The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-01
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

I he municipal census of Dothan gives the town 5O5S inhabitants. The census of 1900 showed SSOO; a pretty fair increase.
 
 The Industrial News: Harmony with some people means about this-you sur render your views and swear by mine.
 Huntsville Mercury: Bishop Beckwith and wife will reach the city Saturday and be the guests of Captain>and Mrs. Daniel Coleman.
 Captain Joshla Baker 9f Tuscaloosa has purchased a large steamboat. which he proposes to use in plying the Warrior between Demopolis and Tuscaloosa.
 Union Springs Herald; We are to have an ice factory. The Alabama Cotton oil company will begin in the near future stalllng the machinery for a complete and up-to-date ice-mahing plant at it's oil mill building in this city.
 Anniston Star: No city in the state of Alabama has increased more in popula- tion than Anniston the past two years. That the city's population exceeds 15,0OO Is conceded by all and conservative men place it far above the 15,0OO mark.
 The governor has appointed George Leslie to be probate judge of the new county Of Houston. and A. c. Crawford ;. ent circuit clerk of Henry county but resides at Dothan, in the territory Of Houston. The vacancy left by his ap- polntment will be filled by the circuit judge.
 Opelika Post; The next session of the Lee County Teachers Institute will be held at the school building in Phoenix City, on March and :. On Thursday night before there will be some exercises by the pupils of the public school. follow ed by fddresses from State superintend- ent I. w. Hill County Superintendent D. M. Banks and others.
 Mobile Register; The new docks at Choctaw Point of the Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City Railroad company are now practically completed, with the exception of the approaches. The work is done in the most substantial manner. The men engaged on the government warehouse on the dock are also getting along nicely and will have the dock completed within a short time
 Anniston Star: Mrs. J. c. Street has given $500 to esta blish a scholarship in the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, at Auburn, the other $3Oo beirg donated by the General Education Beard of New York. The scholarship will be known as the J. T. DunlIln scholarship in honor ot Professor J. T. Dunltin, father of Mrs Street. and for thirty years teacher in the Auburn school
 Attalla Mirror: MT. Jack Curry, who is employed at the Alabama Consolidated Coal, & Iron company's mines, had the misfortune to get his left hand very badly mashed one day last week. A car loaded with coal caught his hand between 1t and the timber in the mines and mashed it very badly. Dr. Wood was called and dressed the wounded hand, and Mir. Curry was out in a few days and is now doing nicely.
 Mobile Register: At 10 o'clock yesterday morning the cases of the five Chnamen charged with being In the United States without proper papers, were called for hearing before United States Commission al. ryx md ad In, Long and Sam Joy John. employees of a Royal street Chinest laundry, being or dered deported; Hom Com. cook for Sam Brown, at Bascombe race course. was dismissed upon exhibiting his certificate, and Flung Joy and Harry Con were given 8 continue nee until March 5 in order to procure their papers.
 Mobile Register: President J. H. Wilson of the Mobile Light and Railroad com pany stated today that the cars of the company on Mardi Gras day hauled in the neighborhood of 42. OO0 Several cars from early morning to late at night haul ed over 1000 passengers each The receipts on Sur day were twenty two per cent. ahead of Sunday of last year, and five per cent below Sunday of two years ago.
 On Monday the receipts were nineteen per cent. greater than they were year ago, and nine per cent below Monday two years ago.
 On Tuesday the receipts were twenty | three per cent. greater than a year ago, and four per cent. greater than Tuesday two years ago.