Marion County AlArchives News.....HAMILTON NEWS PRESS February 21, 1895 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Veneta McKinney http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00016.html#0003775 June 4, 2010, 9:17 pm Microfilm From AL Dept Of Archives And History February 21, 1895 Microfilm Ref Call #559 Microfilm Order #M1992.0966 from The Alabama Department of Archives and History THE HAMILTON NEWS-PRESS VOL. 1 HAMILTON,, MARION COUNTY, ALA. FEBRUARY 21, 1895 NO. 8 SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: $1.00 PER ANNUM. R. H. TERRELL, Publisher Advertising Rates Reasonable – Job Work Neatly and Cheaply Executed DIRECTORY CIRCUIT COURT Judge – H. C. SPEAKE, of Madison County Solicitor – W. H. SAWTELLE, of Colbert Clerk – J. F. HAMILTON, Hamilton Sheriff – W. W. HALL, Hamilton Court meets on the 3rd Monday after the 4th Monday in March and September COUNTY COURT Judge – J. P. FORD, Hamilton Court meets on the 1st Monday in each month. Probate court meets on the 2nd Monday in each month. CHANCERY COURT Chancellor – THOMAS COBB, Birmingham Register – W. B. RIGGAN, Hamilton Court meets on Thursday after the 7th Monday after the 4th Monday in February and August. COMMISSIONER’S COURT Meets on the 2nd Monday in February and August and the 1st Monday in April and November COUNTY OFFICERS Tax Assessor – T. J. FARIS, Bexar Treasurer – J. B. WOOD, Hamilton Tax Collector – M. M. FRAZIER, Hamilton SOCIETIES MASONIC Hamilton Lodge No. 344 meets at Hamilton on the 4th Saturday in each month, at 11 am . C. N. STOKES, W. M., J. F. COOLEY, Sect. CHURCH DIRECTORY M. E. CHURCH SOUTH – Services 1st Sunday in each month at 11 am and 7 pm and every 4th Sunday at 7 pm – Rev. W. L. HENDRICKS, Pastor SUNDAY SCHOOL Sunday School at 9:30 am – W. R. WHITE, Supt. Prayer meeting Wednesday night. PROFESSIONAL CARDS – LEGAL MCCLUSKEY & DAVIS, Attorneys at Law, Vernon and Hamilton, Ala. Will practice in all the courts of Alabama and Mississippi. W. R. APPLING, Attorney at Law, Hamilton, Alabama. Will practice in Marion and adjoining counties. All business entrusted to my care will receive prompt attention W. H. KEY W. S. HESTER KEY & HESTER, Attorneys at Law - Russellville, Ala will practice in Franklin and adjoining counties, in the Supreme Court and the Federal court at Huntsville. Mr. Key will be in Hamilton on the first Monday in each month. B. R. FITE, Attorney at Law, Hamilton, Ala. Will practice in Marion and adjoining counties, in the federal courts at Huntsville and the Supreme Court of the State. Special attention given to the collection of claims. GEO. C. ALMON W. I. BULLOCK, ALMON & BULLOCK, Attorneys at Law, Russellville Ala. will practice in Franklin and adjoining counties ,and especially in Marion; also in the Federal court at Huntsville and in the Supreme Court at Montgomery. C. E. MITCHELL, Attorney-at-Law, Hamilton, Ala. will practice in all the courts of Marion and adjoining counties. The Cotton Belt Route St. Louis, Southwestern Ry. to Arkansas and Texas. The only line with Through Car Service from Memphis to Texas. No change of cars to San Antonio, Austin, Hearne, Ft. Worth, or intermediate points. The daily trains carrying through coaches, chair cars, and sleepers traversing the finest farming , grazing and timber lands and reaching the most prosperous town and cities in the Great Southwest. FARMING LANDS – Yielding abundantly all the cereals, corn and cotton, and especially adapted to the cultivation of small fruits and early vegetables. GRAZING LANDS – Affording excellent pasturage during almost the entire year, and comparatively close to the great markets TIMBER LANDS – Covered with almost inexhaustible forest of yellow pine, cypress, and the hard woods common to Arkansas and eastern Texas. Can be Procured on Reasonable and Advantageous Terms. All persons contemplating a trip to Texas should purchase tickets viz: the Cotton belt Route and avoid vexatious changes and transfers of baggage. It is the only line running through trains from Memphis to Texas. Parties emigrating to