Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-25
OVER THE STATE.

OVER THE STATE.
Editor Ira Champion is making a
newsy sheet of the Citizens Journal
Yesterday was the last of the dog days.
There win be no howl at the announce
ment
Ravages of hog cholera continue In
Lauderdale. One farmer has lost Sloo
worth of hogs.
The birmingham Lumber company is
erecting a handsome saw mill at Jack
son, which is to have capacity Oh 4V'oOu
feet day.
Agitation of the removal of the court
house from Jacksonville to Admission is
growing in bitterness. Nothing like a
court house fight to stir up feeling.
The Wheeler-Richardso contest has
developed much i'll feeling in the Eighth
It is to be hoped after the battle is over
there will be general handshaking'
Many people are being attracted to
the newly discovered mineral springs in
Pickens county, which are said to con-
tain wonderful medicinal properties.
Two sisters, the MISSES BrassWel u
Oxford have died in the last six weeks
from typhoid fever, while a third the
last, is lying at the point OF death Will
the same disease.
Elwood Gum is the champion opossun
hunter just now, says the Shelby Sentl-
mel He caught fourteen during two days
of the past week. Jim Scale VIII have 10
look to his laurels
The Bank of Evergreen has been FOR
mally opened for business, with w. >.
Witham as president, j. M. Sims as wee
president and r. G. Mills cashier. IL mas
capital stock of $4,000.
Mr.. William Mccormack, senior editor
of the leighton News, has been quite SICK
for a week or more, but is now much bet
ter His trouble was caused by the long
continued use of tobacco
AT a recent meeting of the executive
committee of the board of trustees of the
Southern university Rev. w. l.. Graves
of the north Mississippi conference was
elected as superintendent of Hamilton
hall.
The court house officials of Shelby with
the exception of Sheriff Nelson have their
families at Shelby Springs. They dhe
officials go down in the evening ana re-
turn the next morning in time for bust
mess
The name of the new mills to be erect
ed in the northern portion OF Ahhlstoh
by the American Net and Irvine com
pany will probably be Gold Medal
Irvine Mills" after the brand of fine
quality of Irvine manufactured by the
company,
West Alabama Breeze: They say that
one of the late defeated candidates re-
fuses to speak to any man that voted
ngainst him. Guess he must be getting
powerful lonesome, for nearly everybody
Nm this county voted against MIN.
The democratic press of the state is de-
nouncing Bourke Cochran soundly LOT
the gratuitous sneers at the south EN-
bodied in his speech at Madison Square
garden. 1t ought to dawn upon Mark
Hanna with cruel, convincing force that
Bourke Is not worth his salt as a vote
maker.
The West Alabamian contains an
appreciative obituary of Mr.. john Wes-
ley Carpenter, who died at his home IN
Pickens county on tho 18th instant, full
of years and honors HE was loyal
democrat and a pious, consecrated man
of God" says the Alabamiah. What
higher praise?
Good judges advise cotton raisers not
to hurry in selling their crop. They
inside of 70000 600 bales that 1t is all rip
ening at once, which will crowd the
market. and that before the season is
over the shortage will be felt sufi1ciently
TO raise the price very much
According to the wicked Selma Times,
Joe Lumpkin says that John RIGGS Is
very picturesque sight with a bathing
suit that strikes him just above the knees,
with short sleeves and a sailor hat on
A lot of Johns pictures a he appeared
On this costume at Atlantic CITY would
sell like hot cakes in Selma
Deca tur News. Squire James I. Muir
ply, one of Morgan county's Oldest and
most respected citizens, who resides five
miles south of this city, received very
severe sunstroke at his home last Sun
day evening about o'clock. We are
pleased to report, however, that he has
about recovered at this writing,
Says the Brewton News: An alli-
gator S1s feet in length was
killed in Murder creek near Harold's
trestle, Monday afternoon. 1t was
dragged into town, and large crowd
congregated to view his saurianship. The
gator had been seen at intervals for sew
eral years OF late he had been feeding
on hogs that came down. to the creek for
water.
On account of The high charges of the
AbbeVllle Southern railroad telegraph
line the business men and citizens of Abb
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