The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1900-09-12
ABOUT The TOWN.

T. C. Upton. commercial agent in At
lanta of the Choctaw Route, is in the city
L. w Collier, commercial agent of the
Illinois Central at Atlanta, was in the city
yesterday.
The Board of Trade will hold its regular
monthly meeting tonight. Several import
ant matters will come up for consideration.
About fifteen or twenty schoolgirls went
to Tuscaloosa yesterday afternoon on the
Alabama Great Southern train to attend
college.
Dr. W. H. Smith, pastor of the First
Baptist church of Columbus, Ca, will
preach at the Woodawn Baptist church
this evening at o'clock.
The Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad
Company is enlarging its machine shop at
Ensley and building new blacksmith
shop, the latter now being about COM
pleted
w. C. Walsh, who the stripper at
the Ensley steel MILL was overcome by
heat while at work yesterday afternoon.
He was in a critical condition for WHILE
but soon revived.
Fifty-seven delegates to the Colored Bap-
the Southern Railway yesterday morning.
The delegates Travelled in special coach
provided by the Southern Railway Com
pany.
L. A. Shipman formerly of the passen-
ger department of the Southern Railway in
this city, but now in the general passenger
department of one of the Florida lines, is
in the city. He is accompanied by Mrs.
Shipman, who is visiting her mother, Mrs
Arnold, in Sixth avenue.
An unknown negro boy was seriously
hurt by a moving train while attempting
to evade the police yesterday afternoon
The unfortunate boy was conveyed to st.
Vincent's Hospital. His leg was SO badly
crushed that DR.. Whelan, city physician,
deemed an amputation advisable.
Frank G. Browder, Jr., southeastern
agent of the American Refrigerator IRAN
sit Company, is in the city. Mr.. BroWder
was formerly division freight agent OF the
Southern Railway at Selma. lie Is
brother of Division Freight Agent G X.
Browder of the Southern Railway In this
city.
President w. H. Kettig of the CONNER
cial Club has called a meeting OF the d.
rectors of the club for 4 o'clock this after
noon for the purpose of taking some steps
towards arranging for the entertainment
of the Isthmian Canal Commission wmcn
will be in Birmingham on September 70
and 20.
small fire occurred at a negro church
on the Southsfde between and o'clock
last night, but very little damage was
done The Southsde and Highlands fire de-
partments responded to the alarm, but the
fire had been extinguished before the High
lands engine and hose wagon could get
to it.
Mrs ]. E. Robbins wife of DIR. J. h.
Robbins died yesterday afternoon at
Brookside after suffering for some Time
from an attack of pneumonia. The inter-
ment will take place at Woodlawn Gene
terry this afternoon. Mrs. Robbins was
greatly loved woman, and her death was
great loss to the community in when she
lived. She leaves five small chlldren.
The Cottonwood division OF the BURNING
ham Railway and Electric Company Is now
being operated. Electric cars are run on
This division every half hour, leaving Sec
ond avenue and Twentieth street ON the
hour and the half hour. The route Is by
way of Twentieth street to avenue b. out
avenue B to Sixteenth street, in Slxteen.h
street to avenue c, out Z TO flIteeh.i
street south in Fifteenth street TO Co'ltoh-
wood avenue thence in Cottonwood ave-
nue. to Twentieth street at Five POINTS
Cars have been running on this line since
Sunday. and are being we'll patronized.