Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-17
LOCAL LACONICS
 Gathered, Noted and Condensed b. Age Herald Reporters-General
 Resume of Happenings. v

COMMERCIAL CLUB MEETS TOMORROW .s- Tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 o'clock the. directors of the Commercial club will hold a meeting. Several matters of interest will come up, and 1t is especially desired that every member be present.
 A CURIo,-Willie Hall, a little negro boy, who escaped from the street gang on Decem Der 26, returned to the police station and gave himself up. He was very ragged and his shoes were worn out. He wanted to work out the rest of his sentence in orr der to get some new clothes.
 WHO WILL START FIRsT.-It seems to be a neck and neck race between Mir. DeBar- deleben and the Birmingham Rolling mill as to which will start a steel mill first. We would be inclined to wager on the rolling mill if we didn't know the rapidity and de- termination with which Mir. DeBardeleben works.
 THE PERFORMANCE AT .O'BRIEN's 8 To- EIaHT.-''The Devils Auction'h is to- nights attraction at O. 'Brien's, and large audience will be on hand as usual to wit ness this remarkable spectacular in all it's gorgeousness and brlliancs. The play has been thoroughly revised, and promises to be greater than ever before.
 Y. M. c. A. ENTERTAINMENT On Fri day night the monthly meeting of the Young Mems Christian association will take place in the assocaation's parlor5. Openshaw's orchestra has been engaged. Miss Rosalie Bridewell will sing. Miss N. D. Davis will give dialect reading. The ladies' auxiliary will serve refreshments. The membe of the association and of the ladies' auxiliary have the privilege of in- viting one friend each, either lady or gen tleman.
 To ORGANIZE BASEBALL CLUB independent baseball team will be organ ized here one day next week for the pur- pose of playing all small towns in this and adjoining states. Correspondence con- corning uniforms is going on now, and they will be purchased as soon as the team is organized. Tom Curran, who took out the Warnock club and played all through made manager.
 LOOKS LIKE A CERTAINTY. The Fort Payne steel mill is duplicate of the Car negie mill and cost S250, ,000. The prospect of it's being removed to Bessemer is very bright. MT. DeBardeleben saw the Massa- chusetts men, who own a majority of the stock, and they agreed to the proposition he submitted, and their agreement only awaits the ratification o the other stock holders. The proposition was that the, Bessemer Land company would give $150,- 000 of its stock and S75, 900 of its bonds. It was reported late yesterday that all the ar- rangements had been made.
 STORY OF THE WAR.-During the war, while Col. s. L. Robertson was prisoner at Camp Chase, he felt sick and went into the drug store to get some medicine. "A one-legged, red headed man was behind the counter, and made up the prescription. He put in good deal of old rye whisky, and Colonel Robertson objected. They had some words over it. Colonel Robertson told him that the yankees had no right to treat a man that way, even If be was a prisoner. Yesterday MT. P. K. McMiller walked into the office of Colonel Robertson and related all the details of this circurp-- stance, which occurred just thirty years ago. MT. McMiller was good druggist and had been detailed by the federals to serve in the drug store. The relation of their experience was very affecting. Col onel Robertson made MT. filler, ar present of his book, "Dora, or On theh Border,' and wrote a suitable inscription on the fly leaf. si
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