Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-24
GADSDEN.
The Children Wanted to See If It Would Burn. Industrial, Social and General
 News.

Gadsden. Aug. 23.-(Special Corre- spondence.)-The Commercial club and the commissioners of Etowah county have decided to build a new road from Gadsden to Attalla. which will be mac adamized. The present road is dis grace to civilization, and the new road will be hailed with delight by the farmers and public generally.
 Prof. A. B. Merville of Attalla has been elected teacher of mathematics and bookkeeping of the Ashland, Ala col lege, in Clay county.
 John Gilbert farmer living near Att talla, lost his barn and contents together with tools, thirty bushels of corn, etc, one day this week. His little children set it on fire to see If it would burn.
 Columbus Dreskill, the keeper of the Etowah poor house, is charged with mis- appropriating provisions furnished for the poor house to his own private means, and the county commissioners have sus- pended him pending further inveStiga- ton. He was employed at salary of $27 per month to look after the paupers
 John Abbott and Edward Clark of this city are in jail on a charge of counter feiting. Clark is the watchman at the .Gadsden, Ala, furnace, and claims that it is a plot to get rid of him, as he is a witness against other parties.
 A protracted meeting is being carried on at Mount Carmel church, in North Gadsden.
 The young people enjoyed dance at the residence of F. w. Bellinger last evening.
 The Gadsden wheelmen are making great preparation for their bicycle meet in this city on the 9th and 9th of Septem- Der. Some speedy racers will be here to compete for the big purses.
 The board of county equalization, com posed of Capt A. l.. Woodliff, chairmani B. o. Lee, tax assessor, and J. J. Free man, have completed their labor, after fifteen days hard work. They raised the taxable value of slxty-nine property holders to the amount of $65, 100 and added to their tax list about $15,000 of escaped taxes, making a total raise of $S4,0O0. They reduced the value of property or several owners to the amount or $l950
 Not to be out done by Gadsden the city council of Attalla is in a muddle over the fee system.
 The Louisville and Nashville freight depot, which was burned here last month, has been rebuilt.
 The Southern Manufacturing company of this city has secured the contract to furnish the doors and window frames for 200 cottages to be built by the Dwight Cotton factory. This plant has orders ahead to keep them busy for twelve months.
 Sam Tanner has been in jail here on a charge of abusive and obscene lan- guage.
 Luke Hill, an employe of the Elliott Car works, had steel drill driven through his arm at the wrist yesterday. making a painful and terrible wound
 All railroads have given greatly re- duced rates to Gadsden during the bicy- cle meet on the 9th and 9th of September.
 The young ladies of Wells Valley will discuss the subject of Prohibition" on the night of the 30th at Johnsons camp ground. No men are allowed to partlc- ipate in the discussion.
 Prof. J. w. DuBose has returned from a trip to Chattanooga.
 Rev. F. T. Brandon is very i'll at his home in this city.
 Charles Allison and family of Missis- sippi visited his parents in this city last week.
 Charles Manning and family are back from a visit to relatives in Coosa county. [ John Miller of Birmingham visited his sister, Mrs. John Pogue, in this city this week.
 Mrs Fletcher Midgly is back from five months visit to relatives in Cali fornia.
 P. s. Wilson and family have moved back to Gadsden from Paducah, Ky.
 Miss Lila Heath has returned to her home in Melbrume, Fla.
 w. w. Hunt has returned to his home in Columbus, Ga, after visiting friends here.
 Frank Savage and Joe Mcconnell of Centre were in town this week.
 Miss Zilla Schinn, who has been the guest of Miss Annie Rhea several weeks, has returned to her home in Talladega.
 Prof. J. l.. Beeson and wife of New Orleans were in the city last week with relatives.
 Prof G. G. Jones and family of Cin- cinnati have arrived in the city. Profess or Jones is principal of our city schools.
 Miss Mary Emma Hightower is with her parents in the city.
 Naval Cadet Oscar Duncan Of the Annapolis academy is visiting his pa rents in the city.
 l.. L.. Herzberg and Louis Lovemanare in New York laying in their fall and win ter goods.
 Rev. D. A. Burns of Fayette Court House was in the city this week with rel atives.
 Mrs W. R. Moody has returned to her home in Atlanta. after visit to her parents in this city, Dr. and Mrs. J. P. Rails.
 Newt Hammonds and wife and Miss Mary Brownings visited Chattanooga this week.