Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-23
OVER THE STATE.
Happenings and Sayings Clipped From
 Alabama Exchanges.

selma Jonrnal: up lO Qate ioelpla Das re- ceived niue bales of new cotton. At least fifty bales are expected this week.
 Clayton Courier: Toug Clark, the negro incarcerated in the Clayton jail, charged with killing another at Eufaula, has be- come insane. -s-
 Tuskegee News: Tuskegee's first bale of new,cotton was brought to town Tuesday by Mr J. NJ. Roberts and was bought by Campbell & Wright at 6.70.
 Geneva Mirror: A guinea watermelon has more devilment and pure uneasiness coopad up in it's small circumference than has the much-dreaded dynamite stick.
 Geneva Mirror: Seventy mine accessions to the different church denominations, the result of one week. s work by the Rev. Mr. Williams, is very good showing for Ge- neva.
 Marion Standard: MT. s. A. Thompson marketed the first cotton of the season from this beat, two bales in number, in Marion Friday. One weighed y506 pounds, the other 457.
 Cafferty company this week sold between 500 and 500 acres of land to Ohio farmers. This company is doing good work, and every encouragement should be extended to them.
 Wetumpka Times Democrat: The first bale of new cotton was brought to We- tumpka Monday by J. A. Lancaster. 1t was purchased by the enterprising firm of M. Hohenberg 6 Co.,, they paying cents per pound for same.
 Tuskaloosa Times: This morning about Il o'clock serious accident occurred at Lock No. 1, at the government works, re- sulting lnMark Bruce (col. being very se- riously injured, having an arm broken and severe injuries about the head. Antony Neal also had one finger mashed off.
 Clayton Courier: Three bales of new cot ton were brought to Clayton on Thursday. One by George Burlison of beat 4, one by Wesley Evans of beat 6 and one by Calvin Bullock of beat IA. T. R. Parish bought two and J. z. Andrews one, both paying 6 cents pound.
 Coosa River News: six months old child of MT. Burton Morrison of near Cen. itre. wee Miss, weighs only six and quarter pounds. She weighed three and half pounds at birth, and has never cried since her vista of this vain world. She is pleasant child and her face beams with intelligence.
 Bridgeport News: Charley, the little son of W. H. Green of this place, fell from a mule few days ago and broke his arm. This makes six people that have had the misfortune to get an arm broken in this immediate eighborhood in the last eigh- teen months, and in every case it was the left arm that was broken.
 Oneonta News-Dispatch: Swansea, the new coal mine, on the railroad, eight miles
 
 town of Murpbree's valley. Captain Price is practical miner, and is pushing ahead, aided by Messrs. Watkins, Wadsworth and others. The miners are all WI hiLe men who understand the business.
 Union Springs Herald: The Tuesday aft ernoon storm that ragged so ferceiy south of here did it's damage around Aberfoil. Lightning struck MT. N. H. Gibson s sta bic and killed horse and ten fine hogs. This is sore loss to sustain during such times, and at this particular time of the year. MT. Gibson seems to be very unfor- tunate. A short while ago he suffered from fire which destroyed his house and most of his household effects, and now the elements have come to bring him other losses.
 Geneva Mirror: The first bale of cotton of the season Nas brought to Geneva by Mir. J. H. Redd of Coffee county, for which he got cents per pound. The bale, weigh ing 532 pounds, was bought by Messrs. Tillis, O'Neal and Malone. On Wednes- day another bale came in and sold al 6A cents per pound. The first bale in Mont- gomery sold at cents, Geneva beating the capital city by 1 cent per pound. But we do not wonder at it, for when people begin to figure against our merchants they're go- ing to get left.
 Geneva Mirror:, communication with MT. DeLong, the builder in charge of the construction of the new steel bridge across the Choctawhatchie river, informs us that the erection is progressing rapidly and he hopes to have it completed by the middle of October. It was to have been, done by the 1st of September, but the work has been delayed on account of the great strike in July. Mir. DeLong is an intelligent gentleman, a sound democrat and will push this much needed crossway as rapidly as consistent with d.st- t-class work. Bridgeport News: A week or two since the news reported the illness of Uncle Dave EarriSq whn lives the clfy and is one of our oldest and most respected citizens. His many friends will rejoice to learn he has not only recovered, but had party of friends out Wednesday, the occa- sion being the celebration the Fifty fifth anniversary of his and Mrs. Farriss' we'd ding. But few people live to celebrate their Fifty filth wedding anniversaries, and their many friends congratulate MT. and Mrs. Farriss and wish them many others.
 Pine Belt News: Maj. William Wallace H. Sullivan to rebuild the dam and repair the mill at Wallace. He has large force Of hands busy at work and expects to have the plant in running order by october 10 or November 1. Though no contract has thus far been made whereby the business will be operated, it is understood that c. Ls Seweii and sons of Brewton will have the business in charge when 1t starts up. It will be necessary to expend about $lO ,000 repairing and overhauiing the building, railroad, trestles, etc.
 Tnskaloosa Gazstte: Lieutenant and Mrs. Thylor's friends are all sorry to hear of the serious accident that befell their little, daughter, Dorothy, last Sunday. While being rolled to and fro in her buggy on the gallery during the afternoon, too great an impetus was given the little carriage and it went over the edge. The little one fell out, and, besides being bruised ,~ sustained a Fracture of one thigh. The hurt is very serious, as well as a very painful one, and twill be several weeks before the little one can use bef finn bs again