The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-01-25 00:00:00

BOARD OF GUARDIANS.

The weekly meeting of this Board was held
yesterday ; Granger in the chair. There
were also present; —Messrs. Brookes, Baker,
Fiddian, B. Homer, Wood, lereday,lfillinghani,
Griffin, and Rhodes. The minutes of the last
meeting were read and confirmed. Admitted into
the house during the week, 20; discharged, 10;
dead, 5 ; remaining, 407. Corresponding week
last year, 424. Out-door relief Kingswinford
district, £25 bs lud ; Stourbridge district, £l7
17s lid ; Halesoweu district, £l9 18s bd ; relief
of non-resident paupers,7B 6d; total,Al63 12s lid
against £O9 13s Sid last year. Precepts were
received for the following County Rates :
Staffordshire, £232 2s 11d, being a decrease of
£lB5 Gs Id ; Worcestershire, £369 14s Sc!, being
an increase of £123 4s 101

SELLING BREAD WITHOUT WEIGHING.— At
the Petty Sessions, yesterday, before Mr. J. B.
Cochrane. The following persons were sum-
moned by Inspector Freeman for selling bread,
on the 14th inst., otherwise than by weight, to
one Charles Harrison, and were lined 2s. 6d each
and costs :—William Yardley, giocer, High.
street ; Edgar Griffin, grocer, High-street ;John
Davis, baker, Bye Market; Thomas Smith,
Beauty Bank ; Joseph Wellings, Wollaston ;
Lacy Taylor, Ridge Top ; George Williams,
Wollaston; Mark Pratt, Long Laud. Mr. Perry
appeared in this ease, and admitted the offence.
—Jane Dent, Beauty Bank. Mr. Perry defen•
(led, and said that the defendant did weigh the
hread, and called Eliza Bradley, who said she
weighed the bread before the officer, and it Was
I lb. 7oz ; bt.t admitted she did not tell the officer
the weight. The charge is 8i for a four pound
loaf. Decision reserved.—John Lowe, Park-
street, was also charged. Defendant said that
the officer CaLllO into their shop and asked for
the bread. He said that he was in a great
hurry, and told them not to mind weighing it,
and he thought it was an accommodation to him.
Fined 2s. 6d and cods.—Ann Southall, New-
street, WRS charged with a similar offence. Mr.
Perry defended. Complainant said the bread
was not weighed. Mr. Perry said he should call
a witness to prove that the bread was weighed.
James E. Southall said that he saw his mother
weigh the bread before the officer. Decision re-
served.—George Rhodes, of the Lye, 2s 6d and
costs; Jane Hepwood, of Wollaston, 2s 6d ;
William Covesor, thi 6d ; John Cook, of Wollas-
ton, 2s thl and costs ; Anthony Walker, of Old-
swinford, 2s od and costs; William Leadbnry,
Oldswinford, 2s 6d and costa ; Thomas Cook,
Oldswinford, 2s 6d and costs ; Thomas Cooper,
Oldswinford, 2s 6d and costs. Mr. King, the
Clerk, red the Act bearing upon the question
which ata'e a that all bread should be sold by
weight, and in case any baker or seller of bread
shall sell or cause to be sold, bras/ in any other
manner thsa:Aisveight, he shall pay not exceed-
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Notices of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, when properly
authenticated, will be inserted In the "Observer," free of
charge.

BIRTH.
Pwitties.—Cin the 20th lust, the wife of James Flume
Yhtlhpa, atation-maater, of a daughter.
DIED.

Doww.—On the 2lst met,Maris, wife of Ishmael Dann,
aged 76 years.
WILLET.-0o the 21st met, after a long illness, William
Willey, aged 43, of Union Passage, Birmingham;
deeply lamented.

A VISIT TO EPPS'S COCOA MANUYACTOIT.—Through
the kindness of Messrs. Epp, I recently had an oppor-
tunity of seeing the many complicated and varied pro-
cesses the Cacao bean passes through are it is sold for
public use, and, being both interested and highly pleased
with what I saw during my visit to the manufactory, I
thought a brief account of the Cacao, and the way it is
manufactured by Messrs. Epps, to lit it for a wholesome
and nutritious beverage, might be of interest to the
readers of Land and Water.' "—See Article in " Land
and Water," October 14.

BREAKFAST.—EPPS COCOA.—GIATIICL AND Cox.
roIITINO.—.' By • thorough knowledge of the natural
law.; which govern the operations of digestion and no.
trition, and by a careful application of the fine propertie-
of well-selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breaks
fast tables with s delicately flavoured beverage which
may save us many heavy doctors' bilh."—Ciesl Berviet
Gu,lre. Made simply with boiling water or milk. Zech
packet is labelled—" JAMES EPPS & Co.. Hommopathic
Chemists, London." Also, maker. of Epps's Cacmoine,
• thin, refreshing beverage for evening use.
MAIMPACTURE or COCOA, CACAOINII, AND CEOOOLATZ.
We will now give an account of the process adopted
by Ileum. James Epps & Co., aienalsetarets of dietetic
articles, at their works In the liaatoti•road, Loriolos."—
Iles Aftiol• to Port 19 of autalVe Hestehold Qui&