Texas will find it to their interest to see a Cotton Belt Route Agent before making arrangements elsewhere. All lines connect with and have tickets on sale via the Cotton belt Route. Ask your nearest ticket agent for maps, time tables, etc., and write to any fo the following for all the information you may desire concerning a trip to the Great Southwest. C. P. RECTER HOWARD JOLLY, Gen. Agent, City Pass & Tkt agt. 308 Main St. Memphis, Tenn. B. McCullar, Trav. Pass. Agent, Tupelo, Miss. A. S. Doge, R. W. LeBeaume, Gen. traffic age’t, Gen. Pass & Tkt agent, St. Louis, Mo. ALABAMA LEGISLATURE – Thirty-Second Day THE GOLD RESERVE – Protected by the New Bond Issued – A Dangerous Counterfeit. The treasury gold reserve Tuesday stood at $41,215,181, the lowest point it is likely to reach for some time, as the gold of the Belmont-Morgan syndicate will not begin to make its appearance in the reserve and swell its proportions until it again climbs to the $100,000,000 mark,. It is said at the treasury that more than half of this gold will come from abroad, and none of the gold paid is on this side will be taken from the New York banks. It will come mostly from trust companies. ……………………………… DANGERS OF ABSOLUTISM A dispatch from St. Petersburg says: “Since making his declaration of absolutism the Czar has received almost daily nihilist proclamations and threatening letter. It is rumored that a palace official has been arrested for placing in his majesty’s study printed pictures of the assassination of Alexander II. One picture is said to have depicted the assassination of the present Czar in the manner in which his grandfather was killed. This and other similar rumors are circulated widely in Russia. A BIG HAUL At Pittsburgh, Ks. A sale in the office of the long-Bell Lumber Company was robbed of $120,000 in notes and mortgages Tuesday. DEATH OF HON. I. P. GRAY – (drawing of Isaac P. Gray, of Indiana) Isaac Pusey Gray, United States minister to Mexico, died Thursday evening at 8:15 o’clock. Shortly before the end apoplexy supervened and the patient was bled, but to no purpose. Minister Gray arrived at the City of Mexico from the United States in the morning. He was insensible, having been attacked with double pneumonia. He was immediately removed to the American hospital and Drs. Layceaga and Bray examined him and held a consolation. At 5 o’clock they pronounced his case hopeless and three ours later he died. Mrs. Gray and Bayard Gray, her son, were in constant attendance upon the dying man. Great sympathy is felt for them thought the official circle and the diplomatic corps………………………………. PROMINENT CITIZEN KILLED On Tuesday evening about 3 o’clock in the Russell House, Chattanooga, Tenn., R. F. Craig, county trustee of Hamilton County, and A. M. Womble, had a disagreement about the latter’s salary account, as Craig’s deputy. A fight ensued in which Womble was shot. He died in about an hour, having made an ante- mortem statement. The scene in Craig’s room, which would explain the origin of the trouble is still a mystery, as Womble did not explain satisfactorily, but the former’s lawyer Tuesday night made a statement to the effect that Craig demanded stoutly of Womble a settlement for overdrawn salary. The latter struck him and threw Craig, who is a slight man, and his antagonist a magnificently built man. While underneath Craig drew his revolver and fired, and Womble struck him with the rocker of a chair. There was a terrific struggle and a panic created among the guests. At the coroner’s inquest it was testified that Craig acted like a mad man, and after Womble, wounded and pleading, had fallen down stairs, bent over him and shot twice, one ball taking effect, the other barely missing Dr. E. E. Kerr, who sought to catch him. ANARCHY IN OHIO At an early hour Thursday morning a dynamite bomb, loaded with slugs, was thrown into the office of the Buckeye Glass Company at Martins Ferry, O, wrecking that portion of the building. Manage Humphrey and one of the non- union men sleeping in a adjoining room, narrowly escaped death. The