Birmingham age-herald., 1894-10-20
LOCAL LACONICS
Gathered, Noted and Condensed by Age Herald Reporters-Ge
 Resume of Happenings.

TAX ON PLAYING CARDs.-Collector of Internal Revenue Randall reports that the tax has been paid on all the playing cards in the state, with the exception of about 5000 decks, and that will be collected soon.
 Ar THE COUNTY JAIL.-The county jail register for yesterday has the following entries: John Franklin, assault and bat tery; Milton Davis, cruelty to animals; Will Steadman, state failed and he was re- leased; H. M. Huffman gave bond.
 FOR SELLING WHIsKY.-Chat Holman was arrested at Johns yesterday by Deputy United States Marshal Perkins on a capias charging him with selling whisky without license. He was taken before United States Commissioners Wilson and gave S20O bond.
 WORK OF BAD Boys.-At 10:3O o'clock yesterday morning small blaze occurred at the corner of Eighth street and Second avenue. It was started in vacant store house by crowd of street urchins. The department arrived in time to save the building. :,
 RELEASED FROM JAIL.-AIlen Walden, ,f who was convicted and sentenced to one months Imprisonment for illegally selling liquor at the recent term of the United States court, was released from the Jeffsr- son county jail yesterday, he having served out his term.
 THE BIRMINGHAM, PowDERLY AND BEssEMER.-The petition in the matter of the sale of the Birmingham, Powderly and Bessemer railroad was being heard in the United States court at Huntsville yesterday, and it is probable that a. decree will be rendered in a day or two.
 
 EXCURSION TO MONTGOMERY .-Prepara-J tions are being made for an excursion over the Louisville and Nashville to Montgom- cry on Sunday, October 28. The excursion will leave here early in the morning and re- turn late at night, giving those who go 8 chance to see the Capital City in one day. : YOUNG DEMOCRACY. .--The members of Young Democracy can get badges by call- Ing at democratic headquarters. Sublett hall, on Second avenue, bstween Twentieth and Twenty first streets, at 7:30 o'clock this evening. They will go from there to Erswell's hall, where Senator Morgan will speak. .,4 y,s7-
 JEFFERSON COUNTY TAX VALUES. Tax Assessor s. L. Robertson has not yet com pleted his list for the present year, but he has made an estimate of the taxable values of Jefferson county property at the request of the state auditor. In that he estimates the total valuation of all property assessed by him this year at approx imately $29,- COG, ,000.
 tFoR REVENUE ONLY ''-Milton Mobiles announces his new play, "For Revenue Only, ' as a comedy, but not farce. While the remainder of the play is said to be writ ten on the legitimate comedy lines. There Is an interesting little story and plot, which does not get lost in the shnffis.
 SPECIAL TRAIN FROM ONEoNTA.-A spe. clal train will be run from Oneonta to Bir- mingham this afternoon, and will return tonight after Semror Morgan's speech. This 1s to give the democrats along the Birmingham Mineral road between this city and Oneonta an opportunity to hear Alabama's great statesman discuss the is- sues of the present campaign.
 REPUBLICAN, LITERATURE.-The repub. licans are flooding the country with circu- lars and literature giving their side of the tariff question. The latest is a circular signed by Stephen N. Noble of Annistop. an iron manufacturer and delegate 10 the last national republican convention, giving the price of cotton and iron at different pe- fiods for the past twenty years.
 HIS HEAD SMASHED. News reached the city last night that James A. Ray, hagman on Louisville and Nashville freight No. A, got into an altercation with a brakeman named Galloway about switching at Champion mines, near Oneonta, and the former received severe blow on the head from brakeman's club in the hands of Galloway. While not fatally hurt, MT. Ray is reported to have been badly injured.
 SLIGHT WREcK.-At Kings station. on the Kansas City, Memphis and Bir- mingham, at few min utes past o'clock, a train on that road was wrecked and de. layed for nearly four hours. From what could be learned a car had by some means ! gotten loose and run from 8 siding on to \ the main line. The engineer n train No. II 8 was in short distance of the car when it 5 was discovered. but managed to check his train enough to prevent a very damaging wreck. As it was the damage was very | small, and after about four hours' work the trac ok was cleared. . -lH,.4s-
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