The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-12-25 00:00:00

KIDDI,,R:NLINSTER.

CHAT,Trreit op Comivß cE —At a meeting of the
eh •autee. of Commence on Weduesd,y, Mr, J. 11,
Pea so in the chair, it was rapo;ted That a leaer
had hen received !rein t'.e Sctretar.• of die elen-e-al
Post Oillee. stating that in reily to a communica-
tiou from the Kidicrininster Chamber of Com-
merce it :aaa proposed to prov.d a letter box inside
the counter room of tile Kidderminster Pest Office,
and thit directiens had bet •a given for makiag a
collection on Sunday evenings from the letter b x
in the Buil Mem'. A lett •r had al,o been received
from Ms. A. F. Godson, M.P., stating that he had
callrd upon the PoAtuaster General, and was able
to sate that arrangements had 13_,.en made to place
a box for letters iuside the door of the Post Office.
He also thought that a Sunday collection would be
made in the Bull Ring. The authoriies could not
consent to the rem ,val of the present outside chck,
but were considering the question of a second
clock. Mention was made of the decimal ye tent
of coinage, and it was said that if sAne Bildt system
c'..uld be introduced in this country it would be a
great saving of time to business men
ACTION TO RECOVER, THE VALUE OF MAIZE.—At
the Court on Wednesday, the case of Arkill v
Crowther was heard. Mr. Pritchard, of Binning_
ham, was for .he phtintiff, and Mr. Bentley, of
Worcester, for the defence. The action was to re-
cover X2O 14s, the value of maize sold and delivered
to the defendants. The plaintiff is a corn mar.
chant iesiding in Gloucester, and the defendants,
Messrs W. A. and C. Crowther, are the executors
of the late Mr. E, H. Ciowther, who was at one
time the t 'mint of the Corporation Sewage Farm,
near Kid ..eninster. It was alleged on )ehalf of
p4intiff .t 100 bushels of maize was sold to Mr.
E. H. uwther through the agency of a corn
dealer a :died Clarke. This was denied by the de-
fen !ants, an.l upon Clarke being called he state 1
that he was not the agent of the late Mr. E. 11.
Crowther, but that he purchased the maize him-
sele It appears that since the transaction took
place clante has paid a composition to his creditors
His Hot o ir het i that the agency of Clarke had not
been estabiished, and gave a verdict for defendants.

D"" )LEY.

SUDDEN DEATIIB.—On Wednesday !nor...ng Wn
DAv:s, puddler, High Street, Kate's Ili]. w 3 found
dead in bed. Ile went to rest at 10 30 the night
before in his usual health —On Wedufsday morn-
inz, too, a woman named Eliza Tretnans (72), of
Bowling Green, was fund dead in her b d
SPECIAL MEETING OF TUK TOWN COUNCIL,-0!1
Wednesday evening a special meeting of the Town
Council was v.eld ; the Mayor (Alderman Walker)
presiding,—His Worship read a circular from the
College of Music, asking for the names of competi-
tors for the scholarships. The preliminary examin-
ation will be held in the local centres on March 2,
1887.—The Mayor said the special occasion for the
meeting was to consider thP further rental of the
shambles, which were considered insi le the Council
and outside to be excessive. The premises were not
now used as they had been, and it was thought that
a warehouse near might be rented for the market
trestles and other materials. A vault might be
made in the market place, or the impedententa
might be paced on the Corporation's own laud. A
report recommending that notice to leave be given
was ag eed to.
BOARD OF GUARDIA/lE.—Mr. W. Foster presided
on Thursday, at the special weekly meeting.—The
out-door relief was .tll5. 23.7 d., against £384 10s,
Id. last year; whilst the number in the house was
739, against 712 in 1885.—The Master of the House
reported that some of the overcrowding at the
house had been abated, and the imbeciles had now
'more room—The report of the committee which
had vi-ited Powick Lunatic Asylum stated that the
inmates appeared to be well fel. clothed, and eared
for, whilst they had a farm and dairy which afforded
them work, profit, and recreation.—After a r) tg
EiSCUSziOD on the defective arrangements of
heating apparAtus in the new sohoAs, the tx_ .Lee'
was referred again to the Visiting Oomrsittae.,,„4