The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-02
Thirteen Convicts sentenced.

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 Thirteen Convicts Sentenced.
 This morning while there was a Hull in l the proceedings of the circuit court on account of the auashing of the venires to try criminal cases, Judge Aston had those who had been found guilty sum- moned into court and passed sentence on the following thirteen; Bill Williams. burglary. fifteen months.
 Dock Kennedy. forgery, eighteen months.
 Nose watson. grand larceny. eighteen months.
 Alex Dudley. grand larceny thirteen months.
 Jim Swift, petit larceny. six months.
 Rachel Bailey, assault to murder. two years and six months.
 James saffold. burglary, two years and six months.
 Will Hardy, carrying concealed weap. ons, twenty days.
 Lee Gibson. burglary and grand lar ceny, three years.
 John Kirk. murder, life sentence
 Henderson Glover. grand larceny. eigh teen months.
 Willie Lowe. burglary. three years. PERSONAL AND LOCAL. l Policeman Davis had an exciting chas, late yesterday afternoon after a we'll known negro thief, Bud Jones. alias Smith. The negro was in the act of rob- ping a little negro boy of 50 cents when he was detected He was captured and placed behind the bars l bars.
 Daniel Brislin. an aged man. and g | cousin of Daniel Brislin, Sr., who passed away in this city several years ago, diet in Pensacola last night. The remains will be brought here for interment.
 John Bickster is engaged in boring a six-inch well at the Buckeye Cotton Seed Oil Company's plant. He struck water that overfiowed at 250 feet but the well will go down to a depth of 600 feet.
 There has been a rise of several feet in the river and steamboat men are hap py for boats have had great difficulty in reaching the wharf at Selma on ac count of the extremely low water.
 T. W. Hall and Miss Eula Underwood were married near Huntsville yesterday MT. Hall invited a good many of his friends to a barbecue and instead Of a | cue they attended a wedding.
 All the trees and stumps have beer | removed from the site of the proposed lake at Eilkdale and the work of exca- vating and constructing the epbankment will begin at an early date. The flow of water at the big Elkdale bored well is in increasing in volume. The flow is much stronger between six and eight o'clock p. n. than at any other time of day.
 Miss Grace Halls of Montgomery, is | in the city, the guest of her sister, Mrs. A. L. Mcleod. She will remain here to attend Dallas Academy next season.
 The city public schools opened today and the streets were crowded with bright faced children on taeir way to the diner ent schools of the city.
 The new L. and N. and Western depot, siree the slate roof has been placed on 1t. Spresents a very attractive appearance from Water Street. MT. and Mrs. E. P. Lacy have com menced housekeeping with their parents, Captain and Mrs. J. E. Kennedy, on Union Street.
 The cool spell yesterday frightened cot. | ton men, and they felt sure that a frost was dangerously near to cut off the yield | of cotton.
 A man in the city from Monroe County today said that there had been fifteen murders in that county since the 1st of April.
 Miss Gonzella Byrne has returned from | spending the summer at Virginia Beach, Lexington, Ky, and in North Carolina. Fishing has been fine in the river just opposite the city till the rise last night, | made the water too muddy. J. Wesley Thomas, who has been quite i'll with malarial fever, is reported to be great deal better today.
 Lieut.. Col. H. E. May of Montgomery. has come to Selma to reside and will embark in business here. Miss Anna M Vasser of Mobile, is in the city. the guest of Mrs. Vasser and Miss Emma Arthur. Sam Woodward of Eutaw, is a visitor to Selma today for the purpose of having | his eyes treated. | Professor Calloway's school opened | this morning with fine attendance, as usual.
 w. A. Coats of Consul. Marengo County, | was a visitor to Selma today.
 Hon. J. J. Kiag of Consul, Marengo CouL ty. is in the city. A. D. Pitts returned this morning from | Uniontown.
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