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Volume XXXVII.—No. 17.
ALBANY, GA., SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1883.
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II M. MCINTOSH A CO.
SEW JEWELRY STORE.
In order to better supply our many ctr-tomere
of Southwest oeorgij, we lure just fitted up an
elegant esrabllsbraent at
editorial notes. ! a TEDDIRI C TRARFI1Y ' ° r ,,M! da - v - F. 17. Darby
, H ICnniDLC IHHUCUI. anll G Ay Duvall, eminent counsel
The message of Gov. Jam's, of j . y i of th ' 4 bar - have been detailed by the
Xorth Carolina, So the Lecture | W ;i Je^.. “ ,ld _ J ' V ',.- E '- K Ll n ^ ° f
urgently recommends the creation of a
State Railroad Commission. '
It sonnds strange to ;tlic average
Georgia cracker that anything oppos
ed by Joe Brown should succeed.
And yet the Pendleton ciTil service
bill is law, and even the Atlanta Con
stitution admits that it is a step in
the right direction.
Kveky now and then, and we may
add pretty frequently of late, the
Macon Telegraph hits a neat back-
hai dc« lick, as, for in-tancc, the fol
lowing : Governor Stephens has edu
cated more poor yonng men than Sena
tor Brown, and he has never felt
called upon to have any 7 per cent,
bonds issued in the matter.
Shot Down in Cold Blood by City
Attorney Charles F. Wing,
Whom He Has Under
Arrest.
Details ol tire Crime.
Special lo the Courier-Journal.
Princeton, Dec. 30.—Last niglit,
about seven o’clock, the most shock
ing murder that ever shook the peace
and quite of Princeton, was commit
ted. City Attorney Charles F. Wing
became drunk, and while in that con
dition went out upon the streets, and
was soon engaged in using disgrace
ful language in a promiscuous crowd.
While thus engaged, W. E. Cruger,
City Marshal, went to him and tried
to quiet him, but could not accom
plish his purpose. Wing, resenting
ivliat be termed a presumptuous in
terference, tamed upon the officer
and cursed him several times, when
The street mud- is the staple and | t | le officer arrested him and started
standing topic of complaint in our At- | to police headquarters. Wing then
lanta exchanges. If there is anv per apparently quieted down, and went
' - with the officer, making no further
R, fi&ij
Where will be found the finest eto* ic of
WATCHES, JEWELIT,
SILVERWARE !
In that rity. Hr. J. H. WILLI.I MS,
of Newton, <>a,ln inioresttd in this establish
inent, and will • e plr-ared to have bis friends rail
and examine our
ELEGANT STOCK !
Which is offered at prices much lower than lias
formerly prevailed.
J. P. Stevens & Co.,
JEWELERS.
OLD LOVIC.
I in et iter, slie was thin and old,
She stooped and tiod with loitcrimr leet;
The hair w.ts grav that once wits gold.
The voice was liarsh that once was sweet;
Her liands were wriubled. and her eyes,
Bobbed of the girlish lMit of joy.
Were dim; I felt a sad surprise
That I had loved her whon a lx>y.
II it yet a something in tier air
Restored me to the vanished time;
M^vjicart g
I took 1;
Its touch recalled a ghost of joy:
I kissed it witli a revered sign.
For I had loved her when a ho/.
MHvrcu me id inn vauiaiicu sum-,
icart grew young and seemed to wear
j brightness of my youthful prime,
k her withered hand in mine,
A WELL POSTED EXECUTIVE.
Gov. Stephens Recollect* a Bill In
troduced by Representative Steph
ens Forty Years Ajro.
Atlanta Tost-Appoal.
A few days ago, so the story goes,
a Solicitor-General of one of the
neighboring Circuits, visited At
lanta, and, while in the city the
thought occurred to him that ho
^ might as well collect a little hill of
several hundred dollars which he
held against the State for his ser
vices in prosecuting escaped con
victs. Having occasion to call at the
Executive Mansion, he mentioned the
matter to Gov. Stephens, presenting
his itemized statement and suggest
ing that jl would suit him to have a
warrant drawn for the amount
claimed by him.
“You may leave the bill,” said the
Governor. “I will examine it and
you can call again.”
