The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-10-30 00:00:00

4:ocat aitb r9itstcict

COMMISSIONERS' MEETING.

iThe usual monthly meeting of this Board was
held in the Commissioners Room, Corn Exchange,
Siourbridge, on Monday last. Mr. H. Billinghara
in the chair. There were also present Messrs. Edwards
Kelley, Scott, Hicklin, Haskew, Hughes, Woolley,
North, Ick, Perkin, Dawes, J. Bland, and Griffin.
The clerk read the minutes of the la.t meeting,
which were confirmed.
FINANCE COMMITTEE.

'I his committee reported that the treasurer's
balances on the sevtral accounts at this date to be
as follows :—Highway account, due to Treasurer
£733 Bs. 3d; Impr.vement Account due to the
Treasurer, £139 9s 2d; Urban Sanitary Accoun
due to Treasurer, £1 13s Od. The committee
having examinPd the several accounts and finding
them correct recommend that they be paid, viz :
On the Highway Account £53 is Od ; Improve-
ment Account £232 19s 6,1 ; Urban Sanitary
Authority £4l 8a 10(1.
. _ _

On the-motion of Mr. Hughes, the report was
adopted,
GENERAL PURPOSES COMMITTEE REPORT.

The committee report that the number of deaths
reported from Septernbn 20th to October 18th, was
7, viz: 3 males and 4 females. Death-late 8-9.
The number of births registered during the same
period is 20, viz :-12 males, and 8 females. Birth-
rate 25-5,

THE OFFICER 4 REPORT.—The des th-r to is
lower than list month. Have visite 1 premises in
I\ILL rket Street and Coventry Street, and ordered
not ei2s to be issut.d.

TOWN OFFlcsils REPORT.—The nuisances remain-
ing from last month 12 ; repo: ted during the month,
26, total 38. Removed ol 9, new 22. total 31, re-
maining 7.
Mawr Sou. REMOVAL —One hut:fired and nine
privies, a,nd 85 ashpirs, belonging. to 179 houses
have been emptied and cleansed, and their contents
removed. Number of loads 211. The slaughter
houses and I.nlging houses are in good sanitary con-
dition. Two otses of over-crowding were reported,
one in the George Walk, and the other in Bowling
Green Lane.
.The form.,r has been r,.nno ved, and
in the latter ea-e the notice tins not expired. The
committee report progress on Dr. Parson's report,

iMPRo-VEM—ENT COMMITTEE.
The committee recommend that instead of or 'or-
in g two trw k loads of broken stones as samples,
to survtyor be instructed to obtain a Loat load
from Messrs, Jone au. I Fix Maurice, also that he be
auti o ised to procure sufficient for the proper met-
alling of the loads.
HILL STREET DRAINA.GI'.—TIie committee recom-
mend that a drain be laid down in thu-. street. to
eArry off the rurface water, p; oviding th levels are
atisfactory brainage Cl ik read
tho following 1- tter, Oet. 23rd, ISSO. De.tr I
have pleasure to state that the Rural Sanitary
Authority at their ineetia: yeat. rcitty ha 1 under
farther consider thu. the resoVion of the Stour-
bridge Commis 4ioners ;on the subjet of a
u.ited drainage district. The Rural Authori'y
were of op:nion that a co;lf-rence betwe n your
Board and themselves w uld be desirable for the
..44ri ose of discussing the malt r and carryiug mre
luay the views of the Commiasioners and t'.e scheme
Low unt,r conAicicration, and 4 comm'tte was
herefore appo at.. 41 to answer and report to special
ineei'ng t 54- 11.1.1 on the sth Novenilmt next. I
s'iould feel ot lige I it Lhe Colmnission..!rs would ar-
r in..;e for an ear.y 44ppontai3a . I-am dear Sir,
Ye Irs faithfully, Thos Wall, John Taylor, E•,ci ,
flierk to tie Commissioners.
Ii fter me discussion it was de.A.e.l to invite the
Guard aus to meet he Coulmissione:s on Wednes-
day next.
the Clerk road a lett-r from the Mayor of Dudley
wit ref renoe t • the proposed tramways betw• r4n
Dealer, Kihg-NNi4:forti, Word-ley, and Brierley Hill,
a provisional eider f-r thi ecnstruction of which is
to be appind for next session. The policy of ex-
t nding the tramways from the bottom of Bret ell
L the into Stourbi idge bail be n uuder consideration
Tne ponioters would be willing to make such ex-
tensiod on conditions referr,d to in an end -sure,
pr -vidt.‘d it met with the approval of the loCal au-
thorities, but they w4,uld tie not-Idng c ,ntrary to
their wish. The ch,irman said in his opinn n it
v. mild be an advantage to have a tramway into the
town, and it the matter was referred to a corm, ittee
he should give it his favourable consideration. Mr.
Edwards thought it would be a nuisance to have
trameirs worked by steam, but there was no obj-e-
-tioL- if horses wore used, as in Eirmingham.
Mr. North :You in ay take it for granted all:tram-
ways wid be worked by steam or compressed air.
Ho 4 ses are goirg on!.
Mt% Hughrs : The sooner they go out the litter.
Mr. North : It tnakea a great difference in the
working expenses
Mr. Kelley expressed hims.?lf in favour of the
proposal.
The letter was referred to a corn mitt( e ; and after
some other bu,iness the imeetiry ending.

