Notes from Weekly Age – Birmingham Alabama Newspaper

The Weekly Age
2 October 1889

(State News)
Joe Baykin and a Miss Floyd ran away from Fayetteville, went to Sylacauga and got married.

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Weekly Age
9 October 1889

Books of subscription to the capital stock of the Shelby, Alabama, Central railroad iron opened in the Shelby iron company’s office on Saturday, last, the 28, and were opened, so we are informed, in Sylacauga the 30th.

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Weekly Age
4 December 1889

John McClung, living near Sylacauga, lost his barn and contents by fire one day last week.

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Weekly Age
15 January 1890

Death Of An Old Settler

Sylacauga – January 6

Miss Ann Smith died at ___ home near this place this morning. ___ was the oldest settler of Sylacauga mo___ born in 1832 or before. Her will was ___ before her death just one day, leaving her farm to Jessie Nevins, a young man ___ lives near her and who was very k___ ___ her during life. No relatives were p___ , the nearest being in Louisiana; others ___ Texas. She will be buried tomorrow in the old cemetery at this place. ___ friends will be sad to hear of her d___

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Weekly Age
22 January 1890

The cotton receipts at Sylacauga this year will reach 8000 bales.

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The Weekly Age
30 April 1890

The Good Templars

The grand lodge elected officers to serve during the coming year:

(From Sylacauga:)
W.C. Cannon, of Sylacauga, grand chief Templar
J. Hughes, of Sylacauga, grand marshal

Next meeting at Sylacauga
A place for holding the meeting then came up for discussion and Sylacauga was decided upon. The Good Templars will convene there on the fourth Tuesday in next April.

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The Weekly
11 June 1890

Sylacauga has the “imported package” business. The liquid is imported from the country in jugs.

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The Weekly Age
13 August 1890

Sylacauga now has a three story gin house.

The Anniston and Atlantic has been widened all the way to Sylacauga.

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Weekly Age
August 27 1890

The people of Sylacauga call the two narrow gauge engines of the Anniston and Atlantic road “The Two Orphans” because the road has been widened and they are left useless.

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Weekly Age
10 September 1890

The Alabama Mineral

Sylacauga – September 9 – [Special]
Mr. John Sullivan has completed the grading on his contract for the first ten miles of the new road from Sylacauga to Calera today. The grading for the entire road is about seven-eights done. The first ten miles reaches from here to Fayetteville.
The lively “Sylacauga Bee” began to buzz last week.

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Weekly Age
24 September 1890

A human skeleton was found in the woods near Sylacauga last week, supposed to be that of a negro.

Skeleton In the Woods
Horrible Find Near Sylacauga – All the Flesh Gone – Murder Most Fou_

Sylacauga, Sept. 16 [Special.]
At Trammel’s Switch, four miles below here, the skeleton of a man has been found. The flesh had been picked nearly all off the bones except where protected by some of the clothing that remained on and could not easily be torn away. An alpaca co__ and a pair of brogan shoes were near by. The body – supposed to have been killed – had been covered up with limbs and leaves and a large, lately cut hickory stick was found near by.

The skeleton was found in the woods near the switch and is thought to be that of a negro man who drew some money there a few days ago and started for Atlanta accompanied by another negro who said he would go with him.

The dead man wore a truss, which was also found near by, and which another negro man says he bought from a firm in Goodwater. We have not learned the name of the dead man, and think from present indications that the murder will soon be traced up.

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The Weekly Age
10 December 1890

The tracks are completed on the Mineral road between Sylacauga and Shelby.

W.L. Hunter, who killed Charles Nickerson at Sylacauga was acquitted at his preliminary trial.

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