The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-30

named was held to discuss the matter. 1t was suggested that a committee composed of City Engineer Towle and two mechanics, one to be selected by MT. Van Antwerp. the other by tho Mayor, be named to make thorough examination of the wall. MT. Van Ant werp asked for time to see his archi. tect and this was granted. The Van Antwerp building is used by the owner and his sons as a drug store, and Is located on the principal business cor ner of the city.
 Acting Mayor A. s. Lyons is taking steps to have certain residence streets of this city leading to the famous Shell Road put in first-class repair.
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 Last night in the parlors of St. Vim cents parsonage, Rev. Father Shea om- ciating, Mir John A. steadman and Miss Katie McAlister were joined in mar riage The attendants were MT. Vii. liam McAlister, brother of the bride. and Miss Lillie Lanjan. A. reception was rendered the couple at the home of the brides father. MT. J. McAlister, No. POS Selma Street. The groom Is q popular young river engineer. and his bride most estimable young woman.
 Mrs. Smith Dead.
 Mrs. Mary F Smith, a native of But Ter. died last evening at the home of her daughter, Mrs. R. C. Cowan, No. BIO Cont Street, after a long illness. The deceased was 64 years of age and most estimable woman. The remains will be inferred at Mt. Sterling, in the family burying grounds.
 Steamer Purchased.
 Thomas Barry, a well-known river man, has purchased the steamer Caloo- sa. owned locally and a former Govern ment vessel. It is understood she will be put in commission in the Warrior River trade.
 Personal and Local.
 Patrick Sherry, a well-known carpen ter, had a fall this morning in a build ing In course of erection at Cedar and Michael Streets. He stepped on a plank which broke, precipitating him only four feet. He was picked up and a physician found he had two broken ribs in the right side. He was sent to his home. Jefferson and Montgomery Streets.
 Judge C. A. senn and Hon. John oh dttcT d ptcdsdHl fishing trip to Little River, passed through Mobile today en route home. They report having had fine sport. On Monday the public schools of the entire county. white and colored, will open for the season of 1s04-5. Super : intendent Murphy anticipates a much larger attendance than last year.
  in the city. MT Harding Is connected with the Mobile and Ohio Railroad. 
 MT. and Mrs. A. H. Spira and daugh- ter has returned from a delightful visit | to St. Louis.
 Mobile Society News. Little by little, the summer wander CTS are coming home. and after three days of unprecedented September heat, they wish they had remained away a little longer. Fortunately for our local pride, Mobile Is not the only place with an aspiring temperature, and returning sight-seers from the Fair say that St Louis for the past few days can sur pass any record we may attempt to establish.
 Little Miss Mary Waring Harrison was queen of a birthday fete this after noon, and her numerous though dimin- utive friends held high carnival for a few hours at the home of her parents MT. and Mrs. Waring Harrison. All the essentials for a children's party were at hand. and the little ones en- joyed an afternoon of unalloyed bliss. | Mir. and Mrs. Meyer F. Goldsmith have issued invitations to the wedding reception of their daughter, Dolly M, and Mir. Bertram H. Feist, on Wednes- day evening, October 12, from S:30 to II o'clock at their home on Monroe Street. The ceremony will be witness ed by only few near relatives and friends.
 | MT. and Mrs. Charles Edmonds Vim cent have returned from their wedding trip, and are pleasantly located with Mir. and Mrs. Gray on Dauphin Way until November 1st. when they will be- gin housekeeping.
 | The young people of Mobile will sus- l tain a loss this winter in one of the most attractive of the debutantes. Miss Hazel Pape. Miss Pape has accepted a position to teach in the public school at Coden.
 Miss Venetia and Mary Danner re- turned home yesterday from their sum mer trip, which included St. Louis. the mountains of Tennessee and Atlanta. l There was a very enjoyable lawn par ty given this afternoon on the church lawn by the Mission Band of the Frank lin Street Presbyterian Church. |
 | Mrs. Triplett and Misses Mamie and Helen Triplett returned today from Chicago, where they spent the last few weeks of their stay North. Miss Clara Anderson returned this morning from Saluda, N. C., where she spent the summer with Mrs. Matthew Brewster.
 Miss Corinne Fonde returned last night from Yellow Pine, where she has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Burgett Little.
 Misses sallie and Eloise Withers re- turned Monday from Virginia. They viisted the Fair before returning home. Mrs. J. H. White and family have returned to the city after stay of several weeks in Milledgeville. Ga pr. and Mrs. T. H. Frazier. Miss Alice Barclay and Miss Mary Kate Mo lGehee have gone to St. Louis | MT. L. H. Faith and family have come up to the city from their summer home at Bayou la Batre