The age-herald., 1898-02-25
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NEWS OF THE STATE.

Pratt City Commercials: Quite a serious accident occurred to Sim Perkins last week while at work in No. slope. He was struck by a trip car that broke loose and ran back on him. He had long gash cut in the back of his head and his spine is believed to be injured so as to make him a cripple the rest of his life.
 Carrollton News: Ethelville was made a postoffice on the 2d inst. Ethelville is the station on the Mobile and Ohio extension on the site of the old town of Yorkville. The station and section houses are being erected on the new road, and the ones at Ethelville will be of the second-class kind mice, substantial buildings.
 Tuscaloosa Times: The commissioners have decided to build a pest house and have engaged MT. F. w. Monnish to build 1t. Some difficulty was experienced in trying to get the land, and MT. M. c. Thomas showed commendable public spirit in letting the county have some of his land on the Hargrove road
 Ozark Southern Star: The county com missioners at their recent session contract- ed with the Converce Bridge company, of Chattanooga, Tenn, for the erection of an iron bridge across the Chictawhatchee at Newton for the sum of 5000 They con- tracted with the Southern Bridge com pany, of Birmingham, Ala. for the erec- ton of an iron bridge across Choctawhat- chee at the old Milligan bridge place, for the sum of $2,O00. Work will begin at once, and very soon these bridges will be ready for travel.
 Troy Standard: It is rumored that Hon. A. A. Wiley will be in the senatorial con- test of 1900. It may be possible that events will so change about that Mr. Wiley will be in the race at that time for United States senator, but unless there is a very decided change we will bet a. pint of goo bers that he is not Gov. Oates Is no doubt going to again be a candidate for that position, and it is not at all likely that MT. Wiley wants to or will antagon- ize his life long friend. We will also double the bet, that if Gov. Oates does not succeed Senator Morgan, he will scare the wits out of the man who does.
 Selma Times: Jury No. took vote on a new court house down town yesterday. Four were in favor of a. new court house down town and six said the old court house was good enough for them
 Pratt City Commercial: shocking ac- cident occurred at No. prison last Sat urday afternoon; life time man by the name of John Woods was killed by falling top It seems that he was drawing pil- lars" and just before he finished his days
  down without warning. It took several hours to remove the debris to recover the body and the use of dynamite had to be resorted to. It was said that he was so badly mashed that the remains could al- most have been put into a water bucket.
 Selma Times: In a private letter to the editor of the Times, Capt. S. F. Nunnelee, of Centerville, says Well, the track lay ing was completed yesterday evening-com- pleting the connection from Columbus to Maplesville. The bridge here will be com pleted tomorrow. I was down there yes- terday evening. The inspector told our en- yineer Seymore that our depot building would be the handsomest one on the en- tire line The foundations are laid, and framing is under way. It will take some time to get the road bed ballasted The track Is in holes and the iron out of true line. We have a beautiful stretch of road from six to seven miles-the bridge being nearly midway"