The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-01-15 00:00:00

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STOURBRIDGE SCHOOL OF ART.

DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES.
The annuli distribution of prizes took place at
the School of Art, Stourbri.lge, on Tucsday night.
Mr. McCallum. a_ former master _of the _ school,

presided —Mr. Worthington read the annual report,
which stated th t L Lyttelton had accepted the

01fi...:0 of President, left vacent by the &a.la of the
E tr: of Dudley. The number of students had in-
creased s.nce the reopening of the stool after the
alterations. The results of the ex trninations at

Stourbridge showed signs.of steady if slow improve-
ment. At Brierley Hill good work was done.
The modeling clas3 at Stourbridge was a compara •

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,ively now feature, and might prove very useful in
training modellers for art work in terra-cotta in
the district—The Chairman, after distributing the
uriz-s and certificates, said he considered that the
stu ly and practice of art and the cultivation of
taste was an ever-growing factor in the progress of

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a great nation. They had now gooi and efficient
school of art throughout the country, and the

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desigos producAl by-Englishmen affor el employ-
ment. to an increasing number of the population.
They had manufactures in that neighbourhool of
which any city or town might be proud. English
manuf ictures were in demand all over the wo I
and in these days. of cl 'se competitiol with whirr
nations he thought it well to cdl attention to the
remarkably thrif;y way in which their brothers
acr ).ss the Channel lived. Tae economy of a French
artisan's dweldng would surprise theal. The C-ier-
man peasant filled up his spare time in making
ingenious toys, and both nations were running us
close in the markets of the wold. The willingness
to work at a7iy prices across the Channel was
sapping the found tions of our trade.—Mr. Wallace
then moved the following resolution : "The
committee are plea.•;ed to put on record that a year
of honest work has been accomplished by the Art
School ; they are glad to note a growing appreciation
of the services it renders to the neighbourhood, and
trust that their efforts may be still further helpful
to the various manufacturers of the district."—This
was;seconded by Mr. It. Deakin and carried.—The
proceedings closed with a vo:e of thanks to Mr. Mo.
Callum.

