Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-06

church. a clever citizen, and left wife and one daughter. The funeral services were conducted at the residence Satur- ! day afternoon at 4:30 by Rev. J. T. Nor ris. and his remains were laid to rest in the Lafayette cemetery"
 Rather Long Snalee-The Greensboro W'atchman is responsible for the follow ing "A chicken snake about feet long was killed at MT. Travis Rhodes place. several miles north of town. one day re- gently It had broken up the nest of setting hen by swallowing eighteen eggs"
 Will Resume Operations..-The follow ing encouraging news is taken from the Golumbiana Chronicle: "rhe Shelby Iron works will resume operation in a month or six weeks. The large store house has been repaired and thoroughly cleaned for the reception of large stock of gen. eral merchandise"
 Broke Jail Again.-The Dadeville Her aid has the following: Berry Matthews, colored, charged with assaulting white woman near Alexander City, again broke jail Monday and made good his escape. This is the second time he has broke jail The first time he was captured and jailed at Anniston and brought back"
 Some Fine Hogs.-The Troy Messenger prints the following: MT A. A. Grant of China Grove enters the lists with the de- termination to beat the state in the fne hog contest. He says he has a pair of Ohio Improved Chesters which he says he expects to make weigh 1900 pounds next winter They are now months old and weigh 40 pounds"
 A Fatal Duel.-The Columbiana Chron- icle says: Daisy Mattingly and Rebecea Fordyce, partners in miners boarding house at Johns, Ala. were rivals for the affections of one of their boarders. Jesse Millgan, a miner. Saturday. after an animated debate over the beloved swain, they became involved in personal en- counter. The Mattingly woman used case knife and the Fordyce girl club. The result of the combat was the death of the Fordyce girl and the probable death of the other.''
 Severe Hail Storm.-Chambers county suffered greatly from a severe, hail storm says the Lafayette Sun as follows: "One day last week a section of Cham bers county, a few miles south of thi5 place, was visited by a severe hail storm. On several farms crops were badly dam anged. One man reports that not whole blade of corn can be found on his place, and that his cotton was severely bruised. He thinks, though, that he will 1ldhE d ldlT GOTH CTpD, pul VIII lOL DS troubled with fodder pulling"
 Another Boat for the Tennessee.-The Colbert County Banner says Tine Chattanooga Steamboat company will shortly purchase new boat and put it on the Tennessee river. The boat will run from Chattanooga to Riverton. It will make the trip once a week, and will have connection at Chattanooga with St. Louis. Freight will be handled nine i,, tl,a ic t1a, this arrangement will cause good deal of the local trade along the line to go t1 Chattanooga, which is very extensive, and the bulk of which goes to Nashville.
 Caused Much Uneasiness.-The LaFay- cite Sun says: Little Harry Driver was the unconscious cause of much un- easiness to his parents last night. At supper time he was not at home, and in- quiries were made for him at the neigh bors. He was not at any one of the places visited, and Mir and Mrs. Driver began to grow alarmed, as he had not been seen since the heavy rain. At length McGehee, Driver & Co. s store was searched, and after several departments had been gone through, among the fur niture, sleeping soundly upon cot, lay | the little fellow"
 Greensboro to Have Telephone Ser vice-The Watchman says: MT. T. B. Fitzpatrick has perfected arrangements to put in a telephone exchange in Greens boro. At a comparatively small cost persons will be enabled to have their places of business and residences con- nected by telephone. The line MT. F'itz- patrick has charge of will extend from Akron to Stewards, Havana, Greensboro, Newberne, Whitsitt, and maybe other points in Hale county. It will be great institution, and our people should en- courage MT. Fitzpatrick's enterprise by patronizing him liberally."
 Doing Good Work.-The Gadsden Times News prints the following of one of it's industrial organizations: "The North Alabama Industrial and Coloniza- tion company is doing an enterprising business worthy of all praise in their effort to secure northern farmers to lo- cate in Etowah county. One of their re- suits in the north was shown us as an evidence, by letter from one of their agents in Illinois, wherein he writes for samples and specimens of grasses, grain and vegetables of various varieties corn, oats, wheat-and in fact every product of the farm grown in this coun- ty. The matter is of such public interest that we invite the cooperation of all in assisting this local agency in securing these specimens and samples"
 CHICAGo's OLDEST SETTLER. Patrick Masterson Saw the City Rise From
 Trading Post
 Chicago Chronicle.
 Patrick Masterson, who was laid to