Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-24
JASPER
Carbon Hill Contested Election Cases-The Coking Tests Were Satisfactory-Man-
 ager CampbeIl's "Treat."

Jasper, Aug. 22.-(Special Correspond
 ence e)-Circuit court is in session here,
 Judge James J Banks presiding, with So-
 licitor c. W. Ferguson representing the
 majesty of the state. The docket is un-
 usually large, several murder eases com
 ing up for trial next week. The business
 of the court is being pushed rapidly and
 satisfactorily. The Carbon Hill con-
 tested election case was called Monday
 and set for Monday of the fourth week
 of the term, when it will'be tried without
 the Intervention of jury. An interesting
 skirmish on a 'plea of abatement" was
 had between the able counsel when the
 case was called, but his honor had re-
 served his decision Messrs Coleman & Bankhead represent contestants and
 Messrs. H.. l.. Washington and w. H.
 Smith, Jr., the eontestees.
 MT. F. M. Lambert. familiarity known as Shorty Lambert, had his foot ter ribly mangled while attempting to mount a locomotive engine in the Birmingham,
 Sheffield and Tennessee yards yesterday. He is not an employe of the road. and
 while the railroad boys are caring for him the road is free from blame.
 Superintendent Adams of the Sheffield Coal Iron and Steel company pronounces great satisfaction at the result of re- cent tests of the coking qualities of his coal. It is thought that our large coking plant will soon be in full operation,
 Tuesday Manager P. Campbell of the Birmingham, Sheffield and Tennessee, with his usual prlncely liberalty, ten dered a special coach to Jasper people affording them a free ride and ticket to a grand concert at Sheffield that evening. Forty of our citizens accepted the invi- tation and attended. The party were under the especial escort of MT. H. P. olo, ,Ia,. s.fa in,, nj and Conductor Walter James, and consisted of MT. and Mrs. J. H. Cranford, Mes danes M. B. Lyons, J. M. Cranford, A.
 M. Stovall, John A. Graylee, G. D.
 O'Rear William Randolph. ]. H. Me-
 Guin, Misses May Shields, Lillian Legge,
 Nellie Osborne. Etta Osborne, May Ros-
 amond. Clara Norvell Louie Davis. Will
 lie Shepherd, Alice Shaw, Eula Stovall.
 Eleanor and Mabelle Sowell and Messrs.
 Tucker Darlington, F. A. Housman. Sheriff Lacy, James Freeman, Earnest Lacy, Cecil Lacy. James Shaw, w. T. Hughes. J. R. Kilgore, Griffin, LamlSin, George Saunders, w. H. Masters, ". D. Leatherwood, J. w. Lipscomb w. R. Smith. Jr., w. R. Smith and Clayton Gravlee. Esq. The ride was happy one, although the crowd was welcomed at the end of their destination by provok- ingly heavy shower and there were few vehicles for transportation to the hotel, where the exercises were held and the party entertained. MT. J. B. Lagomar- sino, the proprietor. exerted himself to
 please. and. while his crowd was unex-
 pectedly large, they were nicely handled.
 The concert was truly feast, the pro-
 gramme happily selected and magnii-
 gently rendered Mrs. S. J. Latta's splen-
 did soprano was a revelation to Jasper
 people, and she sustained handsomely
 throughout her well established reputa-
 tion in southern musical circles. The
 contralto of Miss Claudia Robbins was
 decidedly catching. and her every ap-
 pearance was heartily encored Hon.
 Wilson R. Brown, whose frequent ap-
 pearances in Birmingham have made
 him we'll known to Age-Herald readers,
 was leading feature In the concert and
 favored us with several solos with pleas ing effect.
 After the concert the young people en- joyed a dance, which was prolonged to the *wee small hours" Sheffield is cer- tainly tozbe congratulated on the high order of musical talent she harbors k. w. Long. who was sandbagged at Cordova and robbed last week between the railroad station and his home, is pro-
 nounced out of danger by his physician.
 No clue to the perpetrator of the foul
 deed
 Mr. c. D. Long has just pressed out 5GG
 gallons, of grape wine. His vineyard
 contains some 5000 vines and partially
 bore this year for the first time. Next
 season Charley's bonanza will begin. There is gratifying disposition on the part of our people to embark in this in- dustry and the soil of the county is ad- mirably adapted to 1t.
 Rev. Virgil Hawkins, president of the Athens Female college, preached here last Sunday at the Methodist church.