The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-12-13 00:00:00

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111`98 • Wll.l, -4 the Us'illlCPE said that he frequently uncoupled trains. but the assault was. not a serTioll;coans.eeo.iwnebalfs.srP,..4lline,i,',l,-:
He usually did so by the direction of the guard
:chola he was with. He often did this whilst
A , the train was in motion and considered that it I''
'`-` could be done saf • ' ; h common :a els. It uas t e IA e.
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aLee.hiulisonaneyd;cosbuttsyinoueacmhusetalsee!ve some of 1
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presen, oosveret . tire to uncouple trains in motion. '
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It:motors give 'little Mr. Robert Lyons Campbell, surgeon, said he
THE PRESENT PROSPERITY oP THY i "lrkets hare Iwo; op. saw the deceased on Tuesday last,•about three
. • ,-.., arpl the ; :,:::;;;; ‘:. o'clock in the afternoon, at that honse, to which
I: 01.1 N. FRY. place the body had been removed. Deceased
! - ..::• was -, si:•;••;:..e.:1 I' ,N,
---..-..- was dead when he saw him, and he had been so
. ,ollu .
AS-4a.: agoius,ppi•oi, -; *llltte•e that LW, 011:411,
eh the end of tlio year. I l o Tered coal at a for nearly an hour. He examined the body, apd
: :; lm.'y.:: drop ;
*ad take. stock of our gains and losses dur- found a sever,: scalp wound proceeding from the
1,11 tie: I: • •,' i ; r a th, qnpply was, occiput to the forehead ; and his rig,ht ankle
':: • •'.: ;.; st t vein months, it is witaral 1, . 5511 ii ii,. ~' , t.,,, , ,-i,,a.; price was smashed. HM right scalp Wa9 torn, and '
. .s.w. nrospe,ts for flys fn- T., , s!„. • ~ • ~ •.: • . no v at an ei. naugina loose. There was also frdh coming
- —4' h" •1 • • •, ••• • ; ' : ' • ' -ir favour of from his mouth. The frothy mucus was of such
• ;', : .•::: ;', ' , ',.• output will lm a nature as to lead witness to suppose there was
....r.;;'-• ....ILL ~.- , some injury to the thorax of the chest from
re.-^ disturb-iw, being squeezed. In his opinion, death resulted
At ona time, in,- - from concussion of the braiu. Death must have
consequences resulted immediately.
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of the interval. It may belnirly hoped that
It stourbribtle 0.1115 c a less reetrieted coal market will after a
tr. wille contribute to bring about the steadi-
ness • which the past history of the iron
thi, dist 1.41 seems to indicate. At
SATURDAY, DECESI.I3eAt 13, 11473. present, however, the leading colliery pro-
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prietora give !little or no "sign." Good
THE PRESENT PROSPERITY OF Taw j uiaikets have been opened up by the rail-
. e 11 s. 9.1 Tht! 1'..1.111111,111.99 have to suffer.
COU FR Y. w:1,1 1.• ~X 11911,1 the close of
•-- hen hat g,e t elle Liege eon:miner in the town
As a, ag.illappl•tuieh the end of the year.
and ta,lre stock of our gains and losses dur- la'yn.oTered coal at a drop of .2.s per toil;
;alt t months, it is natural I.• 11 the 1,....!i,v of the supply was not made
. 11 ,• 'N.. price quoted.
at .0 to elance at our prospeets for the fn- , yi,. .•, • • •!, • or at an end b
to- • li irst pliee, then, it must be ,
• • ' '-i favour of the
thmee of eons:der:lW satisfaction to •
, •., . • ,•• ; !ta output will be
mere 10ile ...ad trailing community that tlia
recent nlonetary disturbance so easily and
speedily- rased away. At ona time, indeed,
it W^.3 feared that serious consequences
alight ensue, for the bank rate was Within
one per cent. of the figure at whieh it stood
iltiria:r the disastrous panic of 1866, but
thore is now les. unsound speculation than
the ssn then, 'led so the threatened diffi-
crtlty was averted. And although our fo-
reign trade has a little fallen off, the vita.
laty of British industry itself seems to be as
great as ever. If any evidence of this were
needed, it might be shown in the traffic. re-
turns of our home railway. These go on
iner.yasing week after week without a check;
it is th:refore clear that the amount of home
business steadily augments. People cannot
travel w:thoet lan'ney in their 1.) akets, and
the reguhr inerease in the ager tiatfic
must be a teatimony to the prosperity of the
people generally. Production is rapid, and
money abundant, and the difference in the
quotations of railway Stocks now, as com-
pared with those which ruled upon the Stock
Exchange only a few years ago, exhibits at
a glance the extraordinary extent to which
the recources of the country have been de.
veloped. When trade is languid, there is as
little travelling es possible, and railway
stocks are depressed; but when business is
in full swing, there is a corresponding ac-
tivity upon the iron roads of the kingdom,
and the market value of railway property is
enhanced accordingly. Again, if we look at
the revenue returns, we shall find that the
national income is in excess of last year,
notwithstanding the reductions of taxation
which have been effected by the Budget of
les73. Another test of the soundness of our
financial position is found in the figures is-
sued by the Bankers' Clearing House, which
have lately gone up again, after showing a
decrease for several mouths. The harvests
of the past two years, if not positively bad,
have certainly been indifferent, yet so well
are we able to grapple with such a contin-
gency, that there is no appreciable rise in
the price of bread. If we compare our pre-
sent experience with that of even a genera.
tion ago, the balance of advantage is as-
suredly in favour of to-day. Our industry
is conducted with more steadiness, and not
subject to such violent fluctuations as those
which formerly shook its stability. We are
less sensitive to depression in bad times,
and our recovery from shock is more rapid.