"Tile t,',e view of making this
J ulna, more ae, made to all classes interested in
tee subj.,!cts of which it tieuts, it is now reduced in
price to lo urpence pir week. I, is at the same
tiire increased in size, and will, as usual for years
mast, contain evrry week a fait ,fully-executed
Coloured Plato of some beau:iful new or rare
Flow‘.r of Value for our Gardens. The number
10,19 issued is a specimen fairly illustraive of the
plan and aims of the paper. It is iroposed to
wake it the most truswor thy Makazine and t igh-
class Journal in on, figurin4- plants, that is pub.
Ps .o‘tin Europe, and at, a price within the reach
ef all. As such, it i 5 believed it will meet w ith the
support of all interested in the Art of Gardening.
`• UNIVERSAL I N ST AtUCTO 3.• —Messrs • Ward and
Lock have f, rwarcled us a first part of th-ir
‘• ivers 1 Instructor,'' which we earn Aly re-
colanen Ito our rea ters, It ie an invalu 'Me work
ani as the price is only 61 per mon•-bly nrunb r is
with'n ea,-y reaon of all who have an incl.nation
for learning.
‘•Womniv OF LYE WANYIi."—Mr. J. Eustace
Jameson, Inspector of Factories, writes :—"ln a
let c,er headed "Women of the Lye Waste," pub-
lished in your paper of Tuesday, 19,h inst, your
correspondent eloquently point-, out the destitu-
tion among the wo king c asses of tha', neighbour-
, hood, and more especi,ly am rt.: those engage I in
the trade of nailmakine. I have recently been
appointed inspector of factories fir the district of
which Lye Waste forms a part. I can only say
that I have never se-n more terrible destitution
than among the unfortunate people known as 'the
nailers,' whilst the stoical patience with which they
bear adversity, and in many eases starvation, ex-
cites one's sympathetic admiration. Now that
winter is approaching in all its severity, I trust
that charity wi.l not be withheld from the people
in the poverty-stricken and famine-threatened dis-
trict of Eye Waste, Old Hill, ad the neighbour-
hood. My earnest desire is tlytt, a committet of
the leading people in this neighbourhood should be
formed, with a view to raise silt scriptions and to
e-tablish s .up kitchens and food dep)ts in the
distressed districts during the cowing w nter."
Evening .Expres6.
DRUNK AND DISORDERLY.—At the Police Court
yesterday, before F. Evers, Esq., Thomas Hingley
was charged with being drunk and disorderly on
the 22nd inst, l'olice-constable Eaves proved the
case. Fined 1 and costs.—John Taylor was
charged with beilledrunk and incapable on the 22nd
ins'. Police-sergeant Payee proved the case and
said defendant was lying in the road. Fined Is and
COati.
OBSCENE LANGUAGE.—Sarah Crane, an old
offender was charged with making use of obscene
language on the 23rd inst. Police-constables
Williams and Madely proved the ccse. Police-
sergeant Jones proved 15 previous convictions, and
defendant was tined 2s 6d and costs,
WILFUL DAMAGE.—Louisa Timmins was charged
with wilfully breaking jugs and glasses on the 23rd
inst, the property of of Harriet Beddal. From the
evidence of complainant and a man named Brown
it appeared that defendant came into complainant's
house at 11 o'cl,ck at night and burst the door open,
broke two jugs and one glass and one plate, to the
amount of 2s 6d. Defendant then denied the charge
'lke Magistrates considered the case proved. De-
fendant was fined is, and ordered to pay 2s, 6d the
damages and Costs.
DRuNKENNgss.—Joseph Hampton, coal dealer,
was charged with being drunk on the 22nd inst,
while in charge of a horse and cart, Mr. Waldron
defended. Police-sergeant Jones, said he saw the
defendant driving a horse at the bottom of the
town. He ff as quite drunk, Polioe-conitable

Brown gave c Tronrativ. evidence. Mr. Waldron j
aduliLted tl.e defend .nt was drunk, but contended
that the defendant was not driving and that a man i
named Moreton was driving. Defendant was fined
53 and costs
A WIFE BEATER.—P•fore R. Messrs. Fr e ar4
Evers, Erb, ard Brn.lloy was charged with ; ssaulting
hi: A lie Lousil on the 2.st, ins'. Mr. Waldron de-
fewied Defendant who was drunk, came;home
about 11 o'clock at night and began t ) ebuse her.
Her husband then began to beat her and pull her
hair. He was continually beating her, and she had
summoned him several times before. A witness
was called to corroborate. Several previous con-
victions were proved against defendant and he was
fined 106 and costs, and bound over to keep the
peace for six months.
CARRYING FIREARMS WITHOTU A LICENSE.—
Joseph Robinson was summonej for carrying' fire
arms without a license. The circumAances of the
case were that the defendant, who was in the em-
ploy of Mr. Oliver, was summoned for carrying a
pistol, and was employed by him to scare the birds
off his field. The Act implies that the person who
employed defendant ought to have had a license,
but he had not. The Bench inflicted the small fine
of 6d with the understanding that Mr. Oliver took
Out a license.

