Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-25
OVER THE STATE.
Happenings and Sayings Clipped From
 Alabama Exchanges.

Luverue Liberals: Three more brick bus lness houses will be added to Forest ave- nue this fall, taking the place of the Cos ton house, opposite the Folmar hotel.
 Livingston Journal: Sumter's assess ment for 1894 foots up s3, ,563, 696-an in- crease of S23, 025 over that of 1888. The tax for this year falls S1S5 under that of last year.
 Cleburne New Era: Mir. H. N. Watson or this city was stricken on last Tuesday With paralysis of the brain; he has had several convulsioDs, and is in a very crti- cal condition.
 Edwardsville Sta ndard News; We feel safe to assert that DO town withi fifty miles of here has made the solid improve ments that Edwardsville has in the last twelve mouths.
 Sumter Record: dead negro was found last Sunday in empty box car which was side tracked at Bells station. The sup position is that the negro was sick and got in the car and died.
 Mobile News: Yesterday Mrs. Lang, aged 70, who resides on Jefferson, second north of Charleston street, fell from her back gallery and broke her left leg and her left arm. She was attended by Dr. Goode. At this writing she is doing we'll.
 Oakman News: Mir. J. A. Duncan, who lives two or three miles out of town, related to us little snake story Monday. He said that while he was sitting in his
 
 snake crawl under his doorstep. He un- earthed the reptile and found it to be foot rattler with ten rattles, of W hich he of course made short work.
 Sumter Record: The express office at this place was robbed of all its ready each by burglars Wednesday night. They en- tered the window, pried the desk open and walked off with neat little sum. The ex- press agent, who unfortunately happens to be us, will have to stand the loss, and as we can't borrow the sstuff' of anyone, we feel called upon to ask all delinquents to pay their subscriptions. Of conrse we hate to ask you to pay it, but the Southern Express company does not do a crediting business.
 Mobile Herald: A peculiar coincidence, which resulted in painful accident, oc- cured yesterday afternoon at the residence of Mir. G. c. Duffee, on Caroline avenue. A little boy, Vance Gunnison, aged 10 years, was explaining to some companions the manner in which his uncle was acci- dentally shot, and, by way of illustration, placed the muzzle of a small air gun to his forehead in the exact position the gun was cidentally discharged, 1n6icting with small pea shot painful, but not serious, scalp wound. The wound was dressed and Vance is resting well.
 Gadsden Times News: Sixteen men had the pleasure of enjoying great treat last
 
 the king of watermelons that was raised on John 8. Paden's farm two miles from Gadsden. It was the largest melon ever raised in this county, weighing seventy three pounds. All had plenty. Mir. Usry, who is Mir. Padens foreman, is a model farmer and raises the best of every. thing. His melon crop this year averages very high-probabiy fifty pounds-and sell readily, while the smaller ones, which are plentiful, are dreg on the market, Success follows care and attention.
 Eufaula Times: A beautiful banana tree about 12 feet tall, and bearing large bunch containing twenty five or thirty ba- nanas, is a lovely ornament that adorns our cemetery. It is growing just within the entrance of the front gate, and is worth the trip to look upon it. Under the super vision of our present efficient sexton, our cemetery is perhaps one of the most taste fully arranged and neatly kept to be found anywhere in the state. The embellieh- ments are extremely handsome, and the entire grounds at this season of the year present a perfect breathing scene of beauty and fragrance in the thousands of lovely flowers that bloom in rich profusion every where.