Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-17
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l sanction the purchase This he did Thurs day night and yesterday Colonel Will Hams forwarded the order to the Hous- ton firm for twenty-five of the muskets.
 Destructive Hail Storm Around Eclec- tic.-A special correspondent of the l Troy Messenger tells of destructive hail storm in and around Eclectic, Ala, as follows: The most destructive hall, | rain and wind storm ever witnessed Dy the oldest inhabitants passed over Ec- lectic this evening at o'clock. Hall as l large as partridge eggs fell several lnch- es deep, and drifted and inches deep in the fence corners. Corn, cotton. fruit | and vegetables are ruined old corn ana cotton are nothing but stubs. Oats, of which there was a large late crop, is total loss. In fact, this immediate sec tion of country is ruined for this crop. l The storm cloud was about three miles wide, but the length is not yet known | to us. My farm. upon which the vil- 1 lage of Eclectic stands, is almost to- l tai wreck. It is too late to plant any thing but peas, hence we are left.
 A Fatal Greeting.-The New Decatur l Advertiser accounts for the slins attend ance at the performance of the Chimes of Normandy" by Birmingham talent in 1 the following manner: The "ChimeS of | Normandy" rendered by the Birming- ham troupe, performed yesterday but the audience was so small that the cast re- fused to play more than one act. The reason was that when the special train l bearing the troupe came in all the steam whistles on the Louisville and Nashville 1 commenced to scream. Tke people thought it was an alarm of fire and all l the fire boys turned out with their appa- ratus through the hot monday sun to find themselves running on a fools err l rand. This so disgusted the people that | they refused somewhat unjustly, to at l tend the opera. Hence these tears"
 Not a Water Haul After All-The | Washington County News prints the fol- | lowing: A party of curiosity searehers l (gold hunters) recently blistered their hands tearing up old foundations and digging in suspicious looking places around old St. Stephens, where it is | reputed large sums of money lay buried. This enteTpfising party of which we speak found many pieces of crockery of | ancient design, an old spoon and a pair of scissors and a marble, and are well pleased with their exploit and ex- l pect to try 1t over again. The old scis- sors are considered of value as, perhaps, 1 they clipped the articles for the Haleyon, the newspaper printed at old St. Ste- | phens during its palmiest days by l Thomas Eastin.
 Making Improvements-The Florence
 
 | gressive managers of the Pump and Lumber company are preparing to en- large their plant by the addition of a large paint shop. They will also overhaul their whole establishment and put things in order for larger works. We under stand that this work will necessitate suspension of operations for a week or two, commencing about the 1st of July. This company has been worked largely | over time, and their move here indicated
 
 ture. The Pump and Lumber company is moving ahead
 l A New Invcntion.-The Russell Reg | ister says MT. J. T. Nuckolls of Os- | wichee, one of Russelrs most substan- tial, prosperous and enterprising farm CTS, has invented a fender which those | who have used it and seen it used say is the best invention of the lkind-in fact, | does to perfection the work it is in 1 tended to do MT Nuckolls has sold a l great many of them this season. and, l as they have given universal satisfac- | tion, he will doubtless have a demand l next season which will be hard to sup l ply. He is a practical farmer, and his l invention further demonstrates the fact. Fine Alfalfa.-The Limestone Demo- | crat says; Last Saturday morning MT. J. Kellogg was in to see us, and showed us a sample of alfalfa clover raised by I sowed the seed this spring, and the sam 1 pie shown us was 2 feet inches high. l Three or four cuttings per year can | easily be gotten from this grass and it makes splendid hay for stock when | properly cured. We regret exceedingly that there is not more alfalfa planted in Limestone. It would help the farm | CTS wonderfully.
 A Relic of the War-The Mobile Reg | ictar int falIo1x-irer. | Lumsden brought to the Register office last night an interesting relic in the shape of a S-inch conical relied shell, weighing about eighteen pounds. which was dug up yesterday by the dredge boat Shelley while at work in about % feet of water, on the east side of the river. opposite the foot of Congress street. It is thught to have come from the explosion of the magazine, which oc- cured about thirty years ago.
 Thrown From a Buggy.-A narrow | escape is recorded by the Troy Messen- l ger as follows: On Brundidge street late | yesterday afternoon W. L. Hilhard was | driving in company with his little son | and Mrs. Woodie Pennington of Orion I when "a dog ran out across the road | frightening the horse, which turned sud- l denly around and turned the buggy l over. Mrs. Pennington and the baby were thrown out and fortunately were not hurt.
 Another Terror to Farmers: The Cane | brake Herald says: MT. B. L. Garber of | Iapeyille told us few days ago that he thought he had found the Mexican cotton pest or cotton weevil on his place. He says the little insects were found on cot ton stalks; that they are white and an- swer the description of the cotton weevil 1 generally. If this is really the cotton weevil the farmers have another pest with which to contend
 Irish Potatoes for the North-A'l ir fant industry which it is to be hoped will | grow is referred to as follows by the Sum- ter Sun: Large quantities of Irish pota- toes were shipped from here last week to northern markets by Messrs. H. E. Little, R. A. Barnes, F. w. Hooks, J. O. Scruggs and J. H. Norville. It is hoped that the returns will be sufficient to en- courage this trucking industry.
 Struck With a Hammer-The Sheffield | Standard saws. A scrap at the furnace