Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-05

the United States geological survey. con
 .sisting of Messrs. c. w. Hayes, R. E. Dodge. H. B. Goodrich, J. E. Mcfarland and N. Paige, jr., which has been in this
 region for some time. Is now encamped
 at the spring Just this side of Edgemont
 cemetery.-Anniston Hot Blast.
 Razorbaeks to the Rear-The razor l back hog has been relegated 10 the rear l in these parts, and we won't have to sub
 sist on bristle soup any more. And this l thing of link canine sausage will be un-
 known in Tallapoosa before the expira- l tion of '95. Aint we on the crest of
 prosperity waye?-Alexander City Out 1 look.
 l Big Tom9toes.-E. E. Hughes of Attalla 1 last week offered the editor of the Herald 1 two mammoth tomatoes grown in his
 garden. One of them weighed one and l half pounds, the other one and quarter pounds And now comes Maj. S. A. Conner of near Attalla, not to be beaten. 1 and shows tomato weighing two 1 pounds.-Attalla Herald.
 l Fine Cows.-On Friday evening very l fine heard of cows and calves, full Jer- 1 sey, were driven through the city on the way to McCalla, Ala, where they will be placed on a dairy farm belonging to MT. l Ratliff. The cows were purchased of MT. l Amos Horton of Pleasant Ridge, Ala,
 
 l seys in the state.-Tuskaloosa Times. 1 Snake Story-Mr. M. l.. Davis who | resides a few miles north of LuVerne, l brought a large rattlesnake to town one l day last week which he killed in the pub 1 lie road near the Cornet mill. The snake | was 51a feet long and was the happy pos l sessor of thirteen rattles and a button. l When first seen by MT. Davis it was try | ing to swallow a rabbit, which it had l 1 1,ad Iad 1lnu 1 all but the hind feet.-Luverne Democrat. | A Sharp Hint.-Hugh Merrill and | James Burgess were scuf1iing with knives 1 open Tuesday evening and by accident l MT. Merrills knife blade struck MT. Bur
 gess' side. The wound is painful, but l we trust that James will soon be out | again This gives our boys a strong ob | ject lesson, and it is to be hoped they will 1 all take warming and be careful to avoid | a play while a weapon of any kind is in
 their ds.-Edwardsville Standard | News.
 | About Crops.-Mr. John T. Griffin from | near Headland was in town yesterday. 1 He reports corn crops better than for
 many years, also peas potatoes, ground | peas etc, and that the hog crop is plenti | ful and in fine condition. The cotton crop | he don't think will come near up to an | average, caused from wet weather. He | is one of the best farmers in the county | and close observer of things, and says | he don't think the cotton can recover 1 enough to make an average crop.-Abbe- l vile Times.
 | The Dog Poisoner.-Dog poisoning l seems to be the order in some portions | of the city. As a result several very cher | ished pets have been killed. While it is | probably true that Tuskaloosa's s dog pop | ulation is a trifie large, it is nevertheless | a pity to poison a lot of harmless little | terriers, pugs and the like that are loved | by their owners. If the prisoners on the 1 rampage for the more vicious of tho canine race would send out friendly
 warning the pets that it is desirable to | preserve could be kept out of the way of | danger.-Tuskaloosa Times.
 Woes of the Editor.-That it is time for 1 the newspaper to make a kick. If it | doesn't write every dog fight that oc- | CUTS the people say that the old thing has | no news in it: it must give Miss Smith and Miss Jones a f1attering notice every time they appear on the street in new dress or they get mad about it; it must write up all the marriages and births and deaths, social, public and church entertainments, etc, all through the list, and must not expect any pay therefor
 nor exchange of courtesies. Oh it's a
 regular snap running a newspaper-De- | catur News.
 | The Pipe Works.-Few can have any l idea of the meaning of the title of this ar l tcle who have not visited the works or | studied them up. A stock company owns | the works and have invested over $150. 1 900 in this plant. It covers over five acres | of ground and employs 150 men, Although | one pit was forced to close down last week, throwing about forty men out of
 employment, the outlook is very good for | -o,lr Nai oh fa ol1 ,artc | of the country. A month or so ago pipes | from this foundry were observed in Chi | cago as they were being put into place. | Monday twelve car loads were shipped | Bridgeport News.
 The Beauty Vote.--Unless the unex-
 pected happens (and it frequently does) | either Mary Hutchens or Inez Whitman | will go to the Atlanta exposition at the | expense of Dr. Humphrey. The vote a 1 the close of the polls last night stood
 as follows: Mary Hutchens, S621; Inez
 Whitman 3535; Lizzie Halsey, 1927; Ma | mic Cullivane, 1669 Belle Gay Roper,
 1645 From the above it will be seen that | Ma Belle Marie Hutchens is very much | on top but will she stay there? There 1 is one faithful knight who swears neither | by his halidom nor his spurs. but by his | bank account and all that that implies, that she shall. However, there are oth- | CTS that can register similar oath, and l we LOOK TOT Ddttle OI DdlOlS WIieI tHe | contest draws to close. During the | week a. grand total of 2473 ballots were | cast. and of this number Mary Hutchens | got 920; Inez Whitman, 773; Lizzie Hal | sey, SIS; Mamie Cullivane, 23S. and Belle | Gay Roper, PA. With the exception of l Miss Hutchens, who jumped from sec | ond to first place on the list, the others
 remain in the same position as last week. | Huntsville Argus.
 | | wagon, drawn by a pair of sleek, fat
 iron-gray mules. attracted attention on | Broad street about o'clock yesterday | morning. In the wagon were Messrs F.
 M Patterson and T. J. Beckner of Paris,
 III. They stopped just long enough to | lay in a supply of provisions. In the | wagon they had everything necessary to
 make them comfortable in camp MT. | Patterson who seemed to be the head man, talked very pleasantly to re- | porter. eve have been out just ten weeks" said he. "We came through l Illinois, Indiana. Kentucky. Tennessee 1oh a c