“But Governor,*’ said the Solicitor,
“the nmouut is all right. I have
soil in Southwest Geoigia who has
never been to Atlanta in the winter
season, even the strong objurgatory
expletives made use of by the Con
stitution and Post-Appeal will fail
to fully convey an] adequate idea of
the situation.
The
Cuthbcrt Appeal of the 5th
notifies its readers that it enters upon
the 17ib year of its existence as a pa
per, feeling both fat and frisky. We
envy our worthy contemporary the
remarkably spry and nimble spirits
with which he prances in upon his
17th 3’ear as a journalist, and extend
him the compliments of the season,
with the hope that
“Age may not wither, nor custom stale,
Ills infinite variety.**
The Central Railroad embraces
1,494 miles of railway, valued at sixty
millions of dollars This includis
the Central, Southwestern, and Macon
and Atlanta lines, covering, with their
branches, 787 miles, and the Georgia
Railroad, with its branches, ag
gregating 327 miles, all within
the State. The Western, ot
Alabama, Montgomery and Eufaula,
and ihe Port Royal and Augusta roads,
outside the State, 380 miles.
The Legislatures of North Carolina
and Florida met and organized on
Wednesday, the 3d inst. In the for
mer State the Democrats have control
of both Houses by a large majority.
Tu Florida the Democratic majority
in both Houses is small. The mes
sage of Gov. Bloxham shows an ex
cellent financial condition, and rec
ommends a reduction «»f the Stale tax
to five mills. An excellent showing
for Florida.
Our exchanges contain full accounts
of the heavy defalcation of Tennes
see’s State Treasurer, M. K. Polk. So
far as known, his accounts are fully
$400,000 short, which is supposed to
have gone in Wall Street speculations
and other ventures. He is 51 year-* of
age, a msn of culture and ability, and
a nephew of the late ex-President
James K. Polk. When last heard
from he was supposed to be making
his way towards Mexico.
“Here’s a fact,’’ remarks the Au
gusta Evening JWeics, “to study over
for the advocates of prohibition. The
amount of beer consumed in Germany*
last year reached the enormous figure
of 830,000,000 gallons, an average of
20 gallons for each inhabi<ant. The
manufacture and sale of malt and
been in the habit of presenting my
accounts to Gov. , and he always
•drew the warrant for the amount spirituous liquors arc entirely unre-
due me.”
“No doubt,” replied
ens, “but there is this difference you . ,
see-yo.. were then transacting bus- ! 8uch * 8 P ect,cle “ « drunken P orson
; stricted in Germany, and yet the Ger-
Gov. Stepli- j muns nr( t the soberest of people, and
iness with Mr. . hut
are dealing with Mr. Stephens.’’
“The Attorney-General says my
account is all right,” continued the
Solicitor.
“Just sty* was the answer, “but I
believe that my -Landing iu the legal
profession is about as high ns that of
the Altornej'-Gencral, ami, as I re
marked before, I will look into the
matter for myself.’’
The Solicitor was about to leave,
when tlie Governor said :
“By the way, you are paid a cer
tain sum by the State independent ot
your fees. Do you know precisely
what it is paid yon for ? ’
“I can’t say that I do,” replied the
Solicitor.
“Well, l will give}uu an insight
into ic. If you will refertothe Acts
of the Legislature of 1843, you will
find that Stephens, of Taliaferro, in
troduced and secured the passage
of a bill providing for I lie payment,
to the Solicitor of the Circuit con
taining the penitentiary, of a certain
annual sum for hi* services in pros
ecuting escaped convicts. Suppose
you look up that Act when you
have time?’’
The Solicitor bade the Governor
adieu, and going to the State Hou-e,
hunted up the Act in question. The
search may have added something to
his legal knowedge, but when he
closed the musty volume, he was the
most discontented-looking man ever
seen iu the Slate Librarv.
on the streets is rarely seen.’’
The Sparta Sunbeam and the I sir
maelite are getting up a little dispute
about the morals of Hancock county.
Would it not be better to pool their
issues and unite in a vigorous effort to
suppress all crime, rather than engage
in an unprofitable dispute over the
amount of it? No section of our State
is free from its due quota of crime and
disorder, and any attempt to prove a
superior morality in one over another
merely by reference to the jail re
cords and statistics is simply illusory.
