The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-02-19 00:00:00

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ACCIDENT.—On Monday evening a sad accident
happened to a cattle drover at Oldswiuford. It
appears that he was retuining from Hagley Stock
hale in a trap belonging toinr. II Sharp, tutcher,
of this town, and n ariving at Oldswinford the
man was getting out of till trap. when from some
cause or other he sipped al-t1 fell to the pound.
his leg as broken and the bone protruded through
the skin, Georg, Bik r, passenger gir r tin Vas
eopoy of the Great IflTesitern Railway Company,
who is a member of the St. Johns AtnbuiaLeJ
Society, fortunately happened-to be p teeing at the
time and at •,nc-:skilfully bounl up the injured
limo, and t.e p ,or fellow was conveyed to t e
General Ilospi al, Birmingham,
COUNTY Couta.--it this Court on Wednesday,
before Sir Rupert Kettle, judge, Mr. J. W. Cluiow
applied to the C,:urt tor the app,intmen.t of a re-
ceiver in tile ca,e o; Elwed v. Evans A short time
ago the plaintiff, a brewer of Brierley Hill, obtained
a verdict in a superior Court against the defendant,
a hay tiusser, of Kingswinford, and the amount
due to the plaintiff, with costs, was £Bl 12s. As
this sum was not paid the present application was
made, it being alleged that the defendant had bl-
- rntitlod to a revisionary interest under the
wil of relative. The order was granted.
DUDLEY A.ND SrOMUNtIDGE STEAM TRAMWA.TB
COMPANY LIMITED. Traffic receipts for the week
ending 12bh Cebruary, 1887. £132 15s 4d; songs-
pouding week last year, £136 18s 3d.
CHANGE lIINGING. —On Monday ev..ning last, at St
Th-)mairs Church, for practice, a touch of Bob
Triples was rung, containing 504 changes in seven-
teen minutes, by the following W. Hartshorn 1,
G. li. Pag,:t t2,A. W. tatmors 3, H. Harris 4, W.
I"wrence 5, H. Hartshorn 6, W. A. Pugh 7,0,
Barrett 8. Conducted by W. Lawrence. Weight
of ten i, 19"owt. Mesere. Hartshorn and Whatmore
hail trom Brierley Hill the rest being members of
St. Thomas's

Sr. URBRIDGE ,I.I.7VTEER A hig,h•elaqs and
very succes,ful concert in aid of the Stourbridge
Volee:s was gi en in the Corn Exchange, on
Mon ty ev.-ning, to a crowded audknce. The
artistes wet Bonito. Miss Me'vii a Field,
Wssrs. berley, C W. Thomas, H. King, W.
Griffin, S. Simms, and the Peoples Choral oziety,
BOARD OF GUARDIANS. —Air. Haskew prc.,,ided
at tue usual week y meting of this Board yet r •
da3. 'VII re were admitted during the week 24,
dtscharged 15, bum 2, dead 1, remaining in the
Hou-e 571, correst ending period last year 571.
The relief was as follows: Bingswinford, £47 8s
3d; Stuurbralge, £33 13s ; lialesowen, £3l 2s
2d; nonresident, £2 is sd; tqtal, £ll4 4,3 100;
corresponding wtek last year, £lOB 8s 91(1,
PERMI 1 TING GAMING.—At tite Police Cot rt, yes_
ter :ay, before Colonel Fletcher, T. D. Thomas and
W. J. Turney, El.za Parkes, landlady of the
Anchor Inn, Wollescote, was charged with I:et-mu-
ting gaming on her licensed 13: etnises on ti.e 24th
ult.—Mr. Waldron defended, George Smith said
he saw thiee men gaining iu defendant's ouie.
Cross-examtned: He used to manage the housefor
Messrs. Easkew' Whitwell, and Hand. He and his
wife went out of Tile h: use on the 28th January.
He gave up pos-cssion on the 24th Januaty. He
would swear he went into the house as near as he
could tell at half-past twe.ve. Mis. Parkes ad not
site anything.—Bertie Westwood gave evidence and
said he told a woman that he and Geor,e were gc nig
to swear that the men in the house were playing for
dzi k He also told the woman that" it was all put
right" lie could not swear to any single uerson
who played for drink that was wt n at the game of
`• tip it." Sarah Jane ftnith said he saw ,ome
men playing tor half-pence ab. ut 10 o'clock, In
cross-examicaticn wialess mid the men did uot
be iii to pay at cards till half-past eleven, Iv. en
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