Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-09

It weighed nine pounds. Mir. Green says that his cabbage crop this year is very fine, though the one described above was the largest in the lot.''
 What Thousands Want-The following is from the Shelby Sentinel: "A friend who will recognize me when I am com pelled to wear patched pants; who will take my hand as I am sliding down the hlll, instead of giving me kick to hasten my descent; who will lend me $1 without $2 security who will come to me when am sick; who will pull off his coat and hght for me when the odds are two to one; who will talk of me behind my back as he talks to my face. Such a friend is wanted by 10000 beings throughout the whole world"
 Orange Blossoms.-Th West Alabama Freeze prints the following under the above caption: Married near Oden- he1fn Ala, MT W. c. Kyle to Miss Georgie Snider. The happy groom is well known throughout the confines of Iuskaloosa county and has a host of friends who are ready to congratulate
 Sud upon winning such a fair prize. The bride is the beautiful daughter of our esteemed fellow citizen, MT. l.. w. Snider. AS this couple have united for veal or woe on this earth may their union cause them to so live as to be ultimately united in heaven, where sepa- ration will be no more, is the wish of the Breeze"
 Young Taladegan.-The Mountain Home says Fletcher Thetford, one of our best young men. returned Friday rom Yale college, where he pursued the law course and took his diploma He graduated in 1893 from the collegiate de- partment of the University of Alabama and in 1894 from the law department Thus it will be seen that he has enjoyed most unusual advantages and is fully equipped for his profession. both gener- ally and specially. We congratulate him and his family on his honors and wish him long and useful career MT. Thet- ford has not yet decided where he will locate. but wherever he goes we look for the best accounts of him"
 Heavy Rainfall.-The Mountain Horne has the following: Sunday afternoons rain was the heaviest one which has iaiien in this vicinity for years. It was net of great duration, lasting only about an hour and half. but it filled all the outlets to overflowing, and Coosa street rom spring street down far below West street was flooded. The footwalks and fences were washed away in various places. and there were several washouts Ihe water came within inches of Mr Ed Brown's porches. while neighboring gardens and sidewalks were over-run The street force went to work early Monday repairing damages, and things are assuming the former appearance" 
 Corn and Tobacco.-The Wilcox Prog ress has the following: Mrs J. E Strother sent to our office a stalk of Strothers prolific early corn, containing two well developed ears of corn. Each ear was about II inches long and was full of perfect grown grains. This stalk was about feet tall and was taken at random from large field of the same kind of corn. Accompanying the corn was leaf of tobacco. The leaf looked very much like cabbage leaf, but was greener and resembed silk in appear ance. The tobacco leaf was 21 inches long by 1l1A inches wide. MT. Strother has patch of two acres planted in the Havana silk wrapper tobacco. It is doing very nicely and will make fine crop"
 After Twenty-four Years--The follow Ing is from the Mobile Register: "Twen- ty-four years ago George M. Palmes, the eldest son of the Palmes family in this city, took a notion to go off with a cir GUS. and from that day he was never heard from afterward His parents ad- fertised for him in the Clipper and other theatrical papers. but could hear nothing