The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-06-06 00:00:00

SERIOUS ASSAULT CASE.-1/11117 Pugh was aimed
b Imniel Cliff with arsaffitin him on the Ist tnnttnt.
the surveyor had ffl9o. the assistant rani. or,•f:1- ; t , _Yeem
the
evidence i t • d
•tg
d that 1, th .
ei iui e i appeared o
clerk, etio ; Nuisance Inspeetor, £7O ; ant the incidental r
Local Act in Tipton. From this
ed b fe6 lOs 7d. Tee total amount were at Perry!. the Cherry Orchard. COTT
expenses amount 3 -CAI laughter naked the defendant to pry for a quart of ale. -
collected Mai £2703. Amitst loul and ironical • • • • • . .
ptper it :ppeared thhaet
not state the rete per pound. He instanced Oldbury and again. Defendant afterwards struck bins awl heat hint
other pincer, aud argued that if they adopted the net abut the lace and body, cutting his eye. • Defeendant
Mr. Barri, ill 111111Wer to a question, imid the paper aid ant maid he would if he (eomplainset) would hit his sou
sag and forcing an act upon them, and causing them ing at the - Grand Stand." under the old wall at the toy
immense espouse. If such a person dared to do such a of that remarkable street, Islingtoe. There were a great
' trick they should only bring him to Old Hill Petty Sear number present on the occasion, something like 301 pes-
money under false pretences, and to the Assizes he 1 Bloomer, Esq., (the gentlemen who built the school), J.
should go—Pei laughter). Again contradicting himself i Jones, G. Lewis, E. Higgs, of Halesowen, and Measr,
Mr. Bares said that the mines would be worked out of It. Bexley, J. Seeley, elc., of Cradley. The addresses
Reddal Hill in five years, and then it would be • very , were of a very teaching and earnest character. A great
poor and paertysstricken place.—:Yet he has spent , reformation seems to have taken place among some of
some thousands of pounds in sinking new shafts and ! the people of this hitherto notorious locality. The
erecting first-clpss machinery, and he dares to say that ) meeting terininated with the usual ceremonies.
the coal will be got out in five years.; —The whole midi. 1 HALE/OWEN SABBATH SCHOOL TEA IdI:ETINEL—On
coca laughed derisively at this mis.statement. Ile was I lueaday last the Sabbath School scholars belonging to
they wuuld soon be ov
majority however decided in favour o • ,
I the act he would (mate ; in default 21 days.
fi.r„sit.piushheelad
alinuE.ipFriineendceosmi.tud,
immediately cease all opposition and join 'issue with i _ _
them.-aloint cheers). He was always for apending the !
ee awreritnofd debt.
HALESOWEN.
mouev Hi the best possible manner, and it he thought !
the ratis would be lessened he should say at once have it. ISLINGTON RAGGED SCHOOL.—Or Sands). teat the
sonlfcotlier smaiedlitiliheartselif'tPli:uabanotve
They had been told eef decided
etarnandg
sions and he (Mr. Barre) would punish him for obtaining sons or more. The meeting woe eddressed by C. H..
asked, what about Pig•lane ? In reply he eteteil that i the Congregational, New Coanexion, and Primitive
owing to the natrow and inconvenient state of that road Methodist Sabbath Schools had their annual treat.,
he had offered to give Sane land, and the New British ' They marched through the tewn to a field near" Shims
Iron Company had offered some to Widen the road. Now 1 stone's Walks." belonging to T. Bissell, Esq. After ens
howeeer he Wald de no such thing. and the parish . joying theuiselv es a tow hours they returned to their ries-
\
must pc) Pie ell elterations—(groans). DUTing the whole 1 pective echoole and were regaled with an excellent treat,
Of his address Mr. Bares wits freloeutly interrupted, and consisting of plum cake and tea. The proceeding" seer
when hel made use of uncuraplimentary lei:mite ae he DEATH..—OH Monday night last Mr. Henry
zninated as usual.
i Harper, of Whitley Villa, near Halesowen, died suit-
, " d
1 Me. te. to neat liddrSsted the teeeting in favour of I dimly at the Stourbridge Railway Station. It appears
. the act. He said Isle. Barrs had trlea i,..; r
,
often di, cries IA "Turn him out," " Fetch the pohce, ' SUDDEN
end slit diva greete his ears. .
esac them be- : that deceased was walking up and down the platform
eboat seven o'clock, welting to go to Cradle), when he
lieve that the rates would be considerably augment....
-.
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-ll 3OD the rails, sal expired. Me
the act WAS adopted. With every respect for Mr. Barre, suddenly ... o
i
-. uce called in, but life wag
however, he openly contradicted all such statements. Campbell. surgeon, war
' -a to the Nitwit). B
That gentleman enumerated certain officers who would extinct. Deceased was at once tees-
tu;
—... tele/eat'
have to be paid. Well, they paid an inspector and • kept by Mr. C. Hanburv, to await a carom. .