The Hawkinsville Dispatch con
gratulates itself on entering the seven
teenth 3 ear of its existence as a paper,
with better prospects and a more
hopeful outlook than ever. There
arc few better weeklies in Georgia,
and the News and Advertiser ex
tends its co-temporary its best wishes
iu the following commendable resolve
on its part: “With an honest inten
tion to do riggt, we shall begin the
new year with every hope of success,
determined to win it’’
Evert day brings forth a new phase
of the Georgia radical imbroglio in
Washington city. The latest is that
W J.White, a colored political preach
er of Augusta, is put forward to suc
ceed Pleasants, and that the President
will not appoint Wade to the Savan
nah Collectorship in any event. A
bitier feeling is being developed among
Millions In Cotton Seed.
New York Mail.
Again and again has this journal
called attention to the fact lhat mii-
' lions of dollars are waited every year
by neglect to utilize the cotton seed,, the prominent Georgia Republicans
and Mr. Edward Atkinson is doing again-1 Longstreet, and every effort is
good service in ihe South by lus ef- : being put forth to oust him out of
forts to induce the planters to save
the seen. For every pound of cot-
the Marshalship, though who will be
his probable successor in case it suc-
tou there are three pounds of seed ; j
and as the cotton crop is more than ; ceedsdoes not transpire.
6,000000 bales a year, the aiiiouut of i
cotton seed produced annually is
As will be seen by reference to a
more than 3,000,000 tons. The crush- proclamation by his Excellency, the
ing mills pay an average of $12 a ; Governor, in another column, Com-
ton for the seed ami obtain from it m i ssioner Henderson has been ap-
pioducts worth $24 or more a ton. . . . , x , , r r
Cotton seed oil is forty-five cents a P°'u‘<nland dlr<,cted t0 take charge of
gallon, is preferred by many to lard exhibits the people of Georgia
for rooking purposes, and is used
Alpon the table by a multitude who
suppose they have the finest olive
oil. The most valuable product of
the seed is oil-cake, which is rapidly
growing in favor as a food for cattle.
may desire to contribute to the In
dustrial Exposition to be feld at Bos
ton. Mass., in October next. We di
rect the especial attention of our read
ers to this proclamation, and hope to
The crushing mills use the huils of j see Southwest Georgia fairlv and cred-
the seed for fuel, the ashes being ; , aKKr „ iwnoll . , . * . ,
valuable for the fine quality ofpotash b > represented in the btafes ex-
they obtain, and the dregs’ ot file oil
tanks are useful in soap manufac
ture. At present prices, the value of
the cotton seed products ought to be
972,0110,000 a year, hut much of the
seed is wasted. If the nation manu
factured the cotton it grows and
utilized ail the cotton seed, the value
of the cotton crop would he nearly
three times what is.
The labors of George E. Davis, as
a revivalist in Fort Wayne, were in
terrupted by the arrival of his wife,
who had bitn arrested for desertion.
She proved that his income as an
evangelist averaged $30 a week, and
the court ordered hint to give her
$10 weekly.
hibit.
The silver coins now in circula-
lation are the dollar, half dollar, quar
ter dollar and dime. Some others
have in time past been coined, but
their coinage has been stopped, and
they withdrawn as far as possible
from circulation. Amoug those thus
withdrawn from circulation are thJ
twenty cent piece, half dime and three
cent piece. There are now no coins
made of silver in the United States
of less value than ten cents. There
are cent and a two cent piece made of
copper, and a three cent piece made
of nickle.
resistance than a mild remonstrance,
until the stairway leading to the
Police Court room, which is oil the
second floor, was reached. When
they were upon the steps, Wing a
step iu advance of the officer, he sud
denly drew his pistol with his right
hand, and placing it over his left
shoulder waited till the muzzle^
touched the officer’s face atfd pulled*
the trigger, the hall entering just
above and to t ie right of the right
eye, breaking the ball and ranging
parallel with the temple, and pro
ducing almost instant death. Wing,
after firing Ihe fatal shot, fired three
more shots down the stairway, the
balls ail striking to the right,thus pre
venting a double tragedy,'as another
officer and two other men were as
cending the steps just behind the of
ficer. He then ran up the steps, and
when lie reached the hall above turn
ed and tired the remaining charge,
which also struck the wall on the
right.
In die court room W- S. Hart,
Police Judge, and Officer Smith
were talking when the first shot was
tired, but neither ventured into the
hall till Wing, having emptied his
pistol, pushed ope:: the door and
sprang into the room,
RAGING LIKE ONE MAD.
