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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-05-28

of America write to her for advice in regard their
plants and being easy her ang sisters pour
into her every detail of their suffering.
In this she able do for them what the physicians
unable do simply because she had the proper information
work upon and from the little group who sought her ad
vice great of her beings to-day
applying advice and relief and the that than
hundred thousand of them have been successfully treated by
Mrs Pnkham during tie last indicative of the grand results
which produced unequaled experience and training
No physician the world has had such training has such
of information hand assist in the of all
kinds of female ills from the simplest local irritation the most
complicated diseases of the womb
This therefore, the why Mrs Pnkham her laboratory
Lynn, Mass able do for the alng of America
than the family physician Any therefore, responsible
for her suffering who will not take the trouble write Mrs
Pinkham for advice
The testimonials which constantly publishing from CRATE
full establish beyond doubt the of Lydia Pink
hams Vegetable Compound to conquer female diseases
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-05-28

The great disparity between the
banking facilities is seen at a glance.
The six New England states, with an
estimated population GS96) of $780,
900, possess nearly $40 per capita; the
IS southern states, with 20,Go0,G coo
population, show barely SIS per capita.
or % per cent Of the former. Including
savings banks and loan and trust com
pan;es the ratio is materially reduced,
the south showing only per cot Of the
amount given for New England. An
alyzing the items given i'll the last col
umn, as stated in the comptroller's ia
BILE, it is found that the states aud ter
ritories representing 70 per cent Of the
population have less than 80 per cent of
the entire mixing power, estimated at
IS, 700, 900, 00.-Maurice L. Mujileman
in New York Herald.
The age-herald., 1897-09-24
THE WILLlES ARE PUZZLED
A SUDDEN STOP IN THE RUSH TO
 THE SOUTH.
They Can't Come in Town, They Can't Move On-The Yellow Fever Scare Has
 Thus Hampered Them.

f'Weary N1lli S are now plentiful in the outskirts of Birmingham.
 The annmal fall exodus from the' north to the south has this year been arresi.ed by the yellow fever scare. Those lovers of warm climate who deferred 9heir yearly migsation until this month are now in a quandary. They have come so far south; they can go no farther. Like MahomePs coffin, they are be,ween heaven and earth. Here they must stay.
 These per1patst.c wanderers, who were created such by the maladmfpastrat ton of Grover Cleveland, and who are forced to remain food -hrGl;ers instead of wealth-producers by the present Ding ley y-Hanna administration, are badly puzzled.
 They wish to go on. Like Poor Joe in Bleak House" they keep a-moyin on' as long as they can, looking for em- ployment and lodging the dreaded in- dlviduals who constitute police forces.
 An Age-Herald reporter went yester- day to the southern outskirts of lhe city to see if the reported increase of floating population was correct.
 There they were. But few were of the class that might be stamped as "profes sional" Nearly all were working man, eager and anxious for employment; will ing to create wealth, but afraid of the servants of wealth-produc afraid to walk into town to seek positions. Just think of it.
 Spoken to, they tod nhsir .heartrending tales. One was machin.st. He left Boston in July. He had been in several towns in search of work. Afraid of ar rest on a charge of vagrancy and unable in such case to prove that he had been in no fewer infected district, he sat de- jectedly beside the track and said that he wished he were dead.
 IA printer From New York was more joyful. I'm going to sue the town for S5O0OO damages he said 'tMy time is worth $35O per day, and here is this old quarantine busin'ess keeping me out of everywhere. I reached New Orelans just as the Crescenits got onto the yellow fe- yer, so couldn't get next to the Pie or the fT.-D.' They showed me up to Merid ian, and from !dhere they gave me a push that landed me here. I wouldn't be here if the train hadn't slowed up. As it was I nearly dislocated my whole anatomy when jumped off. And now I can't get into town, and wainit to know where I am att
 H The various unfortunates told different stories. but all agree on one point that the yellow fever scare has put them to a great disadvantage. They cannot get work, they cannot get food and-as one of them said--they can hardly get ar rested, for the police are afarid of the fever.
The age-herald., 1897-09-24
OSCAR COWAN'S TROUBLE.
He Claims to Have Drawn a Draft in Good
 Faith.

