Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-26

bune occasionally strikes a humorous vein. This is the latest: The chiggers and ticks are most assiduous in their att tentions at this season. and the girls on the mountain are having regular scratch ing bees.
 Chestnut Trees Dying-The Huntsville Tribune says Luscious peaches are in the market in abundance, and the crop in this section is unprecedentedly large. Something has played sad havoc with the fine chestnut trees on the mountain, and manyfof them are dead or dying.
 Accident to an AeronRut.-The Mobile Herald prints the following: A large crowd was at Monroe park yesterday afternoon to witness a balloon aseen- sion. All went well until the balloon came down, when the parachute failed to work and the aeronaut came down on a house near Fraseati and sustained some severe, though not very dangerous injuries.
 Rock Run In Blast-The following is clipped from the Center News: "The Rock Run furnace went into blast on last Saturday. The Bass Furnace com pany have rebuilt their furnace al that place. and its capacity has been in- creased to forty tons per day. The open ing of this concern means that. including the coalings. etc, employment will be 6iNNAA tO etbbul fbV UT OOV HaiiOo.
 For Pension Frauds-The Opelika Evening News says: United States Dep uties Johnson and Treadwell brought old man Smith and Mrs Henderson from Tallapoosa yesterday and placed them in jail. True bill have been found against them in the United States court for pen sion frauds-Mr Smith for personating his brother and Mrs Henderson for drawing pension after marriage the sec ond time.
 A Good Walker.-The following is from the Tuscaloosa Gazette: T. c. Brandon. who stays in the Western Union tele- graph office in this city, walked from Cottondale here yesterday in the middle of the day in one hour and twenty-two minutes The distance is eight and a half miles, and MT. Brandon says that he can cover the distance in an hour and quarter, or if any one wishes to put up the money he will walk 300 miles in six days. He came in town yesterday about o'clock moving like thoroughbred
 In Full Blast.-A Huntsville enterprise is noted as follows in the Tribune: The National Manufacturing company will soon be in full blast employing at least thirty skilled laborers. Their speciality will be the celebrated Lownes wrenches but in addition they will be prepared to y work. The gentleman in charge, Mir C. R. Switzer, has created a most favor. able impression on our citizens as a number one business man and as q gen tleman. Mir. Lownes is too well known as master mechanic to need commenda- tion at our hands.
 A Good Advertisement-The Hunts vile chamber of commerce means bgsi- ness. The following from the Tribune speaks for itself: The chamber of com merce will. soon issue a new edition of 1o0, 900 pamphlets revised to date. In this issue will be published the name. occupa- tion and address of each member of the chamber Fifty thousand of these pam phlets will be distributed oVer the news tables at the Alabama exhibit at At lanta The other 50,000 will be sent to every part of the United States. The readers of this pamphlet will be asked to write to any member whose name is published in this book for information in any particular line of business in which the members may be engaged. If the member is too busy to answer such letters they will be answered by the sec retary. It is expected that this edition of pamphlets of 100000 will last through the year 1895. If any of our business men are not favorably mentioned in this book it will be their own fault.
 First Troops on the Grounds.-The Mo- bile Herald got off the following about the first two companies to arrive at Mo- bile to go in camp: About 200 people were on the wharf shortly after o'clock last night to witness the arrival of the steam CT Nettie Quill from Montgomery. She had on board the Wilcox Mounted Rifles, who boarded the boat at Camden Sat urday afternoon, and the Monroe County Corps. thirty-two strong, from Monroe county. The commissioned officers are faaat T Moore, Jr.; Second Lieut.. w. G. McCor- vey and Junior Second Lieut.. J. F. Rus sell The company has about sixty men enrolled, but General Green" demanded their presence on the farm, and many of them will wield a hoe this week instead of a gun. The officers of Troop B are: Captain, James T. Beck; first lieutenant, w. r. Burford; second lieutenant, B. M. Miller junior second lieutenant, M. F. Curtis, Jr. Captain Beck is probate judge of Wilcox county and is a most useful and popular citizen. Immediately upon the arrival of the Quill Captain Kettles had guards stationed around the boat to prevent losing any of the boys, all of whom were exceedingly anxious 10 take in the town.
 Dropped Dead.-The Mobile Herald has the following account of the death of physician in that city Sunday: About $ O clOck yesterday dll6iuoOH <t tSiCPii' iiS message was sent in to the police station calling for a policeman to be sent 10 Jackson street, near the corner of Gov ernment. On arrival the officer found Dr. John F. Tompkins lying on the side walk dead, having fallen and expired almost instantly from heart failure. Dr. Tompkins was a son of Maj. John R. Tompkins and brother of F. W. and Charles Tompkins of this city. He was born and raised in this city, and re- ceived his education at the University of Alabama at Tuskaloosa and at the Southern university at Greensboro. He studied medicine and graduated with second honors in a class of 11S at Van derbilt university a few years ago. and afterward took postgraduate course at Tulane the famous medical institu- tion at New Orleans. Subsequently he practiced medicine in this city, and was city physician for two years. being in charge at the time this office was ab0l- ished. Latterly he resided at Bay Minette, the former home of his wife, who was Miss Addie Moore. The doc tor and his family came down a short while ago to visit his parents in this ..1@x ~I.f,,