Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-19
4 SAND MOUNTAIN INCIDENT DramatiS Pers6na: Husband,
 Wife, Third Party. THFs 5 SHOTS WERE FIRED =. Bag : unded, the InteWenor Gives Hubby s Good Hiding 3 WIFE IS NURSING THE PUGlIST Jui 70 Young Lovers Hie to Gretna Green in Georgia-PeculisrA Accident at a Saw
 Heavy Shipments
 of Corn.
WIFE IS NURSING THE PUG.uST

G1Gsden, July 1S-(Specal) Facts
 concerning a peculiar shooting affair at
 Royal, Marshall county, on Sand moun-
 tain, which occurred one day this week, have reached this place. in which Sam Copeland shot S. S. Thomas in the
 mouth with a pistol, the ball knocking
 out several teeth and coming out just
 behind the ear.
 Copeland and his yooung wife were living in the house with Thomas and Copeland became suspicious that Thom-
 as was too intimate with his wife. On
 the morning of the shooting Copeland left home saying he would be gone some time, but returned in a short time and found the door locked and his wife and Thomas in the house alone. Copeland
 did not do anything when he discovered them, but late that afternoon while he and his wife were walking she confessed
 to him that Thomas had locked the doors and attempted to assault her. This so enraged Copeland that he ran to the house, and, hiding Thomas gun and arming himself with pistol, he told his wife to go out on the porch where Thomas was and tell him that he Cope land) was going to kill him. This she did, when Thomas Jumped
 to his feet and ran for his gun, when Copeland fired three times with above re- suits.
 The men then cllnched and Thomas
 got Copeland down and gave him good whipping. Copeland fled and Mrs. Cope land is nursing Thomas. Copeland is bad man, and there are several cases in court against him. | Pink Kent, white, r years old, is in | jail on a charge of stealing coat, pair | of pants and shoes from George StovalFs house at Hill near Gadsden. Walter Gilland was thrown from | mule yesterday fracturing his left arm. Prof J. M. Davidson of Fort Payne has been elected principal of the Attalla high I-srcheol to succeed Prof. J. A. Lowry, who | resigne6to- accept the presidency of the l Ashville collage Professor Davidson | comes highly recommendeds- A. M. Dobbs and Miss NoArls or La | thamville eloped to Rome, Ga, T1sssaasy s | and were married. They were aged 20 l and F, respectively. | The Coosa River News is now four page paper, issued semi weekly. Shrop- shire Bros are great hustlers and are publishing good paper. Frank Pruett, who worked at the saw mill at Taff, happened to a bad accident Tuesday, While the carriage was being run back one of the dogs slipped and threw it agoinst post and rebounding knocked Pruett senseless in the dust pit.
 
 nose was cut through and his teeth l knocked out.
 | l.. A. Dobbs had narrow escape from | death one day recently. His horse ran | away and in jumping out his feet were | caught in the lines and he was dragged | some distance before being rescued and | was badly cut and bruised. Percy Gilbert has been elected keeper | of the Etowah county poor house by the | commissioners, vice Lum Driskell, re- signed.
 Hogs are dying in the country of hog cholera.
 The county board of Confederate pen
 sion examiners met this week and exam ined 153 claims, 107 being declared enti- tied to a pension, while forty-six were refused.
 Collinsvalle merchants have shipped | over 10000 bushels of corn since last March.
 The First National bank of this city | cleared a neat profit of per cent for the | year ending July l on the capital in | vested.