The officer threw open a window
and summoned assistance from the
streets, but it was some time before
men were, present who cared to risk
their lives by facing a desperate and
armed man in the darkness. Wing
was finally arrested, however, and
disarmed and placed under guard in
the court room, where he continued
to walk fiercely, occasionally break
ing out in boisterous abuse of his
victim and then calling for legal as
sistance. At times he seemed to be
at himself and conversed intelligi
bly, and theu he would recount the
various phases ot the deed, and
seemed to exult when assured that
the officer was dead. The streets
were full of people when the arrest
was made, and before the shooting
ceased a dense throng was gathering
around the foot of the steps. The
whole town was instantly excited to
tile highest pitch, as the news flew
like the winds in all directions, and
anxious friends gathered around,
awaiting the last gasp of the victim,
who was a favorite officer, univer
sally liked and respected as a judi
cious, impartial and fearless man
and officer.
A telegram was sent to the family
of the murdered man in Georgia, and
the remains were cared' for by the
friendly bauds.
Wing secured eminent council,
who obtained permission to havejhim
guarded until the preliminary trial,
and accordingly lie was bandenffed
and placed under guard, but he man
ed tu get ihe handcuffs off, and the
guard surrendered bitn to the sheriff,
refusing to watch him, as he is cor
sidcrcd a tearless and desperate man.
THE VICTIM,
W. It. Otiger, was raised South and
emigrated to Texas in early life,
where he won a name for courage
and ability, and while quite youug
was elected sheriff, ably filling his
office. He had to deal with the des
perate characters of the frontier, and
soon proved himself equal in cour-
ege and tact to any, carrying out the
duties of hls office strictly. He mar
ried a Georgia lady, and in com
pany with his father-in-law was a
large contractor in the construction
of the Memphis division of the Ches
apeake, Ohio and Southwestern nil-
road. Last spring they came to
Princeton and bought the Princeton
granite quarry, working it for some
time. They then disposed of it, his
father-in-law returning to Georgia,
and Cruger, being made Marshal, a
position which he has filled with per
fect satisfaction to the public, and
with such strict impartiality that a
petition was being circulated to have
him retained in order to maintain a
perfect and systematic police force in
Princeton. The victim was prepar
ing to follow his family to Georgia
at the end of his term, which would
have expired in a few days, if the
town did not succeed in having him
retained. He had received a letter
from his waiting wife only an hour
before his murder, In which she ex
pressed a hope of seeing him in a few
days.
THE MUBDEREK,
Char es F. Wing, was a bright, prom
ising young lawyer of six years prac
tice, and with every prospect of a
brilliant future looming before him.
Educated here, his talent and energy
were well known and appreciated.
Handsome, accomplished and well
connected, his position iu society was
enviable; connected with many
wealthy, old and influential families
here and elsewhere, he started out
with a prospect such as few men
possess. He first engaged in the
business of a tobacco manufacturer,
but bis brilliant talents and popular
style induced bis friends to suggest a
professional course, aud he chose
the legal piofessioo, and soon be
came an honored and respected mem
ber of the bar. He married a mem
ber of the Hawthorne family, one of
the oldest and most respected fami
lies iu Princeton, and removed to
Louisville, where he practiced his
profession for a time, but finally re
moved to Greenville, where he was
made City Attorney, and: filled the
office with decided ability. About
a year ago, his wife having accepted
a position in the Prirceton Collegi-
a.e Institute, they moved over to
Princeton, where he Immediately
received the appointment of City
Attorney,;and won the esteem of all
the citizens. When “sober his affa
ble manner and intelligence made
friends of all who chanced to meet
him, but lately he has been in the
habit of drinking too much, and
while intoxicated is recognized as a
dangerous and desperate man. On
yesterday he was drinking all day
and was unfit foi business, and as
the day dtew to a close became quite
drunk aud crazed.
WING SOBERED DURING LAST NIGHT.
Wing this morning was found to
be quite sick, his nervous system
beiug prostrated, and the effects of
the dying liquor added to his terri
ble deed, affected him so deeply as to
almost unfit him for appearance in
court. His almost heart-broken wife
visited him in jail early this morn
ing, jirnl remained witii him most
Louisville, and W. H. Yost, of
! Greenville, have been telegraphed to
; come as speedily as possible lo aid
: them.
