The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-01-28 00:00:00

SATURDAY ,JA.NTTARY ~154, /33g,

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CHU BCH Or ENGLAND Associsertots.—The annual
meetiog el this gooleiy was held at the rooms of the
associa;ive on Wednesday; the Rev. IL Sherrard
presiding, re :he nnavoiatthe absence of the pre.
ident, Mr A.. red Freer.—Mr. Scott read the annual
report ofr. eeimmittee, which stated that e crisis
had arilvee ei the history of the associatiou which
demanded he attention of its members and well-
wishers. r.enoval of the. association five year,
ago to tuora conatoodieus premises had entailed
inereased expeeses, especially from hgh,r rent;
but it was anticipated that this would be Ea/ by
more need-there joioing the association. Teouga
! the list oi members was namerous, the subscriptions,
whieh a led' ted to mealy advantages at a cheap rate,
were ieadequate for the needs of the ansociAtion and
thete had been-a failing-off in other sources of in-
come.- .After reference to the annual soiree, the
Sbakespearat celebration, the debating society.
and . other matters, • the .ceiriuni• tee .invitea the
opinion of the members o' the associatim as to
whether it should be continued, and an effort
made to increa3o its usefulness, or vvhether it should
be
.allowed to become an extinct institution. If it
was carried on, this Could only •be safely done by
1 erty and loyal co operation on the part of the
recnb rs generally. The halanceaebeet allowed
that the receipts of the year had been ..£3O us. 4,1
and the expenditure £7B, 0, id. Teere were
arrears of sub-criptions G ,and liabiliti,as £3O. 110.
4d. The re po. t and balance-sheet were . re cei ve
and adopted.—The Chairman then jai/fled tha
opinion of the mernbera as to the future of the
of the association. He commented upon left past
usefelness and a rid though some of is opereeions
had not been maintained as in the last, it was stiil
rateable of goad service in the neighbourhood. Its
removal to aneAper premises was, in any cam', a
necessity, and the tenancy of (be present house
mould terminate in March.—The Rev. L. B. Miley
expres:ed a derided opinion as to coutinuing the
assoeiatiee, and moved a resolution, to that effect,
which tea?, secoeded by Mr. Thornroe -Mr. 11. 1).
llodowry meved hat a committee b 3 appeinied to
c nfer with the. cornmitte( s or the eternal-tics'
lustitatioa ate: the Working Iletis Institution as
t ) an arnalaaaretion oi the three societies,. and re-
port ti a speai tl general meetiog of the mendera
' at an early dare —Ar J. Cartwright secended the
az/Janine-et-, but atter a di-oussion; in' which the

sug.gested Go:ail:name of the a.suciation weot ein-
pharie (I by the tnrjJ applanso of. the meetings
tl-e sont-n,iment wai withdrawn, and ruck original
s lutiott w car. led —1 mod:fieition in the rule
was advorated, so as to giTe bioadet scope to the
asa,ciatiov, and the n eating was djoarned for a
w. ek to allow ;hi t.be formally brought forviard
—T:.6 weeii.,n of offic rs w.to postpoued til .th,2.

lin, WO. t
BoAt:n or kinstintaws —Tht±uswil weekly in. et
in 4 of Ods Board w,is bli ycsterday, Mr. P.
Pargeter t-,e ehair. Admitted into the hone
dining tile week 9, discharged 2, dead 6, 'remaining
.495 against 560 in the coiTesp :nding week laet
year. (Yit-dot.•r relief, Kingswinford R,50 103 O(1.
tou inidge .e4C) 10s. Oil fleowoi, £2B 17m. NJ.
Non-residPet paupers .161 13s. 61: To:al £l2l
I.!*. 41. against .tlll 15s, 9,1 last vi.a;.. •
VLORANCY.- —A t , Police C,33r•, rsterday
before Colon 1 Fletch4r, A, F. Godcon, I.‘Aq., W. J
Turney, E4l , ant 1,1 Webb, Ir..*q Jo-n 'dope was
charge!t with begging in the township. P.C. Ball
proved the ea.,e and tiefen-tanton promising not to
llend A;:r,:tin was diaoharged.
• Dretimi.--Alatthise Baehford was . char...ed with
inz d nil,: and disorderly at the Lye, on the 21st
inst. l'.o A. J ones proved .the Case. lined 51.
and costa. r 14
OMT;tOCTION.--eloba -Wilmot( was summoned
for canAng an on,truction 14.16,111:u his hone and
trap for sia nor siocable titne, on th‘s 1301 inst.
W. Jones prored the Case. Defendant sa d
be went into the. Coffee 6hop to his dinner and. was
act atv ‘.re •he law on the sobject. Withe,rawn
on p ITT:lent of 61. 6,1 co t.
Is:Dv :•Excv.—arnuel (53), was charged
wi!h h decen,7 on the 23i-A inst. at the Vaexhall.
P.C.W. J in a an I a w.tness natnel rhomas Good..
ii a I proved :he case. Fined 10a. and costa or
one it nth.
A LLYCLT YOUTH --TAO Thomas Cal tWright
(13), ta Chttriccl sv,tl. ideating an overcoat and a
jacket. on the 17. h Lit'. ibe property of Enoch
Cartwright, at Woilos.iin.—Prosecuter sail he
era, a glasseu.ter, and lived at High Street,
Wollaston. lie owned the . overcoat and jacket
inodneed, and gave information to the police
Prisoner was his son and he wished the case to be
withdrawn —Prisoner was charged with stealing
three pocket knives, the property of Mr. Pillinger,
ironm .nger. High street. Prosecutor said defend-
ant Irma errand boy in his employ. lie missed
several knives and in convquence of information
reeived from P.O. Ca. twright, he saw and identi-
fied the three knives produced whi4l were worth 63.
6d. Friirik Bridgwater said prisoner gave him
the knife pr.:Attired and said his uncle had sent
' them troin S'aetlield P.C. (,:.:,rteright, said ho-
'.ehezged the pri• oer with kitaali'.4e- the hniv•ta, ant
he said he hal. tncu tho halves ant given them
!sway -to three lads. Prisoner 1;;:,ii.), he trail incited
by Samuel Bayley, to steal s Bayley was
called and , out the Bea&I
ealtionen him and disallowed 1-.l,:?:t.p..n.es.—Euvna
llocigti.s, second hand el,,the-; der, itemplut.is.
said pri‘oi.er Orou.liit the co:ttt, *h •p ad said
inot.:,er had sNiz him it, w.l she gave 20.
r t. Mr. (401E011 Bai.i vc.tniizr no ad be eery
*bunt nuyiwz article 4 children like
Charu:-/.1,•, • v,,..7.-...hecArr, High

