The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-17

tion of the unusual find was that it had been thrown into the city during one of the battles and had not sufficient contact with the earth to cause 1t to explode. us companion on the pile of oysters was eX- amined and found to have been expiooeo' Captain Bartlett, while in this state made extensive inquiries into the pat,ies fought in the south and seemed 10 De very nouch interested in the history of the civil war. He said little about ms ols- covery of the loaded cannon ball at Mooiie until the party disbanded here, when ne told his friends of it.
 Some of the men who examined II saio that q serious accident might have oc- ourred in Mobile had the cannon ball ever teen removed from it's resting place ana dropped sufficiently hard to explode It,
 Birmingham Chorus Work
 "Bfrn1ingham will be represented by "A trained singers at the great oaeii- eerfest. to be held in Milwaukee the latter part of June, under the auspices of. the North American Saengerouho' said Prof. Fred L, Grambs, director o- the Maennercher, which is the singing section of the Turnverin. we rehearse every Monday night and the Maenher- chor is in especially fine form at this time.
 "We are all looking forward with great pleasure to the Saengerfest. Ihe mass chorus at Milwaukee will be or immense proportions-2000 to 3oO0 voices perhaps-and our local band of 1f CnOrnS numbers. In addition to three distin- guished artists of the Metropolitan opera company. who have been engaged for the fest, Hess, the greatest tenor in Germany, is being brought over es- pecially for the, occasion.
 "As the railroads will make cheap rate for the Saengerfest hundreds will be in attendance from this part of the country
 Professor Grambs is the director of the Birmingham Oratorio society which reh earses every Tuesday night at Cable hall. He said yesterday that he would urge full turnout for next Tuesdays rehearsal in view of the probability of the oratorio chorus being invited to singtin the May festival here. He said further that his chorus had learned the greater part of "Elijah." The ora torio chorus numbers about 100 sing CTS, including many of the best known choir voices in Birmingham.
 The Iron Trade
 The local pig iron market has been fairly active this week and is strong at s11 for No. foundry. Rogers Brown & Co.'S Cincinnati circular just re- ceived in Birmingham says, in part:
 "The market generally has been quiet during the past week with flashes of buying in spots without, however, much activity locally. The furnaces in the south seem to be moving their current make with regularity and southern prices are steady at s11 Bir- mingham for No. for spot shipment
 Southern Ohio iron is without change, some sales of steel making grades being the feature of the week. There are several inquiries for round tonnage pending, which contemplate the furnishing of southern iron and they call for deliveries during the third quarter or last half. What quotations are being made for these deliveries are for the most part at an advance of from 20 cents to 50 cents a ton over spot figures.
 "The local machine tool builders re- throughout the central west making agricultural implements are busy and buying in good quantity"