County Attorney Marble conduct
ed the prosecution. At the appoint
ed hour the large court room was
thronged with eager specta
tor-, each intent upon getting
a glimpse of the prisoner.
The attorney fur the defense made
an attempt to waive Ihe presence
ul the prisoner, and, failing, he was
-cut tor. Wing came* through the
packed crowd will: a firm step and
cool air, and thougii showing the
effects of liquor and subsequent
anxiety, was is quiet and unconcern
ed a though approaching the bai
on a charge of the simplest import,
instead of the direst crime on record.
He was accompanied by his attorneys
and several friends, and was joined
by his de voted wife and her brother.
Several “tei-linicafifies’’ were in
troduced, and the tiial finally post
poned till 10 a. ui. next Monday. An
effort was then made lo have the
prisoner guarded, and (hough it was
with much difficulty a guard could
be obtained, be was at last delivered
into the custody of a strong posse and
taken to comfortable quarters lo
await a trial.
Many friends extended the sym-
pathizing hand, anti wtiile all con
demned the lesrful deed and the
cold-blooded circntu tnnccs, all pity
Ute unfortunate criminal who awak
ened this morning to find himself a
victim to his own folly, and his hands
stained will: human gore.
TEBBIBLE AS WAS TI1E EFFECTS
of a consciousness ot his misdeed
wuile ip a drunken revel, he bore up
with courage, aud his stricken wife,
with true womanly devotion, sup
ports him faithfully and uses every
endeavor to obtain for him lenicnc).
Vague rumors are afloat about ag
gravating circumstances and tcinliug
alternately to enhance and mitigate
the enormity of the crime, but the
moutlis of the witnesses arc pin
dently closed, and nothing further
than was at first shown can be
learned.
Excitement has been high all day,
even causing a suspcnsion.of busi
ness to a great extent, while knots
of men conversed earnestly all along
the streets. Mr. Yost and friends,
from Owensboro, arrived by the 4:20
train, and in company with the
members of the family proceeded to
the court room after adjournment of
the court, excluding strangers. The
prisoner is now under guard at the
Commercial Hotel.
A telegram received from Cruger’s
family ordered his remains sent to
Albany, Ga., and the corpse will be
started on the morning express to
morrow. Au inquest will be held
over the body>t 10 o’clock to-night,
after which it will be embalmed for
removal.
PROCEEDINGS OP COUNCIL.
The City Council met at half-past
4 o’clock yesterday afternoon. Pres-
ent: Mayor Greer and Aldermen
Hobbs, Tift, Gortatowsky, Wight,
Lewis and Jones. _
After the reading of minutes of list
meeting Alderman Wight moved to
reconsider so much of the proceedings
of last meeting as related to the salary
of the Deputy Marsha 1 . The motion
to. reconsider prevailed. Whereupon
Alderman Wight moved that the sal
ary of the Deputy Marshal be fixed at
$65 per month instead of $55. Aider-
man Hobbs made the point that the
salaries of all the city officers had
been fixed before their election, and
that if the salary of one was changed
the way would be open for changing
all. Alderman Wight' yielded to the
point raised by Capt Hobbs, and with-
0VEK THE STATE.
SelsaortnEa and PeneiUncs Grom
Our Exchanges.
—Wesley Johnson, a small-pox
patient; died at the pest house in
Bome,Ga., on Friday last.
—Truck farmers in Brooks are al
ready making preparations for the
culture of watermelons on an exten
sive scale this year.
—Rome Daily Courier: “The
Chattanooga papers make almost
daily reports of smsll-pox cases in
other cities and towns of Tennessce t
but gives us no information as to the
situation in Chattanooga. For want
of reliable information, many injuri
ous reports prevail.”
—The following is the list of newly
elected county officers in Glynn, as
I given by the Advertiser and Appeal
guofossiottal ©arils.
I>. A. VASON. A. H. ALFRIEX1
VASON # AJjFBLEND
Attorneys at Law.
ALBANY, GA.
Active and prompt attention given to col
lections and all general business, Practice
in all the coarts.
Office over Sontbe n Express office, oppo
site Court House. janG-dtf
W. T. JONES, JESSE W. WALTERS.
JONES & WALTERS,
Attorneys at Law,
ALBANY, GA.