Oscar Cowan, a well known traveling man is in jail on a charge of forgery. He is held on warrant issued at the instance of Will c. Hurmen of Pratt City.
 Cowan claims that his incarceration is not lawful He admits that he owes a certain amounE of money to Hurmen. cow'an told reporter for The AgeFIer- aid that when he was representing a oincinnati firm some time ago, Hurme n cashed draft fer him on his heu-e. Cowan says he was overdrawn with alis firm, although he did not know 1t at that time He claims to have had no in- timation that his draft had been dishon- ored until he was arrested a short time ago.
 His relations with the. Cincinnati firm had stopped, but cowan claims that he thought they had paid his draft. He had made similar demands on his firm before and they had been honored.
The age-herald., 1897-09-24
A BIG DECREASE IN VALUES
PERSONAL PROPERTY HAS SHRUNK
 $1,978,320.
Real Estate Has Increased S686,S16 Worth But the Total Assessment Is Short
 to the Tune of S1,291,504,

Tt would appear from the report of County Tax Assessor Mclaughlin, filed yesterday in the office of the probate judge that the personal property in Jeff ferson coun-y has shrulnk in the past year to the alarming extent of $1,97S,S2o.
 The real estate, which could not run away or hide itself, has increased $6S6,- S16 in value. Thus there is total de- crease in assessed values of $1,2sl, ,504, as compared with the returns of 1896.
 However, this apparent decrease is partly due to the exemption this year of pig iron from assessment. The valua- ton on pig from last year was 1856, ,290, distributed as follows:
 T'he Tennessee Coal, Iron ard Railroad 'Co., $11S,S4S.
 The Pioneer Mining and Manufacture ing O., s2s2, ,6a2-
 The Sloss Iron and Steel O., $6.616.
 Woodward Iron Go. $S,699.
 withal this still leaves deficit, but the back tax law has back action like a mule, as it's title indicates and its ex- ponent Commissioner Badham) Is con fident that by it's means he will be able to shove the valuation total up a few notcfaes. s
 MT. Badham has already asked for increases of assessments aggregating over $4,000,00O.
 The county commissioners who pass upon such questions, gave him the cold shoulder on about $3,000,000 of his re- quested raises. Badham is nothing If not persistent, and he has appealed the matter to the circuit court, where he hopes to gain authority to raise the as- sesseid value of Jefferson county prop erty.
The age-herald., 1897-09-24

tho limo f1aggsd the dummy and am ary store. the postoffice, MT Jars dwelling, Fred shelton's house, pr. N. A. Barrett's office, Hunts building, i Knights of Pythias and Masons' lodge rooms and the Huey Guards armory.
 Only a part Of the mail was saved. The Huey Guards saved a few guns and uniforms. The Knights of Pythias and Masons saved their records
 Abou6 12:30 o'clock a tongue of flame leaped from Hutehinson's renovatlng ts- tablishmsnt, which was wedged in among the frame buildings Of the business DOT ton of the town. IA stiff breeze was blowing and the be;wlldered den.zens of lthe place knew that everything in reach of the flames was doomed. Word was telephoned to Birmingham and Chief Mullen of the fire depar' .ment called for a special dummy and flat car from the Birmingham Railway and Electric con- pany to carry out the steamer and hose
 reel. lMfIlaster Mechanic Harry Eng fish, with Engineer J. IA. Jemison at 4ha throttle, hastered to First avenue and Nineteenth stree, who re the fire depart men was waiing. DespiSe the fact that everyone was in a hurry, considerable delay occurred in leading the steamer and truck on the car. With a warning blast eff the whistle Engineer Jemison special tran sprarg away up the track for East Lake. Just beyond Avondale a motorman from the East Lake end of
The age-herald., 1897-09-24
STATE HEALTH COMMITTEE
THE FREIGHT QUESTION WAS CON.
 SIDERED.
No Action Was Taken on Account of Board Not Having Proper Data Before It-An-
 other Meeting Will Be Called.

The state health committee met yes terday in the Morris hotel. The follow ing members were present:
 w. H. Sanders and Geo. A. Ketchum, Mobile; Drs. Samuel D. Seelye and B. J. Baldwin, Montgomery; pr. Charles H. Franklin, Union Springs; Drs. E. H. Sholl and Charles Whelan, Birming- ham; pr. J. B. Gaston, Montgomery; pr. J. P. FurEiss, Selma; Dr. James Scar cey Tuskaloosa.
 The session. of the committee was ex- ecutive. It was the purpose of the pres ident, Dr. Sanders, in calling the com- allow freight to be shipped from infect ed districts without danger of spread ing disease. One of these plans is to destroy the fever germs by reducing the temperature in refrigerator cars to the freezing point.
 Dr. Sanders said last night in refer ence to the committees action: "We discussed the freight matter chiefly. Owing to the fact that certain data and information had not been gathered and presented to the committee no ac- tion was taken. We hope to have such necessary Investigations complete in a short time, together with all informa- tion required by the committee At that time I will call meeting and something will be done."
 Dr. Sanders left last night for Floma- ton. He will also visit Hurricane Bayou while on the trip, where his official at tention is required.
The age-herald., 1897-09-24
View From Elecrr1c car Line.

