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■ ALBAN V WEEKLY -;■■ ^/'T.'^Vv■' ? "" ’-; ■ v ’" : & ?v-v-:E^^fflgjBBMqj 1H. W'' ?#*F. '■ D: SATURD.Vi", AUGUST 13, 1892. = SHOOTING AT PARROT. 1 ABB HUFF, ACTING D1AH8IIAI., DUOT AND INSTANTLY KILLED. The iOXnrderer One •( the Ncira Kn- cnntlenDU Thnl Gnme le Albany Snlnrdnv—A Frebnble Lynching. Mr. Lee ITufT was shot ami Instantly killed by a Negro, at Parrot, on the Columbus Southern road, Saturday night. Mr. Huff was aoting Marshal, by ap pointment, during the absence of the regular Marshal of the town, and it was while discharging his oflloial duty that he was killed. The story of the killing, as the Her ald obtained it from a source entirely reliable, is as follows: When the excursion train that came to Albany over the Columbus South ern on Saturday afternoon readied Parrot, on the return trip, at about half past 9 o’clock, one of the Negro excursionists ran into Shlppy & Dun’s bar and called for a bottle of whisky. Tile whisky was handed to him, and he gave a check or ticket of some kind on an Atlanta bakery in payment for it and started back to the train. Mr. Shippy ran after him and caught him, 1 when a scuttle ensued in which Shippy got hold of the bottle of liquor and broke it over the Negro’s head. The Negro’s head was cut, and one of Mr. •Shippy’s fingers was cut almost entire ly off by the broken glass of the bottle. The Marshal was called, and aoting Marshal Iluff responded and arrested the Negro. The Negro was not sub missive, and the officer called another man to his assistance. The two men started on to the guard house with the ■ Negro, and just before they renched the lock-up the prisoner asked them to release Ins hands so he could wipe the blood from his face. The unsus pecting young Marshal and his deputy readily complied with this request, but when the Negro’s hnnd went into his pocket it came out with a pistol instead of a handkerchief, and he shot Marshal Huff, killing him instantly. The deputy who was with Huff was unarmed, and let the Negro get away. But a crowd of determined men lias been searching for the murderer, and the Herald heard it intimated to-day that he had been located near Weston, and that a telegram had been sent to Huff's friends at Parrot to-day invit ing them over to a little “sociable” to-night. The inference that has been drawn from tills is that the murderer Has been caught, and that lie will be lynched. Young Hull' was the brother of Mrs. T. P. Cocke, of Lee county, who is at present residing in this city. Mr. Cocke received a telegram yesterday informing him of the death of his brother-in-law, and left immediately for Parrot. hard time The Ser: lVC.NOltTON A PRISONER. ■ ALBANY'S FIRST RALE. Arrested mid New In Jail at Dnwien. P. C. Norton is a prisoner again. It is hardly necessary to say any thing here as to who and what P. C. Norton is. He Is so well known to the readers of the Herald that he needs no Introduction to them. It will be retnembered that his last escapade in this city was about ten days ago, When he came out flrst best in a race with officer Bob Baley and Mr. Frank Godwin, who tried to cap ture him out at Cruger & Paoe’s brlok yard. After this narrow escape from the officers, P. C. evidently concluded that he had best leave these parts, and yes terday a little darky came to Deputy Sheriff Godwin and informed him that he had seen the original and only P.C. over at Dawson the day before. “I’m gwine back over to Dawson,” said the little coon, “and if you’ll give me thirty cents to pay my way I’ll show P. C. to de Marshal or de Sheriff an’ toll ’em you say 'rest him.” Mr. Godwin concluded he would risk thirty cents on the little darky, and so he gave him the money and a note to tiie Marshal of Dawson. The little darky boarded the train foi Dawson yesterdny, and this morn ing a telegram came from the Marshal of that town saying that P, C. was a prisoner. Mr. Godwin will go over to Dawson to bring the prisoner home to-morrow. “P. C."—that’s tiie familiar name by which he is known—has llgured in more trouble than any other Negro in Albany during the last three or four years, nnd had only been out of the chain gang two or three weeks when ills wife found it necessary to swear out a peace warrant against him. While this warrant was in the (hands of the Sheriff, P. C. went to tho house where his wife was and gave her an unmerciful beating. -This resulted in another warrant charging him with assault with intent to murder. Mr. A. the Bint Hale IHu This Year, dad the Alliance Ware, house Rets It. The flrst bale is In. Mr. J. A. Johnson brought it in Fri day, and it was sold at the Alliance warehouse. During Primus Jones’s time Albany enjoyed the distinction of being the flrst bale town of the State, or of the South, for a number of years; but this year several flrst bales have already gone forward, one from Amerious, one from Pelham, nnd the same from per haps one or two other points. Notice that the flrst bale had ar rived, and that it would be sold at the Allinnce warehouse at 12 