Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-04
ALABAMA.
GADSDEN.
Doings in the Queen City of the coosa.


 Gadsden. July 3.-(Special Correspond ence)-The Etowah Rifles have returned | home from the brigade encampment at Mobile and report pleasant time. John Wrenn and Miss Mollie Brandon were married near Steers recently. Also near Duck Springs. Henry P. Smith and Miss Ida Guest.
 Chief of Police Cunningham, Wallace l Rellinger and others went out for race one morning recently and caught large | grey fox.
 II is pretty well understood that Gads- l den's two furnaces will go into blast soon if the present price of iron maintains. Uncle Abe Thornton. our worthy tax | collector, is in Montgomery making fine settlements of Etowah taxes George F. Jennings recovered two par or pants and a vest, which were recently stolen from him. They were found by | the side of the railroad track near At | taila. Ii is supposed that strollhg 1 band of negro musicians did the steal ing.
 J. D. White of Turkeytown has recently | celebrated his S0th birthday. He was in town today looking as hale and hearty es ever and is livlier and has more lie about him than half the people at 5O | He is good for twenty years yet. He IS sound as a. dollar, except slight deafness. An agent in Illinois of the North Ala bama Industrial and Colonization com pany of this city has written the com pany here to send him samples of all grains, produces, etc., and also layers Of our soil which he expects to exhibit III his state. Several parties from North and South Dakota are expected here within the next few weeks to look over this sec tion.
 Died in this city, on the 2d, the infant son of J. B. Tokson and wife; also on the same day the infant son of Barrow Curry and wife.
 The "Womans Suffrage" debate un- der the auspices of the Ladies Aid so- ciety of the First Methodist church, will take place soon. The debaterS will be Messrs. Burnett, Blont. Sibert and Dick inson.
 The Methodist church at Pleasant Hill gave concert last night for the benefit of the church, and reaped a neat sum Died. near Seaborn. the 1S-months-old child of w. T Taylor. He has another child that is not expected to live. The bicycle races which were to take place here on the 4th have been indefin- itely postponed, on account of the bad condition of the track caused by too much rain.
 S " Johnston has purchased the At talla Herald and has assumed control of the same. His first issue is a creditable one.
 The free silverites of Attalla, under the advise of P. G. Bowman have organized
 
 Rev. R. c. George of dhis city, who has been holding a revival in Fort Payne the past month. has had 200 conversions so far, with the meeting still in progress, On Monday, the Sth, the Chattanooga Southern will put back their old schedule, leaving here at a. m. and arriving in Chattanooga at II a. m., and returning reach Gadsden at ' D. m
 w. B. Carver, formerly of this city. but now of Florida, was in the city this week visiting friends. John R. Turrentine and Representa- tive Herbert McClammey of Whining ton, N. C., were in the city this week. It was MT. Turrentine's first visit since 1859.
 Mrs. c. W. Ewing, Miss Minnie Lay and T. G. Ewing have returned from q visit to Chattanooga. Charles P. Smith and wife are back from trip to Chattanooga, where they attended the EpWofth league convention.
 Mns. James A. Bilbro has returned from Birmingham, where she has been under the care of a specialist.
 Mesdames k. w. and w. C. Bellinger have returned home from a visit to Tal- ladega.
 Miss Julia Hill of Rome, Ga, is visit ing in the city. w. K. Vann and wife of Trussville are visiting their son in this city.
 Mrs. J. w. Beggs is visiting Mrs. John Richardson in the country.
 George F. Jennings is visiting relatives in Anniston. O. G. Watson and II. s. Griffith of Ash vile were in the city this week.
 Miss Mathilda Bilber has returned home from a visit to Auburn and Bir- mingham. o. R. Cowan of Birmingham is in the city this week with friends Judge N. D. Denson of LaFayette is visiting in the city. Miss Irene Turrentine returned from a pleasant visit to Birmingham. Ed Palmer of Tampa, Fla, has located | in the city Miss Blanca Randall has returned | from a charming visit to friends and | relatives in Anniston. w R. Burton is back from a visit to | Opelika.
 w. J. McDill of Calhoun county was | in the city recently.