The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-09-25 00:00:00

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THE Zli‘TiGll!'il )NCIE it PdA IJ PIZO`ORIETOR,

IN TROUBLE.

At the Police CJiirt,, yesterday, bef.,re I'.
P. Th nnas and Alfred--Freer, Esq.'. (ina4istrates)
Jelin Chaplin. lancllorl of the Vine Ina and
Zitiori Concert Hall,- was charged with keepi7.ig his
lioa open during piehilited hours on the 22nd .
inst, ; and Henry EVB3OII, Enville Street, Ga0,•40
AVAman, coloured man,. :pianist, aul John Allan
geatleman, Heath, were charged with
being on the above premises during prohibited
Inure on fae 22nd inst.—Nlr. Waldron defended
; Mr- Perry &fended Swindell,
Chare sjd abaut 12.30 a,.m. ha was on du y near
the Vine when he heard voices in the back premises..
He woit, in company with P C Davis, and on look•
in through a gla,:s windou he saw .Walman and
Eveson. lie heard Walman say "I'm going, I wi-li
yon good night." Swindell said "Have another
drin before you go," Walman refused at first.
but at last consented, and Swindell then said, "Let's
have glAsses round." Soon after Eveson got up to
come out and on seeing him he rushed back and
spoke to Swindell. Witness followed into the room.
and saw some ale in one glass, and some liquor in
another. A female who was present said they were
lodgers. As they (the officers) were going out
Swindell asked them where they going, and on tel-
ling him he said they were b— Davis
gave corroborative evidence. Swindell's defence
was that he was an invited. guest. The' others
• contended they were lodgers, The Bench thought
the law had been broken . and fined Chaplin £2 and
costs; Swindell and Eveson were fined 10s and coats;
Walman was discharged.