explosion shook buildings within a radius of half a mile. The bomb throwing is ascribed to the strikers. President Seaman, when he learned of the attempt to wreck the factory, at once announced his intention of giving up trying to work and will abandon the plant entirely. When working full time, nearly three hundred men are employed. PAGE 2 HAMILTON NEWS PRESS Issued Every Thursday R. N. TERRELL, Publisher JAS. S. CLEMENTS, Editor Entered at the post office at Hamilton, Ala, as second class matter Subscription Rates One year $1.00 Six Months .50 Three months .25 The last cotton crop is estimated at 9,088,000 bales. Uncle Sam will lay the cable between this country and Honolulu. -------(political news and commentary)----- Quit grumbling and try to help yourself. The News Press is indebted to Bro. Rountree of the Alabama Enquirer for a copy of the proceedings of the Alabama Press Association. The minutes were printed at the New Decatur Advertiser job office and is the neatest piece of work we have ever seen turned out of an Alabama office. The new convict law provides for a board of three inspectors, one of whom must be a physician. The convicts can be hired for any work at the discretion of the inspectors, and county convicts can be worked on the public roads at the discretion of the court of county commissioners, but will be under the supervision of the state inspectors. Best full stock men’s boots at Littleton’s for $1.80. Buy your flour from Littleton’s of Guin at hard time prices. NOTICE There will be a meeting of the Medical Board of Marion County at Hamilton, on Saturday the 20th day of April 1895. Every member is earnestly requested to attend. Important business to be transacted. A. L. MOORMAN, M. D., President 20 yards calico for only one dollar at Littleton’s Men’s suits at Littleton’s from $2.85 up NOTICE FOR NON-RESIDENT State of Alabama, Marion County J. M. JEFFREYS, Plaintiff Vs J. C. BROWN, Defendant Before me, JOHN C. NORTHINGTON, N. P. & Ex, Off, Justice of the Peace, on this the 2nd day of February 1895, came the plaintiff appearing that on the 28 day of January 1895 an attachment was issued by JOHN C. NORTHINGTON, N. P. & ex off j. P. against the defendant and in favor of the plaintiff and executed by summonsing J. W. OWENS and W. J. CARPENTER to answer as garnishees. Said attachment being returnable before me this day, February 2, 1895. And it further appearing that the defendant is a non-resident of this state., it is therefore ordered that this cause be continued to the 2nd day of March 1895, and notice of the issue of said attachment, the return thereof and the day of the trial be given the defendant, J. C. BROWN, by publication, once a week for three successive weeks before the said 2nd day of March 1895 in the News Press, a newspaper published in the said county, and that a copy thereof be mailed said defendant at this place of residence, Oxford, Florida. Given under my hand oat office February 2nd 1895 Ad for A Prize Offer OLD MASCRATED GREENBACKS Did you ever see a bank note after it has served its usefulness. These old worn bills are redeemed by the United States Treasury and are great curiosities. Ever have $1,000 at one time? Lots of fun to surprise one’s friends. Send 10 cents (silver) to the Exchange and mart, Washington DC and you will receive a pack of $1,000 NOTICE All parties who are indebted to A. J. STANFORD, deceased will please call and settle with me or his widow, Mrs. VICTORIA STANFORD. Before Mr. STANFORD died he conveyed all his property, both legal and personal to his said wife, she is compelled to raise some money to pay Mr. STANFORD’S debts, and must have what is due her. All who do not come and settle before Christmas will find their notes or accounts in the hands of an office for collection. JASON P. FORD, Ag’t for Mrs. VICTORIA STANFORD. Dec. 3rd 1894 NOTICE As long as this notice appears we will publish Land Proof Notices at the following rates: Single Notices…………$4.00 Consolidated Notice….