Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-13
OPEI,IKA.
The Robinson Case Will Have to Be Post
 poned-An Assignment.

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 Opelika, June 11.-(Special Corre- sz2ondenceO-Th taking of the testi- mony here before Commissioner Sayre in the impeachment proceedings against Judge Robinson will not be concluded in time for trial on the goth of June, and the case will have to be postponed. At torney General w. c. Fitts and Regis ter in Chancefy A. D. Barnett represent the state and Barnes Bros. of Opelika and Judge J. NJ. Chiffon of Montgomery represent the defendant.
 M M. Martin, dealer in confection- cries, made an assignment today for the benefit of his creditors. Liabilities. $400; assets, $40. Hard times and no cap- ital are given as the cause.
 Mrs S. R. Wood has gone to Gadsden to spend the summer with her son-in- law, Mayor R. A. Mitchell.
 The Opclika Compress company, which owns the second largest hy draulic presses in the south, is having their extensive plant thoroughly over hauled and repaired for the fall business
 A Singular Death.-The CollinsVile Clipper tells of q death which occurred at Double Springs as follows: A singular death occurred in the colored Baptist church near this place this morning. The pastor. Greenleaf Lee, young man, strong and healthy, was preaching on death. He worked himself up into great fever, describing the tortures of hell. Quoting from the Scriptures he said there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. As the words issued from his lip he fell to the floor and in a few moments was dead. Doctors pronounced the cause of death the rupture of a blood vessel, caused by over excitement.
 Fine Wheat.-Tilc following from the Collnsville Clipper speaks well for one of DeKalb countys enterprising phy- sician-farmers: That prosperous farmer
 -s.s.. of near Portersville was in the city Sat urday, called in to see us and left bunch of the finest wheat we ever saw grown in this country. Some iof the heads of the plain wheat measured $ inches in length, and the heads of the bearded variety measures inches in length and has four grains to the mash
 An Ugly Fall.-What came near prov ing a fatal ride occurred near Collins vile, says the Clipper in the following: Miss Dovie, daughter of James F. Reed, who lives two miles south of this city, was returning from a visit to MT. Pat rick's near Keener last Thursday even ing when the horse she was riding be- came frightened. throwing her off to the ground. breaking the small bone in one of her ankles and spraining the other badly. Dr. Miller was called at once.
 A Bunch of Bananas.-The following is from the Selma Times: Captain Mills paugh of the Hotel Albert had a very fire banana plant that he dug up to prevent the cold weather from killing it. He buried it in his cellar. and went down a few days ago to have it reset. and to his great surprise it had a full bunch of fruit on it. The bananas were very white and taSteleSS.
 A Heavy Loss-The Selma Times tells of a loss to Ex-Congressman Turpin as follows: Ex-Congressman Louis w. Tur- pin of Hale county was in the city yes- terday In conversation with a Times man he said the heavy rains two weeks ago destroyed 5000 worth of hay for him. which he had moved in New herne.