Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-09

Truck Charlottesville truck gar
 deners complain of a little too much
 | rain the past few days The grass is
 getting a little the upper hand of them, | but if they can get in few days hard work vegetables will make up for all
 | lost time | The Memphis Convention.-It is under | stood that Chairman Little will call l meeting of citizens for next Tuesday | night to select delegates to the sound l money convention to be held in Mem- | phs on the 23d. Due notice will be | giyenlof the hour and place of meeting | Woodlawn Wants the School.-A meet | ing of the citizens of Woodlawn will be | held to night to consider the matter of ran offer for the state industrial school | eral assembly. Hon. John Mcqueen and
 others will address the meeting.
 | Strawberry Tea.-Mrs. J. c. Johnson, | assisted by Mrs. St. Pierre and the ladies | tf the Central Presbyterian church, will | give strawberry tea at the residence | of Mrs. Johnson, BIT Twenty-third | street, Friday night, beginning at '
 o'clock A neat programme has been l arranged for the occasion. Twenty-Five cents will cover all charges. | A Fine Record.-The seventh grade of | the Henley school has record that is | probably unequaled by any other school | in the state. During the whole term not | a boy has been withdrawn, and their l prompt attendance and uniform gentle l and manly behavior has endeared them
 to their teacher, Miss Mamie D. Davis. Acknowledged With Thanks.-The 1 Age-Herald acknowledges an invita- 1 tion to attend the annual commence l ment exercises of the Greensboro Female college The invitation reads as fol- | lows: "The faculty and graduating class of '95 of the Greensboro Female | college, Greensboro, Ala, requests your presence at their annual commencement | exercises June 2-5 1895'
 Picnic Season.-A movement is on f. ot | for grand picnic by all the Preeby te- | rian sunday schools of tirmingha1n It | is pIC posed to charter a train and carry l the schools over to Talladaga to the | grounds of the Presbyterian orphanage | and tfere spread" romp and play for ;r day with the children of that worthy tr- | stitut;oN. A joint committee of ladies Eas tne matter in hand.
 A Royal Time in View.-The encour- | agement given the Birmingham Railway | and Electric company last Sunday has l induced the management to make a still greater effort next Sunday toward af- fording the people of Birmingham and suburbs an opportunity of spending the day on the banks of Lake Como Six trains will be put on on the East Lake line, and extras will be run on the Besse- mer and Ensley lines. The round trip from Bessemer and Ensley will be 20 cents. Chace's City band will discourse music for the occasion and boating and swimming will be afforded those desr- | ing such sport.
 Proved a Success.-The strawberry fes- l tival given by the Hebrew Ladies' Be- nevolent society proved quite a success. l Mrs. c. Lazarus president of the so- | ciety, and those who assisted her de- serve much credit for their untiring ef- | forts in making it successful The so- ciety requests the Age-Herald to thank Messrs. J. C. Marks, B. Myer, H. Bar hard, H. Herzfeld and A. Hirsch for donations; also MT. E. V. Gregory for gratuitous use of the store house. the gas company for gas and the news papers for generously advertising the festival.
 Dogs Affection.-There is a large Newfoundland dog whose owner resides on Eighth avenue. The dog, however has conceived fondnesS for a down. town merchant, who resides in the To- caltty of the dogs owner, and every afternoon the dog may be seen at the merchants place of business and when he starts home the Newfoundland starts out with him and rompS around him in evident great glee. There seems to be lack of companionship at the dogs home and having found in the merchant boon companion the dog delights in and seeks his company There is a moral in this.
 A New Enterprise.-A long felt want
 in Birmingham will shortly be supplied by the establishment of a branch office of the Merchants and Manufacturers Advertising Employment Exchange. This bureau has offices in all the leading business centers. The advance agents are already in the city.
 Off to Mobile.-The following were among the members of Cyrene Com
 mandery, No. 10, Knights Templar. who left yesterday for Mobile to attend the grand commandery now in session: pr. J. D. Dabney. D. J. Fox. J. D. Hill house w. B. Phillips, Charles, George r, and Harry B. Wheelocl<. M. D. Mor.- tague, George A. Blinn, w. A. Cheno- weth. R. M Cunningham, N. N. Polk, F. Sid Jones, William O. Snyder. c. E. Me glemery, w. c. Battle and Rev. o. P. FltzSimonS.
 Wanted a Policeman.-A few minutes after o'clock last night, on First ave- nue, near the opera house, the cry | police" was heard and repeated several times, and soon a crowd gathered to see what was up. It developed that young fellow had a misunderstanding with a cobbler about pair of shoes and the cobbler was struck in the face His as- sailant ran, but the cobbler caught him and raised his piteous, though hoarse
 cry of police" A portly Greek ran up to where the crowd was, and thinking
 that some of the crowd were trying to
 rescue the cobblers assfilant, pushed some of them aside, and in the scrim-