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els Of onions and a lot of plums, apples
and peaches shipped from here. We are
promised better freight rates and buy
ers on the ground next year.
A Big Snake.-The Guntersville Demo-
erat prints the following: John f. Jor-
dan reports a killing done by himself
near his home on the 10th. The victim
was big unprecedented. yellow-bot-
toned snake which John says was as
big as his arm. Three bullets were fired
into the reptile.
A Good Showing.-The following is
from the Florence Herald: County Su-
perintendent of Education A. d. Ray in
forms the Herald that there are ninety
public schools in Lauderdale county out
side of Florence. This is a good showing,
but it is no better than it should be. Good
schools and plenty of them is what we
need.
Stole a Bible-The Colbert County
Banner has the following: Leighton
Presbyterian church was entered by one
of the windows between Saturday and
Thursday of last week and the beautiful
pulpit Bible stolen thercfrom This BIZ
bic was the gift of the late Col. w. A.
johnson and was therefore very highly
valued by the congregation.
A Young Autocrat.-The Shelby Senti-
mel has the following compliment to a
coming business man of Nevada: w. e.
Brinkerhoff, Jr., Esq, is the latest addi-
tion to the social circles of Nevada.
Young Brink, though just past his teens
in hours and weighs only 10 pounds, has
already assumed to be the autocrat of
the family. and will not allow his poor
father to sleep until after the bawl is
over.
Sheffield's Glee.-The Florence Herald
says: Sheffield Is in high glee. Her fur
naces are starting after months of idle
ness, and an era of prosperity has be-
gun. Furnace No. of the Cole furnaces
is now being put in shape for blowing in.
Forty men are working on ii now and i5
short while it will commence making
iron. 1t Is believed that all of Shefield's
five furnaces will be running before long
Terrors to 'Shiners.--The Wire Grass
Strings prints the following: Deputy
United States Marshals o. NJ Hill and j.
l.. Domingus came in Saturday night
from Coffee county. where they captured
still and broke the moonshiners all up
They search every corner and crook of
the country and frequently happen up
on the boys at the Illicit practice where
nobody had dreamed of it.
Serious Runaway-The following ac-
count of serious runaway is from the
Florence Herald: A serious runaway ac- /
cident occurred near Pruitton on Tues
day of last week in which Miss Virgie
Simmons received painful injuries. Miss
Simmons. Mrs. DR.. Turner and Mr..
Alonzo Threet were driving from Threet
to West Point, Tenn. when the horse in
the buggy driven by Mrs. Turner became
unmanageable and ran away, wrecking
the other buggy also. None of the party
received serious injuries,
Shot From Ambush-The following
account of a shooting is taken from the
Guntersville Democrat: News reached
here from Hillian's store of the shoot
ing of Nelson Doss. colored. by Alonzo
Phillips, white. On the day previous
Doss and Phillips quarreled and Phil
lips went to the field with shot gun.
hid himself in ambush and as Doss
plowed out near him fired. shooting him
in the face. Doss' wounds are thought
to be fatal. Phillips is still ait large.
Dr. Westmoreland Improving. The
Huntsville Evening Tribune says: The
dispatch which some way got out from
Athens, Ala, stating that DR.. Milton
i. Westmoreland, who was SO seriously
hurt by horse that his limb had to be
amputated, was dead, is all a mistake.
Dr. Westmoreland is not only not dead,
but is doing splendidly and has no bad
symptoms. We congratulate DR.. West
moreland upon having read his own
obituary notices, and hope he win en-
joy long life of usefulness.
Heavy Load.-The Register says: The
Norwegian steamship Alert arrived at
the Mobile and Ohio fruit wharf yester-
day morning about $3.50 O'Clock with
10000 punches of bananas, 5000 cocoa
nuts, 1900 plantains, three barrels of
mangoes and two barrels of lines. She
is consigned to the Orr & Laubenheimer
Honduras. There were also several pas
sengers on the trip, among them being
Mr.. ]. e. Plumer of the British Honduras
syndicate.
Masonic Lodge Officers.--The Chiffon
View says: At the last meeting of the
Clanton Masonic lodge the following Off
GERS were elected: B. II. Chestnut, w.
NJ. w. H. Wright, ]. W.; w. II. Sartor,
S. W.; John w. Stanfield. J.. D.. c. j.
Stewart, S. D.; Captain Middleton. treas
urer; w. 1. Mullins, secretary; Solomon
Parker tiler Those officers will be in
stalled at the Baptist church on the night
of June "a. Col. II. c. Tompkins is ex-
pected to give an address on that occa-
sion.
A Tough Coon.-The following. from
the Sumter Sun, might have occurred.
If so the negro was a tough one: ne
gro named Willis Williams living upon
MIR. Frank Holman's place, near York,
was shooting rats Friday with cap and
ball pistol, when the cap snapped and
the pistol failed to fire; he turned the
pistol up and looked down the barrel
TO see what was the matter when it
went off" and the bullet hit him square
between the eyes and fell to the floor
fiattened as broad as a silver quarter
The wound was slight
A Good Moral Lesson.-The Gunters-
vile Democrat prints the following,
which is equal to column of advice An
instance of the good results of morality
and good habits is shown in the life of
G. NJ. Troy of New Decatur who is just
finishing the Joined work of Lusk &
Bells new building Mr. Troy labors
daily at the bench, Notwithstanding his
20 years, and he is able to keep in line
with younger men. He attributes his
health and strength to temperate hab-
its in all things. Mr.. Troy is an earnest
Sunday school worker, having been at
tending Sunday school for sixty-three
years.
Guntersville Industrially.--The Gun.
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