Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-16
OVER THE STATE.
Happenings and Sayings Clipped Fro m
 Alabama Exchanges.

Bridgeport News: The election decided that Judge Coulson must content himself with fig leaves, having decided to buy no clothes until Kolb was elected.
 Talladega News Reporter: The AGE HERALD's headline Tuesday was very ap- propriate. It read: 'eScail That's what the people say to Captain Kolb."
 Sand Mountain Signal: Let us drop all politics now-shake and go to work in earnest to make this beautiful plateau what nature intended it to be, tbe garden spot of the world.
 Selma Journal: MT. T. J.. Miles died at his residence in this city yesterday morn- ing alter few days illness, and was buried this morning. He died with an abiding faith in the power of Christ to save.
 New Decatur Advertiser: Is it not rather has gone down in value nearly one-half, [, the telegraph, telephone, the express and sleeping car companies still keep up their rates at the old figures?
 Roanoke Herald: MT. J. M. Sims, son. in-law of our fellow -townsman, Capt. B. F. Weathers, had the misfortune to lose his residence by fire yesterday evening. The house was totally destroyed, but most of the effects were saved. Insurance $l000.
 Opelika Evening News: Colonel Slaugh- ter fell at his residence, on the corner of Tallapoosa and Washington streets, several
 
 and has continually been confined to his room since the unfortunate accident hap. pened.
 Mobile Daily News: Monday at 12:15 o'clock, while Mir. William Hines, aged 23 years, of POP South Hamilton street, was at work on the dredge Thomas H. Hern- don in the river at the foot of St. Francis street, he was knocked overheard and drowned.
 New Decatur Advertiser: Last Monday the 12-year-old daughter of William Duke, living on Dr. K. L. Stephenson's farm, was accidentally shot in the foot by her brother, the load of shot entering her ankle. She is doing quite well at the pres. ent writing.
 Sheffield Reaper: The Hattie Ensley this week reminded one of days gone by-and now hoped for soon. Smoke was seen emanating from the smoke-stack, and the carriages passing each other in midair. We hope that all will be found o. K., that Thursday they may commence to load" her for work.
 Attalla Herald: Whit Shahan, the IA yearold son of our worthy merchant, w. P. Shahan, was thrown from wagon last Monday by a runaway team and badly bruised, though not seriously hurt. Two wheels of the wagon ran over him. Little Fred Whaley was also run over though not 50 badly hurt.
 Troy Messenger: The first bale of cotton of this season was brought in this morning by Capt; John L; Trotman., It was 375 pounds. M. J. Ross was the purchaser at 6 cents. This puts Captain Trotman ahead as farmer, but it speaks bad for Troy to pay such price for the first bale, and should not have been allowed.
 Ashvile Egis: The boss bee man of this county is 88 years old. For three years ho was blind. His eyesight has since been restored. and he now attends an apiary of twenty five colonies of bees. He has already taken out 200 pounds of honey, and has one colony in store with 115 pounds of the sweet-scented and tasting flower juice.
 Attalla Herald: The two little children of MT. Burgess of Flatwoods, three miles south of Attalia, while playing on trestle near their home, were struck by No. pas- senger last Saturday, one of them being iu- stantly killed; the other is badly hurt, but may recover. A horse belonging to MT. Burgess was killed on the same trestle next day.
 Florence Times: The business situation at Florence is today more substantial and encouraging than ever before in the history of the city. The boom brought money here, but after the fever of specu- tie substantial left, and rapid retro- gression was the order of the day. Now everything is on a substantial basis; our factories are running on full time; the pay rolls are large and the pay days regular, and there is not plant in the city that is not we'll managed, well organized, free of boom poison, and, considering the times, doing han dsomely.
 Mobile Daily News: Sunday afternoon about 4:30 o'clock one of Mir. Nealy's boys, about years old, was playing on Zundel,s overheard in feet of water. Capt. J. Entriken of the sloop Lottie, who was standing near, jumped over and rescued him, but not without some difficulty. The captain was dressed to come to the city, clothing, not even his hat. The boat was in sight, and he wss compelled to mako the trip over in his wet clothes. He is a modest and unassuming man, and says he was only too glad to get @ "ducking' when he could render such great service.
 Brundidge News: Mir. B. M. Rodgers brought us a curiosity, last Saturday. in the shape of double stalk of corn that grew on his place east of the city. An or- dinary stalk sprang up and grew to about the heighth of feet where it separated into two y distinct branches, and began to tassel growing until the entire heighth was nearly feet. About foot above the fork each branch had a well-formed, average sized ear and each had it's own tassel. The only apparent difference in them was that one stalk had at the fork. small joint, perhaps inch long, and the other did not. They were as near alike as any two things in nature ever get to be.
 Southern Idea; Mir. H. H. Hargett of this city was in The Southern Idea office Monday and said that he was out at Shep Bynum's, the home of a respected colored man, few days ago and had a talk with Shops grandmother, who will be 125 years old the 18th day of next April. Mir. Har- gett says the old negress told him that she professed religion in an old fence row in
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