nounced that the fire was out because it could find nothing more ito devour. The special returned to the city. O. hers of the party went on to college station ard those who were familiar with the subuib knew at a glance that socne thing dlreful had happened. Clouds of smoke were rising from the site of the town. There was gap in the scenery. Bedding. furniture and household goods. the lit tie that had been saved, were scattered about oyer the fields with The discon- solate owners standing guard and ex- charging sympathies.
 A bicycle scorcher undertook to put his wheel down the stree! at a lively clip. The hot remains of the burned wheelman didn't want to tarry in rum ming the gauntlet. "A friendly by-stander called to him that a bridge had been burned in the middle of the street. He was not seriously hurt, bul his bike was wrecked when he plunged into the ditch. Insurance Agent Key was on @ bike be- hind the daring rider and when Mr. Key saw his pace maker piroutting through ghe air. he deser.ed his own wheel by leapbng from the saddle. Keys wheel was not dama ged, but it's unL,or- tunate rider scraped several yards of macadamized road.
 The residence portion of Colle ge sta- tion is removed from the businis,=s por- tlon, and escaped destruction. Prowells store, and Thornton's ard Gonna ms mar kets, on the north side of the car track, were saved on account of not being in the track of the wind.
The age-herald., 1897-09-24
ALABAMA DAY POSTPONED
Centennial Authorities Took Ac-
 ton Yesterday.
OCTOBER g IS THE DATE
The People Approved the Age-Herad's Sugges. ton That the Entire State Be Gwen an
 Equal Opportunity to Be Represented.

Montgomery, Sept. 23.-"Alabama Day. at the Nashville Exposition has besn postponed until Friday, Oct. 9.
 At was to have been held on Sept 29, anal the prospect for while was that a very large crowd from shts state would came along, however, and demorallzed the prospect, ard 1t became apparent that a postponement was desirable.
 This morning, in Nashville, a confer enca was held between representatives of the Exposition management, the Ada bama Socfety of Nashville, and the board of Alabama managers of the Exposition, with the result that Gov. Johnston was notified by wire this afteYnoon tha5. with his approval, Alabama Day. would be postponed until Octt 9. The governor heartily indorsed the movement 10 post pone, and the programme has been changed accordingly.
 This action was predicted exclusively in yesterdays Age-Herald, and has met the approval of the citizens of Birming- ham and the entire sta.e.
 Alabama never does things by halves, and to have it's day at the Centennial before the yellow fever scare has sub sided would be decidedly to the dfsad- vantage of both parties. The people are now in such turmoil in the southern portion of the state that no preparations could be made for representation from that section, even if the quarantine should be raised.
 The attendance from this seclion would be retarded because of the fear of get ting mixed up with the refugees The programme mapped out for Sept. 29 can be carried out just as we'll on Oct. 22, ard citizens. from all sections of the state can attend and make of it a gala event. It has been the intention of Birming- ham to be we'll represented and the de- lay will give more time for preparation.
 The Birmingham commissioners met yesterday afternoon in Steiner Bros.' Ibank. The board readily acquiesced in the suggestion of he AgeHerald, as the governors action was mot then known. The commissioners will go right on to have creditabel display made by Blr- mingham.
The age-herald., 1897-09-24
THE DAY lN>~mwzMsS
 THE POLICE COURT

The police court came to time as usual yesterday morning. There were several cases in which Judge Feagin showed his usual impartjalty. S.veral persons were lucky enough to escape fines Those as- sessed were:
 Ike Brooks (colored), 1oitering; $5.
 Will Jones (colored), taking posss sison of the property of another without con- sent; $5.
 Jack Johnson (colored), in cahoo.s with will Jones; &5. George Stevenson, violating ordinance 557 of the city code 8.
 J. M. Brown (white), disorderfy con- duct $5.
 R. IL. 1owley (white), disorderly con- duot $5.
 Amanda Tidwell (colorsd), affray; s5.
 Tom Lyman (colored), petit larceny; $25 and sixty days.
 Tom Lyman. again, same charge; same sentence. 5 Lucy Weauhers (colored), assault and battery; s1. Leila Richardson (colored), abusive lan- guage; s10.
 Sam Harris (colored), assault and bat 'tery; $5
 Jack MdDonald (white). assault and haatery; s5.
The age-herald., 1897-09-24