DRUNKENNESS —Alfred Clarke Morris, solicitor,
was charged with being drunk in the highway, on
the 13th inst. Police-sergeant Herman proved that
defendant was drunk in High Street. Defendant
pleaded guilty a,nd a fine of 20s and cost was in-
flicted.

SCHOOL BOARD PROSECUTIONS.—George Ma rris,
of Clint, was summoned for neglecting to send his
child to se,hool, and further charged with employing
his child in-labour on the 27th inst, being under 12
years. Mr. Wyatt, school attendance officer, proved
the charges and defendant was fined 5s end Costs.
COAL STEALING.—WiIIiam Clewes, of the Lye.
was fined 8s 5d for stealing coal ths property of
Mr. G. H. Hlrrison oh the 10th inst. William
Cook proved the case.
DRUNK AND DISORDERLY.—Abraham Little, horse
nail maker, of the Lye, was charged with being
drunk on the 23rd inst. The case was proved and
defendant was fined is and costs.
STEALING ,BAcoN.—Arthur Adams was charged
with stealing bacon from Edgar Gltiffin, provision
dealer, High Street. On the 26th inst, prisoner
went into the prosecutor's shop and was watched by
prosecutor's wife, who was standing outside, and he
was seen to put a piece of bacon in his jacket pocket,
the value of sd. When prosecutor's wife went
up to him be said he would pay for it if she would
forgive him. Prisoner on being charged with steal-
ing the bacon, at the Police Station, said he had no
intention of stealing it, but was aping to buy it.
This being the first offence he wa,suEned 21s; in de-
fault one month,
STOURBRIDGE CRICKET CLUB. The annual
general meeting of this club was held at the Talbot
Hote', Stourbridge, on Thurs?.ay evening, the 28th
just. Captain W. G. Webb the vice-president, in
th“ chair. There were present Messrs. C. Itolger'
C. W. Oates, G. Timis, H. Turney, W. Perry, C•
Westwood, G. H. Field, F. Webb, A: Ot'er, F.
Simms, H. Bird and others. The joint secretaries
and Treasurer's presented to the meeting a report
and approximate balance sheet which was received
by the meeting. It was resolved that Mr. H. Bird
be paid secretary' at a salary of fifteen pounds per
annitm, and that Mr. Thomas Clulee be hoa.
secretary. The following were elected to act on the
committee, Messrs. A. J. Otter, H. Cochrane, F.
Webb, G. Timmis, S. Otter, W. Penn and G. F.
Simms. Mr. Henry Turney was elected tr,asurer,
and Messrs. Oates and 'f immis, atv.:itors. Mr. C.
Westwood was appointed match secr,tary. The
report and balance sheet, will be publistied in our
issue of November 6th, 1880.
BOARD oF GUARDINS.—Th caeekiy meeting
of this Board was held yesterday. Mr. Raybould
in the chair. There wero also present Messrs.
Ifa,:kew, Mills, Hale, I.4lv,nder, Kelly, Taylor,
Forrest, Wood, Giles, Guest, Browning, and
Newnan]. Admitted into the house during
the week 21. ; discharged 14 ; bort 2 ; dead 3 ;
remaining in the house 539. Corresponding
lle 2ssoNive in ;
period last year 539. Out-door relief, King-
diSsttoritiertb, riliglBe
Tiv.i.tnrfioctrd
£2d7isrto,
1; £36 12s
31 81 ; non-resident 4s. Total £B2 8s 91
against £75 Os 21.
HOSPITAL SUNDAY.—To-morrow (Sunday), the
annual collections will be ma he in the churches and
chapels ia the t-,wn and neighbourhood, in aid of
the :.,tour')ridgn Dispensary. the Gm at Hospi al
Dudley, an 1 the General Ho pital,
At the Stourbtidge Dispensary, in ,he yell. ending
Sept,nnber 30th, 1880, 1574 CaS33 were treated. At
the GaL st Hosp tal. Dudley, there were 52 pa i nts
from the Stourbridge District last year, 22 being
from Stourbridge i'self. 17 f,on Leo, an 1 8 fio
Oldswinford. Tne Gene al Hospital, Birminham,
re elved 27 in-patien's from Stourl.ridge ad is
trict las., year, nnd 52 local out patients were
trcated at the Hospital. The coll etions at the
Catholic Church and Wesleyan Chapel, are ui-
a. ostpon-d till 7th November.