Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-27
OVER THE STATE.

Camden will soon have girls industrial school.
 The Chiffon View makes mortgage sale one of its leading editorials.
 The editor of the Wilcox Progress writes an entertaining account of the excursion to Cuba.
 The Greenville Advocate thinks the bal lot is all right, we need reform of the The Warrior Index assures u. that War 1 rior is not jealous of Birmingham. The Wilcox w Era advises the presi- dent to call ex tra session of congress, and he will ubt do so.
 s. T. Peal as purchased an interest in the Ale City Outlook, and will assist in thl brial work.
 J. c. Brown. Esq, Of Tuskaloosa, has purchased the Northport Breeze and will be in the editorial chair after this issue.
 Mir. Monroe Meyer, recently of Selma. has decided to cast his lot in Domopolis. Mir. Meyer will enter into the business Of M. Ely.
 Prof. J. w. Beeson has consented to write a series of letters for the Demopolis Express, dealing with the early history Of that town.
 erans at St. Stephens has been presented with handsome new flag made by Miss Mary James.
 The Cherokee Sentinel, populist, opposes an appropriation by the legislature for an exhibit of Ala bania's resources at the Att lanta exposition.
 The Blountsville D .mocrat does not favor increasing the number of normal schools, but favors increasing the appropriation to the public schools.
 John DuPuy died last week at Greens boro. He was son of MT. Lou DuPuy of J. Jsfferson county, and was student in the southern university.
 ming ham belle who is soon to marry, and several papers in the state claim her formerly of their town.
 The Wilcox Progress says "change of Venus'' for ''change of venue.' It might have been typographical error if the ''v' had not been capital.
 Several of the weekly papers publish the report of the county treasurer item by Item. In these hard times tue people want to know what becomes of the puoiic money.
 The Mobile Register gets off quiet joke about I'M. Bourgeois failing 10 form a cabinet because he got in the wrong font, ' but it will be understood only by printers. The Peoples Advocate, by A. L. Long shore: 'tThe more the Peoples party dies the more 1t grows.' There is tradition among medical men that the haic of per- son continues to grow after death.
 The board of commissioners of Tuska- loosa awarded the contract tor building the new drawbridge over the Warrior to the Massillon Bridge company of Massillon, O., for the sum of $39, 400, this being the lowest bid.
 The Huey css s come up for trial iu Ma. rion next Monday, the 18th. Judge Tyson of Mont gomery will try the case. Messrs. Seay 6 deGrafIrnreid of this city are the at. torneys for the defendants. s.-Greensbor Watchman.
 The editor of the Abbeville Times writes: IA few weeks ago the sugar trust was iu trouble. Now 1t IS the whisky trust. But both of them will pull through all right; whisky and sugar often have been in hot water before.'
 A writer in the Tuskaloosa Gazette se. verely criticises the people of that city be- cause they did not encore Miss Lay of the Yaw company as the Birmingham audi ence did. Birmingham sets the tune h musical matters.
 The citizens of St. Stephens are planning to build hall in which to store the relics of the Confederate soldiers who went from Washington county. They also intend the hall as club room for the veterans when in St. Stephens. This is commendable spirit, and we will rejoice to hear that it has been done.
 , The news comes now that Capt. Joseph r. Johnston will be a candidate for the United States senate to succeed Senator Pugh. but it seems that the papers are dis cuseing the matter for their own pleasure before they make any attempt to find out from Captain Johnston himself.-Union Springs Herald.
 ua.great mistake for the iegisis-
 >session go by without pass-
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