A novel Christmas suicide is reported from Kpes station, Ala. A negro tied a jug of whisky to his neck and deliber* ately drove his team of horses off a bluff 100 feet high into the Tombigbee river. The negro had been a prosperous farmer, but bad crops ruined him, and rather than give up his mortgaged horses be said he would kill both himself and them. That is all right— but why waste the whiskey ? Further novelties have been added to the stock of clectro»plated ware in the i show case. These include some beauti* '. fal designs in butter, sugar, and biscuit ' jars, cruets, toast-racks, jelly jars, in 1 fact the stock must be seen to be pro- I perly appreciated — Bed House, Kimbol- i ton Road. — Advt. < Cobbe and Darragh have purchased a < bg lot of wholesale samples of towels, s umbrellas, carpets, corsets, underskirts, I pants, and hosiery. These goods have t been bought at a big discouut off regular f prices, and will be sold cheap for cash. 1 . —Advt. I " A drink for the gods," so said the ] great Prophet — Mahomet, when taking 1 his cup of coffee under the fig tree. If t you would enjoy such, Crease's AI i Coffee, Sold only ia }. and §lb tiuß. (
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Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 98, 16 February 1892, Page 2
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213Page 2 Advertisements Column 5 Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 98, 16 February 1892, Page 2
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