The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-21

splinters. The parsonage was so badly
 twisted it was some little time before
 MT. Hawkins could break a door down.
 1t being impossible to open one, and make
 his escape. The church was completely
 demolished, this being the second time it
 has been destroyed during the present
 year by storm. The organ used in the
 church escaped injury. No definite an
 nouncement of the loss can be made
 yet, but it will rnn into the thousands of
 dollars.
 The first entertainment of the Alkahest
 Lyceum course, under the auspices of the
 local lodge, Knights of Pythias. was giv-
 en at the court house last night by the
 Boston Orchestral company, to a large
 and cultured audience The concert was
 one of the best heard here in some time
 and the audience voiced their approval by
 repeated encores. The Juvenile band, as
 rendered by the company, with toy in-
 struments. brought down the house with
 laughter and amusement.
 Dr. J. w. Newman, pastor of the First
 Methodist church, has sent a postal card
 to every delegate who has signifed the
 intention of attending the North Alabama , conference which meets in this city on Wednesday of next week, and on the card
 wrote the house number and the name of
 the party who is to entertain the one ad- dressed. This, it Is thought, will obviate much confusion. Should any delegate fail
 to meet the reception committee he could go direct to the home assigned him. The case of Ed Taylor, the negro who
 is on trial for the murder of Henry Ham,
 mond at Lagarde, is still occupying the
 attention of the city court, and will not go to the jury before tomorrow, owing to
 the large number of witnesses being eX- amined, there being something over thir-
 ty-five in all.
 T. E. Brooks superintendent of the min
 eral division of the Louisville and Nash vile railroad and party of officials were
 in this city several hours yesterday, in
 specting the terminals and the progress of the work on the new branch line being
 built to the Alabama Consolidated Coal and Iron company's furnace. The party also visited the station and terminals of the Chattanooga Southern, but they de-
 clined to give out anything definite in regard to that road or when it will be operated by the Louisville and Nashville The Alabama car service report for De- tober shows that 4757 cars were handled in the Gadsden district during that month The record is considered d good one, and would have been better, but number , of cars that were handled, and should have been credited to this territory, were left out by a clerical error.
 The city council met in special session last night and ordered election to be held on Monday, December Sl. for the pur- post of authorizing a bond issue of $20oO for school purposes. The issue is to take the place of the s15,00o issue voted some time ago, and tentatively sold to Steiner Bros of Birmingham last week. This bank has agreed to take the new issue also. It was found that s15,000 would not be sufficient to erect the building needed. Thomas Y. Kelley of Cincinnati was ap- pointed receiver for the charcoal furnace and iron properties of the Round Noun tain Coal and Iron company at Round mountain near this city, by Chancellor W. w Whtesides on the petition of Phil lip Hine a stockholder who lives at Gin cinnati The petition alleges that the op- orators are diverting the assets and re- sources to another company and that 1t is not properly managed. and that it is be- ing dissipated without real return to the owners The furnace was recently placed in blast, and is considered one of the old est and best in. the state.