Birmingham age-herald., 1894-09-09
LOCAL LACONICS

LOCAL LAC0NICS
 Age-Herald Reporters-General
 Resume of Happenings.
 PHOTOGRAPHIC CONCERT. The mem bers
 of Wesley Chapel Methodist church, Jones'
 vile, will give a photographic concert Tuesday night for the benefit of the church.
 MARRIAGE LICENSES. Marriage licenses
 were granted yesterday by the probate
 judge as follows: Leonard Scott and Miss
 Dora Creel Harry Frost and Miss Lillie Solomon.
 A SMALL BLAzE.-A cabin occupied by
 some negroes at Avenue and Eighteenth
 street caught fire about 0 clock yesterday
 afternoon and the department was called
 out. The fire did but little damage before
 1t was extinguished. MSUMMER NIGHT HoP.-The Always
 Ready club, composed of Phenix club and
 Young Mems Hebrew association mem-
 bers, will give summer night hop next
 Thursday night at LakevieW pavilion. The
 affair is being ably managed, and promises
 to be @ grand event.
 GENEROUS LIBERALITY.- The Postal
 Telegraph company agrees to transmit free
 of cost any and all contributions of money
 for the sufferers by the great fire of the
 northwest. Those people are in a most de-
 plorable condition, and the hand of charity
 should be extended to them.
 Two SMALL TRAVELLERS. Two little boys, Raymond and Frank Cooley aged 2
 and 6, respectively, who came all the way
 from Kansas City alone. were at the union
 depot yesterday on their way to Atlanta, where their mother resides. They had been inmates of the children 8 homes, in Kansas City, for some time.
 WELCOME ADDITIONS. The Tennessee
 several officials have removed from Bes-
 sener to Birmingham. MT. Roberts has
 rented the Adger homestead on Seven-
 teenth street and Avenue J, and MT. Twenty second street.
 PROVED VALUABLE.-Mr Simon Klotz, the consular agent in Birmingham for France, was of service to French subject last Friday. The wife of Felix Buchbeele shoemaker, on Third avenue, was run over and killed by the railroad. Consul Klotz rendered his services and was iustru-
 mental in arranging matters with the rail- road.
 
 OFF TO PITTsBURa. Delegates to the national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic from Alabama left yester- day for Pittsburg. Commander 0. w.
 Buckley of the Alabama division came up from Montgomery yesterday morning and left over the Alabama Great Southern road ct p. m. He was accompanied by Messrs Shepherd and Brown of Birmingham. THE CAHABA BRIDGE. .-Messrs. Watkins & Hardaway have been awarded the con- tract for the construction of the county bridge at Bain s ford, on the Cahaba river, and are advertising in the AaE-H HERALD for sub- contractors. This is most inl- portant work by the county commission CTS, and they are to be commended. Messrs Watkins & Hardaway are among the largest and most responsible contractors in the south.
 SILK CULruRE.-S. R. and R. M. Low cry, father and daughter, who are most worthy colored people, and who are are making an effort to purchase a loom, with which they intend to manufacture several thousand silk handkerchiefs for ex. hibition at the Atlanta exhibition. The Commercial club ought to take hold of this
 matter and encourage these deserving people.
 THREE LUCKY NUMBERS. On next | Wednesday night Stanley Macy and Rheta | Mann, with strong supporting company, | will appear at O'Brien's in the highly in- | dorsed musical comedy, "4- -e4 l" These 1 three numbers are considered by lottery | players as the greatest 'tgig'' ever played, l and whenever they come out the policy l shops are hit hard. It Is safe Lo predict | that they will, when produced at O'Brien's l Wednesday night, make a big hit. | SUPPER AND CONCERT. On Thursday l night, September 20, at the oity hall in | Bessemer, there will be a grand concert and supper for the benefit of St. Aloysius | church. Talent from this city and Besse- mer will take part in the concert and it | promises to be a delightful affair. The | supper will be a delightful feature and no | little appreciated. Tickets of admission l will be 50 cents, including supper. free | special dummy for ticket holders will leave l the Florence hotel corner over the Besse- | mer and Birmingham dummy line on that 1 evening at o'clock sharp. .- CENTRAL PARK NUIsANCE5.--The at | tention of the city authorities is respect
 fully called to the fact that herd of about | seven cows and one belligerent and below l ing bull can be seen almost any afternoon | browsing upon the grass and shrubbeEy of | Central park. Besides damaging the park | these bovines strike terror to Lhe hearts of | timid women and children. In this con-
 nection 1t might be we'll to say that nearly l eve~y day gang of small boys, some | white, some black, congregate in this
 same park, and after tossing up ''wet or dry,t enpape In that in ocent(21 but dan.