The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-09-10 00:00:00

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THE OLDSWINFORD CHURCHYARD QUESTION.—A
vestry meeting was held at the Talbot Hotel, on
Monday, for the purpoes of electing three membeis
of the Burial Board for Stourbridge and Upper
Swinford, and to receive the annual accounts. Mr.
I. Nash was elected to preside. The retiring mem-
bers—Messrs. C. Evers, H. Billingham, and W.
Baker—were severally re elected.—The accounts
of t e last financial year were presented to the
meeting. It appearer! that £340 hal ben received
from the Stourbridge Overseers in the year, £l7O
from the Upper Swinford Overseers, and £l2O Os„
3d. had been received in cemetery f es. There had
been £477 us 11d, paid on loan account. aryl £lO3
lie. sd. for various items connected with the admin-
istration of the Board. Messrs. G Scriven and E.
S. Nash were appointed auditors. The Rev. -W.
Wallace asked the members of the Burial linard
whether they had any report to give them as to why
the cemetery cost so much money. The cern tey
cost them 3or £l4 per funeral, and they wanted
to know why that was so.—Mr. Haskew replied ihit
the fun rals did not cost so much as that.—Mr.
WaiLce : If you go into the accounts you will find
it so.—Mr. Haskew : You are including the loans.—
The Chairman remarked thit he did not think they
could go into that subject there, us the matter was
in the hands of the Burial Board, who were elected
by the ratepayers,—Mr. Wallace said they wanted
to encourage the Board to go fully into the matter.
They were taxed enormously for their cemetery, and
there was a way out of the difficult-y.—After some
futher conservation, Mr. Haskew said it was not to
the i,:terest of the ratepayers that the Ohlswinford
churchyard should have been kept open in the way
it had, but they did not want any litiotion over it,
and he believed the vexed question would now soon
be settled.—The subject then dropped, and a vote
of thanks to the Chairman closed the proceedings.

MAIN DRAINAGE BOARD.—A monthly mee.tiag
of.this Board was held on Tuesday evening, when
Mr. Pargeter presided,—The question of the ten-
ancy 0`: the sewage farm came before the Board.
Mr. S. A. Brooks had had a provisional tenancy of
the farm under an agreement which expires at Lady-
day n._!xt, and he had now sent in a tender for the
t matioy of t'.e farm f.)r a period of seven years.—
Tue were only willing to let the farm for five
years at a roit of £225 a year, and the Board were
now awaiting Mr. Brooks's decision —The advis
ability of providing a s'!ort relief sewer in Lower
High ..ttre2t, agiu came beforo the Board —Tne
Surveyor (Mr. Fiddiati) submitted a proposal for
dea in wit'u t o matter, and was in,tructed to
produce plans and an estimate or the coit for toe
next mewl ,g.

A WONDERFUL CROP. At the proper time for
planting, S,..rgeiint ADavis, of Church Street, put
into hi garden in Lower Hill Street, 101 lbs of
seed p,tatoes, White Elephants, from Messrs.
Daaiell, of Norwhich, aid on Tuesday last he dug
up from that seedathe extraordinary crop of 5101 ts
weigat. Tao largest tuber weighed 21bs lloz., was
91 inches long, and Ili inches round. Twenty
o.her potatoes froat tan same crop weighed 301 tis.

DRUNKENNESS.—At tly. Police Court yesterday,
before Mr, W. J. Turoey, 11,>nittrun Cartwright
was charged with being drunk at Crudley, on the
5h inst. P.C. Huband proved tile ease. Fined
2s 6:1 and costs.—Belore Colonel Fietcher, Messrs.
It. L. Freer, and W. J. ;Laney, Thowas }digAna
was charged with being drunk and incapable in tne
pubic streets on the 3rd inst. Fined 2s Gd and
~.osts. P.C. Green proved the case. John Hart
was ch:trged with being drunk and disurder)y on
the 3:d inst, at t,e Lye. P.C. W. Jones proved thti
case. Fined 5s ...rid cots. Arthur Hai was
charod with being drunk and disorderly at Blake-
& wu, on the 31st ult. P.C. Holloway proved the
case. Fined 5s and c ;ate. Williaui Burke was
charged with being drunk and disorderly in New
btre:t, on the 3rd ,u,t. P.O, 'P. Moore pioved the
case. Fined 21 6d and c,..,sts.