. fa
collector now ; and though, perhaps, they were paid low. ' and on wea„eaasy afternoon last an inquest sans ilea,
yet he dared to say some one would be found to do the before H. Docker, Han, Coroner. Jeminia Jenne taba
work for the same amount. They collected aboat one she knew the di ceased, who had been walking up and
hundred ponuds, so that a salary of silty pournle would down tie platform. She saw him fall. Is doing souls
leave a good surplus. The many bad streets around and face was ii juiced, and his nose bled. Deceased eppraved
within Old Hill, their filthy and unhealthy condition, first very excited. Mary Haiett identified the b .dy as teat
caused him to look with a favourable eye Upon this Local of Henry Harper. of Whitley Villa. Hail known the
\Act. At Garratts.lane there Were peremis whet
had been deceased for the last twenty•fi•e years, and been intl.
paying rates for thirty years, and yet no improvements metely acquainted with him. She saw him last alive
had been made in that street. The cesspoula were in abogt g month since. Had often heard the deceuseit
front of the houses, and altogether it was abut-bed of complain of a pain in the side, and a fluttering of the
disease and unhealthiness. The present system should heart. Had done so for the last eight uionths. At Ones
be altered; it was not at all suitable to the waits of the 1 he had great difficulty in breatbleg. Ile was SI years
district. He found in a placard issued by Mr. Barre that 1 old. Mr. Decker said be did not think it required any
ell the ratepayers in the parish would have to pay for the , other witness. It was quite clear from the i vidence glen*
extra improvements, &es in Cradley Heath. He (the 1 that deceased was sufferiug from heart diseete, but if
speaker) obtained a copy of the Local Act at once, and ' the jury were not whistled, there was other evidence.
found that auell a statement waa grossly untrue. The The jury expressed themselves as satisfied with the etir
perish would be divided into wards, and each ward would deuce given, arid returned • verdict of "Died by the
rend one or two representatives. Did they think it likely Visitation of God."
that the two Cradley Heath Commissioners would be -
allowed to humbug the others, and cause them to spend
the principal part of the money on Cradley Heath? It
was absurd to imagine such a thing. As had before been
stated the people who enjoyed the special improvements
would have to pay a special rate. He thought the poor
should be eared for, and their streets and dwellings made
as comfortable and healthy as could possibly be done.
Ile was for giving the same benefits to the poor auto the
rich. The mortality of a district is prop irtionate to the
drainage of that district. In Liverpool lie found that
the average length of life among the gentry who lived
in villas, am., was dl; among the tradesueople.26 ; and
among the per, Li—)" Shame "i. He hoped Mr. Barra
would ACB th• folly of runcing in direct opposition to
them, and would alt., his determination, and asaist
them in getting the act. If he would, it would be the
crowning act of his life—(loud applause).
During the delivery of this speech Mr. Green was Ire'
qaeutly interrepted by Mr. Barra, who was repeatedly
told to sit down.
Mr. Penn, who is a member of the present Board,
urged upon them the unfairness of dealing with the
Board as they were doing, and raid that every want made
known to the Board was inuneiliately attended ti.
Hereupon Mr. R. Green stood up, ami stated that two
years agile lied the sinell-pex and fever. When he re-
sovereil he, in coinpauy with his brother and Dr. Moore,
waited upon the Board relative to Black Waggon-street,
the filthy condition of which had caused, his illness.
When they had maiie known their complatut, and stated
the number of deaths that were occurring, the chairman
of the board said " thy could enlarge the churchyard,
I,ml then there would be plenty of room "—timid cries of
" Sharee").
Mr. S. Coley, of Brierley Hill, detailed the benefits
that place had reaped tame it had adopted the Local
Act, and urged upon all to be wise and allhdraw their
opposition.
. Mr. A. Barre, who is Chairman of the Board of High.
ways, and has been so for eight years, spoke bitt• rly
against this set. lie spoke very scornfully, and insulted
the ratepayers, and especially the eolicitere preseut. He
said it would cost two thouaaud pounds to get this act;
aid, amidst confusion, declaim' that more mousy was
spout on the lower part of Rowley than the higher, al-
though there are 25 miles of roads in the higher part,
and only Suer 11 in the lower. Oi course no one be-
lieved it.
In reply to • question, Mr. Ilomfray stated that if a
new road was to be made, the owners of property in
that road would have to pay the expenses. lie then
went on toss) that a great deal of misapprehension was
rampant. If they would agree to the act aud consent to
have it on that day, instead of the act eustiug two thou-
sand pounds he would guarentee it would not east above
thirty pounds. Fie then explained why it was that the
Brierley Hill people became saddled with a ilebt, because
they refused to adopt the Local stet at lirst, siol then
Mr. Price was about forcing his upon them.
. Mr. Barns denied this ia I0(0.
Afterwards Meesrs. T. Homer and N. Fliagley ad-
dressed the meeting in favour of the act.
Again Mr. Beers, J.P., amidat much laaghter de.
mended • poll.
'lb. Chairman called him to order, and then put the
regolution, whieli was carried by three to one.
Again Or poll was demanded, and the 3rd day of July
was appointed for that purpose.
Mr. Cheadler prop 'Lied, and Mr. J. Granger seconded
a vote of thaalis lathe Chairume, said the meeting ter.
minated.

Strange to say about thirty policemen armed with their
cutlasses were in attendance, and why they came it in
difficult to say. However their presence was unneces-
sary, awl looked at from any point of view, it is a relict,
tion on the good manners, common-sense, and manli-
ness of the ratopayers of this locality. Surely they are
as honourable, and as well-behaved and intelligent aa
any body of ratepayers in England, awl why they could
not meet without having sued great precautionary mea-
sures to preserve the poses, on the presence of thirty
police and the Riot Act in the pocket of a magistrate f?)
is a mystery soute one ought to unravel.