More news from the Pratt City Herald - June 10, 1899 Mr. George FOLEY was taken suddenly and seriously ill Friday morning The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. AIRD has been quite sick for a number of days. The Misses DAVIDSON, of Huffman, Ala., and Miss MEADOWS, of Ripley, Tenn., are the guests of the Misses POWERS, who gave a most enjoyable reception in their honor Wednesday. On Monday evening, Mr. W. W. DANIELS, while hanging a heavy piece of meat in the market at the city Hall, pierced his thumb with the point of the meat hook upon which he was trying to place the meat. The pain continued through the night. About 7:30 Tuesday morning while passing Mr. LOVELADY's drug store he suddenly fell and by the time he could be removed to Dr. HAMRICK's office , he was suffering from severe convulsions. It was at once seen that he was suffering from tetanus or lock jaw and several physicians assisted in giving the sufferer every possible attention that skill could suggest. He was finally removed to the home of his brother; Mr. A. H. DANIELS, .......since his family was visiting near Hartselle. ......Mr. DANIELS is very much improved by this writing and considered out of danger. Mrs. I. J. LEVY is visiting friends at Johns, Ala., where she will remain several days. Mr. A. J. RHODES has just put into service a handsome new delivery wagon for the bakery. Little Eugene LEE, the two year old son of Mr. and Mrs. W R. LEE, accidently got hold of a bottle of strong ammonia Wednesday, and put it to his lips to drink some of the liquid. The result was a badly, burned mouth though nothing serious resulted. Mrs. S. T. FUQUA visited friends at Bethlehem church this week. Mr. P. B. PENNINGTON, of Rome, GA is now in charge of the affairs of the C. A. NOLAN Coal Mining Company. as superintendent. Mr. J. R. LEE, of this city and Mr. N. W. BURGLAND, of Ensley, are erecting four brick buildings at Ensley, one of which will be a bakery. Mr. Charles COOK was hurt Monday near the coal washer by being knocked down the dinkie car. He was able to resume his duties Wednesday. Last Thursday Mr. A. H. DANIELS, began work on the erection of a handsome new home on East Highlands. Miss Maude BRANTLEY, of Tullahoma, Tenn., who has been the guest of Miss Minnie MORROW, returned to her home Sunday morning.. Saturday night at Reeder's, near Bessemer, Eli GRAY, was shot and instantly killed by Phillip DOSS, both negroes. GRAY had just come in from his work and was preparing to retire when he was shot by DOSS through the window. The alleged cause of the trouble was jealousy. "BASEBALL BRIEFS' The Pratt City Baseball Club scored another victory by defeating the Wylam team. This is the third successive victory of the Pratt City team, having defeated the Wylam team twice and a picked team from Birmingham once. The next game will be played at Talladega Springs, Saturday June 10, . Mr. William GOULD (by virtual resemblance nicknamed Gilligan) will ply short stop in future games. ____ Note there are several stories for Sandusky written like gossip notes, but the author just used initials, since it would be extremely difficult to identify anyone. I am not posting them. ************** Hope this helps someone jabtillery@home.com