The age-herald., 1899-01-10
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE

| pear to be averse to any amendment of the
 constitutional convention act of the present
 general assembly. It has been suggested
 that the act be so amended to add 10
 the membership of the convention seven-
 teen delegates from the state at large, mak-
 ing the total strength of that body 150; but
 the real purpose of this suggestion has not
 been made perfectly clear. It would appear
 now to be likely that no amendment will 1 be attempted; that the act will be allowed
 to stand as it is Nobody seems to know
 much about the matter of the proposed amendment, as to who originally made the
 suggestion and why.
 As to the much-discussed question of the | eligibility of state officials to be delegates
 to the convention, it is interesting to note
 that Solicitor Charles W. Ferguson regards
 himself as quite eligible, and would be glad to be chosen one of the delegates from
 Jefferson. In point of fact, Solicitor Fer guson may be considered a candidate for
 delegate. and there can be doubt that | he will be strongly supported
 
 | Former Judge John w. Inzer, of St. Clair, | has been spending a day or two in Bir-
 mingham. He sad that he would not be
 
 and that very little interest had been as yet manifested in the convention by the voters of St. Clair. No one had declared | himself to be a candidate for delegate. Shall you be a candidate for governor next year?" was asked of Judge 1nzer. "Oh, I don't know about that. I haven't come to any decision; there Is time enough for that. The governorship is one honor that most of us would like to have" Judge Inzer went to Montgomery yester- day afternoon to attend the supreme court United States Senator Edward L. Pettus has recently visited eminent specialists in Baltimore to the advisability of having a surgical operation performed in the hope of extracting from the calf of his left leg a bullet lodged there from federal musket in the war between the states. Senator Pettus kept in his room for several weeks during the autumn by great pains in his left foot, and he thought it possible that the trouble was caused by the bullet in his leg. The specialists decided that the bullet did not cause the pain and they advised against an operation.
 Senator Pettus passed through the entire war without being wounded, until the last charge made by his command at the end of the strife, when he was struck by the bullet referred to. Surgeons failed to To- cate the bullet, and General Pettus was brought home in an ambulance and was confined to his bed for six or eight months For time his life was despaired of, and the doctors in Selma decided that his leg should be amputated; but wiser counsel prevailed, and finally the general recover ed.
 Colonel William H. Denson, eminent at the bar and distinguished as a former member of congress, in addition to his legal lore and forensic ability. can write A
 good song now and then. This is from his latest
 Hobson is handsome man, + Hobson is a dandy;
 Hobson sunk the Merrimac And kissed the girls so handy. The way in which the distinguished au- thority on law can sing that stanza is de- ,, lightful. The other stanzas he has not yet seen fit to give to the public Charles H. Greer, of this city one of the best known of the Alabama newspaper AiiSii' iieio PulS lSHdSSu lHe MaflOn Standard ana Will immediately assume charge. MT. Greer will remove his family to Marion
 with view to placing in reach of his six
 boys the excellent educational advantages
 Of that famous Blackbelt town, and at the
 same time giving them something of the
 freedom and exercise of country life that
 can be so freely enjoyed on the outskirts of Marion.
 The Standard is an old and firmly estab-
 hshed county newspaper, and has been | prosperous for many years. Messrs. Theiss and Grambs, lessees of OBrien's opera house, say that their best | attractions of this season will come from | now on to the spring close. For examnle
 they have O'Neill tonight The prevail | ance of yellow fever in Louisiana and Mis- | sissippi late in summer kept back many of
 the hrst-class shows, but they are coming
 now. The fever scare did great injury 10
 the theatrical business in the south. It is understood that Theiss and Grambs,
 who have been successful to a notable de-
 gree, have applied to the new owners of
 the opera house for an extended lease The
 house is to be remodeled and reftted. as
 The Age-Herald has already stated and
 as to the interior the entire big structure will be changed. Theiss and Grambs have
 been connected with the opera house, Mr. | Theiss in the management, and Professor Grambs as leader of the orchestra, for many years.
 Colonel J. A. Montgomery is very i'll of | pneumonia at his residence on the South | Highlands; fact that will cause general regret. Colonel Montgomery has been l largely connected with the growth of Bir- l mingham. and the development of the min l eral wealth of the district, and as a man
 of progress he is greatly esteemed and re- | spected.
 | Representative w. T. L. Cofer, of Gull | man, was amongst his numerous Birming- | ham friends yesterday.
 MT. John Eyster the influential attorney