The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-10-01 00:00:00

w ere there w'ia a fire and sit 'lowa. D lends.
i• me hk kvi.l p per on'le fie.: in 1 eeld
th:r n i afserva.ds nab dit u t•e chim ey
'1 he Alma 7wes o fir , taint asked fre.
in a Ilolla Ilt .0 ea)l3 e hioa te .4e sac!) books 3.,
1 0 dial not go in ,kis lirary. --The Welch said !hey
shwa fee on with the ca4e. Frederilt P irzete
a 1 ee se e defendant pit the paper on t e fire an 1
wl-..11 ainin n ereel \lit ;hell Irio to pat
d-fendant picked up a poker and kept the ral)er o
the fire. The ehitnney was oa fir •ft a quarter ~f
an hour —l' C. Pitt said he saw tne chimney 01
ilia). He saw defendant tlr.Telooki-g 01 and laugh-
hug The chimney was on fire over a quarter of an
hour and there were complaints about it.—Defend-
ant said the house belong-el to his mother and was
void. It was being repaired and the men who w. re
at work asked for a fire aud he put some paper on
-nd the chimney was set on fire. As soon ns he
found the chiinney seal on fire he got a halfpenny
worth of salt and put on the fire. The Bench said
teey did not intend to convict ani dismissed the
eas.,. Defendant: Thank you, sir
A. CfIERICY BeareEse.—Aenie Aston, alias Under-
xood, of the llayes, Lye, was committed for trial
at the next Quer er Sessions for obtaining a cow
bee and a peu,tdof corned tear from Alice Smith,
shopkeeper. Kidderminster Street. yea.erda.y. Pri-
soner went into the shop and said the goods were
r Mrs. Dirk. at the Flume and Or on and prose-
cutrix let her have them. but it was afterwards
foetal out that Mrs. Dark knew nothing about the
affair. Prisoner was arrested shortly afterwards by
Sergeant Flardwicke.
BOARD oF GUARDIANS.—Mr. Pargeter presided
' at th weekly meeting ot this Board y at, nay.
Admitted into the house during the week 12, dis-
charged 8, dead 1, remaining 505, against 496 in
' the corresponding week last year. Out door re-
kJ, Kingswinford diAtrict £46 840 d. Stourbridge
17s Bd. Halesowen £33 Oa °'d. Non-resid-
ent paupers £lB ha 31 ; to al £ll7 Is Old against
£lO5 Is lid last year.
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