Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-11
ALABAMA,
 GADSDEN.
4 Meaty Letter From the Pride of Etowah.
 Personal and General.

1 d Aeaty Letter From the Pride or htoWah. Personal and General.
 Gadsden. July s-(specia1 Corre- spondence) 1.-The Attaia Herald has again changed hands, but this is said to be the last and final change. Last week s. w. Johnston purchased the paper and ran it enc week, and now William H. Gather, formerly with the Ashviile Aegis, purchased 1t and promised good paper. Newspapers in Attalla have always proved q failure. but all wish the Herald success.
 At a recent meeting of the city council of Attalla q committee was appointed to extend the corporate limits of the town.
 Fifty bales of cotton were sold yester- day by T. c. Galloway to W. E. Pente- cost. This winds up the cotton business here for he past season.
 The artesian well at the cotton factory has reached depth of 400 feet. but has not yet reached a sufficient depth to get the water required. A largo force of men are now at work on the various buildings for the Jones College for Young Ladies, and the work is being rapidly pushed forward to com pletton, and the school will be ready to open September 4
 John Crow of Canter6ery fell and broke his arm several days ago and it may yec have to be amputated.
 Walter Jones of Proctor has a contract to furnish 5000 ra ts for a firm up north, and has already killed over 1500
 An extra session of St. Clair county cir cult court convened last Monday at Ash vile. Circuit court at Center, Cherokee county, is also in session.
 Messrs. John Hamby. General Mason and Engineer ToOlman are developing the lime rock quarry near Ashville. They are now constructing five miles of road from the quarry to connect with the Ala bama Great Southern road.
 The dining room and kitchen of I R Aldeman of Ashville were destroyed by fire Saturday.
 An excursion of colored people vert to Atlanta Monday, returning Tuesday A large party of white people also went.
 John Echols and Miss Florence Thorn> ton of Attalla were quietly married at the residence of the Methodist preacher last Saturday night Both are among the best young people of Attalla, and are highly connected.
 The theatrical season will be opened here on the 2d, 3d and 4th of September by the Andrews Opera company, one of the best on the road.
 Prof, Otto K Erhart of Selma will ar rive here this week to organize and drill the anna teur musicians for a cantanta to be given for the benefit of the Commer- cial club.
 Prof. P. L. Mccall of Hokes Bluff, who has recently established a high school at Pilgrims Rest was stricken with paralysis near Walnut Grove yesterday and is in precarious condition.
 One of the negroes employed at the cot ton factory fell from the third story of the main building Tuesday afternoon, a distance of fully 90 feet. and sustained painful, though not seNous. injuries. He was badly bruised, but, strange to say, no bones were broken.
 Mrs. J. M. Elliott, Jr., of this city has been appointed chairman of the commit tee of Etowah county by the Alabama Industrial ASSOPi1 tiOn for fhP collection of revolutionary relics from this county for the Atlanta exposition. The selec ton is a good one. Mrs. Elliott has al ready found several relics over 100 years old.
 The Fort Payne Basket factory has purchased the plant of the Wyeth City WoodenWare company at Wyeth City and will operate it at the latter place. John D. Dunlap, after three months visit to his parents here, left this week for New Orleans, from where he will sail for his home at Costa Rica, Central America.
 Mrs. Charles S. Ward has returned from a visit to her parents in Chatta- nooga.
 Miss Leila Fletcher has returned home from a visit to Birmingham. She was &C., companied by Miss Maude Flethcer. Mrs. Samuel Vaughan of Ashville is visiting Mrs. J. H. Lovejoy in this city. Mrs. R. L. Adams and Miss Mary Mac
  burn.
 Rufus Smyer of Birmingham was in town this week.
 Miss Laura Christian has returned home from visit to Greensboro, accom- panied by Miss Sadie Christian. Mrs. P. T. Hatcher and Miss Vera Oli- yer of Dadeville are visiting relatives here
 w. H. Oliver and wife of Dadeville are the guests of J. H. Lovejoy and wife. w. C. Cook and wife of Huntsville have l moved to Gadsden, their future home. | Amos Jones, son of Dr. A. B. Jones, lawyer of Huntsville, visited his parents | here this week.
 Judge N. D. Denson and family have | returned to their home at Lafayette. Mrs Myles J. Green of Montgomery | and Mrs. J. H. Phillips of Bessemer are visiting their sister, Mrs. John Strowd, in | this city.
 Forney Hughes and bride have re- turned from their bridal tour. Miss Annie Lou Martin has returned to her home in Montgomery also Miss Carry | Hoges of Louisville, Ky, both being of | the house party of Mrs. R. B. Kyle. | Miss Mary Augusta Strupper of Co., l lumbus, Ga, is the guest of Miss Virginia | Foster.