$3.50 Ad for World’s Fair Views Ad for Loan at 6 percent – Allen & Co – New York NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Land Office at Huntsville, Alabama, December 20th, 1894 Notice is hereby given that the following named settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in support of his claim, and that said proof will be made before the Probate Judge of Marion County at Hamilton, Alabama on February 6th 1895, viz: JAMES T. HARRIS for Homestead Entry NO. 23,550, for the NW ¼ Sec 20 T 9 R 13 West. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of said land, viz: JOSEPH A. BISHOP, THOMAS R. H. BISHOP, WILLIAM D. PURSER, and PERRY CANTRELL all of Hamilton PO Alabama. JESSE W. ELLIS, Register ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE State of Alabama, Marion County Probate Court of said county Whereas J. T. MAYS administrator of the estate of DAVID MAYS deceased, has filed his application in said court, for a sale of lands described therein belonging to the estate of decedent for the purpose for the purpose of paying the debts of said estate, upon the grounds that the personal property belonging to said estate is insufficient to pay said debts, and the 22nd day o February 1895 has been appointed a day to hear said application. This is to notify all parties in interest to appear and contest said application on the 22nd day of Feb. 1895 if they think proper. JASON P. FORD, Judge of Probate, Jan. 21st, 1895 NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Land Office at Huntsville, Ala, January 14, 1895 Notice is hereby given that the following named settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in support of his claim and that said proof will be made before the Probate Judge of Marion county, at Hamilton, Ala., on March 2nd 1895, viz: WILLIAM L. TESNEY Homestead Entry No. 16,943 for the E ½ NE ¼ Sec 11 and W ½ NW ¼ Sec 12 T 11 R 13 West He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of said land, viz: GEORGE M. NELSON, DAVID C. MCCRACKEN, GEORGE C. MCCRACKEN, ANDREW J. KELLEY, SR., all of Pearce’s Mills, Alabama. JESSE W. ELLIS, Register CONSOLIDATED NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Land Office at Huntsville Alabama, January 25, 1895 Notice is hereby given that the following named settlers have filed notice of their intention to make final proof in support of their claims, and that said proofs will be made before the probate Judge of Marion County at Hamilton Alabama on March 16th 1895 viz: DAVID M. FREDERICK for Homestead Entry No. 22,000 for the W ½ NE ¼ Sec 10 T 9 South R 13 West He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of said land, viz: WILLIAM C. LINDSEY, WINSTON D. STIDHAM, PERRY N. GREEN, LAFAYETTE L. LAWLER, all of Hackleburgh, Ala. Also WILLIAM C. LINDSEY for Homestead Entry No. 17,719 for the N ½ SW ¼ and W ½ SE ¼ Sec 1 T 9 South R 13 West. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of said land, viz: DAVID M. FREDERICK, WINSTON D. STIDHAM, JAMES H. FREDERICK, WILLIAM C. MILER, all of Hackleburgh, Ala. JESSE W. ELLIS, Register THE BYRD SCHOOL will open Monday Nov. 19, 1894 and continue four months. Tuition reasonable. For further information call on or address the principal. ANDREW J. ADAMS, Detroit, Ala Ad for Columbus Business College, Columbus, Ga. REDUCED EXCURSION RATES To Arkansas and Texas Via The Cotton Belt Route. On February 12th, March 5th, and April 2nd, the Cotton Belt will sell tickets to all points in Arkansas and Texas at the rate of one fare for the round trip plus $2.00, tickets good for return 20 days; stop-overs allowed at any point going or returning. The Cotton Belt is the only Line running Through Trains, Pullman Sleepers, Free Reclining Chair Cares, Coaches, etc., from Memphis to Texas, thereby avoiding vexatious changes and transfers of baggage en route. Pamphlets and other reading matter on Texas, Arkansas, etc. mailed free on application. For all information desired address B. MCCULLAR, Traveling Passenger Agent, Tupelo, Miss. C. P. RECTOR, Commercial Agent, 303 Main street, Memphis, Tenn. Ad for New $900 Steinway Piano free COUNTY CANVASS