than $20,00O, and the following is a list of the property destroyed, with insur7 ance.
 Mrs Cuker, loss, $6,0O0; insured for $1, 300 by the Birmingham Underwriters Agency, in the Continetal, Southern Mutual and St. Paul insurance compa+ nies; s5C0 in the Macon Fire Insurance company.
 Dr. F'inch's old store, the property of Birmingham Building and Loan associ- ation. Complete loss. Insured for the lean company by w. J. DangaiX x Co! for $500 in the Home, of New York. 1,
 William Hunts building, $1 900 insur- ance; A. o. McCans place, $400 insur4 ance; Dr. Heacoclx's office, $2O0 insur+ ance; E. L. Nobles dwelling, 400 int surance; vacant store belonging to Nat tional Guarantee, Loan and Trust comr pany, 800 insurance.
 These were carried by the Continental, Southern Mutual and St. Paul fire int surance companies.
 A school building, complete loss; $75o in the Niagara Insurance company.
 Birchfeld's drug store and Crossland's s stock of groceries were total losses. The Alabama State Mutual Insurance asso- citation had $40O on the drug store and $500 on the stock of groceries.
 Other buildings destroyed were Hol- lingsworths stables, horses and bug gies saved; w. H. Cahoon's confection-
The age-herald., 1897-09-24

New Orleans. He is now stationed in that city, and returned on account of the yellow fever sufferers.
 Lewis Frayser, of Philadelphia, is looking aften lthe interests of his firm in this city
 IF. F. Reavis, of Detroit, is in the city.
 ". D. Vassar, of OpelilSa, was in the city yesterday.
 Will Crawford, who formerly resided in Birmingham, was in the city ming,ing with his friends yesterday.
 Desk Sergeant Row1ette of the police station has returned from Nashville, where he went to see the Centennial.
 IA telegram from Mobile yester- day bore the intelligence that Rev. Dan- iel Murray is in a serious condition. Rev. Murray was formerly located at Bssse- mer
The age-herald., 1897-09-24
RAILROAD TRESTLE BURNED.
Goals From a Locomotive Fire a Bridge NeaI
 Cardiff

A railroad trestle was burned last night on the Southern railroad near Cardiff. Fortunately, the damaged track was discovered in time to prevent an accident. A special was sent to Car diff, on which the passengers were transferred and brought to this city. The railroad officials do not think that the fire was the work of incendiaries, but attribute it to coals from locomo- tive fire box The trestle was 20 feet high and about 19O feet long. Half of it was destroyed.
 Owing to the wreck of the bridge, train No. 27, which is scheduled to de- part for Greenyille this forenoon, will go out over the Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham track instead of it's regular run over the Southern road.
The age-herald., 1897-09-24
\ S2O,OOO FIRE AT EAST LAEE
Business Portion of College Sta
 tion Destroyed.
A SCORE OF FRAME HOUSES
The Fire Demon Did Its Work in RemarkabI, Short Space of Time Nearly Every
 One of Them Insured.

College Station, near East Lake, is in ashes.
 The entire business portion was de- stroyed by fire yesterday afternoon.
 Twtnty-cne frame buildings went up in the flames in the remarkable time of a few minutes.
 The property owners and business people of College Station, with one or two exceptions, will not be heavy losers by the conhagration. as they were GOV cred to large extent by insurance.
 The total loss Is estimated at more
The age-herald., 1897-09-24
NIGHT SCHOOL.
Young Mems Christian Association Doing ;
 Good Work.

The third season of the Young Mems Christian association night school will begin on Oct. 12. The following studies will be taught.
 Tuesday Nght-Penmansfip. by Prof J. M. Craig.
 Wednesday Night, 7:S0 to S:30-Gram- mar, by Prof. R. V. Algood.
 Wednesday Night, s:SO to 9:SO-Arith- metic, by Prof. R. V. Algood.
 Thursday Night-Shorthand by c. F. Burgess.
 Friday Night--Mechanica drawing, by John Foster.
 The association can accommodate 100 young men in the various classes.
The age-herald., 1897-09-24
PERSONAL.

