Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-31

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 l No Boomers in uscumbia.-Tuscum- | bia has no boomers, but modest and l graceful female bicycle riders grace our 1 thoroughfares.-Colb County Banner. l The Deadly Cigarette.-Coon Short, 12 | years old, son of General Short of Steven l son, died yesterday, from tobacco heart, l caused by excessive cigarette smoking.- Scottsboro Citizen.
 Ten Ears of Corn in One Shuek.-J l.. Harwell showed us yesterday ten ears | of corn which grew in one shuck. There was one large ear and nine smaller ones, which grew around it.-DadeYille Herald. New Cotton at Greensboro.-Several bales of new cotton have been sold in | Greensboro this week. Some of it sold as high as 695. Messrs. Perry Bros, who farm on the Midway place, got the first bale in on the 26th instant.-Watch-
 man. Improving the Depot.-The Louisville and Nashville is preparing the depot here
 to meet the increasing demands Of the towns business by adding 5O-foot eX- tension to the southern end and improV-
 ing the entire platform.-Cullman Fri bune.
 Blind Staggers in Washington County. Several valuable horses have died Tn this section recently with sleepy, or blind staggers. Among the unfortunates were the family horse of MT. J. s. Brantley and a fine colt belonging to MT. q. J. Sullivan.-Washingto County News. How the Katydid Makes Music Every body is familiar with the music of the katydid The male katydid furnishes the music. At the base of each wing cover Is a thin membranous plate. He eleyates the wing covers and ruhS the two plates together. If you could rub your shoulder blades together you could initiate the operation very nicely.-Selma Mirror. Came Home to Breathe.-Mr. Abe Beringer is at home again from New York He said it was an awful hot jour- ney home. Why, even on the sea, he
 said, there was not breath or air: People had to stick their heads out of their berth windows to breathe. He is
 glad he is at home and he thinks we wil1 have a great season this winter.-Eu- faula Times.
 How She Works It.-An old begSar woman has been visiting Opelika some recently who is well up in her profession. She will jaw person half an hour for cents, and one of her great schemes IS to lack only a few cents of having enough to buy her ticket, so some by Stanuer WILL uOHdte lHe ltSls oliP iiNtco in first-class cars and carries a sack Of money-Opelika News
 Plenty of Warehouses.-From the pres ent outlook it seems that Dothan Will not suffer this fall for the want of ware houses Up to date five have opened, and 1t is said that the sixth one wall open There's business enough here generally to support about two warehouses. The crop is certainly short, and with six ware houses in the ring they will have scuf- fe over the cotton.-Siftings.
 A Friendly Tip.-We admonish the law breakers of Decatur not to cut out too much work for the grand jury at the October term of court Already enough offenses have been committed we are told, to keep that tribunal Investigating two weeks. Now, fellows, don't continue your evil doing up to the day court opens and then when you are indicted blame some fellow for reporting you, who couldn't help seeing and hearing of your meanness unless he shut his eyes and stopped his earS.-Decatur News. He Took a Desperate Chance.-Last week Deputy Sheriff Webb was returning from Mississippi with man by the name
 of Studdard, wanted here for trading mortgaged property. When near Carbon Hill, Walker county, Studdard made his
 escape through the window in the closet,
 having one hand manacled when he eS-
 caped The train from which he leaped
 was moving at the rate of forty miles
 an hour. It was a desperate chance the
 prisoner took and no one attaches any
 blame to MT. Webb-Cherokee Sentinel
 Quick Work-Mr. Swain, section boss
 on the Southern at Currs station, was
 paid off ($25) at o'clock Monday. He placed the money in his trunk and in thrtysminutes went back home to get 1t and found that it had been stolen, Tele- grams were sent in every direction to apprehend the thief, and al F o'clock he was captured on a freight train near Livingston, and the exact amount (S25) found on his person. The negros name is Sidney King, and he had walked through the country to the river crossing.-Sum- ter Sun.
 Snake Story-As snake tales are in or der I will give you one which l suppose is true On the 18th instant the wife of MT. Daniel Green, living one mile north of this place, heard a great commotion among her chickens about the edge of the yard and went out to see what was the
 matter and found that it was large rat tlesnake crawling into the yard. Mrs. | Green didn't have fits, faint or scream and run off from home, but deliberately took a wedding hoe and not only bruised" but mashed the serpent's head until he was dead. The rattler had ten rattles and a button and those who saw | it say that it would have weighed thirty pounds One old gentleman who has seen al great many snakes says that it was the | largest he ever saw.-Correspondence | Troy Democrat.
 Lost His Fortune.-Ben Stillman, an | old miser living in Marion county, ten miles from Hamilton, lost his savings l of life time by a serous incident on last l Sunday night. He had opened box in which he kept his fortune, about $5000 in greenbacks. and was counting out the money on table with the intention of placing it on deposit the next day. as an l attempt had been made to rob him sev- 1 eral nights before. While thus engaged | he imagined he heard some one trying to | enter, and rising suddenly upset the ta- | ble. A kerosene lamp upon the table eX | ploded and besides consuming the old mans house burned all his money and se- l verely scorched him in his attempt to | save his fortune. It is doubtful whether | the old man will survive the double