Office over Centra.’ Railroad Bank.
janl5-ly
Janies Callaway,
Attorney at Law
drew his motion, and gSTvc notice that " “
77 . , , “Clerk superior court, T. O’Connor,
at some future time-he would ask the T , I T T „ .
Jr.; sheriff J.L. Beach; tax collec-
PRINCETON.
Orer the Harder or
Cruger Increasing, and Blob Law
Not One of the Impossible Things.
Special to the Courier-Journal.
Princeton, Jau. 1.—Yesterday,
while the body of Cruger, tho mur
dered Marshal, was awaiting the
train, a large crowd, many of whom
were Princeton’s best citizens, gath
ered around it and a mob seemed
imminent. But for the advice of
Capt. AHen and others Wing would
have been taken from the guard.
All through the day the indigna
tion increased, and ominous growls
foreboded active revenge. The em
ployes ot the Granite quary, will,
which Cruger was identified, are
highly incensed, and the general im
pression is that a leader is all 'hat is
needed to cause ail outbreak. A
strict watch was kept by the officers
yesterday aud last eight, as escape
or lynching was thought to be pos
sible.
Funds were raised immediately to
defray all expenses of transporta
tion of the corpse, and st present s
paper is being circulated to be used
in securing counsel to aid iu the
prosecution of Wing. Common
wealth’s Attorney J. B. Garnett was
sent for, but'has not yet arrived.
News hu been received that several
members of Cruger’s family will ar
rive this week, with the means and
determination to make use of every
available point z>f law and fact to
bring justice upon the murderer.
Every hour but increases public in
dignation and darkens the path over
which the assassin must pass.
This morning the court-room was
again thronged as the hour ap
proached for the prisoner to appear.
Tho guard was doubled, and in the
center of a square Wing was con
ducted before the court. The astute
and able Darby, Duvall aud Yost
sprang scruple after scruple and fi
nally raised the question of confed
eracy in the person of the Court,
who had been subpeeanaed by the
defense, and the case was continued
until Wednsday and Wing placed in
jail. A brother of Wing arrived yes
terday and visited the prisoner, but
was sent home this morning by
friends who dreaded the effects of
allowing him to mingle with the
crowd of witnesses., Wing’s wife
still remains with him, and Messrs.
James Hawthorn and Urey Wood-
son i ender all possible assistance to
the defense.
Civil Service Relonn.
The Timet-Democrat concludes a
Sensible article on the above topic as
follows:
“It remained for the Democrats
to give the country this civil service
reform bill, although it must work
considerably to their own disadvan
tage by keeping Republicans in many
of the offices for several years to
come. The bill is virtually a Demo
cratic measure; it was introduced in
Congress by a Democrat; it-owes its
passage to Democratic votes, aud the
Republican support it received was
wholly due to the Democratic vic
tory of November, which frighten
ed that party into reform. As long
as the Republic ins saw themselves
io undisputed control of the govern
ment, they were brazen in their di
vision of the public spoil; it was not
until the people had plainly reprov
ed their course and they saw the ad
ministration about to fall into Demo
cratic handf that they were sudden
ly seized with a spurt of virtue. It
is to the credit of the Democrats
that thsy have supported and car
ried this bill ihrongh Con
gress at some personal sacrifice.
They have shown their patriotism
here, and proved to the country their
earnestness and zeal and that they
can be trusted and confided in. Once
before, a civil service bill passed
Congress, aud its enforcement was
entrusted to a Republican.adminis
tration, and it, of course, failed.
Under Democratic rule alone, will
the new bill have a proper trisl, and
the country be given Federal offi
cials who will be competent, deserv
ing, sober and industrious, who will
owe their positions to their merits in
stead of to their political influence,
and who will caase to interfere in
State politics.
Of the $70,000,000 lost by fires
in the United States in 1882, the in
surance companies lost $25,000,000.
Council to vote an amount to the
Deputy Marshal more commensurate
with his services than the small salary
he Is now receiving.
Alderman Gortatowsky moved
reconsider the action of Isst meeting
fixing the license on brokers. Lost.
The minutes of- last meeting were
then confirmed.
The Clerk announced that he had
the. bonds of all tbe liquor dealers of
the city who bad taken out license,
Referred to committee on Ways and
Means with instructions to teport on
same at next meeting..
The following accounts, duly ap
proved by Ihe committee on accounts
were retd and ordered paid: W. E.