A. Sutherland, of Anniston. was in the city yesterday.
 T. 0. Moore, of Athens, Ca, was in the city yesterday.
 w. F. Rafe of the Alabama Great Southern railroad, was in the city yes, terday.
 Mr. and Mrs, James Spencer and wife of Tuscaloosa, were visitors in the city yesterday.
 Rev. D. I. Purser, who was formerly pastor of the First Baptist church 6 this city. and who. accompanied by his wife, has been visiting here, left yesterday for
The age-herald., 1897-09-24

Tusca1oosa, has resigned his post there to accept professorshfp in the Mobile Medical college. Dr. Bonldurant will prac- eiee his profession at Mobile. taking as his speciality nervous diseases, to the study of which he llas given much att teBtion, qualifying himself at the best medical colleges i'm this country and in Europe. This gentlsman has often besn a visasor at Birmingham, where the 1aity and the profession greatly estesm him
The age-herald., 1897-09-24
Against the waterworks.

George B. Roberts filed suit in the city court yesterday morning against the Birmingham Water Works company for $500 damages. Roberts alleges that his water was cut off when the rental had been paid in advance and he was thereby caused much inconvenience.
The age-herald., 1897-09-24
Six Instead of Five.

At a late hour last night B report reached the city to the effect that six men instead of five perished in the mine fire at Belle Ellen. Tire fire has been smothered out and 1t is thought the mines can bc entared by tomorrowl j
The age-herald., 1897-09-24
Unmercifully Beat a Child.

William King is a negro and a very cruel one. He was convicted in the criminal court yesterday of unmercifully beating a little girl with a piece of wire and fined $500. Several other unirn- portant cases were dispatched.
The age-herald., 1897-09-24
To Reside in Mobile.

Dr. Eugene DeBosc Bondurant, dis tinguished as assistant resident physi. elan of the Alabanna-Bryce assylum, al
The age-herald., 1897-09-24
Mcn For the PIant sxstcm.

A party of seventy-five negro men left last night for Montgomery. The labor ers will work on the Plant system grades near that place.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-03-22

Ia. G. Harry I.f yesterday Tor q ltip
10 Conner Creek D IJRhu.
a.. n.u
and Lark tram at Bingham.
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"'"' '"' " -i''1'' '"'9 Hi''H'"s'
The Mammoth company shipped
bar of button yesterday whicn mai u
value oil S2,7O1.
The South Swansea dividend OF
81, $40 was paid today; also The swan.
sea payment vi s. 900.
lhe Seu'eHnia4'Life orc CONTRACTS
nave hot oten iet hs yei, aithOnsh IL ls
'hought 'hey VIII De Ia Jay or Two
The brigham civ Buoier ia doIug
ita utrnnst IN mir Dan l,,fsrest In thp
miues nj BDx EIier onunty. That
section assoIpe p1ou properties.
harry JOS phi spent SUNDAY at NAM
MOTH lie says the Lower Mammoth
property Is lOoRlns we'll ana tue
miners are Sinking from the tunnel
level through BOOu looking ROCK,
Jeckson AfcCnrvatal surerIntand,nt
nj Inc f;amlnt linz nj 'Tl,itic. CAM. in
INN, the uistrict Isat evaninv. pnr.
.ventlpman renorls const,srabIs c.tIy.
,iv in AMI an ut lnrakp
In the Crystal Palace mine, located
in Oregon ana owueJ by san Lakers,
The miners are dtifing on tue ledge
getting average values OF from $40 to
Sl2 The rich ore, such as was luunu
ABOUT two weeks ago, cUmes Ia pockets
and tnerefore doesn't last long.
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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-03-22
JOttings by the Way.

In the Isolated valley of Carey,
Blaine county, Idaho, there has been
gradual accretion OF members of the
Church or their descendants, who
were finally organized Into branch
or ward usder the supervision OF
CEssis Stake, Brother q. IL, Harris
being Bsnop.
Toe majority OF these were young
people OF limited experiences who felt
themselves inadequate for religious
defense and yet were subjects Of con.
trOvsrsY by nOn-believsrs and sceptlcs,
of which tueTs was quite few.
There are now twenty families in
connection with the Church ana
about the same number Of outsiders,
they have no settlement, but are
scattered on ranches within a radiue
OF from two to eight miles, and the
Saints have regular western meeting
house Of iogs, which IL as comic rtable
anu yet under contemplated improve.
ment, good Sunday school meets
regularly, the Relief society and mu.
tual organizations are making eiiOrl;
and DONG considerable good.
1t lie, however, q day OF religious
inquiry anu controversy, and the visit
OF Baptist exhorter Enormously In
Wiling tho people to "c0me to jesus"
has created u thiist for meetings and a
great deal Of inuivijual anu family