Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-24
ALABAMA.
GADsDEN.
Items of Interest Gathered in and Around
 the Queen City,


 the Queen City. Gadsden, June 23.-(Special Corre- 1 spondence.)-The protracted meeting at | Fort Payne under the leadership of Rev R. C.. George of this city, proves to be the largest one ever held there. All the
 stores are closed daily and everybody at l tends the meetings. Ninety-four conver- sons have thus far been made. i, The Etowah Rifles leave Monday morn 1 ing at 3 o'clock by special Louisville and Nashville train for the brigade en- campment at Mobile. Captain Pugh will take thirty men with him. and they 1 show up well. Lieut.-Col. L. L. Herz- berg of this city leaves with them. He l will be in charge of the Third regiment
 of the brigade encampment. Jesse Millsaps broke the middle finger on his left hand yesterday afternoon
 while scuffling with some friends. The Etowah Rifles gave a public drill | yesterday afternoon and presented very good appearance. In the prize drill for the individual medal for best drilled | soldier Will Gwin was the fortunate one Fort Payne holds an election on Mon day, July 1, for board of mayor and al- dermen.
 On account of his failing health Rev.
 S. L. Russell has resigned his position as president of the North Alabama college
 at Fort Payne.
 During a storm one day last<week at l1Ots 4hdISIidh CohilbSs iAS hbHiiiS oAANSN
 and killed a fine mule belonging to John Walker.
 The Rock Run furnace, at Rock Run, Cherokee county, has gone into blast af- ter some extensive repairs. This fur mace has a capacity of forty tons per day and in all branches employs some 300 men.
 The Cherokee county prisoners, who
 have been lodging in Etowah and De- Kalb county jails, have been taken back to Centre now, as the new jail is com pleted.
 The famous Cherokee county White Cappers. indicted, tried. convicted and then released by the United States su-
 preme court, will give big picnic and
 barbecue at Sand Rock. Cherokee coun- ty, on the Fourth of July, to celebrate their freedom.
 Higgins has closed after most prosper
 ous session.
 Mrs. M. L. Daniel has been offered and accepted the school at Alabama City. The
 school is to be run by the promoters of the Dwight cotton factory. negro boy attempted to burglarize the house of J. T. Wilson, in Attalla, one
 night recently. Mrs. Wilson awoke and was in the act of shooting the intruder when MT. Wilson interfered, for fear she I. would kill one of the children, and the negro escaped unharmed. d. A showed your correspondent some relics which he had picked up on the Chicka- mauga battlefield, while he was engaged in grading the Military park, near Chat tanooga. Among the relics are cart ridges. grape shot, balls, belts and buck les One bayonet was found with forked end and a saw blade knife was found near the spot where General Lytle
 was killed. Some of the relics are valu able.
 Some time Friday night white boy
 about 19 years old, who lives in Wills val
 ley, stole fine mule from James Battles,
 near Steels Station, St. Clair county.
 Evans brought the mule to Gadsden Sat
 urday and offered to sell it for $40. The
 police became suspicious and locked
 Evans up. It was learned soon after
 wards that the mule was stolen, Battles
 coming in later On the trail.
 Mrs. P. ]. Smith, formerly of this city,
 was married this week in Chattanooga to r. R. McKinzie of Tallasee, Ala.
 There are thirty applicants for the va cant superintendency of the Attalla free school.
 The young people of Centre enjoyed a steamboat excursion down the Coosa to lock l. Friday and Saturday. The boat reached here at o'clock Friday night ] light until 9:3O when they left for the l locks, returning by here at 12 o'clock | Saturday night. There were sixty-four 1 in the party.
 Rev Henry Wright. a Methodist | preacher of Cave Spring, Ga, is in jail | at Centre, Cherokee county, on a charge l of stealing a Bible, song books and an | organ from the church at Round Noun
 tain.