The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-25

XX1A v NA&&4< of a permit to the. Odd Fellows orEanisI zation to break into the asphalt pavement In St. Joseph Street. in order to put down water pipe for an elevator in Temper ance Hall, the building recently pur- chased by the Odd Fellows.
 Building permits were issued by City Engineer A. s, Fow1e for the week ended at noon today as follows: G. H. wilkerson owner, days work, erection of stable, North Congress- two east of Dearborn, so.
 Dan J. Fanane owner, Murphy Jones contractor, erection of one-story frame building. Bayon and Savannah Streets, $500. Andrew H. Jackson. owner, days work. erection of two one-story frame buildings. Brazil between Ann and Calhoun Streets: 500 each.
 J. H. ortman owner. Rich Gambler con- tractor. erection of two-story frame build ing, St. Louis, between Claiborne and Franklin Streets. 5000.
 Paul Arata owner. days work, repairs to brick building northeast corner Joa- ! chim and St. Michael Streets, $50.
 Joseph Bohm owner. days work, repairs to frame building. northeast corner Davis Avenue and Cleveland Street, $500.
 Mrs. J. H. Altman owner, days work, repairs and addition to frame building Lexington Avenue. 5 north of Congress Street, $75.
 Costello and Finch owners, Robert Windham contractor, erection of building. corrugated roof and sides. northeast cor ner Royal and St. Anthony Streets N;5oo.
 Jules J. klsin, traveling man from Philadelphia, made his first visit to Mo- | bile yesterday. He brought with him group picture, representing ten men l mounted on donkeys. on . tour of in- spection of the Hot Springs reservation. | The photo was fourteen years old. MT.
 kiain obtained the photo from his broth l er-in-iaw. who was one of the group At the time of receiving the picture Mir. klain was told that a member of the par 1 ty lived in Mobile. but the name had been forgotten Mir. Klain was requested to l md the man and make himself known l Armed with the picture. Mir. Klain set out and soon found his man. Joe Jossen, one of Mobiles old and respected citi- ! zens. As soon as MT. Jossen saw the pie ture he recalled the incident and trip, though it happened fourteen years ago. MT. Jossen tried hard to get the picture but Mir. Klain refused to part with it. s. T. Davis a well-to-do gardener, liv- ing three miles west of Mobile. on Dauph- inway,S this morning brought to the Sher- ins office two very young negroes who had been caught stealing sweet potatoes from his patch. Another youngster of the party eluded capture Mir. Davis said the patch where the boys had been operating locked as If a drove of hogs had been through 1t. The youngsters are in jail pending trial.
 Beginning Monday the Southern Paving and Construction Company will use gravel from the Hobson & Smith quarry at Jackson, Ala. for the concrete and binder course of District No. 2. paving. This gravel was first used in the work, but a competing company got the inside for time. and now the contractors have realized the need for the original variety | to give the city good job, so 1t is said. The General Council is called to meet in special session at o'clock Monday even- ing to receive and act on a report from the joint committee on the granting of a franchise for a new electric street rail- way company for Mobile. There has been a stubborn fight by the existing company against the franchise and great interest centres in the result now pending.
 
 Henry J. Woods, for long time the popular Secretary-Treasurer of the Geo. H. Robinson Contracting Company, has resigned his position and, with his charm ing wife and children. will move to Me ridian. Miss. where Mir. Woods will ern- bark in the real estate business.
 Ernest Minard, aged 6S. and a native 1 of France, but a resident of Mobile forty | years. died this afternoon at the City Hospital He leaves wife. He was a member of long standing of Alabama Lodge No. |, Independent Order Odd Fellows.
 Rev. A. c. Harte. Secretary of the Young Mems Christian Association, left | this morning for Starkville. Miss, where | he will conduct a series of religious ser vices at the Agricultural College.
 George E. Glover. one of Mobiles popu- lar young men tonight rendered a few of his friends farewell supper. he contemplating taking leave of batchelor- dom in the very near future.
 William Carmichael. an employe of the Mobile Coal Company. while loading cars at the coal chute, fell between two cars and had his right leg crushed above the knees.
 Hon. John NJ. Wilson and wife of Grove Hill, Clarke County. are in Mobile today and rumor has 1t that they are contem- plating moving here.
 J. H. Cohen of New York. a former Mobiian, Is here visiting friends.
 Mobile Society News.
 Mobile friends have received the follow ing invitations from Montgomery:
 Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Templeton Han non invite you to be present at the mar riage of their daughter, Mary. to Mir. Charles Le Baron Taylor. on Wednesday evening, Nov. Il, 1903. at S:30 o'clock, IS Amanda street.
 MT. and Mrs. Richard Cobbs, with Mrs. InRe Selden, Mrs Little and MT. John vidmer, as their guests. left yesterday in a private car for Greensboro, Ala, where they will spend a week.
 The dancing class was we'll attended this evening and was more in the nature of ar informal party. The popularity of these Saturday night dances grows with each season.
 Mrs. Gowan Ferguson and little son, after a pleasant visit to Mrs FerEusons narants Mir and Mrs R l., Maxff1iu has