& It. J. Caitiff, $8 17: Morris Mayer,
$9.75; L. S. Plonsky, $5.50; F.
Jones & Co., $14 63; Jeff Mitchell
25c.; H. M. McIntosh & Co., $74.00
C. H. Plumer, $800.
Mr.G.L. Bagiev, representing the La
France Fire Eogine Company, was in
traduced to the Mayor and Council by
Alderman Gortatowsky,.and stated
that he had examined and tested
Throuatee.ka's new engine, and found
it all right. That notwithstanding
the fact that her boiler had been al
lowed lo run outof water and had been
healed red hat in that condition, no
serious (injury had resulted to the en
gine.
Alderman Gortatowsky stated that
he bad consulted the best machinists
available, and that he was satisfied the
LaFrance engine was all right, and
that its failure to perform satisfactorily
on the night of the Ute fire was no
fault or the engine, but was due to the
fact thatthe boiler was not fed with wa
ter. The same accident, he said, once
happened to the old engine.
The following preamble and resolu
tions were unanimously adopted:
Whereas, on account of an accident
which occurred to oar new LaFnnce
Fire engine daring the fire in this city
on the night of the 17ih of December
last, some doubt has existed since that
time as to the reliability of said en
gine; and
Whereas, it has come to the know
ledge of the City Council that said ac
cident (which accident was due entire
ly to unintentional negligence or an
oversight upon the part of the acting
engineer) is being cited and nsed by a
rival manufacturing company to injure
Ihe good name and reputation of the
LaFrance Company; therefore be it
Resolved, by the Mayor and City
Council of Albany, that we, after hav
ing had our LaFrance fire engine thor
oughly exaimed and tested by compe
tent machinists and firemen of experi
ence, hereby express our utmost con
fidence in its efficiency and reliability
for prompt and active service.
Resolved 2d, That we are well
pleased with our LaFrance fire engine,
after having seen it tried, and that we
heartily indorse the action of our pre
decessors in purchasing the same.
Alderman Tift stated that he owned
a lot adjoining the-city cemetery; that
it lay immediately north of the Jew
ish cemetery, and that he had been
approached by some of onr Jewish
citizen;, who desired to purchase it
and extend their inclosnre around it
Col. Tift stated that he was willing to
sell the lot to either his Jewish fel
low-citizens or to to the city, and
merely desired to inquire whether
Council deemed it necessary that it
should take any action with reference
to tho mitter. Referred to committee
on cemetery.
By Alderman Hobbs: An amend
ment to ordinance 143; also to amend
ordinance 144. Tabled, nnder the
rules, after being read first time, until
next meeting.
With the view of increasing the fire
cisterns of the city, Alderman Wight
moved that the Committee on Fire
Department be instructed to ascer
tain where four more cisterns could
be best located, and report, with an es
timate of the cost of the same, at next
meeting. Agreed to.
By Aldermen Wight:
Resolved, That whenever any citi
zen desires to bore an artesian well,
the city establish a cistern for the use
of such citizen while boring his well;
provided said citizen obligate himself
to keep said cistern filled with water
for the u<=e of the Fire Department,
after his well is completed. Adopted.
Alderman Jones stated that com
plaints had been made to him with
reference to the disagreeable and un
healthy odor which arises from guano
stored in Cook & Irvin’s warehouse.
The ordinance with reference to nuis
ances was read, and the Marshal in
structed to notify Messrs. Cook &
Irvin to remove the guano at once,
under penalty of said ordinance.
Alderman Hobbs, Chairman of Street
Committee, stated that he found the
streets of file city in a had condi
tion generally, and asked authority of
Council to employ extra help and an
additional mnle and cart to have the
work that was necessary to put them
in good condition done with as little
delay as possible. The authority was
granted. • •
Upon motion of Alderman Gorta
towsky the Chairman, of the Street
Committee was authorized to employ
a reliable white man to work on the
streets with the street hands at a sala
ry of $40 per month.
By Alderman Wight:
Resolved, That the Marshal be re
quired to keep a horse, and that the
city feed the same. Adopted.
The City Sexton’s report for the
month of December, 1882, waa read.
Interments for the month, 9—white,
colored, 5; non-residerte, 3.
