Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-01
LOCAL LACONICS
Gathered, Noted and Condensed by Age Herald Reporters s-General Resume
 of the Days Happenings.

Activity in non.-The iron market has
 shown renewed activity in the last two
 days and orders are coming in more plen- tifuny.
 Will Dance at North Birmingham
 The Glover Leaf Social club has decided to have their dance Friday evening a North Birmingham park, instead or at
 the fair grounds club house as hereto fore announoeI.
 Notice.-The Mite society of the First
 Methodist church will have lawn party
 in Capitol park on Friday evening. An- gust ,, beginning at 6:30 o'clock The
 public is cordially invited. Elegant
 music. Refreshments will be served at 25 cents.
 Heavy Rainfall-Yesterday's rain was very general throughout this section, so
 far as can be ascertained, and was not
 unwelcome. In the ncighborhood of Ems
 ley there were two heavy rains, each Of about one hour duration, and the fall is
 reported as being very heavy :. Retailer Put Under Bond.--In United States Commissioner Wilson's court yes terday l.. w Wood was tried for retail ing liquor at Oxford without license.
 He was required to give bond in the sum of $100 for his appearance at the next term of the United States court in this
 city.
 Will Be Buried Today.-The remains of MT. Edward Horan, whose dea th was an
 nounced in yesterdays Age-Herald, will be inferred at Woodlawn cemetery this afternoon. The services will be held at St. Pauls Catholic church this morning
 at S:30 o'clock mass. Rev. Father J. A. ORiley officiating
 Working the County Roads.-It was learned yesterday that nine of the | county macadam ized roa!s are row be- ing pushed to completion by contractors. 1 Jefferson county boasts of her public | hIghNa" which are Sai1 10 Xcel any in the state. The farmers from adjacent | counties all speak in high praise of them. The Tennessee's Exhibit at Atlanta | MT. Charles Bowron goes to Atlanta this | morning to see about providing space for | the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad | company's exhibit. The Tennessee com pany have agreed to pay for an annex to | the Ala building in which 10 dis | play their products, and Mir BoWron goes | to see about having it built. Two Thousand to the Acre.-A farmer | in Shades valley. about three miles from 1 the city, has raised this sumer 5000 can | teloupes on three acres of ground. He says he has cleared $100 an acre. He brings HIS cantelOupeS Into the city anu l sells them readily at 10 cents a piece. | Had he planted cotton on these three | acres he wouldn't have cleared $10 an acre.
 A Breakfast DeIicacy.-There is noth- | ing more dcliciou; than slice of can | teloupe before breakfast It cools the | parched tongue and Calms the heated | stomach. The flavor is as sweet as nec- | tar. Canteloupes have been very abund- | ant in the city this summer. and have | formed the -praudal repast of the l rich and the poor. South Highlander | says he cuts his canteloupe half in two, | fills each half with ice and then pours in | a bott.e )f champagne. But even cham pagne cannot add to the natural flavor of | the canteloupe.
 A geStion.-Birmingham having become d musical center, many young women from other towns will be at tracted here to gain finished musical education. Many of them will be rich | in everything except worldly goods. | The question of expense will be dis | cussed. The matter of board will be the | largest item in their expense account. Why shouldn't they band together and utilize the cooperative plan? Several Birmingham bachelors are trying this | with success, and "bachelor girls" should be equally successful. A house is rented
 
 expense of living is reduced to actual cost.
 A Touch of Human Nature.-On the writing table of the reading room of one of the hotels was seen the following let ter, which the writer had neglected to post Dear Sir: I enclose 30 cents, for which please extend the time on my watch another month. Also find en- closed stamp. Please mail receipt to Nashville, Tenn. Yours truly, A. B. How much human nature there is in that letter. It is the one touch of na- ture that makes the whole world kin. The poor drummer who wrote it had gone his way, but every wayfarer that
 passed by and glanced over it felt a sympathetic throb. The drummer had
 left footprint on the sands of time that
 other forlorn and shipwrecked brothers,
 seeing, might take heart again. Misery
 loves company, and there is inspiration
 in the touch of the elbow. One poor man
 in the world would die from the lack of
 sympathy. but the good Lord has so
 ordered that we shall not want for com
 panionship. We have all seen the sign
 of the three halls, and been greeted cor