Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-28

putting out Maj. C. o. Godfrey of Fort
Payne for congress.
The slump in futures at New York
Wednesday caused the cotton men of
Montgomery to wear a worried look.
Collinsville is one of the most prosper
| Gus towns in the state. Crops in DeKalb
| are above the average of the counties.
The Selma Times is authorized to make
| the statement that General Pettus is in
the race for United States senator, and 1T
| indorses him.
| Mrs. Palmer, widow of DR.. Sol Palmer,
| will make Alfalfa her home. Her son,
Willard, is mail agent on the line running
from Alfalfa to Flora.
Albertville merchants are preparing to
pay the highest market prices for cotton
this fall. There will be a cheaper freight
rate from that place than ever before.
1t is said that George F. Gather, the
leading populist of Etowah county, is in
favor of the democrats of the Seventh
district uniting upon candidate for
congress
On the express train Thursday after
noon, says the Sulligent Lightning, was
a coop containing 400 parrots for Mem
phis. They were talking and jabbering
as much as that many children.
Talladega will have a big list of cotton
buyers this winter. namely: l.. G. Jones,
Kyser. Powe & Co, j. b. Mcmillan & Co.
J. NJ. Thornton, j. b. Woodward, A. G.
Storey, Ullman Bros, j. j. Hendricks
and probably others.
Here is q compound snake story: The
Selma Times received by mail Saturday
from Mr.. J. c.. Hermann, a prominent
farmer of Autauga, the remains of a
snake which he found in his field baked
as finely as if done on a stove.
Editor Jelks insists that Watson must
replace Sewall on the democratic ticket
His editorial on the subject concludes as
follows: Compromise with the popu-
lists. say we. Compromise quick Put
Watson electors on in Alabama and the
ticket will sweep the state"
The members of McInnis lodge No. II,
Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Mo-
bile, celebrated their twenty-fifth ami
versary Tuesday night with banquet at
the Battle house. The lodge had as its
distinguished guest Mr. Harvey l.. Nc
Kee of Selma, grand master of Alabama.
Mr.. Metzger, wealthy business man
of the Haitien republic, came quietly to
Mobile, purchased material valued at
the goods to Haiti, made arrangements
for more extensive shipments and closer
trade relations and as quietly left the
city.
Hundreds Of families in Selma who de-
pend on the artesan wells near their
homes for drinking water are greatly IN
convenienced by the wells drying up, or
rather ceasing to flow. The trouble Is
attributed to the additional Pohl air lifts
,,1,. In nn Nrlt nT N n
wells on Selma street
C. A. Jackson of Wofford told the Sulli-
gent Lightning of a monstroS1ty in the
shape of a three-legged calf, owned by
W. w. Thompson, near him. The right
fore leg is about 10 inches long and has q
| hoof on 1t. The calf otherwise is of usual
| size. DR.. Hollis is a great man to bottle
| such things in alcohol, so let him try this
| one.
| For the first time fraud has been charg
| ed in the management of elections in Gle
| burnes county. The epublcan-populist
| candidate for sheriff over there has filed
| notice that he would contest for that Of
| flee over w. A. Stephens. The party ma
| chinery in that county is in the hands of
| the populites, and they appointed in
| spectors of their own selection.
Near the head of Browns valley, and
| one mile OF SO nOitH VI OuHiHiit, III Mdl :
| shall county, Is the plantation of L. f.
| (Buck) Johnston, where a herd OF An
| CORA goats have proven profitable by
| reason of their long and silky hair or
| wool This is highly priced in the manu-
| features. Mr.. Johnston has beautifully
| situated farm specially adapted to stock
| raising.
Talladega Mountain Home: ]. H. Camp
| of Hopeful, this county, was in town Sat
| l. LII.
| years old, who has been blind from his
| birth The child is bright little fellow
and plays a number of pieces on the or
gan quite we'll Saturday the little fellow
| went to Carriers music store and in the
| presence Of a number of people rendered
several pieces.
rnientown Herald: The officers of the
| hemi de mi-semi- eratic party at Mont
gemery sent several circulars to staunch
| democrats in this county requesting them
| 70 come to the convention. The letters
| were returned by many and accompanied
| by letter giving some very good advice to
the boilers. Old Perry county will never
| furnish any boilers to any extent. Our
| people are democrats.
Mr.. ]. j Willett who went to New
York as the Alabama member of the
| Bryan and Sewall notification committee
| and to Saratoga as delegate from the
| Alabama aSSOclatlCn 10 the annual llleSt-
| ing of the American Bar association,
1 came In last night, says Wednesday s
| Hot Blast He says the eastern people
| virtually concede the election of Bryan
and Sewall, but 1t is by no means certain
| that democracy will carry New York.
| Selma Journal: jerry Dunklin, the ne
| gro who yesterday formed the bottom
| tier of five bales of cotton is doing nice
! ly today and will soon be on his feet
again. 1t takes lots to kill Selma negro
1t will be Remembered that four large
doors weighing 240O pounds fell on a ne
| gro at the International Cotton Seed Oil
| company's plant several months ago and
| he got up after they had lifted the doors
| off of him one by one and complained of
| his foot hurting him.
| Asa Hodges, a bright-colored mulatto,
| is in custody at Columbia. S. C. He fills
| the description of the brute who assault
| ed the little daughter of Rev. DR.. Tucker
| at Battles Wharf The microscope re-
| vealed traces of blood on his under
| clothing. Asked the distance from Mo-
bile to. Battles Wharf, he promptly an