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REFUSING TO QUIT. Matthias Adams was
ckarg,ed with beirt drunk on the Oh instant, and
refusing to quit a licensed house when requested
by Ellllll6 Millward. Mr. Addison defended. De-
ftmdant WEB further charged with wilfully break-
ii t a jag raid glass the property of Emma Mill-
ward. Comphtinant, who is the landlady of the
Three Furnaces, Waterfall Lane, Paid fhatthe de-
fendant came into her house about five o'clock,
amid stayed until nearly seven. Defendant began
to gamble, and she told him she would not allow
it, amid the defendant began to fight. She ordered
him out. He refused to go, and told her to go to
—. Defendant was not drunk, but fresh. The
amount of damage done was 10d, for the jug and
glass. Enoch Evans said he was drinking with the
defendant, and picked up the jug and glass to
drink. Defendant said he should not have any.
Witness told Lim he should not, when the defend-
ant knocked the jug and glass out of his hand.
Mrs. Millward requested him to leave. He refused
to go, and used bad language. For the defence,
Mr. Addison said that the defendant was not
drunk, and that it was Evans who broke the jug
and glass, by striking them on the head of the de-
fondant. Enoch Green was called, and gave evi-
dence to the effect that there was a row caused by
gambling, and that the defendant did not break
the jug and glass; and, that after they were
broken there was a collection in the room to pay
, for them. Edwin Adams, brother to tluf defend-
ant, said that Enoch Evans broke the jug over his
I shoulders by striking him with it. Defendant did
not break either the jug or the glass. They were
all gambling, and as they lost the ale was brought
in, and the landlady knew they were cobbling"'
for it. The money was collected for the jug and
glass, but he (witness) did not know what became
of it. Evans shuck the defendant, and bla Aened
, his eye. A man named George Jack-ion was-called
by the Bontl4 and he saxl that defon•lant refused
to leave the house when requested, and that he
was in the habit of creating a disturban,e. The
dereriant was fined 10s and costs for refusing to