CAUTION To CARTERS.... Joseph Williams Nies
su:nuionel far not having proper control over his
horsa higaway, on tile 4th iris P.C. Green
said he was;on du y.in Heat h-stieet about two o'clock
in the morning. Defendant was asleep in the cart
and the reins were lying on the hor.,e. D,fendant
wal fined 5s and costs, he having been previously
cunvicted.—Janies Winwood was charged with not
being in such a posi ion as to have proper control
ovcr his horse and cart on the 6th i inst. Sergeant
Clime proved finding defendant asleep in his cart at
Cradiey about hali-past 10 o'clock at night. Fined
5s a.nu costs.

BREACH OF Trf.E PEACE. Edward We!ch was
charged with counnit.iug a breach of the peace by
tightiog on ti,e 3rd i at. P.O. Green proved the
case and defenlaut was ordered to pay cuss, 5g Gd.

ASSAULT CASE —lleury lace, of Elford [louse,
Wollaston, was charged with assaulting George
Hancock, groom, on the 3rd inst. Complainant
said o.t tne 3rd inst he wa, a servant to defendant.
On the above date he fActied defendant from
Brettell Lane :itation, and atter he got to his res..
dence defend tut asked him wh,re Lite keys of the
pigeon house were. Witness said he thought they
they were h .ngiug up in the kitchen. Defendant
then sti uck halt and blackened his eye, knocked
him down and kicited him, Defendant said com-
plainant was drunk on the night in question and
used abusive language to him and threatened him.
In self defence defendant admitted striking com-
plainant (dice, but he denied kickiug him. Alice
Luther, servat,t in defendant's employ, said she saw
the complainant fall but did not know the cause of
it. Complainant was beastly drunk and threat-
ened Mr. lace. fhe Chairman said tney considered
the case proved and fined defendant 58 and costs.
It appeared a cowardly tuing to strike a drunken
man.

A SERIOUS CIIA ROE. --JOlin Taylor, landlord f
the Peacock lun, bye Waste, was summoned by Eli
Homer, on behalf of the trustees of the Hay Green
Working- Alen's Friendly 6oci,ty for misappro-
priatit:g the sum of £4 belonging to that l6ccety.
pefenfiant qtplited for an adjournment fo; a month
a.,.4 material witnesses were away hop picking. The
ease was adjourned for a month.

WAGES C..—"Mijah StEvens bucket nalauf:lc'
tuier, Lye, was summoned I y Daniel Holloway fur
non-: ayment of 6-, 10}d afle..ed to he to hiiii
work done. Mr. Waldron defended. Complainant'
ala s rid he made goods to the artp.unt eLrioa,d.
In eros'.ex.2rmivatit,n lie ,aid le lel' without •
and he:, Le wi,nt the ilext mornin4 d endan
kickel him off the grodnd. Mr. Wu dron au. Mad
that they ~wed 411 81d, and that the la I he: .he
work without any notice. U.ll--era was cuntc-r claim
whkh would show tlat they owedthe lad one half-
penny. Mr. aggs. manager at the works said that
on the 24th Au:Aus,-, cotnpla;nant ran akv,ay horn the
works and did not give any nitier,. After he had
left 16 gross of bales were I,:und and they would
come 1,..; 4i Bd. The case wr..s adjourned for a weck

CAUTION TO LA )3.—TNVO da-fied
and:Boxley were cli.irgc.d wiiLi da.naging a tele-
graph wire oa the 30:h Ju y. Mr. Li. Millsa!-
peared to prcseente on behalf of the Gre4t Western
Railway Company. Selgeant Hardwicke sad on
the above dare he saw t .e two deLnklants thrlwing
stones at the telegraph wircs near St John's Church
miihnehip was discharged on promising nut 10
offend again, and lioxley was fined 2s 6d and costs.