The Sezton’a report woe ordered to
be spread upon the minutes, after
whieh Council adjourned.
tor, R. M. Tison; tax receiver, Wil
liam Turner; treasurer, J. P. Lamb
county surveyor, B. H. Houston
coroner, L. B. Davis.”
—The Jeaup Sentinel is exceed
ingly anxious for tome live, ener
getic pedagogue with a love for his
work and a will of his own, to come
there and bnild up a first-class high
school. In addition to abundant ma
terial and all the advantages of rail
roads and morality, the nearest bar
room is forty miles away,
—Mr. C. H. M. Howell, one of the
most prominent citizens of Lowndes
eonnty, died suddenly in Valdosta on
Tuesday last. He was a member of
the Secession Convention of 1860,
and in 1878 represented Lowndes
county in the General Assembly.
He was a worthy man and a useful
citizen.
—From the Berrien County News
we get the following list of county
officers-recently elected in Berrien
“Clerk, A. W. Patterson; sheriff, W.
W. Rutherford; tax receiver, Jno.
Carrol; tax collector, T. F.Williams
treasurer, W. D. Griffin; surveyor,
Wesley Griffin; coroner, J. L. Ra
gan.”
The same paper says: “Land in
and around Alapahais too high to
ever induce new settlers to come
among us. The land Owners should
hold ont some indacement^to new
comers aqd thereby increase the
value of their property.”
—The editor of the esteemed
Banner- Watchman must have felt
sore over the prospective loss of his
matutinal cocktail last Satarday
morning. He says: Because two
bailiffs must be elected in Athens to
day, every bar-room is made to close
doors, lest the aspiring candidates
bay their way into office with free
whisky or a bloody riot occurs over
this most lucrative place. When we
consider that the salary and perqni-
bites attached to this office aggre
gates the enormous sum of $3.25 per
annum, this wise provision of remov
ing temptation from voters cannot
be too highly appreciated. Mr. Rus
sell’s bill bringing all elections on
the same day is a good move.
—The Brunswick Advertiser and
Appeal indulges in a little pardon
able elation over the prospects of
its rising town as follows: “The
Albany News and Advertises,
commenting on the townB of Geor
gia, claims that the cities of Savan
nah, Atlanta, Macon, Angnsta and
Columbus have increased in ten
yean 50 per cent, in population,
whilst the smaller towns of the State
have only increased 30 percent., and
claims also that Albany is ninth on
the list ot towns and Brunswick
tenth. Our neighbor is correct,
judging by the census of *70 and ’80,
but these figures have changed very
materially in two years in onr own
case. In 1880 our densus was given
as 2,39L To-day wo number not less
than 3,800. Judgingbythe last reg
istry list, we are; perfectly safe in
these fignres, which show an increase
of over 30 per cent, in a year. At
this rate we shall increase 150 per
cent in ten years, or nearly quad
ruple that of tbe cities above named,
or, putting it differently, increasedin
less than three years as fast as those
cities .have done in ten. Nor is this
If the influx of people into this
city for the next twelvemonths he in
keeping with present prospects, we
shall gainst least20 per cent on our
present population. Put us down
about number six, brother News, and
next January yon may safely record
us as nnmber five, : etc., etc, etc.”
How to Sofleu the Hand*.
New York Pod. •
“How am I to whiten and soften
my hands?” is a question that is ask-
ed by’ a correspondent Doubtless
one way to do this is to avoid doing
the work which lias made your
hands rough and dark, but often
this work may be done with such
care that the hands will not be in
jured. If one is obliged to sweep
:ier honse, to empty ashes from
grate or stove, and to wash dishes,
she cannot expect to keep her hands
as white as idle-hands are; but if she
takes the precaution to put on a pair
of old gloves or mittens when she
sweeps and is doing dusty work one
cause of rough skin will be removed.
Theu there are preparations which
one may use. Powdered borax is
excellent to soften tbe skin. A mix-
tare which is said to be a sure cure
for undoe perspiration of the hands
is made of a quarter of an ounce of
powdered alnm, the white of an egg,
and enough bran lo make a thick
paste. After washing your hands
apply this; let it remain on your
hands for two or three minutes, and
then wipe off with a soft, dry cloth.
Lukewarm wsler is better than hot
or cold if the skin is inclined to be
tender or chip.
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feb’-ff-
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ALBANY, GA.
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the State have there ever been at
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taining. In neither of them has it
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