Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-21

 the merchants.
 Populist Speaking at Cleveland-Cap R. F. Kolb, Mir. George P. Zimmerman and other populist leaders spoke at Cleveland Blount county, yesterday on the political issues of the day.
 To Organize a Lodge of Maccabees- Col. w. H. Sebring of Memphis is in the city to organize lodge of the order of Maccabees a benevolent organization. A tent will probably be instituted here within the next few days.
 A Royal Plum-Mr. l.. F. Johnston of Fowler station brought to the Age-Her- aid office a satsumer plum grown at his place. which was a splendid specimen of that fruit. It was almost as large as guinea egg and AS luscious as large
 That Accident at Galloway.-State Mine Inspector Hillhouse returned from Galloway yesterday, where he had been to investigate an accident that occurred in the mine there two or three days ago in which a miner named Jenkins was killed.
 A Small Blaze-Yesterday afternoon at 2:45 o'clock box No. 16, corner of Fifth avenue and Twenty-second street. was pulled for blaze in the residence of Mrs. Lorraine, corner of Fourth avenue and IWenIy-SecO0u SlIetl. llle O6pcil liilCllb responded but the blaze was extln- guished without their need. The blaze was in a closet on the second floor and it's origin is a mystery.
 For Hide Stealing-Matthew Palmer and John Brandes were arrested yester- day by Market Clerk Mingea for larceny of a hide from the wagon of Al Tt Purdam. who runs a stall in the North side market Purdam claims to have
 LD Ff,Y3- T the hide in hide house in the city, sold to the proprietor by one of these negroes, who claims that the other one instructed him to take the hide and sell it.
 A Beautiful sight-The sight from Red Mountain pavilion at night is much more interesting than last summer, when the furnaces were shut down. The scene around the Alice furnace is especially grand. The flames from the furnace and coke ovens, and from the rolling mill, brightens the heavens, while the streams of red-hot slag roll down the embank ment like molten lava. Almost every night a new light breaks out in the valley.
 He Will Be an Acquisition.-It is un- derstood that Gen. R. M. Nelson of Selma will move to this city and form an im- portant banking connection. Birmng- ham will gladly welcome General Nelson and his interesting family. Ills queenly and talented daughter Miss Ella, was Alabama's representative at the Houston reunion, and warm place awaits her in the hearts of Brmingham's society leaders. General Nelson will prove an important addition to the large and infiu- ential Selma colony in this city.
 The comparative statement of gross earnings of the Louisville and Nashville for the second week of July has been is sued and shows the following: Freight, passenger and miscellaneous earnings, S374 4415 divided as follows Freight, S265,- O45; passenger, $S4S50; miscellaneous, $24,520. For the second week of July, 1894 the returns showed for the three departments receipts s280,620, thus mak- ing an increase of $93, 795. The increase for the two weeks of July over the corre- spending time a year ago is $2e2,32o
 Used Their Knives Freely.-Yesterday about 1:30 o'clock two negroes met on Second avenue in front of Sinclair Rennie's crockery house, when one of them pulled knife and stuck it in the back of the other and ran. The wounded man ran after him and chased him into Redington's photograph gallery, where the fleeing man succeeded in hiding. Both were arrested by Officer Disheroon and taken to the lookup. Their names were James Crawford and c. w. Bryant. One worked for MT. Redington and the other for MT. Marble. It seems that the one employed by MT. Marble planted a knife three times in the carcass of the other negro some time during Friday night, and on meeting his assailant yes terday retaliated with vengeance. Both bod