The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-18

"There is nothing demanding the im-
 mediate attention of any of the standing committees of the City Council, and no meetings have been called. Requests for
 remittance of fines is the only big job
 l have to consider these days" COUNTY JAIL WALL.-The work of building the wall around the old county
 jail has been progressing recently not
 withstanding the fact that the weather
 has been very bad. When the high wall is completed the old county jail, which stands on the corner of Twenty-first street and Fourth avenue, will be en- | tirely obscured from view. This building has been an eye sore for number of years.
 l STILL HOPES FOR REPRIEVE.-Jud . DSrnaham, the negro who is condemned | to be hung on March 10, Is still hopeful
 that the Governor will commute his sen ] tence. His lawyers are circulating peti- 1 tion asking that his sentence be com
 muted, and this will be presented to Gov l ernor Cunningham shortly. Baraham was
 convicted of the charge of killing his i sweetheart, Minnie Crenshaw, at Pratt city.
 l HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING.-Som pro-
 gress has been made during the past week | on the excavations for the foundations for
 the new Birmingham High school, which
 will be erected on the corner of Seventh avenue and Twenty fourth street, north. Theo Poull &. Co.,, the contractors, state | that just as soon as the weather per- mits that a large force of men will be employed and the work rushed as rapid | ly as possible The new building will be ready for occupancy next fall. NEW BUILDING-wor will start
 within the next few days on the three
 story brick building to be erected on l Twentieth street between Second and Third avenues by General Louis " Clark | in place of the structures destroyed by | fire several weeks ago. The new building
 will cost s5000 when completed. The per
 init has already been issued
 | ED JOHNSTON CASE-The grand jury l has not yet made a return in the case of
 
 | county jail on the charge of carrying
 concealed weapons. This is the negro
 that was arrested on the charge of kill | ing Miss Bessie Bloodworth at New De- catur. After investigation. however, the
 Morgan county authorities declared that | he was not the right man.
 1 CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER-Before the next meeting of the City Council the wires will have been strung across the
 opening of the gallery. Alderman Stock mar, chairman of the city hall commit | tee, has this matter in charge. He con- tends that with the brass wires the acoustics of the council chamber will be
 greatly improved.
 | SOCIAL sEsSION-The Knights of Co., | lumbus will hold a social session next Monday night, at which Dr. J. H. Phil | lips will deliver his lecture on Modern 1 Chivalry" There will be several vocol numbers including a soprano solo by Miss Nora S. Heakin of Cincinnati, whose | beautiful voice has been heard at St. Paurs church recently.
 1 PRESS CLUB BANQUET-The banquet | committee of the Birmingham Press club | of which Eli P. Smith is chairman. will meet tonight at the office of President E. Lesser iur the purpose of arranging | details of the annual entertainment. The | banquet will be given early in MarchA 1 TURN vEREIN-Capt c. H. Lanza U. | S. A.. will deliver a lecture on the | Philippines under the auspices of the Turn Verein tonight.