The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-13
Advertiser Hureau.

The remains of Felix Aubort were tn- tered in Magnolia Cemetery yesterday, the funeral services being held at St Joseph's Church. The attendance was uu- usually large. Rev. Father Beaudequin conducted the funeral services. Delega- tions from Raphael Semmes Camp. U c. w.. and the Mobile Cadets attended At the grave the bugler blew taps and a salute was fired. The pail bearers were R. T. Erwin. M. R. Parker, W. A. Bach- elor. John Green, w. 2. Mickle and M. B. Godfrey.
 H. H. Pullen, popular employe of the Mobile and Ohio shops at Whistler. died yesterday after a long illness. He was a most esttmable man. He leaves wife and two children.
 Professor Corthel tonight at the Y. N. c. A. building gave an illustrated lecture on Argentina. Past. Present and Fu- ture," which much enojyed.
 . The Revenue and Road Commissioners of Mobile County met In regular session this afternoon in the court house. Many petitions for abatement of penalties were referred to the attorney pro tenn, W. H. Mcintosh. Bids for the hard labor con- victs were opened as follows: Tennessee Coal and Iron Company. for all ninety day and over, s10.50 per month; H. B. Turner for Vinegar Bend Lumber ComN pany, for all oonvicts as per last years classification. s10 per month. The bids were referred to the Finance Committee, Messrs Holcomb. Bauer and Garity. It is thought the award will be given to Tur- ner.
 At q 0'nlnPk tnnierhf al fha hnrnA nf the brides parents. Rev. John Barthel joined in marriage Hans c. Mueller and Miss Elise Mueckel in the presence of a large number of invited friends. The wedding ceremony was according to the German aRrunnier and William Detlefson. After Brunnierf and William Detlefson. After the ceremony a reception was held and splendid wedding supper spread. The groom Is assistant brewmaster of the Mobile Brewery and his bride is the daughter of MT. and Mrs. Emile A. Brun- nier, Mir. Brunnier being proprietor of the Staats zeitung and President of the the Deutcher Turn Verein. The couple were recipients of many handsome pres- ents Including a fine dining room set from hds co-employes at the brewery. They will be at home after tomorrow to friends at No. A1 Charles Street
 Governor Hester, . belligerent negro, Saturday night, near the hour of 12, went gunning for big game and succeeded evil ,dently, to his entire satisfaction. Hester was enamoured of a dusI1y damsel named ''Bunion." The female was also enana- cured. but her affections were divided be- tween two brothers, Amos and Eli Castor Saturday night there was a frolic at what Is known as the pest house. the joint property of the city and county, located four miles southwest of the city. The two brothers and Bunion were at the frolic. The Governor" learning of this fact, armed himseR and went to the frolic, determined to have some sport himself. He had it. Just after Hester arrived on the scene Amos Castor started to leave the building. He was met by Hester who promptly sent a pistol bullet through his victims body. Amos fell. Eli. hearing the shot, rushed out and he. too, was shot by Hester, the bullet pass ing through both lungs. Hester then lied, The news was sent to the County fail and deputies were soon on the search for Hester. All of last night and yesterday ous negro is still at large The Castor boys will die.
 Tax Collector P. B. Dorian this morning forwarded his report of collections of the month of December, 1902, to Mont gomery. The collections were as fol- lows:
 state tax ....................""..$ 73,S75.u county tax ..........."............ 61.322. 36 Special Confederate veteran tax. 1s,7O6. 80 Special State Schools tax......... 13,O6. 30 Special County School tax....... 13,7O6. 80
 Total ez o1c .-
 This total, as against $146,OO0 for the same month of 1901, shows an increase of nearly $3o,0OO. quite a record for the pres ent tax collector and his efficient corps of assistants.
 Montgomery Thrower former well known Mobilian, now living in Atlanta, spent yesterday and today in the city vis- iting relatives and friends.
 Frank Petrinovich and P. B. Dorian re- turned yesterday from Welsh, La, where they had gone to mote the progress of work on the well of the Southwestern De- velopment Company. in which they and other Mobilans are interested. They re- port the prospects for a fine oil well as being most promising. The drillers ex- pect to report strong flow of the fluid before the latter part of this week.
 In yesterdays Advertiser appeared in the Daughters of the Confectionery column a reprint from The Selma Daily Messen- ger of April 19, 1866, being a report from Mrs. Paul Ravesies on collections from Mobilians for fund to be used to re- inter Confederate soldiers who fell on the battlefields around Winchester, Va. Of the entire list of subscribers given,