pric(nwr • t:.:43 coAt 9ro
. • a.. p for 53. P. LA, n-nae
iu.lmusßiLr Prim n'i.iburgod
tLe ftri.t c.i e, for .toaling• e was
e..rdqred t< 1 .'rp't .v.td, ?kA i.i:cit ro atiki
kapt in custody (,)% ti .‘ Court.
_A Num DEAERTIDi B r3vlor was
°Larva with he!m,y ting Ts 3 or hi 3
rloinpl'tin4nt said deff.rdqi:t nut pAi anything
towaris her maintenance for (oar years and had
gone to livein titctland. An or,er tor 4m. per
week wai made Cr, defendKni.
IMPWAViarEgT AND HIGI-VS'AY lIITEM.-1 number
of ponons weir, summo-e iby Mr J. Ilipkis3, for
non-payment of Improvement ani !Tifth way Rates,
Orders for payment were ma !e with costs.

SCHOOL BOARD PROROCUTIONd. A ntaxiLar of
persons wo o bulinioned bv Inepec.tor Tnornpson
for neglecting to send :her •bilii n to a.:h ol at
uraql,l, -4. re fined.
WiLt•ur, DamaGE seph Welsh was o})arge.l
with wilfully tiainAging i •tplooard eiook and other
artioleg, the pio,e ty of Matilda Allpurt. on the
23rd mot. Comp!, •iAut raid defendant went to
ne h tise 311 Jl. the artiel4t in qwErion.
Whni she tee,.t u he tinn,is were safe, snit when

she same hack th. .aings were broke,. Defendant
had livod with her 20 yesra and was rnarri.d to
her granddaughter. 3,rguant Came said he was
sent fur t laat witness hoiaao an the 23rd inst. He
found the clock glasses. and, other thiage broken.
Complainant asked defendant why he broke the
goods and e sail he shoeld nt have done it if slia
had not tak -in part of the,:uther inembere of the
family. Toi damage done amounted to about •toa,
Defendant *Lid there was a family row and the
poker:and :ongs were flying about and that was the
way he th. tight the thiega w• re b•oken Dwunit.
ant was ordered to pay 49e. damage :Ind costs, et
QUO month.
A Dnexxse Daivia.—Jah.s NViLhere was
charged with being drunk whilst in charge of a
hor.e and cart in High Street, on the 15th inst.
Sergeant Pitt proved the tun. Fiaed se. and s at,.
ALLEGIED AGRA.I3LIs —John Ttylor was sou.
monad by Carolina Taylor, iiis civic* fur sae !tilting
1 ron Os 23rd last. at t!le 1.45. Complionsat
• i I on the above date deft, ,laur used bad language
(unlade her and struck her sevoral tim-s on tie
face,a d krckd her. k 1 said iiho had been eadirig
him trime.-I. atiky se.id t,is saw dean •
ant at, ise eompi Defendant denied tks,.
fusadlt Si.+ er,ll(ti ,I1!3 danz!.itet• Mont, who said
hr an..l dlnnisrt intd two good rounds togeth-r
and th3t P.e !atoter did not t,ikat cod], ILinant P L
11. y wers both !ms..rke Fier Estivr did not

co:ne t e untill tan :ninuteg after the
fight Ti,cuatto Bailey parted wituess and eon-
pininaut. Ciirlotte Boxly 3a a si.w Mons
en i Caroline Taylor figlting oxa he 23rd last
Stophie Perks eaid h waa with diffeadart uatil
about 10 mintatmt pt elzys,a. ay.1,1 whma they got
to tile place the dip; woa or. ka did ro! age
eoapl inset at ai. Mc Ranch wqre of opinio
chat there was wilttAl erd de:l4erate perjury on
one ails or the ot' er,.;;;d4ii 'd 'he raft.