WANTED – Age-Herald – Birmingham Ad for Brown’s Iron Bitters Ad for Hartsfield Furnace and Refining Co. Ad for New Home Sewing Machine Ad for Patents Ad for Columbus Business College PAGE 3 HAMILTON NEWS PRESS Issued Every Thursday $1 Per Annum $1 February 21, 1895 LOCAL NEWS NOTICE The Educational Board will meet at Hamilton the 1st Saturday in Aril, for the purpose of examining applicants to teach. W. A. DUNN, County Supt. of Ed. CLIFF FRAZIER of Guin is in town. J. L. WHITE of Birmingham returned from Montgomery last Sunday. School is good notwithstanding the snow and cold weather. C. A. BOOKER of Guin was here yesterday. The editor killed a fine “gobbler” one evening last week. WILLIE JOHNSON is back in school after an absence of two weeks on account of sickness. Several new members were received at the last meeting of the Hamilton Literary Society. Miss FLORA WHITE is quite sick this week. We hope for her a speedy recovery. Little PAUL STANFORD has been ill for several days but is now improving. The agricultural school means a great deal for Hamilton and Marion County. Good lead pencils 10 cents per dozen at the post office building. W. R. APPLING returned yesterday from a visit to Jasper. Mixon will give 40 cents per bushel for corn in any kind of goods at cash prices. Envelopes 5 cents a pack. Do you want them? If so, call at the post office building. Hon. W. C. DAVIS has returned from Montgomery. Though a young man Mr. DAVIS has proved to be one of the best representatives Marion County ever had. He has labored hard and nobly and our people are proud of him. Congressman BANKHEAD requests us to say that he would be glad to receive the names of any parties that have not received seed in the distribution this year. If you have not received seed notify him and they will be sent at once. The Marion County Teacher’s Library Association and Lyceum Circle will meet in Hamilton on the first Saturday in March at the school building. A new lot of books has just been received and much interest shown by inquiring members. Guin is always ready to kick against Hamilton and her action in regard to the agricultural school was by no means a surprise. It is said that the court house could be seen moving south by certain citizens of that metropolis and we all know how bad Gun wants a court house. In fact, the only thing our neighbor ever failed to want was a district conference and way she craw-fished out of that was amusing. But after all the Legislature has adjourned, the court house is at the old stand, the school is coming and Guin may continue to kick until the telephone line is built and the Nicaragua canal completed. SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT Of the County Treasurer of Marion County, Ala., Showing Amounts Received and Disbursed From July 1, 1894 to January 1, 1895 GENERAL COUNTY FUND Amount On Hand, July 1, 1894 $749.04 July 10, 1894 M. M. FRAZIER Tax Collector County Tax final settlement 52.98 July 10 M. M. FRAZIER t. c. balance on T. J. FARIS commission 16.03 July 10 M. M. FRAZIER t. c. balance on M. M. FRAZIER’S commissions 5.75 Aug 31 Lumber bought from county M. M. FRAZIER .20 Oct. 23 J. P. FORD Probate Judge county court cost vs JOHN STEWART 6.25 Nov. 5, 1894 M. M. FRAZIER t. c. on October report 1894 176.39 Nov. 14 J. P. FORD probate judge county court cost vs JOHN BYRD 6.25 Nov. 14 J. P. FORD probate judge strays taken up by J. W. MOORE 3.00 Nov. 14 G. B. MIXON lumber bought from county .48 Dec. 5 M. M. FRAZIER t. c. county tax on Nov. report 1894 827.67 Dec. 5 M. M. FRAZIER, t. c. insolvent tax for 1893 269.33 Dec. 19 M. B. LODEN lumber bought from county 1.50 TOTAL $2,136.86 DISBURSEMENTS OF THE GENERAL COUNTY FUND July 9, 1894 Stationery furnished county CLEMENTS & TERRELL $18.20 July 19 Stationery furnished county M. M. FRAZIER 5.23 July 19 Expenses of commissioner’s court 30.70 July 19 Clothing furnished county prisoners J. P. FORD Probate Judge 2.15 July 19 Goods furnished county H. E. MIXON 3.20 July 19 Freight and express charges J. P. FORD Probate judge 1.35 July 19 