Messrs. J. R Parkington & Co. state that the
shipments of Port for December amount to 5,803
(Great Britain 2,576) making 74 825 pip's for
twelve months, against 64 715 in 1885, 62,015 pipes
in 1881, and 65,788 pipes in 1883. The Sherry
shipments were 4,338 butts, making 47,931 butts
for twelve months, agaiust 41,722 huts in 1885,
46,136 butas in 1881 and 51,321 butts in 1883.
THE NEW TOWN HALL. A meeting of the
Donors' Committee was held on Tuesday night in
reference to the acceptance of a tender for the
erection of anew, Town Hall. The committee de-
cidon to accept the tender of Mr. John Guest,
amminting to £3,560. There were thirteen propo-
sals iv at in, there bein4 a differeice of nearly
£1,500 between the highest and the lowest. The
work is to b 3 completeclatithia six months from the
time the contractor has pos ession of the land.
CAUTION TO PAINTS.—An inquest was held al_
the.hous3 of Mre. Keller, the New Inn, Enville
Street, on Tuesday evening, bebre Mr. E. Docker,
(Deputy:Coroner), relative to the death of George
Frederick Hill, aged three months, who was found
dead by the side of ite mother early on Monday
morning. From the, evidence of the mother it
appears that the child had been in good health
fro -n its birth. On Sunday morning the child was
slightly convulsed, and the mother made it some
herb tea and gave it some three or four times and
it then got better. She put deceased to bed about
half past ten and at half past two she found she
was dead. The child was lying in the same poiition
as when it went to sheep. Lilly Wyatt, Heath
Street. said she was a neighbour of Mrs. Hill and
was called up by Mrs. Hill's husband, who said his
wife had turned round and found the child was
deal. When she got up stairs she saw the child in
Mrs. Ilill's.arms, and it seemed to have died a
natural death. Dr. R. L. Bayley said he saw the
body of deceased about toi o'clock on Monday
morning. He examined the b 4:ly but did not find
any marks of violence. The eyes were sunk in the
sockets and denoted wasting away. Thera were
symptoms of diarrlicea, and convulsions. The child
di I not appear to have been properly nourished.
He should say the cause of death was exhaustion in
consequence of diarrhcei.—By a juror: He thought
if me i;cal assistance had been called in sooner the ,
child might have been saved.—Tue jury reterne 1 a i
verdict of "Death from natural causes."
Tux FATAL Can ACCIDENT. -- An inquest was
hell at the New inn, Enville Street, on Tuesday
evening, before Mr. E. Docker (Deputy Coroner) on
the bedy of Elizabeth Garbett, aged 34, who met
with her deadi through being knocked down by a '
cab on the 3rd inst. in Euville Street. Mr. C. H.
Collis appeared on behalf of Mr. J. D Penny, the
empl yer of the cabman. John Goebel, nailer,
BeitlC v. Bank, husband of the decensel, s tid she was
in good health up to the day of her death. He saw
her la,t about six o'clock, lie weut out about that
time ani returned about 11e30. He found her on a
stretcher, and there were four policemen and some
other poopls with her. lie found she had been
iujurA on the shoulder, and nett were bruises all
over her. He was told she had been run over by a
horse and e tb, Dr. Smith saw her that night end
she was insensible Sue did not rally nor speak till
Friday last.—By Mr. Collie : She was a little hard
hearing. Alfred Bridgwater, spade and ,shovel
pl iter, Wollaston, said he was in front of the New
Inn. on the 3rd inst., talking to Harry Kelley arid
William Pagett, He saw a cab coining from the
direction of Wollaston. He heard the (liver shout
when he was about twelve yards from the house.
HO shouted out loudly twice, " Look up." Witness
tuned to look who was in the way, and saw the
deceased crossing from one side of Iqie road to the
other. Instead of goicg, straight :across the road
she "left inclined in the direction of the horse's
head. Witness and his two companions then
shouted. Deceased had a shawl on her head, and
musr have been in deep thought at the time. There
was plenty of time for her to get out of tho way.
He did not think the driver could have possibly
pulled the lir rse up. From what he could see it
was the head of the horse that knocked deceased
down. She was carried some four yards by the feet
of the horse, and then turned under the cab. The
wheels did not touch her whatever. The driver
stepped at once mei-witness went up to the woman.
Witn.,ss went for a doctor because there was plenty
of help, and the doctor came at once. fa his
opi
'nion e • th driver could not pull up, and witness
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thought he ougat to be exonerated fernblame.—
William Paaett, 25, Envill3 Street, skin seliiter,
coiriborated last witness. Dr. Hen y HaT,mo d
Smith said he was called after eleven o'clock to the
decca ed She was insensible and sac suffering
from con-nsed and lacerated wounis over the eye.
brow. Tie-re were several scratches on the face.
She dii Lot rally, and he continued to attend her
until she died on the Friday. The cause of death
-woe eaepre-sion of the brain, brought on bytho
injuries- received. The jury returned a verdict of
"•Aooldent J death," arid a Hal a rider to the effect
that the driver of the cab was exonerated from all
blame.
SIOITB,TON IINSTItELS.-0a Monday and Tuesday
evenings the members of this troupe gave per—
formances In the Coca Each inge, in Si I f tho St.
Thomas's Church restoration fund. On Monday
there was a ve:y gcrel andi uce, but foe Tuesday
there e as it perc..ptiqe fading off in the atten knee.
Toe oe•,g tea; Or. sie the enteatainments worthy of
Do/ha. .ea t e edmirahlo sieezei :g of Mr. 11„1. 114..1
and Ii eepeyb banjo and colic rtiea playiug of Mr.
J. 11. I! r. iy