Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-10

we may expect more good to our nature | blessed city therefrom than any enter prise started since the writer can re-
 member. Cheap coal will bring manu- | featuring and make living less costly an important thing to us poor folks these
 hard times. Tuscaloosa has at last de-
 termined to get a move on herself ana
 not wait for outside money and minds to bring us prosperity.
 Talk about bashful people, the Eutaw 1 Whig and Observer has found couple about on parity, as will be seen by the l following: "A bashful country girl went l into Mr. S. As storee Monday, carrying some live chickens with their feet tied, and in her confusion placed them on the l counter. Now. S. A. is noted far ana wide for his politeness to everybody ana not wanting the fowls on his counter l try girl: Are you sure they Will lay there? Oh n-n-no, sir she stam- mered blushingly, they are all roosters'
 and now S. A. gets red at the sight or l chicken salad.
 l What came near being a costly sweet l gum hunt is related by the Southern Al 1 liance as follows: On last Sunday MT. l James Hodges and family were Vlsltlhs l at MT John Yarbroughs, four miles l from town. Tn the afternoon the chll- dren wen to hunt sweet gum, and Whlie 1 crossing the creek on log, Ellzapeth' 1 little daughter of MT. Hodges, fell in the l creek. The water was over her heaa, and she would surely have drowned had l it not been for the prompt action Of ROSY Yarbrough, who with rare presence Of mind rescued her from the water
 The melon crop should this year be l big one but. the Marion Standard dls- courages the hopeful ones in the follow l ing paragraph: One of the prominent l formers of the county tells the Standard l that the watermelon vines on a great many farms are dying from no apparent cause, and says that having dlscoVerea l the cause he is anxious to give others l the benefit of his discovery He says that the vitality of the vine is destroyed by bugs who infest the roots, and sug- gests alum water as remedy.
 A good wheat crop is what the Oneonta l News-Dispatch man saw and tells or In l the following words: Treasurer Self has a twelve-aere field of bearded wheat on l Bcrry's mountain, about five miles north l of here, that reminds one of the good old times that preceded the war, when 1 most of the needs of the family were raised on the farm This field will, should nothing unforeseen occur, yield from l20 to 150 bushels of wheat. specimen of | it may be seen at this office.
 The Opelika Industrial News tells how a little negro came near joining the vast 1 majority in the Great Beyond in the fol- lowing words: The little negro, Wood l Hubbard came near settling his account 1 with the world yesterday. He fell asleep on the dummy track near Auburn trestle | and the train was running fast when he 1 was discovered. Brakes were applied, but the engine was sliding almost on him when he woke and jumped off the 1 track.
 The Warrior Index says: Dr. H. II. 1 ByarS had a narrow escape from being l seriously hurt last Monday afternoon. | He was charging a soda water tank wills gas and by some unaccountable cause l the valve in the tank became closed and l the rubber tube with a leaden screw on on one end striking him just over the heart. Although the wound is causing him much pain he does not think that any serious results will follow.
 l The Selma Times is rejoicing over a prospective new bridge It says: Com missioners Phillips. Martin and Nelson
 went out to the Cahaba on Wednesday 1 to inspect the best place to build the pro- posed bridge They looked at Fortunes Ferry and Beloit which are about three miles apart but did not express any opin- ion for publication as to which they thought the best place to locate the l bridge.
 The condition of crops in Colbert county is of a very encouraging nature
 says the Colbert county Banner. The following is an instance: J. D. Gill was displaying several stalks of his cotton on the streets Saturday All the stalks were over foot in length and the squares could be distinctly seen. This is the best | cotton we have seen, and we doubt if it can be equalled in the county
 Talking of fruit, how's this for peaches? | The Opelika Industrial News says: MT. l G. c. Arlington brought into our office this morning a small limb of a peach tree | which had on it twenty-siX smooth,
 healthy-looking peaches. He says it is a seeding, sort of cross between free stone and clingstone Neach. It grew on his farm, about six mile from town
 Why shouldn't the Huntsville negroes
 be happy when the Argus turns out such | encouraging news as this? Reports 1 from the country at large are all to the
 effect that the largest crop of blackber- | ries ever known in the history of the | county will be harvested this year. And | the same is true of fruits of all kinds
 The editor of the Hamilton News Press
 is a generous man, as will be seen from
 the following: w. R. Appling's water
 melon patch should be looked after in | his absence. We haven't the time now,
 but if he makes a trip off somewhere about the 18th of July we will be glad
 to offer our services then.
 Lightning does damage when least ex- 1 pected. It caught a man unawares, says
 the Florence Gazette. as follows: A l crib belonging to Major Stevens near
 Triana, containing near 500 bushels of | corn, was struck by lightning recently
 and totally destroyed. No insurance.
 The heated term has done some good
 says the Oneonta News-Dispatch: For three days the heat has been terrible in | this section, but corn and cotton felt it's | effects and are growing with wonderful | rapidity these hot days and warm nights. 1 The Scottsboro Progressive Age says hogs are dying with cholera and cattle | with murrain in that section.
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