Making alphabetical list of an election JP FORD Probate Judge 50.72 July 19 Stationery furnished county J. F. HAMILTON 3.33 July 19 Repairing county jail – W. W. HALL 1.69 July 19 Freight paid for county – W. W. HALL 6.30 July 19 Exofficio services from April 2nd to July 9, 1894 J. F. HAMILTON 68.92 July 11 One dozen chairs for county – W. R. WHITE 6.60 July 10 J. J. FARIS commission on bridge fund – M. M. FRAZIER 2.47 July 10 Balance on commission final settlement – M. M. FRAZIER 5.74 July 11 Stationery for county R. S. BOTTOMS 9.75 July 11 Postage and express charges – W. B. RIGGAN 2.85 July 17 Commission on general county fund – T. J. FARIS 7.55 Aug. 16 Expenses of commissioners court 46.20 Aug 18 Examining county treasurers books on final settlement 21.10 Oct. 19 Expense of grand jurors 184.20 Oct. 19 Expenses of petit jurors 231.55 Oct. 19 Waiting bailiff JOHN W. OWEN 10.40 Oct. 20 Deputy Sheriff W. B. RIGGAN 8.00 Oct. 20 Riding Bailiffs for grand jurys 60.00 Oct. 24 waiting on chancery court – W. W. HALL 4.00 Oct 30 Stationery furnished county - W. T. GAST 2.15 Nov. 5 Inquest jury J. A. GAMBLE and L. J. DICKINSON 2.00 Nov. 5 Tax erroneously paid L. J. DICKINSON 9.84 Nov. 7 Material to repair court house – W. P. BREWER 33.66 Nov. 7 Rent for a house to hold an election in J. A. BISHOP 1.69 Nov. 7 Expenses of commissioners court 18.20 Nov. 7 Jury commissioners 16.00 Nov. 15 Fuel and other material furnished jail – W. W. HALL 40.00 Nov. 19 Making abstract of taxes for 1894 – J. P. FORD 25.00 Nov. 19 Two stoves and pipes H West Manufacturing Co 7.95 Nov. 19 Trying eight cases in county court – J. P. FORD 31.00 Nov. 19 Road services from Nov. 7, 1893 to Nov. 5 1894, J. P.F ORD 90.00 Nov. 19 Freight and express charges – J. P. FORD 8.25 Nov. 19 Postage used in probate office – J. P. FORD 10.00 Nov. 19 Trying one case of insanity – J. P. FORD 5.00 Nov. 19 Trying nine cases in county court – J. P. FORD 25.00 Nov. 19 Expenses of August and November elections 312.30 Nov. 19 Publishing tax collectors rounds J. S. CLEMENTS 15.65 Nov. 19 work done on court house – A. J. THORN 8.59 Nov. 19 Exofficio services from Aug 14, 1893 to July 2, 1894 – W. W. HALL 116.30 Nov. 24 Road apportioners K. P. MILLICAN 3.04 Nov. 24 Road apportioners K. R. MILLICAN 5.04 Nov. 24 Road apportioners T. G. GILLILAND 5.36 Nov. 24 Road apportioners T. G. GILLILAND 3.76 Nov. 30 Goods furnished county T. W. CARPENTER 1.40 Dec. 6 Commission on insolvent tax 1893 M. M. FRAZIER 5.38 Dec. 6 Exofficio services J. P. FORD 175.18 Dec. 6 Exofficio services J. F. HAMILTON 78.75 Dec. 6 Postage used by county superintendent R. S. BOTTOMS 2.00 Dec. 6 poll tax erroneously paid D. W. DICKINSON 1.50 Dec. 6 Medical service rendered W. H. KEY by M. C. MARTIN 3.00 Dec. 6 Medical service rendered TOM RANREY by M. C. MARTIN 1.50 Dec. 6 Inquest jury H. E. BRANCH and others holding inquest over infant child of ELIZABETH MOORE 9.75 Dec. 6 publishing county treasurers report R. N. TERRELL 16.00 Dec. 6 Tax assessor’s books ready for Inspection J. S. CLEMENTS 2.15 Dec. 6 Publishing an election notice CLEMENTS & TERRELL 3.80 Dec. 6 Examining two insane persons Dr. M. C. MARTIN 2.00 Dec 6 Goods furnished county H. E. MIXON 3.40 Dec. 10 Records and stationery furnished county Rogers Stationery Co 28.79 Dec. 10 Office blanks by Rogers Stationery Co 8.85 Dec. 10 Stationery for Sheriff Rogers Stationery Co 13.20 Dec. 10 Stationery furnished clerk’s office – Roger’s Stationery Co 29.85 Dec. 10 Stationery for Probate Judge office – Roger’s Stationery Co 26.80 Dec. 10 Stationery for register’s office – Roger’s Stationery Co 64.65 Dec. 10 Stationery for Tax Collector’s office – Roger’s Stationery Co 15.75 Dec. 10 Work done on court house by G. N. STOKES 2.00 Dec 10 Carrying J. N. WALKER to insane asylum – W. W. HALL 27.90 Dec. 10 Exofficio services – W. W. HALL 48.60 Dec. 10 Delivering booths to voting precincts – W. W. HALL 16.00 Dec. 10 Delivering sixteen ballot boxes – W. W. HALL 10.00 Dec. 10 public printing for county – R. N. TERRELL 5.93 Dec. 10 Making land book for 1893 – T. J. FARIS 90.00 Dec. 31 Examining the body of ELIZABETH MOORE’S infant child at inquest – DR. J. C. TAYLOR 4.00 Dec. 31 For registering 1704 voters in May 1894 51.12 TOTAL $4,392.22 FINE AND FORFEITURE FUND To amount on hand to July 1, 1894 $24.41 July 19, 1894 J. P. FORD J. Probate convict hire paid by Sloss Iron and Steel Co 24.00 Sept. 10 W. W. HALL Sheriff fine of WILLIAM DODD 50.00 Sept. 10 W. W. HALL Sheriff fine of JAMES WILLIAMS 50.00 Sept. 24 W. W. HALL Sheriff forfeiture of J. W. SELF 171.60 Oct. 5 J. M. COLEMAN on REUBEN GREEN fine 5.00 Oct. 5 U. M. SHOTTS on W. P. HUMPHRIES fine 5.00 Oct. 5 P. P. CLANTON on JABUS PALMER public drunkenness 5.00 Oct. 5 P. P. CLANTON on JABUS PALMER assault and battery 1.00 Oct. 5 P. P. CLANTON on JABUS PALMER swearing 1.00 Oct. 15 J. C. NORTHINGTON fines 2.05. Oct. 15 W. J. TRULL fine vs E. H. PERKINS 20.00 Oct. 15 W. J. TRULL fine vs L. T. BRASWELL 20.00 Oct. 16 S. F. GRADY fine vs H. W. PALMER 6.00 Oct. 17 B. R. FITE fine vs DOCK PALMER 1.00 Oct. 28 W. W. HALL Sheriff NEP POSEY fine 50.00 Oct. 28 W. W. HALL Sheriff balance on J. W. SELF forfeiture 28.40 Oct. 23 W. W. HALL Sheriff E. F. GUEST forfeiture 500.00 Oct. 24 J. F. HAMILTON – Dr. BEVIL’S forfeiture 300.00 Oct. 24 J. F. HAMILTON LUE TESNEY for carrying concealed pistol 50.00 Oct. 24 J. F. HAMILTON fine against MORGAN PEARCE and JOHN STUBBLEFIELD 10.00 Oct. 24 J. F. HAMILTON fine against NEWTON COCKRAN 5.00 Oct. 24 J. F. HAMILTON fine against W. A. STIDHAM 1.60 Dec. 17 J. P. FORD p. j.- hire of convicts 24.00 Dec. 24 W. W. HALL Sheriff on D. F. SHELTON fine 28.00 TOTAL $1,382.96 DISBURSEMENT FINE AND FORFEITURE FUND State witness claims $569.40 Sheriff’s fine and forfeiture claim 512.45 Sheriff’s commission on fines 14.10 Clerk’s fine and forfeiture claim 214.30 TOTAL $1,310.25 BRIDGE FUND Borrowed from general fund up to July 1, 1894 $29.14 July 10, 1894 M. M. FRAZIER t. c. county tax final settlement 33.84 July 10 M. M. FRAZIER t. c. overpayment of commission T. J. FAIRS 2.47 Dec. 6 M. M. FRAZIER insolvent bridge as of 1893 336.65 TOTAL $406.68 DISBURSEMENT OF BRIDGE FUND July 19, 1894 For balance of commission to M. M. FRAZIER tax collector $19.92 Nov. 28 Balance on warrant of April 11, 1893 Southern Bridge Co 129.95 Dec. 6 Commission on insolvent tax 1893 M. M. FRAZIER 6.73 TOTAL $147.50 COUNTY SOLICITOR’S FEES Oct. 31, 1894 J. P. FORD county judge co. solicitor’s frees vs. JOHN STEWART $7.50 Nov. 14 J. P. FORD county judge co solicitor’s fees vs. JOHN BYRD 7.50 DISBURSEMENT OF COUNTY SOLICITOR’S FEES Oct. 31, 1894 County Solicitor’s fees vs. JOHN STEWART, A. J. STANFORD $7.50 Dec. 31 County Solicitor’s fees vs JOHN BYRD, W. C. DAVIS 7.56 Ordered published by the Commissioner’s Court February 11, 1895 JASON P. FORD, Judge of Probate TAX ASSESSOR’S NOTICE – LAST ROUND I will be at the following places on the days named for the purpose of assessing the State and county taxes for the year 1895, viz:……………………… Tax players, please meet me promptly and list your property. If you fail, cost may be expected. No property is exempt from taxation unless listed, and no tax payer can make returns of the property of another, except as provided in Sections 2 and 3, page 30, revenue code. T. J. FALLIS, Tax Assessor Marion County, Alabama Ad for $5000 for 50 cents – Weekly Commercial Appeal SWEPT AWAY – McKinley High Prices are Dead and Mrs. ELLA CLEMENTS is selling stationery and school supplies at astonishingly low prices. School crayon per box 15 cts Composition books 7 cts Composition books 15 cts Good note paper at from 5 to 7 cents per quire Fools cap paper 10 cts quire Envelopes 5 cents a package Ink 5 cts per bottle Pen points 5 cts per dozen Slates 5 x 9 inches 6 cts Slates 7 x 11 inches 10 cts Rubber tip pencils 10 cts dozen Pen holders 10 cts each School books. A new lot of school books just received all of which will be sold as cheap as they can be bought anywhere. Ladies Hats. A nice assortment of ladies hats latest styles and guaranteed to vie satisfaction. Come and examine goods, compare prices and be