Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-24

| ride bicycles. Marion may be slow in
 adopting the latest fads, but she gets
 there just the same.-Standard
 Cotton Maturing Rapidly.-Cotton is maturing rapidly and 1t is the opinion l that a number of bales will be marketed | here next week. should the weather con- tinue sunshiny and bright few more | days.-Cuba Banner.
 How About This?-"We hope cotton
 will go to 10 cents," said Times reporter | to a farmer yesterday. "I don't" was the | reply. '"Ten cents cotton will ruin this
 country. Seven cents is the best pay | ing price for this section." This is a suggestion for farmer to crack and 1 think over.-Eufaula Times.
 | A Blessing in Disguise.--A hail storm l about the middle of last May forced some 1 of our farmers to replant their cotton. 1 They tell us the cotton planted that late l is the best to be seen In their neighbor- 1 hoods It is an open question whether | cotton is not planted too early in this section every year.-Greensboro Watch | man.
 l At Deer Creek Mines.-Thngs are 1 looming up considerably at the Deer l Creek mines. A new engine is being | placed to pull the coal from the entries l to the tipple, which is a considerable ad- l dition. A new addition has been made to the company's commissary and they | are getting in good shape for good wofk | this season.-Oakman News.
 Chickens are Scarce.-Hearn & Webb | have been handling about 1000 chickens per week for some time, and one week shipped as many a 2000. They complain 1 that chickens are scarce now. However, | this is not surprising when we take into | consideration the number already ship | ped and also the number of protraeted | meetings.-Randolph Leader.
 | Troy's Water Works.--Work has com menced on the citys new water works. | The contract was let to a Chattanooga | contractor for the sum of $14 ,OGO. He IS under bond to complete his work in seV- | enty-five days, but 1t is not thought that | it will take that much time. when WIT thls ms | system is completed the city will be the | best watered city in the state.-Demo- crat.
 Dothan's Hustlers.-E. B. Wilkerson & | Son have decided to get out more ad- yertising, and this time they will issue | much larger pamphlet, setting forth r. the great advantages of Dothan and this | section, which they will carry to Atlanta l for distribution this fall. They the going | to leave nothing undone to induce emi- l grants to come to Gods country.-Wire l Grass SllllnSS.
 | A Chicken Eating Mule.-Mr Hamp l Hawkins, one of our South Luverne | neighbors, owns mule which has eaten 1 more than 100 young chickens in the past | three months. This mule is a dumb en- | emy to the Methodist faith-or to the l preachers, who it is said grow fat and l eloouent on 'yaller-legged" pullets-and I if such charges are true, Brer. Hawkins | had best ship that mule from among so
 many of us who are inclined to Method | ism, specially when spring chickens are | ripening.-Luverne Freeman
 l Disastrous Experment.-Yes esterday Ul- rich South and Washington Moody found l an old cartridge and thought 1t would | be great sport to take out the cartridge | and see the powder burn. Washington | was doing the work and after he got the | lead removed he held the shell in his | fingers and touched it off with a mach. | Now be is in a dark room as a result | of. the powder being the quicker. His | hands and face were somewhat scorched, | but nothing serious. The little South boy l did not get hurt.-Tuskaloosa Gazette. Growth of Florence.-The population of | our city has increased about 1500 during | the past two years. We base our judg- ment upon the increase of the school | census This increase is about $50. That | is certainly a good record for our city. | Not only so, but Professor Bond, who | has taken the census both times, states l that there is no complaint of hard times | and nothing to do this time as there Waa
 before. There is no absolute destitution' | but all our people seem busy and con | tented. There's a good time coming. | Help it on.-Herald
 It's Big Lump.-Mr D. A. Smith, the veteran mining engineer who manages } Dorlya wool lQ nv | brought to town on Monday last for | shipment to Atlanta the largest and finest block of bituminouS coal ever seen Tn | Cullman. The lump is feet in length, | feet inches wide and 34 inches high, l and weighs 3360 pounds. It was taken l from a vein where much larger lump 1 could have been taken but for the great | difficulty in transporting from the mines | to Cullman, which was done by wagon as | no railroad yet reaches the mines. John | Downey hauled the lump to town. 'Shiners Raided-Deputy United States | Revenue Collector c. s. Tutwiler, accom- | panied by Deputy Marsha1s o. M. Hill | and J. w. Howell, went down to Dothan l last night and destroyed distillery
 which was but one and half miles from | the heart of the city. They found but | one jug of complete liquor. The moon- | sinners. Ebert Trimble and William | Hicks, were caught In their beds at home l and taken therefrom carried to Mont | gomery on the early train today, there
 to suffer if guilty. The still was located | in a marsh and very inaccessible. The | men have been on trial before for sim l liar offense.-Troy Messenger.
 Tuscumbia's Big Spring. Tuscum- | bia big spring could supply every man, | woman and child in the United States, | if each dranls three gallons per day. This 1 is a statement which seems a little far | fetched but it is nevertheless true, and
 | can be easily proven if there are any who | doubt it. Just think of 8 spring of water l not more than 30 feet wide at its source
 capable of slalSing the thirst of nearly | 1000, GOO of people every hour in the day
 and every day in the year. And vet this
 | splendid stream, which also could turn
 | thousands of industrial wheels, is not
 utilized to hardly any extent True it
 is the town pride, and affords water for
 | every demand, but when we think of
 | what it is capable of doing 1t causes us
 to almost wish it were where it could be
 of vast benefit and use, and sets us to
 | wondering and thinking whether or not