Birmingham state herald., 1895-10-25
STATE NEWS.

STATE NEWS.
 Christian Educator: Fifteen hundred conversions in the Guntersville district and the collection ini full for 1894 and 1895.
 Ozark Star: Some of our merchants are and have been holding their cotton for some time. One merchant in town has 1500 bales of the fieecy staple on hand.
 Attalla Beacon: E. A. Watson was in to see us Friday. He was in fine spirits, having just sold a bale of cotton for $46.1S. He said that looked like old times and made the farmer feel good.
 Attalla Beacon: A. R. Whit, Esq, gave a contemplating the 17th instant. The young people gathered in and picked over a bale of cotton, and at night had some good music and grand time.
 Anniston Hot Blast: The Clifton Iron company has about decided to recon struct and get in shape for making coke iron it's second furnace at Ironaton. It will take about four months to do the work.
 Selma Times: The Selma sausage fac tory will begin operations tomorrow. Sev- enty-five head of fine Tennessee hogs were received yesterday and they will be slaughtered today and made into sausage tomorrow.
 Sheffield Reaper: A very prominent iron man of Birmingham came up and took 8. peep at the Hattie and Lady Ensley furnaces, then left on the Memphis and Charleston. Now, is it possible that T. T. wants our furnaces?
 Gulf Breeze: The county commission CTS opened bids Monday for the construc- tion of a new bridge across Kennedy lake, near Stockton. The contract was award ed to Messrs l.. w. Ferguson and B. r. McMillan of Stockton for the sum of $600.
 Guntersville Democrat: Capt Joe Johnston was delighted to meet while here last week his namesake. Joseph F. Johnston Starnes. grandson of Postmas- ter Perkins. The bright little fellow, like the gentleman for whom he was named, is jolly, fine looking baby.
 Troy Messenger: Deputy Sheriff L. Car roll returned from Birmingham last night, bringing with him Ceph Brown, a negro, who has served one term among the coal mines, and now returns to have a trial for another offense, which may return him to that favored @ employ ment.
 Attal1a Herald Some thief stole the nice clock from the Methodist church last week. It's bad enough to steal anything from any persoYf or house, but one must indeed be the very dregs of sin when he can enter Gods holy temples of worship and despoil them. This is the worst kind of thieyery
 Brundidge News: There seems to be a gang of burglars, disguised as tramps, operating in the small towns on nearly all the railroads centering at Montgom- cry. It would not be bad idea for our merchants just now to be watchfu1, and for the marshal to keep his eye open for tramps It wouldn't hurt to have some one on duty all night for while at least
 Anniston Hot Blast: Romulus Calhoun, postmaster at Micaville, Cleburne county. who had been arrested on warrant based upon an indictment found by the recent United States grand jury charging him with delaying and tearing open let ters, was arraigned before United States Commissioner G. B. Randolph yesterday and bound over in the sum of $500 for his appearance at the United States court
 Guntersville Democrat: A shooting af- fray occurred between Jeff Edmondson and Ben Hipps at Oleander last Sunday, in which the latter was killed. Edmond son was arrested Monday and lodged in jail at this place, where preliminary trial was given him Tuesday. He claims to have done the killing in selfdefense. Both men had been in the "moonshine" business and were considered bad char acters in their neighborhood.
 Guntersville Democrat: A movement is on foot by MT. Reading, who moved from Buffalo, N. Y, and farmed this sea- son near John McKee's. on the northside to get through freight rates for the ship ment of root crops and nuts to northern cities. If suitable rates can be secured it is the purpose oflthis gentleman to buy and ship in car load lots. We hope 1t can be done for this will open a line of income to many in need of it and will be of benefit to this entire county. Sheffield Reaper: The Colbert Iron company are holding their own so far nicely; they have been getting ore enough to keep them from banking. They have a number of old orders yet to fill that will keep them busy for some time. The Sheffield Coal, Iron and Steel company are soon to have another mine added to their plant that will give them ore for two of the Triplets: then their output will be greatly increased. The want of ore has