The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-12-03 00:00:00

SATURDAY, DECEMrER 3, 1881.

verdict of "Accidental Death" was returned. Two
jurymen named Morris and Wcston who had been
summoned to attend the inquiry failed to put in
an appearance when their namos wire called, where-
upon the Coroner remarked that he had been fre-
quently inconvenienced at that place by house-
holders not attending when summ,ned as jurymen.
and he felt it to be his duty to endeavour to put a
stop to such neglect. lie then fined the two ab-
sentees in the sum of 40s each.

Of His Holy Ghost, so that we are to work in its
power and only trust on him for the blessing.
Surely we all should feel as being in regiments of
one army, that our cause is one, that our captain
is one, and that the blessing and the joy of the
victory will be one in the day when Jeans comes;
and it should be manifested to the world that there
is one people of one spirit, even as God's people
are one by their calling. You have a debt upon
your Place of Worship. Well now, a debt is a very
great hindrance to the usefulness of a Place of
Worship, it cripples the energy, it depresses the
hearts of those connected with it, and I do most
sincerely trust that the fruit.of this gathering will
be the clearing away of that debt—(hear, hear).
Now you will be able to meet in your Chapel and
thank the Lord for that blessing. Of course you
have made it a matter of prayer that the Lord
would bless this effort. The Lord has blest it and
I can take it for granted that you are going to
thank Him. I hope and trust that the Lord's best
blessings will rest upon you and your efforts in
this place, in union with us as servants of the Lord
Jesus Christ, to tell those who know nothing about
the blessings of His gospel, of the richness and
fulness of His love, and the blessedness that there
is in His name as the "Friend of sinners." I pray
that the Lord Jesus Christ will bless you in the
future as he has in the past, and will increase your
eff ,rts in His service, and make you t .) be recipients
of the glory, for His holy name's sake:

Mr. 'S. Edwards in the course of his remarks
stated that he was one of the first men that con-
ducted the first service in the "Old Malt Room."
Application was made to himself aud Mr. James
Aston (the latter was now dead) to come to Old
Hill and start a Methodist Society. He heard
that there was a Malt Room to be lot and he, with
two other friends, went and took it. To get the
furniture was the next question and in order to do
that they borrowed .he money from some s7ciety,
and commenced the service. Their numbers in.
creased and it was thou.,,ht advisable to wet a
chapel. They mentioned it to Mr. Noah Hingley
who promised £5O towards it. The chapel was
built and he had been connected with it until now,
and he felt glad that the £5O which was lacking
there was going to be paid off. Their meeting to.
gother was as it should be, and he was glad that
he was living in the days when bigotry was dying
away—(hear, hear)

Several other addresses were also delivered.
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Votes of thanks were passed to ihe Chairman for
presiding, and to G. A. Haden Best, Esq., for the
use of the Hall.

HAGLEY.

STOCK SALE.—At this sale on Monday last, there
was a good supply of sheep and a large entry of
cattle, besides calves and pigs. There was an un-
usual large attendance. Trade was brisk through-
out, and improved rates were realised.

LEFROY'S CONFESSION OF THE MURDER
OF MR. GOLD CONFIRMED.

The Times of Tbur.sday said—" We are authorized
to state that the convict Lefroy Mapleton before
his death made a full confession to the chaplain of
the gaol of the murder of Mr. Gold, and acknow-
ledged the justice of his sentence, lie also entirely
retracted the statement. he had made concerning
the murder by himself of Lieutenant Roper, and
expressed great reget that he had been induced to
fabricate the confebson of a crime of which in
reality he knew nothing."