Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1895-10-20
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Brundidge News: We have heard
rumor of a bank to be established in
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Gadsden Times-News: A swarm of
bees has been discovered in the court
| house tower.
| Wiregrass Strings: Dothan is full of
stock, mules and horses. They are high,
but selling rapidly 90
Demopolis Express Mr.. C. e. Michael
killed a mad dog yesterday in the north
| ern portion of town. = '.a
Troy Democrat: Poverty is no disgrace
to a man, but ignorance and illiteraey Is
in this day of newspapers schools and
books.
Gadsden Times News: The wagons
loaded with hay and fodder which come
into town every day are one of the good
signs of the times ts
Eutaw Wing and Observer: The ne
| groes who returned from Mexico 4 are
| overjoyed that they are once more safe
| In their native land.
Brundidge News: Excavations for the
new Webb building have been going on
rapidly this week and mountains of dirt
now adorn the corners of Washington
and Strawberry streets.
| Demopolis Express: Our Methodist
| friends having laid the corner stone of
their new church, will push the enter
| prise to an early completion.
Cherokee Sentinel: It is said the farm
| ers. after selling their cotton for good
price this fall, are paying off their old
debts and buying but very few goods.
Cherokee Sentinel Two colored citi-
| zens hailing from Rome, Ga, are before
| the medical board of examiners this week
asking for license to practice medicine.
Baldwin Tin1es-News: Mr.. w. r.
| Hughes "a stockman from Texas, will
| leave here this week with near on to 1000
head of beef cattle. Hurrah for Baldwin,
| Baldwin Times-News: Mr.. r. l.. Tag
| 1iabue, who has resided here for the past
three years. left last week for Newcastle,
Pa, where he expects to engage in the
mining business.
Randolph Toiler: 1t was developed at
| the East Liberty association last week
| that the Roanoke Baptist church during
| the past year led the association in the
| amount contributed to missions.
! Troy Democrat: The farmers have a
| great deal of faith in Hector D. Lane.
| They have followed his advice this year
and are realizing good price for their
| cotton. They are loud in singing his
| praises.
! Gadsden Times-News: D A Dillon, af-
| ter spending several days looking over
| the farm lands near Gadsden, returned to
| his home in Catlin, o.. last Tuesday. Mr..
4 Dillon we'll Dlpa sod with what he
and was of the opinion that he would
make Etowah county his future home.
| Wiregrass Siftings: The first bale of
| Sea Island cotton ever brought to Do
| than was sold here last Saturday to
| Blount, Nicholson e. Co. for $74.10. 1t
was raised by Mr. M. Murphy, four and
half miles south of Dothan and was
stored in the Farmers Home warehouse.
Eutaw Wing and Observer: Hay. corn
and other country products sell at re-
markedly low figures, and those who
have to buy such things should do so be-
fore the winter comes on and there will
| be a scarcity of the same. There's moth
| ing so comforting as we'll filled barns
| and smoke houses in the dead of winter,
or any other time as for that matter.
Brundidge News: A little negro the
| step-daughter of Bob Bean, a tenant on
Uncle" Dick Copeland's place, was
| burned to death this morning. She was
| standing in front of the fireplace when
her clothing ignited. She ran screaming
| into the yard tanning the flames to a
| furious blaze, which had done it's deadly
work before aid could reach the helpless
victim. After an hour and half of I'M
| told agony, death came to relieve her of
| her sufferngs.
Eutaw Wing and Observer: There
| e
| our people and more contentment gener-
| ally. The good price now being paid for
| cotton, the fine cereal and tuber crops
and the religious meetings that have
| been held throughout the county have
all had a tendency to bring the people
closer together and they seem more con-
| tented and happy than before. If our
| elections would not come so frequently
we would soon forget past differences and
we would all dwell together in unity
| Wire Grass Strings: A negro made
| quite bold attempt to hold up S. NJ.
Sharp and N. E. Harold on Thursday
| of last week about three miles from this
city. They were coming from Newton
| and had a negro driving for them.
and he was pretty badly scarf so the
| boys say. The would-be highwayman
| first ordered them to 'hold up" The or
| der was not obeyed, and he attempted to
get up into the hack, but the driver put
| whip to the horses and his efforts were
| thwarted This makes several attempts
| at ''holding up" that have occurred near
| this city within the past year by mean.
worthless negroes. Some of these days
| they'll tackle some one that's loaded,
| and will bite the dust for their meanneSs.
|
! A doctor out in the Transvaal pro-
| pounds new method of curing diseases
| which he terms "lacteopathy," says the
| English mechanic. IT struck him. he
says. that as milk absorbs poisonous