Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-14

Crops in Russell.-The crops are in good growing condition, and the farm CTS have promise of rich reward Tor their years work. Corn was never pret- tier, and if nothing happens there will be heavy corn crop gathered.-Russell Register.
 A Marvellous Story.-Late last night Nat Powers, Esq, of New Market and two negroes of that locality were placed in jail here charged with shooting one Will Morris, colored. Morris came here and swore out the warrants, telling most. marvellous story connecting the finding of buried treasure and the at tempt of the three men in jail to rob hin1 of the treasure.-Huntsville Mercury.
 Mysterious Disappearance.-One Will liam Bibby, mail driver on the route from Newton to Geneva. has disappeared since Monday of last week and no one has any idea of the cause, unless 1t be that he robbed the mail pouch of three or four registered packages, said to be in it, and departed for parts unknown. Bibby is an English boy about 17 years old. quite intelligent and may have been tempted to do this wrong that he might visit England. The horse and buggy which he drove has not been found.
 Damage by Unprecedented Rains lHe uHpTecedenleQ TdllllHS Speu IS uo- ing immense damage to the corn crops, especially in low lands. The heavy rains seem to extend throughout north Alabama and middle Tennessee. Re ports from the several sections of Jack son county show that a considerable proportion of the corn crop is already ruined by overflow, and should the rain continue a few days longer the corn crop will be reduced for want of work; farmers generally having not finished their crops at the time the rain set in ten days ago.-Scottsboro Citizen.
 Duncan-Hayes.-The residence of MT. and Mrs. James Hayes in north Warrior was the scene of light and merriment on last Wednesday night The occasion was the marriage of their oldest daugh- ter, Mary E., to Mir Jack Duncan. Rev N. B. Williams in a short but very inn pressive, manner pronounced the words that made them man and wife. Only a limited number of the intimate friends Of the happy couple were present After the ceremony the party proceeded at once to the dining room. where very bountiful supper was waiting for them- Warrior Index.
 Tuneful Pickaninnies.-Ther is a quar- tette of youthful negroes in Tuscumbia, probably not over the ages of 15 years, who would be hard to down" in a sing
 
 voices and are well up on the popular songs of the day. They hop on to new air like chicken on June bug, and be- fore half the people have caught the first strain or two they have mastered the en- tire words and render the song as well as many artists in that line It's pleas ure to hear them in "The Fatal We'd ding" After the Ball." etc.-Tuscumbia North Alabamian.
 Drowned-A Cutting Scrape-Joe Da- wis, an old colored man living in Craw- ford beat, while fishing in the Uchee creek with his little grandson Saturday night, was drowned He had several hooks baited and the poles stuck in the bank near him. Directly he saw one of the corks move, and in grabbing his pole his footing gave way and he slid into thA water, where it was about 10 feet deep and soon sank to the bottom. Early this morning as the crowd was leaving where it had been sitting up with old man Joe there came near being another dead ne- gro on the spot. Lee Robinson and Scytha Felius got into a fracas, and after they were separated it was discovered that Scytha had been stabbed in three places. Two of the stabS are of a serious nature.-Russell Register.
 Indignant Light Guards.--Mr. w. D. Sowell, editor of the always interesting weekly, the Pine Belt News published at Brewton, arrived in Mobile at noon. He was asked how the soldier boys in his section regarded the course of the Bir- mingham State. He said: '"They are diSgusted. Several members of the Pol lard Light Guards have expressed them selves as being indignant at the States course. The boys were never more sur prised than when that papers recent ed- itorials appeared on the manner in whicl1 the encampment was conducted and be- ba wa mi a1 n blow to Alabama's chief executive. The unreasonable accusations are character istic of the source from which they issue. This Birmingham paper has been ushered into existence since the troubles in the mining districts last summer, else 1t would have remembered the valuable services of the state militia in upholdng the law and preserving order at its own doors. Mobile Herald.
 Ice Water for Field Hands.-Mr. James A. Ogburn who is one of Tuskaloosa S most enterprising and successful plant CTS, has discovered a new thing in the treatment of field hands. He gives them ice water to drink. MT. Ogburn says it is not to accustom them to luxury that he supplies them with ice water, but he says 1t is pure economy Last week the river being over the bluff springs on his plantation the darkeys had no water to drink while in the field. MT. Ogburn had 100 pounds of ice sent down to the place and he would have the men supplied with regulation river water, iced. The men took to it readily. and yet they didn't drink as much water as usual The ice water seemed to quench their thirst, for four buckets of it ran them a whole day. This was very small amount of water for them to drink. as formerly it took a water car rier's whole time to keep them supplied. During the week there was no sickness no complaints and the hire of water carrier was saved. The spring water frequently nauseated the hands, they frequently having to lose time on ac- count of it, but the iced river water does not. and MT. Ogburn feels he has struck happy idea. It saves money and pleases the workmen. A rare and a very desirable combination, truly.-Tus- kaIoesa Times.
 The Montgomery and Prattville.- There is no standstill along the route of the Montgomery and Prattville railroad. Mules, scrapes, negroes and overseers can be seen all the way from where the road intersects the Louisville and Nash vile railroad to Pratttville, as the road bed is being leveled and being prepared