convinced. Mrs. E. H. CLEMENTS, Hamilton, Ala. (Post office building) BEXAR SCHOOL will open on Monday November the 5th 1894 and continue eight months. Tuition Reasonable. For further information address the principal. J. B. HOLLEY, Bexar, Ala. WHITE HOUSE SCHOOL Attend the White House School Fall term begins Nov. 5th, 18794. The Principal will exert the utmost of his ability in conducting said school. Terms reasonable. Apply to C. E. MITCHELL, Principal, Haley’s, Ala. Ad for Plantation Chill Cure – Sold by T. W. CARPENTER, Hamilton, J. F. WHITE, Detroit, J. D. ARNOLD, Bexar PAGE 4 Ad for Hood’s Sarsaparilla Cures Ad for Kennedy’s Medical Discovery Ad for Walter Baker & Co – Pure Cocoa Ad for Tobacco Seeds MIRACLE WORKER The Arch-Priest of Cronstadt Works Wonders in Russia. (drawing of Father Ivan) Of interest is Father Ivan, the Russian miracle worker. He is a well- known figure in his country, and so great is the belief in him that his benediction is considered a cure for every malady. When the illness of the late Czar was pronounced desperate, Father Ivan, or John, was sent for to attend him. This created a sensation throughout Russia. Father Ivan is arch- priest of Cronstadt, and his house is a veritable Mecca to pious Russians. Portraits and busts of him are sold by the thousands where the faithful of the Orthodox Church congregate and whenever he emerges from his house the people fall onto their knees. He receives enormous sums for his services, which he devotes chiefly to the construction and maintenance of shelters and asylums for unemployed working people TRIED TO ESCAPE – (joke) In the great number of cameras that are manufactured for the use of amateur photographers the ground glass plate at the top of the “finder” has always been more or less a source of trouble and vexation. It was found, under certain conditions of weather, and especially in strong sunlight that when the operator sought to have clearly defined in the finder the picture to be taken, the image was confused and baffling, and the promptitude of the exposure was often interfered with, at the risk of spoiling the picture. The new double reaction finder provides a steady and effective means of overcoming this difficulty. The usual ground glass is entirely dispensed with, and in its place is a lens on which the image is clearly and steadily reflected by a mirror acting in conjunction with a powerful convex lens. This gives a finder with a greatly increased degree of luminosity, and the operator has no further hesitation or anxiety in the adjustment of his camera. Ad for Dr. Williams Pink Pills FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS Ad for Royal Baking Powder DUCKS AND GEESE Ducks swim the world over, but geese do not. In South America a species is found that cannot excel an ordinary hen in aquatic accomplishments. It has lived so long in a country where water is found only in wells that it has lost its aquatic tastes and abilities entirely. SWEETS IN TOBACCO Molasses, licorice, fig juice, glycerin, and some other substances are used to give sweetness to chewing tobacco, while in some brands salt is also employed and various aromatic essences are used for their flavor. GOOD INVESTMENT The African state railway in Cape Colony and the Orange Free State yielded a dividend of 5 per cent last year. IN JAPAN Japanese children are brought up under a compound system of bitter and sweet, under which the father is supposed to be strict, while the mother in benevolent – in fact, according to the Japanese idea, one of the four terrible things in the world, three of which are earthquakes, thunderstorms, and conflagrations, is the strict father. The cow tree of Venezuela gives an excellent article of milk, which has a close chemical affinity to animal milk. Ad for W. L. Douglas $3 shoe Ad for Ripan’s Tabules Ad for World’s Dispensary Medical Association Ad for Potash Ad for Scott’s Emulsion File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/marion/newspapers/hamilton1731gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 33.2 Kb