Birmingham state herald., 1896-09-03
ALABAMA SIDE LIGHTS.


 Surveyors are at work on the Tredegar Mineral railway.
 "All day singings' are epidemic in the horseback mail country.
 Abbeville has cheaper telegraph tolls and now wants lower freight rates.
 The Oxford Enterprise tells Anniston to go in and win the court house fight.
 The burned portion of the West Hunts vile furniture factory is to be rebuilt at once.
 The Dixie Tile and Pottery company of Oxford is beginning to place it's ma chinery.
 A new pig iron warrant yard is being built at Sheffield. The furnaces are in full blast.
 Davenport, who shot Robinson in Tus- kaloosa county several days ago, has been held in $2000.
 Appreciative obituaries of the late Capt, A. H. Keller are beginning to ap pear in the weekly press.
 It is not without the pale of probabili- ty that the Southern railway may erect a passenger depot at Anniston.
 
 Troy merchants are playing pussy wants a corner' this week. Changes of business locations are general.
 The Randolph Toiler is not downcast Notwithstanding the crops are short we expect to live well. We will have fine turnip patches"
 Seven members of the family of Rev. Mr. Pace of Sheffield have been down ..,&l~ lof1 ond h ind within five weeks.
 Hot coffee, beefsteak or chicken, with fresh warm biscuit or sorghum, is the breakfast menu of Attalla's city prison CTS as prescribed by the council. Humph! Judging from reports of the shortness of the cotton crop in Henry county, the Abbeville Times sees no reason why cot ton should not go to 15 cents. It says hold.
 Notwithstanding the fact that George F. Gather has said that he would not go before the peoples party convention as candidate for congress, Etowah's dele gates have indorsed him for the nomina- tion.
 On Friday morning Mrs. Susan Keet- ing who resides in Tuskaloosa county, about ten miles from Coaling, was found Tn a l11eleSS cOHuitiOii, Slic HoNih5 hoh5NN herself to the frame of loom. She was 30 years old, and her mind was thought to be impaired.
 The populist congressional convention of the Seventh district meets in Birm!ng- ham on Thursday The avowed candi- dates for the nomination are A. NcFtan of this city, M w. Howard of Dekalb, George F. Gather of Etowah, ": 5. Foreman and J. s. Robinson or St. Clalr. A we'll known young man of Tuska- loosa made a wager that he could eat eight "glaces," those cooling and seduc- tice ices to be found at every ice cream parlor and soda fount. He succeeded in getting away with seven, and then the seven proceeded in turn to get away Wiln him-and they got.
 On Wednesday night of last week the cupid caper was played at the nome or MT. Sim Carlton, about five miles east of Rockford. says the Courier. T. 5. Thornell and Miss Jimmie Carlton made their escape when all was silent in sleep and were made man and wife at the home of Mr. Sam Robinson.
 Bob Bakers wife eloped last week with Jack Wilson, who left a wife and two children here, says the Attalla Beacon. Another couple-Nesbit and wife, com. pleted the procession, which marched oH with a wagon, yoke of oxen bed clothes and other things that belonged to others. Bob did not only lose his wife, but his gun and all his provisions also.
 News reached Wedowee Tuesday that Sherlff-elect Harris of Roanoke was at been despaired of. The Toiler Is glad 10 state. however that reliable information received yesterday was to the eHec. 'na.' while the report was well founoeo, MT. MT Harris had taken decided turn TOT the better and was considered out ol uaiisei' Randolph Toiler.
 The body of John Cushio, who while a. passenger of the Hard Cash to Mobile en route from Bladen Springs, Jumped oyerboard while in fit of delrium caus- ed by fever, was found Saturday after noon about three miles above Mcintosh Bluff. The body was prepared TOT puriai by MT, G. B. Shawhan of Mobile. ana shipped to New Orleans Monday a1ter- noon. where 1t will be inferred In the family vault
 Tuskaloosa Times: Tuskaloosa friends note with pleasure the upward progress of Felix E. Blackburn, former popular cadet and law student, in his work at Birmingham He is rapidly acquiring fame and fortune as a lawyer at Bir- mineham and Is becoming likewise a power in a political way. He was made chairman Of the recent CoHSIcssioHni convention at Birmingham and the State Herald in it's account of the proceedings gave a good likeness of him, though 1t scarcely does his handsome features jus flee and published his admirable speech in full.
 The Middle Tennessee and Alabama railroad. which is better described as the railroad from Lafayette to Decatur, has been completed as far as Madison Cross Roads in Madison county. The depot has heen located on the lands of MT. J. E. Toney. about one mile from the old cross roads postofiice This will, of course, de- stroy the old town as the business will 20 to the railroad town. A sidetrack is being put down and several sites for stores have been selected, and buildings will be erected in short while.
 Mobile Register: Attention is called to the advertisement of Col Robert M Sands. administrator of the estate of Hen ry Badger, deceased, of the sale of the fa- nous Columbiad, Lady Slocumb," This famous piece, served by the no less fa- nous Washington artillery of New Or leans, did some dreadful execution dur