The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-07
A plpIomat's Letter.

faula Building and Loan association has | been filed in the office of the secretary of state. The capital is $25O0O0, with Eu- faula as the place of business. The in- eorporators are John P. roy, J. W. Tul- | lis and G. l.. Conner.
 | The certificate of incorporation of the Ott-Murdocl Lumber company of Chi eago has also been filed in the same of | flee. The Alabama agent is B. J. Ott at Almeda. The capital of the concern Is $G0, 900.
 The following minor appointments were made by the governor today: Notary pub l lies. Walter Doughty. Bay Minette; W. J. Mcclellan, Pollard; S. J. Brintle, Bir- mngham; Notary public and justice of the peace, J. B. Geiger, Boaz. | Gen. R. F. Ligon, clerk of the supreme court Is spending few days at Tate l Springs.
 State Auditor Sowell. Chief Clerk Jesse Adams of the agricultural department, and Attorney General Massey Wilson are on the coast fishing. They will be gone several days.
 Judge J. M. Carmichael, president of the state convict board says the crops of the state at No. 4, and other places are fine and certain to develop well. The corn Is too high to be hurt by wet weather and the yield Is bound to be the greatest In 9 years.
 Deputy Insurance Commissioner H. R. oHolleft IS Ddck III harness dBdln, though not very strong. He Is just up from a long spell of illness.
 Lively Bear Hunt.
 Judge J. M. Carmichael, president of tho state convict board. has just returned from a trip to South Alabama and tells of bear hunt in lower Dale county a few days ago. The bear was chased up Pea river from Florida. News of its ap- proaeh was sent ahead by telephone, for that part of the country is full of tele- phone lines and a large crowd gathered to look out for bruin.
 He was sighted in a boggy place early in the morning and run with a large pack Of dogs until 2 o'clock that afternoon be- fore being cornered. The first dog to get to him was one owned by George M. Kelly, and possessed of remarkable grit. Tho dog ran at the bear and caught him by one ear, and was slapped about ten feet away by swing of the hunted animal s paw. Nothing daunted the hound ran around and grabbed the other ear.
 Evidently deciding that this was getting too frequent the bear took a long swing and the dog was knocked twenty feet away Being a dog of sense he knew when he had enough. and he let it go at that, even over the earnest efforts of his owner and others to get him to take a new nolu. when the cTOWu came up the bear was shot. nine bullets being put Into its body. It weighed 125 pounds and was skinned and divided among the hunt ing party.
 Notable Cafe.
 About fourteen years in one place, Fftz- patricks cafe, long a fixed institution in the Exchange hotel building. will be moved. The determination to move was brought about by the fact that the hotel building Is to be torn down and modern structure erected in its place. The new stand of the cafe will be No. Dexter avenue.
 Some of the greatest men of the day have taken a snack at the Fitzpatrick counter. and regaled themselves with the coffee and sandwiches on tap there. It E popular place when the legislature is in session and after hours many would drop in there to talk of the exciting times