The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-19
Advertiser Bureau,

office of tho Collector Of Customs, were as follows:
 American steamship Sabine for New York, 400 bales cotton, 100000 feet lurn- Der, 275 packages merchandise, 100 cases cedar slats.
 Norwegian steamship Telefon for Galveston, 41,775 feet rough pine lum- Der, S95 tons coal 7,500 feet dressed, tongued and grooved pine lumber. 3s,- 146 feet dressed lumber, (this cargo in transit for Vera Cruz). value $2,s1s.
 American schooner Olive, for Puerto Padre, 122,116 feet rough pine lumber, 30,63I feet dressed pine lumber, value $e.267.
 British steamship Sierra Blanca, for Havre, 9,700 bales cotton. S27,442 feet pine lumber, value $s7o,003.
 Norwegian steamship Aim, for Pro- gresso, 23,0OO bushels corn, 7S1 bales hay, 5sO barrels flour, 70 barrels onions, I35 barrels potatoes. 20 barrels apples. I5O hogs, PSI packages furniture, 5000 fire brick. value s25.41s.
 British steamship King Frederic, for Cardenas, l,40a sacks corn, 10000 pounds flour, 54 packages furniture, e5 cases household goods, 6S0 cases pack ing house products, $500 slaves. For Matanzas, 1,25O sacks corn, 12e cases packing house products, 1l0 packages fuTnltuE9. ZUU EdChS IiCSs 3soA1 p1Ch~ ages building material. For Havana, Fl cases packing house products. 222,- 800 pounds flour, value of cargoes $72.- 967.
 American schooner Saratoga, for Ha- vana. 500 sacks bran, 1,500 sacks corn, e5S, ,45O pounds flour, 250 sacks oats, 5S6 packages packing house products, 55 barrels rosin, 172 packages furni- ture, 559 bales hay, value $45,424.
 American schooner Daisy for Havana, 3s1,776 feet pine lumber, value s4,sl3.
 Imports for the week were as fol- lows:
 American steamship Sabine. from New York, 1000 packages general mer- chandise.
 Norwegian steamship Belize from Belize, 5000 punches bananas, bags coffee.
 Norwegian steamship Aim from Pro- gresso, $500 bales sisal.
 Norwegian steamship Hiram from Puerto Cortez, S,37s punches bananas.
 Norwegian steamship Colombia, from La Ceiba, 15,OOo punches bananas.
 Vessels up in ballast for cargoes: Cuban steamship Palorma. i,40S tons, from New York.
 American schooner St. Maurice, 212 tons, from Cardinas, Cuba. American schooner Carrie Strong. 412 tons, from Titas, Cuba. American schooner James c. Clifford, PCT tons, from Havana.
 Norwegian bark Sunbeam, sS4 tons, from Barbadoes, B. W. l.
 American schooner Josephine, sos tons. from Sagua Ia Grande. Cuba.
 British steamship Morena, 2,2SS tons, from Newcastle-on-Tyne. England.
 Norwegian ship Industrial, 1,642 tons, 
 Capt. Cary w. Butt, ex-Alderman and prominent shingle manufacturer of the city, is now City Tax Collector for the city of Mobile. As noted in The Advertiser, Captain Butt, on the night of the 18th inst, was elected to suc- ceed the lamented Frank Petrinovich over Alexander Petrinovich, son of the deceased, by the General Council on a vote of to 6. Captain Butt yester- day took the oath of office, but his bond was not approved until today. The chief clerk in the oflce has been appointed and assumed his duties. He is Mir. Mildred KirkbrIde, brother of Alderman Kirkbride. The chief clerk was for a long time a valued employe as bookkeeper with S. Richard & Sons, and held by them in high esteem.
 City Engineer A. S. TowIe issued for the week permits for six new buildings to the value of $2.1OO. and repairs to five buildings to the value of sl,160.
 Moses L. Cans this morning filed his bond as Notary Public for Mobile County in the Probate Court.
 During the week licenses were is- sued to the following white couples: Charles E. Morgan and Daisie M. Ta- con, Joseph OZefa and Katie Johnson, Joe Barron and Eva Lambert, William M. Powell and Louise Lauber. Licenses were issued to six colored couples.
 Mrs. James L. Nail and daughter, Miss Mai Alice, of Birmingham, are the guests of Mrs. Nails brother. Mir. A. Wade, at his home in oakdale. They will spend some time here.
 In a local paper yesterday afternoon appeared an article to the effect that Mrs. Annie Riley. administrator of the estate of John T. Riley, had filed a suit for S25,0OO against the Mobile Light and Railroad Company for the death of deceased. In the same article 1t ap- peared a judgment had been rendered against the defendant for $720. The ' papers, so 1t was stated in the Sher- ifrs office, had not been served on the defendant at the time the article ap- peared. President J. Howard Wilson, of the Mobile Light and Railroad Com many said to The Advertiser this morn ing that this was the quickest work in a litigation against his company in the record of his company.
 Ti l1 on the road for some time advertising the carnival for MobiIe, returned home this morning. MT. Carroll stated that he had been to nearly every Southeast Mississippi town and was assured of large attendance during the, festivities.
 It was announced tonight by M. Les lie Taylor of the firm Of Duggan and Taylor, of this city, that they had puT- chased the site on which stood the Battle House for a Mobile syndicate. MT. TAylor declined to state the amount paid, or the names of the persons form ing the syndicate. From a reliable source 1t is learned that the price paid was $20O. 900 and that the syndicate will erect a ten story steel hotel on the nroperty. The transfer of the property will be made the coming week, when A brother of MT. William Wizard will reach Mobile tomorrow.
 After two weeks deliberation, the City Court grand jury for the Febru- ary term Adjourned at o'clock this afternoon. In 124 cases, S15 witnesses were examined and 76 true bills re- 4urpad Attention is called to appeals