. The Coroner then' summed up, and said from
the evidenee given, it appeared the deceased
was attached to the goods train in the capacity
of fireman, and the man had met his death
whilst engaged in a practice that had been
adopted on the Great Western line and many
others. He seemed to think it was part of his
duty to uncouple the train to which he belonged,
from the other train to which it had been at-
tached, whilst the train was going at the rate of
nine or ten miles an hour. The witnesses
called also seemed to think it quite right for the
deceased to do what lie did, and that it was prac-
ticable to do it with comparatively little danger.
In doing so, (lensed was seen to stand on his
own engine and on the break to which his own
train was attached. Before he had recovered
himself from doing this, however, the break
and the train had separated to too great a dis-
tance to allow him to regain his own position.
He seemed to have fallen hi an upright pesters,
and wkiether in falling he was struck by the
train which passed over him they, therefore,
could not say. He lived only about 15 minutes
after the accident, during the whole of which
time he was unconscious. The medical witness
had told them that the injury to the head a Dahl
occasion concussion to the boain. The evidence
seemed to impticote no one but the deceased
hirneelf. Though, from what had be told
them by the Inspector, it appeared that white
had teen done by deceased was in opposition to
the rules of the company, wlkich seid before the
engine wis uncoupled the traiu should be
brought to rest, it war evident that that practice
was generally departed from; and he (the Coro-
net) thought it was almost impossible Hist that
' regulation could be observed through waist of
time to enable the tr.ins to pull up before th 'y
were uncoupled. Tee driver had also said the
toper ition of uncoupling could be done with com-
pare ire eate,y. It appeared, however, to be
c ,utrary to the rut.. ; and it was apparent thai
it tv,s viler/illy understood that the first cower
should to it—eLlier toe stok,r, firculan, or who-
ever could du it in at cony. ui utly. If the jury
t .ought i,ilt ueceit,ed tl,
they would return a verdict of accidental death;
and if they thought the Company was in fault
for not seeing that their rules were noire strictly
mike rod to Lily could i•uppleineat their verdie-.
with a remark to LII it effect.

leave. and the damage case W 1,4 dismissed.
A BREICIIOL'SE Row.—Ruth Breitle nod Mary
Ann Priest were eharged with assaulting Selina
Pugh, oa the .tth imdant. Mr. Addison defended.
From the evidence of c ;11;1.1 tLatit, it appeared
they lived near each ether; and that it was com-
plaiasat's day to use timbre sleet...i. There were
some dirty napkins in the place, and she moved
them, when Mrs. Brettle threw a quantity of water
over her. Mrs. Priest held her, while Brettle beat
her on the head with a brick. The defence was to
the effect that there was a row. and complainant
struck Brettle with a brick. Ti deCendants were
ordered to pay costs.

Tim CASs OP DETAINING • I. . Cornelius
Woodcock was charged with uulas ; detaining
a dog, the property of Thomas Attin . This ease,
our readers will recollect, was adjourned for the
attendance of a witness. Jane Hickman, servant
to complainant, said that at the request of her
:mister she went to the defendant's house, on the
241 h nit, and asked for the dog. She saw it in the
kitAen, and he refused to let her have it. Coin.
phdru,nt said he went on the following Monday,
sad defendant refused to give it up, aud svid that
ho had not got the dog. After a summons was
issued the dog was given up. Defendant was
ordered to pay the costs, 9s, and •mutioned.

'rhe jary, at:cr a abort deliberation, returned
a ver.iiet of •6 ecideutal deem."

k WARNING TO 0000 ipis. At ti
.12C Court,oo loudas, °more Mr. H. Q.
Woo.wy, postman, was
rged wan dra..k and iticap title at Bel-
iiiton, on tin, 6 ii lasi. From the evidenee
• inice.roustaltle Woudinill, IL appeared that
multi the tlefi•udail., NIOWAA LU mune Of
cwt., iu heipters state of intoxication, and
was cotaped.i to loot hiui up. Defendant
cut, I-UICIIL tu Into i. iho)

