Birmingham state herald., 1895-11-12
STATE NEWS.

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 ton gin. with warehouse in connection, will be erected at this place soon by Chisoim Bros.
 Monroe Journal: Cane grinding and molasses making are now engaging the attention of farmers. SNew syrup fresh pork sweet potatoes, etc, make good eat ing in old Monroe.
 Florence Times: MT. A. J. Carter of East Florence the past week bought for the old land company sixty acres of land on the head waters of Sweetwater, for which he paid SIP an acre.
 Cowngton Times: The commissioners have made the insurance company proposition to the effect that the com pany pay the county $2250 insurance on the court house and contents. Their proposition has not yet been heard from.
 Choctaw Herald: Mr. J. R. Adams of Mount Sterling says he has a. hog year old which measures feet and inches In length and will weigh at least 400 pounds. And yet some people insist that hogs can- not be successfully raised In this country.
 Attalla Herald: We have several in- quiries from capitalists who want to in- vest in mica lands here. Anyone have ing any land with good mica deposits, or indication of same, may hear of some thing to their advantage by communicat- ing with the editor of this paper.
 Troy Messenger: Some days ago we made a notice of a terrible accident which befell MT. Allen King of County Line, whose legs were both crushed in runaway of his team We learn that he ic cff Tn af,ffi ct a Q fc ha ly hoped that he will survive.
 Florence Times: A letter received here this week by Captain Carson states that the home and all the earthly possessions of Mrs Annie M Bailey of Sunset, La, were destroyed by fire recently. Mrs. Bailey was formerly a resident of Flor ence and she asks assistance from her friends
 Monroe Journal It is stated that the Swede turnip placed in comparatively warm cellars in the fall of the year will send out sprouts which, when cooked, are equal to the best asparagus, and in some parts of the old world 1t is becoming a regular part of good gardening to put away few turnips for supplying the article during the winter season.
 Anniston Hot Blast: William Ward and the wife of Elisha Jones disappeared from DeArmanville the other day about the same time, and it is the general sup position that they are together as an ln- timacy is believed to have existed be- tween them for some time. Ward is un- married Mrs. Johns had no children except a 12-year-old daughter by a former husband, which she carried with her.
 Anniston Hot Blast An ageu negro, whose name could not be learned, mount d Iax at iptorSaptiOn Of Noble and Tenth streets shortly after o'clock this afternoon, and as the Hot Blast goes to press is giving the negroes some good advice, telling them to stay in Alabama, work harder, learn more ana pay less attention to politics, to strive after the greenback bill and not bother about a civil rights bill.
 Marietta (Ga.) Journal: I. B. Massey, who is farming few miles from Wasn- ington, Wilkes county, made this year on a ten horse farm 150 bales of cotton, with an abundance of corn, fodder, etc., to run him next year. This Is an average of fifteen bales to the horse A conserva- tive estimate makes MT. MaSseys re ceipts from his farm from $350O to S40oo Mr Massey says he made his calculation on 4-cent cotton and would nave maue money at that price.
 Choctaw Herald On MT. Robert SWann's place, two miles east Of lSney, fig a natural curiosity that is worth seeing It is two white oak trees united above the ground and forming one tree. The larger one is about IS inches thick and the smaller about 10 inches. They stand some feet apart and bend outward un- til they are about 10 feet apart, then the smaller bends inward and enters the larger about 20 feet from the ground at an angle of about 45 degrees. thence up- tua ar1 ha c larger. If iS about SU feet high.
 Anniston Hot Blast: John Phillips of Choccolocco was attacked and nearly killed by unknown parties early Weakness day morning. He had started from his home on foot for Jacksonville about l o'clock, when he was set upon by White man and a negro, one armed With Knife and the other with a fence rail- and cut and beaten into insensibility. The ruff fans then left him. probably thinking that he was dead. He was found a few hours afterward, however, and taken home where his injuries were looked af- ter and he will probably recover. Phil lips says he has no idea who it was at tackled him or for what as
 Anniston Hot Blast: A few night since as Mr. B. J. Williams and his son, MT. John Williams, who conduct a store In West Anniston and live in Alexandria, were on their way home they were met a few miles out of town by two unknown negroes, one of whom had pistol, who commanded them to halt. Before they had time to make their wants known young MT Williams drew from his pocket a razor, which he had brought to town to have sharpened. and commanded the ne- gro with the pistol to drop it. This he did instantly and instead of making any fur ther demonstrations the two negroes be- gan to beg the Messrs. Williams not to kill them After featuring them some the would-be highwaymen were told to hustle, and they did. The sight of a, ra- zor, the negros own weapon, in the hands of the enemy seemed to paralyze the darkeys. and what little confidence they might have had in the pistol was seemingly lost. Florence Times: In 1864 when the fed eral troops were in Florence little col ored boy named Robert Mitchell, while playing on Tennessee street with his com panions, was picked up by Captain Smith of the Seventh Illinois regiment and car- ried away. He was bright chap and xt,,x ,,,o r, ht,,, i6 tOo