Birmingham age-herald., 1894-09-09
OVER THE STATE.
Happenings and Sayings Clipped From
 Alabama Exchanges.

wire Grass S1ftfngS: The rains nave made cotton very backward.
 Evergreen Star: Cotton is coming to market at the rate of about twenty bales per day.
 Greensboro Watchman: New cotton is being marketed here every day. The san- ples are fairly good.
 Wire Grass Siftings: This week has been splendid for cotton picking and our farm CTS have taken advantage of it.
 Wire Grass Siftiugs: Charles Reddick shot his wife and was in turn shot himself by his wife's sister, aud both are In the grave now. The parties were colored. living at Columbia. The racket occurred Saturday night.
 Demopolis Express: Cotton is begin hing to roll in right lively and our ware
 housemen and cotton buyers are awaken ing from their lethargy and getting down
 to the lively pace which makes our town celebrated throughout the country and the
 best cotton market in Alabama.
 Eufaula Times and News: MT. Jim Rob-
 erts of White Pond is the boss hog raiser.
 MT. Roberts has porker, raised from
 waste corn dropped from the horse troughs
 in his lot, that weighs gross 500 pounds.
 The hog is only two years old and prom
 ses to reach 800 pounds by killing time.
 Greensboro Watchman: Some time ago
 we made a note of the fact that MT. John
 M. Wedgworth of Evans owned horse
 that was over 35 years old. We'll, that old
 h horse is still living, and since the rains
 and consequent good grazing has gotten so
 fat and risky that he ran away last week
 with buggy and broke 1t to pieces.
 Florence Gazette: Mir. G. A. Leftwich
 has completed arrangements by which he
 Is to put in operation at an early day
 large saw mill near the mouth of Sweet
 water. It will be capacitated to cut from
 5000 1000 to 1, 900, 900 feet annually. George
 A. Leftwich, president; J. 6. w. Left wich, secretary and treasurer. This Is au enterprise long needed in Florence, aud 1t
 is hoped that it may prove a grand success. Shelby Sentinel: Fire broke out at the
 lime kiln of Mir. s. Stein near this place on Tuesday night last, destroying the lime house and several hundred barrels of lime contained therein, also box car loaded with lime and standing on the side track near by. The kiln was also badly damaged.
 The total loss in lime was about 1000 bar rels. There was no insurance. The loss falls heavily on Mir. Stein at this time. He will, however, rebuild al once.
 Wire Grass Siftings: The city authori-
 ties made contract last Friday for the boring of an artesian well. It will be re- mem bered that in tue early part of the sum. mer they had contracted with fellow of Richmond for au artesian we'll, and he had all his boring outfit shipped here just ready to begin work, when, by some cause, there was hitch and work was not com menced. But Dothan wanted artesian
  | it and have succeeded in finding other people who bore wells and have signed a contract for one. s.s+ ss Demopolis Express: MT. A. c. Thomas, one ot the most prosperous farmers in the country, who lives at the Hills, says; SI consider that the recent rains have dam- | aged the cotton crop about 15 per cont. The | corn crop Is very good, being much better l than last year. The cotton promised to be
 very fine until the rain set in, which was about the 1st of last mouth, and then, as I said before, 1t fell off about l6 per cent. We | will make about the same crop that we did l last year in cotton, perhaps little better | in some neigh hborhoods. '
 Eufaula Times and News: Harvest sea- son is at hand and the farmers are all busy taking advantage of the pretty weather to pick cotton. Corn in the fields is matur- ing rapidly and is hard enough already to feed stock. Farmers have very little busi- mesa in town al this between season of the year, consequently our streets present quite dull looking aspect. Trade, how ever, promises to be better than last sea- son, as money matters are not so stringent and the people generally have been eco- nomical. Cotton is not coming in so rap- idly, but we may expect rush when the
 present sunshiny spell of weather is broken, as their attention will be turned to ginning and marketing.
 Eufaula Times and News: Six prisoners made good their escape from Georgetown
 jail last night. It was during the early portion of the night, and several gentle men were at the court house, about fifty yards distant. at the time. Their attention was called to the direction of the jail by an unusual noise, and they immediately pro- ceeded to ascertain the cause. Upon ar- irving, they found the door open and but one inmate, who was an old negro, who had not had time to escape. Upon investi-
 gation it was soon discovered that they had filed inc IOClyH and annraQdaG in 0nanIpQ
 the door. There were five colored and one white man, the latter being Frank Whit ley, who is known to many of our citizens. Whitley was traced to his mother's house
 a f, tnis .caty: put evadea arrest ny ieaping
 officers. None of them have yet been cap.
 tured, although diligent search has been
 made.