Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-27

l shank has perhaps the best one-third l acre of cotton in this county. It is uni l formly beautiful, and will average 16O squares to the stock. Good judges say he will get bale from this one patch.-Tal- ladega News.
 Mail Bag Ground Up.-This morning the mail bag from Notasulga was dis | covered in the trucks of the 8:15 vestbule l torn completely to pieces and the mail all lost. The train catches the bags while the train is moving, and when bag falls it is often drawn under the car and ground to pieces.-Opelika News.
 Bug Juice in a Bad 'sNigger."-A negro man, who was using one of MT. John Belchers fine mules last Sunday, tanked up on bug juice, and while in that condi- tion stabbed the mule eight times The mule will die from its injuries. MT. Belcher had the negro arrested and will press the case to the full extent of the law.-Roanoke Herald.
 Good Showing-The Eufaula Can ming company has earned 40 per cent on it's investment, counting the goods on hand as being worth the quoted market price. The stockholders have directed that the company proceed with it's work, and it is now canning pears and some other things. The canning company must be built up to become a great insti- tut10n.-Eutaula 11meS.
 Siamese Twins in Timber.-Just north of Frey's place, near the old Graber ho- tel, in the woods, there are two large oak trees which have independent trunks about 6 feet apart, but about 10 or F feet from the ground branch stretches out from one tree to the other and they are grown together, joining the two trees into one, just as the Siamese twins are bound. It Is quite curiosity.-Decatur News. A Narrow Escape.-Mr. Goodrow, one of the bosses at the Eufaula Cotton mills, came near bleeding to death in Whit locks store last night. varicose vein burst and blood streamed down his leg. He was carried to Beauchamp & Beach's
 drug store and MT. Beauchamp hurriedly tore off his shoe and exposed the bleed- ing vein and proceeded to stop the flow of blood afterwards the doctors came and dressed the place and fixed it up. He will be all right in a short time, but he narrowly missed bleeding to death.- Eufaula Times.
 Big Land Sale-The land department of the Mobile and Ohio railroad has dis posed of 23,000 acres of land to Sioux City syndicate, composed of John Pearce, A. M. Jackson and A. s. Garretson. The land is located between Yellow Pine and Lumberton on the Mobile and Ohio rail- IOdu Ie CoIllpdily 10 IidhlliS e oui NCS' and also building roads and bridges and it is said will lay out town site near Yellow Pine A pretty depot will be built beside a platform 300 feet in length. The town, so it is said, will be named Fonde.-Mobile News
 An Increase of $12O, ,000-The board of equalizers of the taxes of Madison county adjourned yesterday. They have labored assiduously for twenty days with the tax lists of the county, and the result is an increased assessment of $120,000. The net increase to Madison county will be $1160. As an evidence of the fairness of the assessments not an appeal has been made so far against the judgment of the board. Next Wednesday has been set as a final day to hear any complaint, and then the books are filed in the probate judges office.-Huntsville Mercury. They Mean Business.-About 100 of the old subscribers to the stock of the M. J. & K. c. R. R. have renewed their sub scriptions in whole or in part; and number of new subscribers have been added. It begins to look like the commit tee will raise the amount required. The fact that the parties proposing to build the road are doing some work, and pay
 ing as they go, encourages our people to believe that they mean business. They have spent about $20000 here already.
 Under the proposition they make to our citizens they will spend about $500,000 be- fore the first installment would be due.- Mobile Item.
 Reckless Shooting-We learn that some parties. sojourners in the city, were out bat shooting Thursday evening. The flying shot several times struck the barn and dwelling of MT. w. c. Berry and en- dangered his little children so much that Mrs. Berry had to call them and their intn fha hOuSp Mr Berry doesn't like it a bit, and is of the opinion that if the law cannot prevent indiscriminate shooting right at his doors, that he knows how to do it himself. The parties, per haps, did not know that they were in- side the jurisdiction of the city laws, which affixes heavy penalties for pro miscuous shooting within the corporate limits. There is also state law against it. and it would be well for all to keep themselves fully posted on the subject Brundidge News.
 A Cowards. Trick.-Wednesday night some malicious and cowardly person poisoned d dog belonging to family
 residing on Georgia avenue, near Gov ernment street. The dog was not val ued because of his pedigree. Little was known of him in that respect; but the children had selected him from litter of puppies that were being distributed
 among friends and this dog grew up to tl faithful animal. He was the children's
 first and last thought as each day dawned
 and closed, and after school hours bore a prominent part in all their plays
 There was nothing that these children
 had at any time possessed that afforded
 them so much real pleasure as their dog,
 and they loved him as intensely as it
 was possible to love anything. The strug
 gle against death and the suffering crea- lures last acts of affection and loyalty were of a most heart-breaking character, and the family desires the perpetrator of this cruel and wanton deed to know that they regard it as simply the murder of one of their number.-Mobile Register. Cheerful Notes from Fayette.-Our | town is putting on quite an industrial air this week. The corporate authorities are having several of the streets graded | that heretofore has passed without much 1 attention; the lumber is being placed | at the institute for the erection of the | chapel and hall; the rapid work in prog ress on w. T. Naugher's residence; Bent | ly Bros. preparing their shop. erected in | front of $. J. Cannon's residence; J. W. | Blackburn placing the lumber on the