Therefore, tAing every circumstance into
oonsideration, the picture of our pros-
pects or the opening year, if not a rose.
colour one, is at all events relieved from de-
pression and anxiety. The only gray spot
on the horizon is the little war with the
Ashant.TP, arid the rapid despatch of troops
to the Gld Coast promises peLitly to bring
that contest to a termination. There is now
no perennial " diffienity for us as a nation
to confront, such RA that v b;ch for so many
years was associated with the name of the
ratb,tma. Let us, therefore, in these dark
December days, congratulate ourselves that
our commercial position remains unshaken,
and that with the exception of a savage
African tribe, we are at peace with all the
world.

cua... ag. by Way of titeuthialon,
twit he had Ito,u 1 ltutpiar tor [route (line.
wed IIILALI• "11. 5.0:: Lot. ILA .1
teroolu. it w A 171.1 paj .5. uud Ckldt,
[IN OLD OIFF.I4DIukt. .IL Uio Afile Court,
Robort tioblusou, dewy er, of Uutou-streel., sae
charged wan struul cud disorderly in
on the 6li iust. Police-constable
ruilpot provedne cui.) and detentlaut who had
been prebioueij rouyieteo, was seuteoced to 21
dap.' nerd lab..ur.—At be Pollee C.oUrt, on
Tuesday, ltionute Bowies, of eluurch.street,
WAS need it awl costs tot being drunk cud die-
orueny In Churctt.etreet, on Ilouday uigut last.
YOttue-coustable Busueu proved the FASO.
WILFLL DAWAO6.—AL the Polled Court, yes-
terday, before At..jor lieleuer cud Mr. J. B.
Cochrane, r.truch Pardue WAS charged witu
wiaudy daeuagiug iyrivy, no tat 5.0 it, the
property of JetillAS isrdley. After hearing the
evidence, tut lieura uietnoisOtt tile Cute,
f Hit Woitastt ,S's ttitouLartoa Acr. Minas
Harris %AAA auuhuouto 115 air. What'll.* deur)
ktrrwer, luspeotur of ea.othries, for alauwiug
ado, Joa,pll Harris, to la taw shop of Atm-
bruee Eeesou, on tut 2ltu No‘etuber, and nv•
gteottugtO .wad uhn t, SCLIOUI. Mr. Brewer
stated toot he v,sied EVOAOII.6 toltrop, oh tue
above date, <and found hilt but at work. lie had
previous.y cautioned idle buy, cull lie found it
iugusaluie LC, SOL 011 ILI SUAL or.; rid WIIIIOIII
tug inca-
cii example. Datir,laut start he dhl nut
selun.u,r ula sou welit to school or not.
toe 8..0ei Wore ot upiumn Ludt Evesou chioui
be su.uwoued, tun ride Wile adjourned for a
week.

aI.CELLANZ.VIL—IIeury Walters was fiued
5s au d costs, ior ewsig iu .t•Area of gains, ou
Laid iu Lile uCetiptiliou u JalueffSuiLo, at
more, ou the 6.0 iust.—Cusries /dill was tined
Is and CO3td, tut being tiruuk aud uuolu to take
earn ot his hdrae aud teaul, oil lOU 3ro
fliutuad Wuittaker, fAruter, Churchiii, WAY titled
us aud Cos, tui oruody hitrestioga 0.,i0, uy
bentiog l with a 1:1,..,VeL eithl *Wet:, oft tiltJ Oth
inst.

BLONDINCTra MINSTRELS —We beg to
cad the attenciou ot our read.rs Lu au adtteruee•
weld. le litliUtUer ethULe.a, etiVe&lL
Of tlllB talented coaninkuy of featate tneloctista,
who are acknowledged by the koadon Prem., to
lie the only legtti.uute rivals oi the celehrin, d
Moore and Outgo.* :terve. their oak:atoll-
moot is sail to or, e r duct i .t la clever, red
1140 every where at-crucial large nudioacos.