Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-02

Ga., when quite young. She was married at LaGrange to the late MT. John Evans, who died In 1878. Mrs. Evans had been a resident of Birmingham since 1872, and was well known and much beloved by a large number of friends. She had been ill for several weeks, and her death was not un- expected. When death came she was sur rounded by all of her children.
 The funeral takes place from the resi- dence of Mir. Warner at p. n1. today. lnterment at Oak Hill cemetery.
 COL. N. H. R. DAWSON.
 SELMA, Feb. 1.-lSpecial. ]-The city was shocked this morning by the an- nouncement of the death of Col. N. H. R. Dawson.
 For some weeks past he has been con- fiued to his home on Fremont street, and for two weeks he has grown gradually worse. Death relieved him of his suffer- ings at o'clock this morning.
 Colonel Dawson was one of the most prominent men in Alabama. He has held many offices of trust and has eyer shown himself an honest, capable and energetic official. He, with his parents, came to this county from South Carolina in 1842. Ten years later be was admitted to the bar.
 In 1860 he was chosen delegate to the Charleston and Baltimore convention, and withdrew from the former under ihstruc- tions from the state convention.
 When the war broke out he was elected captain of the Cadets of Selma, Fourth Alabama regiment. He was promoted to the command of a battalion of cavalry, and was brave and gallant soldier.
 During the war he was elected to the legislature, and in 1863 and 1864 he left his command long enough to attend the two sessions of the legislature.
 After the WET he resumed the practice of law in Selma, and in the trying times of carpetbag rule was chairman of county and congressional democratic committees. In 1872 he was appointed an elector on the presidential ticket and canvassed his dis trict.
 From 1876 to 1886 be was a member of the state executive committee, and was it's chairman from 1884 to 1886.
 In 1886 he resigned in order to properly become candidate for governor.
 In 1876 he was appointed trustee of the State university, which position he held eIp to the time of his death.
 In 1S80-S1 he was speaker of the house of representatives and in 1884 president of the State Bar association.
 In 1886 he was commissioner of education under Cleveland. Since his term of office as commissioner expired he has turned his attention to his extensive law practice.
 Since 1863 he has been a vestryman of St. Paul's church, Selma, and for the past fifteen years senior warden of the parish.
 The funeral will take place from St.. Paul's church tomorrow tvening at o'clock.
 MICHAEL KELLY.
 CHARLESTON, s. C., Feb. 1.-Michael Kelly, prominent iron manufacturer of this city, died suddenly last night from a hemorrhage of the lungs. Ills remains will be taken to New York for interment.
 Dr. Price's Baking Powder makes the finest food, because it's absolutely pure.
 THE OLDEN TIMES.
 Rev. Dr. F. M. Grace of Hiwassee Col- lege, Tenn, writes as follows to the Ala bama Christian Advocate:
 Ioxx rxtxva fha ,Arfx1 itxy to thank you for your kind mention of me in the Advocate, and to express the great pleasure have in reading its pages. The names and places so often referred to with which have been familiar so many years are dear to memory, and though absent in the body revfsit them fn spirit and often live over the past. Of your recent visit to Eutaw and your mention of Brother Mon- roe and family l was especially pleased. What a grand old town that has beenl What a country from there up to Pickens- vile on one side and down to Demopols on the otherl Or take it across the country to Greensboro and Marion, or in. the opposite direction to Gainesville and Maconl A visitor to Eutaw, sitting on the verauda of the hotel, oncs counted 100 fine buggies depart for the country in the afternoon of a single court day. Our people then were wealthy, and perhaps proud, but they had a great deal to be proud of in those days. Eutaw always had many pious people as well as those who were wealthy. Several of our preachers got their wives there R. M. Saunders, J. M. Patton and Walter 0. Harris. Some of the most saintiy women on earth lived there. Joseph w. T. Hearne, one of Alabama's greatest orators, and Walter Q. Harris, Aabama's greatest intellect, are buried there. As one walks in that cemetery the ranks of the honorable dead that rise in the tomb stones around him would do honor to Athens or Alexandria. The same might be said of Tuskaloosa, Talladega, Eufaula, Selma or other towns in southern Ala bama.