COUNTY CCURT.—At the County Court, on Wed*
nesd ,y, before Sir Aupert Kettle, the case of Hart'
v. Pearson was heard. Plaintiff is a miner at Quarry
Bank, and he tueel fleiekiah Pearson, of the same
place, for three guineas damage for illegal distress.
Mr. Waldron was for plaintiff. It appeared that
defendant Was the owner of property at Quarry
Bank, and plaintiff occupied a house of his. In
March last the property was disposed of to another
person named Pearson, to, whom plaintiff became
tenent and paid rent. There had been some small
amount due to the defendant before the change of
ownership, and after the disposal of the property,
M. Waldron said that instead of bringing an action
to recover ihe rent due defendant levied a distress
aud took away goods to the amount of £B. They
were deposited at a public-house and lett there for
five weeks, when defendant gave notice that the
goods could be had back. When plaintiff had
obtained them again some of them were found to be
damaged. George Clarke, a witness in the case,
said he acted as bailiff on the occasion in question;
and his Honour censured him far the part he took
in the matter. He considered he was an iestigator
of what had occurred. He gave a verdict for the
plaintiff with costs, and ~ allowed the solicitor's fee.
—There was also an action Wooton v. Hall, which
was hreught to recover £7 15s 3d. Mr. Homer was
for plaintiff, and Mr. Waldron for the defendant.
Plaintiff had sold defendant a horse for £2l, and
warranted it sound and a, good worker. Defendant
gave him a cheque foe the purchase money, but on
preeentation of the cheque afterwards it was found
that payment had been .stopped, and defendant
refused to have the horse on toe ground that it was
not according to the warrauty. In the end plaint if
resold the horse for 15 guineas, and the £7 15s 3d
he now claimed was for the difference betereen the
original purchase money and the cost of the keep,
A number of witnesses were called on either side,
and Mr. Waldron raised a point of law, contending
that the action in its prese.ut
,orin against defead-
ant could net stand. The case teas eventually ad- '
jonrned.
OUR GIRLS AND Boys.—E very mother is anxious '
that her littte ones shall look pretty and be as well
dressed as her neighbour's, and it is perfectly right
that this should be so. A love ef the beautiful
should be implanted in every ,childish heart. By
this we do not mean that vanity and an inordinate
love of dress and display should be the lessons in-
culcated, but little girls should be taught that to
dress neatly and becomingly, and to make their
appearance as attractive as possible without mere-
tehdoos attempts, is one of our social duties. But
often means are wanting to the mother who is eo
proud of her children. "Dressmakers are so ex-
pensive for chiltren's garments," cries anxiocs
math families. Mrs. Leach has c,)rne to the rescue
of such with her paper patterns and the Children's
Dressmaker, wherein the daruiest costumes for little
lath s of all ages are depicted. of which the patterns
can be obtained at a low rate, and not costumes
only, but mantle, and other out-door garments,
not forgetg tin ,unciergarments Of every, description.
These, indeed, have a special book to themselves, ,
where nearly two hundred different undergarments
of every kind for ladies and children are shown.
Mrs. Leacke's Children's Dremmaker is puldished
monthly at one penny.
Locan PEDESTRIANISX.-011 Thursday evening
38 young men of the neighbourhood met on Han-
bury Hill for a friendly run from that place to the
Stamford Arms Hotel, Enville, and back. After
a grand race the three first came as follows :—J.
Green, scratch, 1 hour 14 minutes, Ist; R. Vince,
3 minutes start, 1 hour 20 minutes, 2nd; P. Wat-
son, 5 minutes start, 1 hour 22 minutes, 3rd Taking
into consideration the heavy nature of the road, the
winner's time was very good.
Genes' FRIENDLY SOCIETY.—The annual festival
in connection with this society took place on Satur-
day last, when the party, numbering about 200,
were conveyed t ) .Enville, where they thoroughly
enjoyed themselves/
A. WOLLASToN" MtLKIKAN HEAVILY FINED. At
the Blierley Hill Police Court on Thursday, Thomas
Smith, inilkseller, Wollaston, was charged with
selling adulterated milk,--It was proved that the
-milk contained 20 per cent, of added water . Mr.
Waldron, who appeared for the defendant, urged
that his client had no personal knowledge of the
maeter. Thehnilk was taken out by the wife, and
was boueht from her. The Stipendiary (Mr.
' Neville) said defendant, was fined .25 and'costs for a
similar ()fleece two years ago and but for the fact that
he was an old man he should inflict the fall penalty
of £2O and cost,. Defendant deserved every bit of
it,but he would now he fined £7 and costs.
AHREsT ON SUSPICION.— At the Police Court
yesterday, b -fore Messrs, F. Evers and T. D.
Thomas, Louisa Shaunbulger, Bilston, was charged
on suspicion with stealing £6 add 4 shawls on
the 19th of April, the property of William Pardee.
Mr. Wheeler said he was not prepared with any
witnesses to identify the person in the dock with
the person who committed the their,. Mr. Evers
said they were very sorry that she had been
brought up on such a charge. She would have her
f ,re paid back to her friends and would have
s nneiiiiig substantial given , her. She would
leave the court without a stain on her character.
• DRUNKENNESS. —John Brannan, Biirningham
Street, was charged with being drunk on the 18th
inst. and was fined 5s and costs.—William Golding,
Cra,dley, was; fined 5s and costs for being drunk at
Cradley on the 20th inst.—Joseph Hingley, Lye,
.vs fined -103 and costs for being drunk on the 9th -
inee—James Davenport, Bellbroughton, was fined
53 and costs for being drunk and disorderly and
refusing to quit the Bell Inn, Bell End, on the
11th inst.
ASSAULTS. Richard Attwood, anchor smith
Cra.dley, was charged with assaulting George
Mallen, anchor smith„ on the 26th ult. ' • George
Malt ea was charged with assaulting Richard
Attwood at the same place and on; the .same
After hearing the evidence, which was very con-
tradictory, the Bench dismissed the cases.
JURY LISTS—The jury lists of the following
places were presented and passed with one exception
for the Lye, a man who was over 60 years ot age.
viz : Broom, Bellbroughton, Cleat, Churchill,
Hagley, Lye, Lutley, Cradley, and Stourbridge.
. THE EDUCATION ACT-- A number of persons
were summoned by Mr. Chance and Mr'. Baker for
not sending their children to school.. Fines varying
flora is to 3s were inflicted.
BOARD or GUARDIA.IO3.—Mr. Ha,skew presided at
the Weekly meeting of this Board yesterday. ,The
Master of the House reported: Admitted into the
House 8, discharged 11, born 2, remaining 471,
corresponding week last week year 431. The out-
door relief was Kingswinford .251 Os sd, Stour-
bridge £29 6s 7d; Halesowen £24 us 5d ; none
resident £1 17s 5d ; fatal £lO5 15s 10d ; corre-
sponding week last year £lOO 19 2d. It was re-
ported that Mr. Forrest, a member of the Board
was dead, and it was proposed that a letter of cone
dolence be sent to the family.

HARVEST TEIANKS3IVING SERVPIES.
ST. Tnomas's —The annual harvest thanksgiviug
services in connection with this church commenced
on Thursday evening, when the Rev. J. Knight-
Law, curate-in •charge at the Delph, preached the
germ, n, taking for his text the Ist verse of the 23rd
psalm, "Toe Lord is my Shepherd." The church
was beautifully decorated, and there was a good
congregation.
WORDSSEY CHURCH MISSION ROOM.-7-11aTvest
Festival services were held in this room on 'lnes—
day, Wednesday, Thursday, and FrHay evenings,
The room wsa tastefully decorated.