Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-05

szzzs l from the council, followed by Marshal l Monnier Gin his maiden speech); then the old reliable Lewis Mayer delighted the l audience with one of his brilliant efforts, which was responded to by the eagle l orator of Demopolis Col. Sig Funken- l stein, who was followed in neat little ] talk by Mir John Merrlwether, the clos 1 ing speech being made by MT. P. O. Heb- I ert, who is himself an orator of no mean l caliber. besides being an all round 1 good one" During the ceremony the 1 celebrated Silver Key orchestra dis l coursed the most enchanting selections, | making the occasion one long 10 be re-
 membered, both for it's pleasure and It's 1 significance.
 A regular meeting of the council was l held in the mayors office this afternoon, l Mayor Williams presiding. The reports l of several committees were read ana ap- 1 proved, among the number report o1 1 the board of health concerning certain sanitary laws which are very neeulul. l The street committee then opened the l bids which they had received from the 1 different contractors for the building oI d bridge along Franklin street from the l passenger depot to the jail across the l deep slough which now irtersects it. The l bids were as follows:
 l John c. Webb, sS25; O. L. Hitchcock, l $450; George A. klie, $2.s0 lineal foot 1 (ahout $500); J. Beardslee Son, SS2o. l l Messrs Beardslee & Sons bids being the l lowest and the same, rose and said that 1 he would request the council to give the | contract to MessrS. Beardslee & Son. 1 After a good deal of talking about the 1 size and width, some objecting to the | narrowness, it was agreed to give the | contract as it stands to Messrs. Boards l lee X Son.
 | Miss Nora NaVera, one of the Crescent City's most popular beileS, is visiting her l friends the Misses Morris.
 l Mrs L. Morris will leave tomorrow for | Denver, Col. where she goes on visit | to relatives.
 This afternoon a darkey, whose name | is unknown, but who has been known as l Punch" from peculiar way in which | he talked, was sitting in the pavilion in | the public square, when he suddenly Tell | over dead. He was an epileptic, and his | death resulted from this afliction. The
 body was taken in charge by Undertaken | Monnier, and will receive decent burial l tomorrow.
 The Contract Let.-The Blountsville | Democrat says: "The contract for erect l ing the new college building has been
 awarded to Mir. Otto w Pulls of Garden | City for $4614 that being the lowest bid. | We learn that the work will commence 1 in few days. A large force will be 1 necessary to get the building ready by 1 the ist of October
 Crops-The Guntersville Democrat has | the following: James M Hawk of Bart | lett reports cotton not quite up to the | average, but corn is in good condition, | and oats fairly good. MT. Hawk has | forty-two acres in corn and thirty acres l in cotton Sweet potatoes In some places | are not so plentiful, on account of the l seed having rotted in the spring" Anticipating Better Times.-The Ala 1 bama Beacon says: "Dr. A. Lawson is l making arrangements to overhaul and ] enlarge his bank building. He will erect 1 a large fire-proof brick vault in the rear | of the room now in use and add a private l office 13K11 in the rear. Work will be l commenced as soon as the material can l be gotten in readiness. This addition to ] the bank will be avery valuable one, mal<- | ing it safer for deposits in case of fire, as l well as rendering it more roony and | comfortable.''
 Went Through the Brdge.-The Gun 1 tersville Democrat says: While driv- l ing between New Hope and Hobbs is l land on the 27th Percy Brooks had the l misfortune to have his wagon and team l fall through bridge over deep ravine. l Brooks said the bridge was sound appar- l ently, but when he drove upon 1t the l four mules went through, and the wagon l turned over, burying him in the surging l mass. One mule was killed. another | ruined for life and the wagon torn to l pieces Brooks was badly bruised. and | was fortunate to escape with his life"
 Died In Blount County-The Oneonta l News Dispatch says: Mrs. E. B. Bynum
 nee Shool1ley, was born February F. l 1S4S, in Hall county. Georgia; moved to l Tailadega county, Alabama, in 1853, then 1 to Blount county, Alabama, in 1854, and l settled two miles northeast of Oneonta 1 Ala. She was married to MT John By | mum February 22, 1867; embraced reli- l zion and joined the Methodist Episcopal church at the age of F years She lived | a consistent Christian life up to her l death, which occurred June 26, 1895, leav-
 ing a husband and five children to mourn | her death."
 An Old Relic Burned--The Collins | vile Clipper prints the following: Last | Wednesday evening about o'clock the | dwelling house on c. c. Davis farm, l occupied by Mrs. Clayton and family, | about two miles north of this city, was | discovered to be on fire, but too late to | save the building from the wild flames, | and only few of the household goods | were saved. The fire caught from | spark ligting on the roof from some burn l ing straw that had been thrown in the
 fire place. The building was two stories
 high. and one of the oldest in this end | of DeKalb."
 Lost His Dwelling.-The following is | from the CollinSville Clipper: Robert | Stove. who lives at Sandrock, had the
 misfortune to lose his dwelling house
 Saturday night Some time during the
 night a member of the family was | awakened and found that the kitchen I was on fire and the roof falling in The family barely had time to escape from
 the burning building, and only saved two l beds and four quilts and several of the l family did not even save as much as
 one suit of clothing. Besides the house I hold goods MT. Stoves smoke house was
 destroyed and everything in the way of
 eatables, together with all of his farming | toolS.'
 A Sad Picture.-The Attalla Beacon says "A sad picture in real life was
 that observed by the Beacon man few | days ago on Fifth street. A woman
 with a young baby on one arm and
 drunken husband on the other, while 1 poor little boy of some 10 summers was
 on the other side of the man, and all
 were struggling to keep on the sidewalk.
 She had just gone intQ the saloon and