECTIVID.—
The KiJie niittr 'i'on Cou Jell on WedJesday,
de:idad to appoint Detective inspector Bennet, of
the Birinin harn police fore?, superirvendent of the
RI rderminster borough plice, at a salary of £175
tier annum, %shin is to be increase i to £2OO at the
do e of ;wo y-a,r's satisfactoiy service.
ALILAmBRA THEATRE— A good and cleverly ar-
ra: g d atama eutiti d "Green Lanes of England"
has been produced each evening during the week at
tf.e ahoy,: thetit;•o to fair hones. The powerful
drain-die talent exhibited by Ur. E more elicited
loud ara:lause; his ope of expression is null niter'
ant at once :von his way to the harts of t:.oz•
irss nt. actress, Miss Farri, expres .F
e • ch rr faithiul y, tha not only la I e, but
one of the sterner sex could ut repreFB !he tear
wuLh as t0.,11t to the eye i,y ih 8 youlig idy's
patueti, concepiioa of "Ailer." Th,i other mem-
bers of the company delineate thsir parts in an able
manner. Tue comic eletren is slightly iiiibued
int ) the play, but is iatt obtrusive. All who wish
t:, see a good pertormance should visit this place
to night Omura iy), Wi.ca ws hope io to a full

DRUNKENNESS. -It the Po.ioe Court, yesterday,
bAs.re kJoionei Fletohar, Colonel Cochrane, and T.
D iho nan, Esq , rite following persons wt ra su:n-
mu . ed on cliarges of drunkenness and tia,34l:—John
B .iomer 23 6d and cs, Ju:ia Bra,tle 2s 61, Sep-
t m-6 Bus 28 t:4l William Yarwood 2s 6d, Dan;ol
Cooper 2s 6d, Benja,rtin B..idg water 53, Willi ,tu
..Nhe, wood 51, John Rime ss, Walt,ir Arnastron.; 53,
Te 1 y ss, S.i.:nael Cox ss, Georg,: liend •
rioa ss, John T ;..mas Nevvey 53, Thomas Wittin:;-
ham ss, Eli ijart I.os, 1O Joseph lldly Is.

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u 1.,10 TO A IluNErt,tl..—Da;id flingley, of Crad
le w,s onar_ei wit:, beiog drunk at tte Holly
B Inn, Crviley, on the 164 ii in-t.-11fra.
the lan said Vas •I:-..U3adant e.ine tato Oa &in.:43
..lrunki and rfu.d t •VCi) W. 1.8
for ant ordered deteniraut ou! a Id
fenrant ,ail he nad been to a ,u1•':.r...1 and na
drunk rath r too blur:h.—Fined is and costs.

ASSAULT UAsE, G-orge _Higgins acid Sira:i
Higgins, husband awl wile, K ng• Street, \Voiles-
cot , were charl.ed cit.h a:4;auiting Catlierin,3
Ph llip 0.4 the 12 t h irst ; Sirah Hig•Oss was al,o
charged with darna.;iug t hat belonging to Gatti, rine
Phtiiiybtitat) oz.eut uL ; Lhore wale a. jaus3-eaul
wu.apinst CiothwriutiiuAp. toe asodatitiad