The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-10-09 00:00:00

HALESOWE

A MIDNIGHT INTRUDER.—At the Polke Court, on
Tuesday, before J. S. Gibbons awl E. B. Phillips,
Esqs., George Webster (19), striker, Birmingham
Street, Halesowen, was charged with being con-
cealed on premises with intent to commit a felony,
Mr. Hayes prosecuted. About midnigt t, on the
24th ultimo, the inmates of the Golden Cross Inn,
kept by John 'White, were alarmed by hearing a
noise downstairs. Upon a search being made prisoner
was discovered in the house, and had in prowling
about knocked down a glass which occasioned the
noise heard. He was handed over to the custody of
the police, and afterwards it was found that he had
effected an entrance to the premises by getting
through a broken window at the back, Mr. Hayes
asked for the charge to be alteled to burglary, but
the magistrates, after hearing the whole of the cei-
deuce, sentenced the prisoner to one month's hard
lib .mr upon the original charge.
ALLE6ED FOWL STEALING. --Jos,ph Portman (16),
nailer, Chapel Street, ws. fined 10s., including costs,
for stealing a fowl ou the 27th ult., the prop rty of
George In.;tone,.farmer,.Hasbui V. It was alleged
that prisoner enticed toe lowl into a nail shop, where
, it was afterwards found when efie police went to
make inquiries.
TnE SCHOOL ACCOMMODATION QUE-TION.
Tuesday evening a public meeting of ratepayers of
the borough of Halesowen and the adjoining town-
ships was held in the Boys Schoolrcom, to onsider
the question of providing additional school accom-
modation for the district. The bill convening the
meeting invited Churchmen who were 7 atel.ayers to
disf.mss the desirability of raising a fund to build a
new boys' school, and to convert the present girls'
school into class rooms. It further slated that it
was pr posed that two or three voluntary rates of
is in the pouud should be levied in the Churchmen
in the borough and various townships for that pur-
yo3e. There was a numerous attendance of rate-
payers. The Ven, Ar: hdeacon Hone presided, and
said the meeting was called to make an effort to
add to those buildings in order to make provision
against the establishment of a School Board, which.
to him appeared to be a monstrous evil—(cheers).
Speaking on the subjc ct of School Boards, he said he
earnestly hoped that a School Beard would never be
established in that parish, because he believed it
would imperil tht religious teaching of the children
Let them look at the neighbouring town of Birm-
ingham, where the religious teaching had assurn• d
three differeut aspects in the course of nine years.
lie could not help thinking that an election for • a
' School Board would bring with it that miserable
state of things which happened at Parliamentary
elections, when men were set against each other,
and almost made to bate one another from political
feelin3. Another consequence of thes elections
would be, in his opinion, that the persons who
would be put in charge of the schools,—viz., the
School Board—would probably be the very least
fitted for the guidanee of the 9ducation of the
children. He could not see why men should be
elected members of School Boards for political
reasons, as political matters had very little to do
with the iustructien of children, either in religious
or secular knowledge—(hear, hear). Another ob-
jection he entertained to Cie formation of a School
Board was that it was a mech more expensive
method of carrying on the education of the young.
He hoped that somehow they should device some
method of supplying the inaieuate school accom-
modation without i havieg recourse to a School
Board.—After a consider :tile discussion, Mr. H. R.
Ker moved, "That this meeting he adjourned, in
order that it may be ascertained whether the
scheme to be prepared by the representativeJ of the
different townships, in accordance with the r.?,s.,lu-
tion passed at a public meeting held on the 31st
of August, will be acceptable, and that a committee
of fifteen gentlemen be elected to draw the atten-
tion of the overseers to the said resolution, and urge
them to expedite matters, and that the committee
ascertain the necessary data, for the information of
a future meeting." This was seconded by Mr.
Samuel Goodman, and carried unanimously.—A
vote of thanks was passed to the chairman, and the
proceedings terminated.

SPORTING NOTES.
(By our own Turf Correspondent.)
THE CES4.RE wrrc S FAKES.

Speculations on this event all through the piece
has been pretty heavy in spite .if the many rumours
and the declining of several fancied candidates.
Fashion's scratching was a i
sad blow to a many,
still the horse had badly injured himself n the
stable that nothing else could be done. Dresden
China has EONV followed suit, and before the day we
may witness some more of the prominent candi-
dates have the pen put through - their names, and
the Monday night before the. race at Tatter Falls is
invariably the place and time where they receive
their doom, consequently those that are in a position
to receive later information than we can give them
now, must stand a better chance of obtaining the
"right pea" at the eleventh hour, but tPite,e- that
are interested in the matter and do wish for the
late-t respecting this almost the last big event of
he year, can have it by ju-t Fending their name
and address to "Turf Corrcspondent" TunF HERALD
Office, Hull, not later than Monday, when I will
send it off to you or telegraph the same if you just
only pay the Government charge of one shilling for
the message. However, I must hark back to my
resume of the race. Robert the Devil still holds
his position at the top cf the tree in the list of
quotations, and really if Julius could win with Bst
up, who was a stone below Robert the Devil in form
Bst 61b does not seem too mucn for him. Against
this we have Sefton's defeat with the same weight,
stid Sefton had gone the vvroug way, and this horse
has trained on, consequently if fit and well on the
day Robert the Devil will take a. Jot of beating.
Cipolata stands the next on the, list of quotations,
Robert
r at roudledf
defeated
and with a stone less to carry than Robert the
Devil, on paper she must seem to have a chance •
still on the DoitihcsastertogSte.Ltheegie, a
r rusn d
have brought m
Cipolata easily by three lengths, and was then
allowing her 51b, therefore, R bert is on that run-
ning allowing her here9lbs for the three lengths
beating, i
consequently f the two were left in 'bthe
race alone, I should think it was odds on Robert
a?,ainst Cipolata, at 9lbs any day in Cie year, both
fit and well. The Abbot has not been doing Ow
right sort of work lately, hence his decline, al-
though the little horse is a glutton over a di-iance
of ground. Cannon's two—Ulster and Petronel—
c mpletely puzzle the folloa ers of that stable but
as they belong to two different interests they are
both triers, and the preference should be given to
Ult ter. The American Walb-nstein can stay, and
viii be in the ruck at the finish. Ridotto 9st 21.13
might beat his more farcied stable companion Cl-
polata in the ra e home. G-ranthain is quiet at 40
to 1 ; and no mcve is made with Wadlow's lot, al-
though I think Retreat will be their horse on the
day,.as Zealot 'Lust be held salewith t the e
Rot:il
eue, s
first three
in the Doncaster St. Leger, although
running in the Great Yorkshire Handicap should
give him an outside chance here. Also Taylor is
very ouiet. Neither have the French division yer
expect
exposed their hands, therlentooirealision, t
I,fullysh
sever“l eleventh hour deism
present take
as my champion.