o’olook, was sent around the city, and at the ap pointed hour quite a number of busi ness men had gathered. Maj. W. H. Wilder was auctioneer, and when he lmd made a witty little talk and asked for a starter somebody bid 6 cents per pound. The bidding was not lively on account of the facts already stated- several flrst, bales having already been shipped. The bale was Anally knocked down to Mr. Morris Rosenthal at 7 cents per pound. Mr. Rosenthal afterwards sold the bnle to the Georgia Cotton Com pany. Tiie bale weighed 472 pounds, and was classed strlot low middling. The market price for this grade of cotton today would be about cents. The Mayer A- Crlne Bnilding. Work on the Mnyer & Crine busi ness block, on Washington street, lias commenced. Monday morning a force of hands, with spades, shovels and pioks, begun to dig out the old debris that has long been accumulating, nnd the city carts and several wagons hauled it off. Mr. W. R. Gunn, the architect of the building that is to be erected, will see himself that the work is done according to specifications. The work of building will commence at once. The plan of the block oan now be seen in Phil Harris'show win dow, and judging from its looks, the structure it represents will he nil ornament to the city. Tho onlire front is of glass nnd brick, nnd there are three stories, crowned with a handsome cupola. Washington street still moves along. Conoress Is having 11 keeping up with absentees, gcant-at-arms has liis hands full. l 7 oiir Mcor«* Yenrn a ml Nino. Mrs. R. H\ Sheffield,of Cedar Springs, .Early county, with her son-in-law, Mr. J. \Y. Howard, is visiting her grand-daughter, Mrs. II. G. Anglin, of this city. Grandma Sheffield, as she is familiar ly known and affectionately called by her many friends and relatives, will enter into her nintielh year on the 37th of this month, four score and nine summers and as many winters having passed over the good old lady’s head. She came to Albany last Friday, and for the first time in her life rode on a railroad train, this being the second time she has ever seen one. Mrs. Sheffield has a remarkable in telligence, and is extremely vigorous and hearty for one of her declining years. She came up to spend a few days with her grand-daughter, whom she [raised up from a child, and will return to-morrow evening. Grand ma Sheffield is loved by all who know her. Worth County All Right. From Monday’s Evkni.no IIkkald. Col. W. A. Harris, Chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee of Worth county, was in the city this morning, on his Nay to Atlanta as a delegate to the State Democratic con' vention, and was seen by n representa tive of the Herald concerning the status of Worth county with reference to the Congressional convention. Worth, it will be remembered, has two sets of delegates who will apply to the Congressional convention for admission. The ones elected irregu larly by a mass meeting on the 6th of June are for Stevens, and those elected regularly by primary election on the 30th of July are for Russell. Col. Harris assured the Herald to day that everything was all right for the Russell delegates. Russell carried the county by a large majority, and his delegates will come to the conven tion with credentials that cannot be thrown aside. Just count Worth as sure for Russell. Deputy Shkrmff Hines, of Lee counly, was in the oity to-day on bis way back home from Warwick, where be bad been to carry Charley Robert son, the. Negro wlm broke Into (lie store’of 0. P. Rouse of that place, and stole .HO, The Negro was captured and jailed at Warwick, but escaped and was captured by Sheriff Hines yesterday at Adams Station ami taken back. What about Georgia’s exhibit at the World’s Fair? Georgia has as many If not more natural resouroes than any State in the South, and yet there has been wy little attempt made towards having her represented at the Colum bian Exposition. We would like to hear some UisouBsion on this question. Georglas’s spirit of enterprise ought to prompt a liberal donation for the display of her wares. We are oonfldent that though she entered competition against her sister States, the return would bo tenfold. THKqx are some politicians in the Second Congressional district who An*Ing.niou. Schema of Some Engll.1l Swindler. Expo.ed. Perhaps many readers have been favored with a letter from a friend something like the undermen tioned terms. The following is a copy of one received by the writer (names being fictitious): No. 9—For the rebuilding of tho orphan homes at Queen's square, Swindletown, £1,000 is required. You. are requested (1) to send 8d. in stamps for that object; (2) to make two copies of this letter, putting at the head of each the number suc ceeding that heading this. Send these to two friends, requesting thorn to do likewise. When the number 100 is reached the ball stops rolling. Please do not .let the abain break in your hands." Here follows a list of patrons, the name of tho lady secretary, and last ly the name and address of tiie writer. Tho scheme looks well enough, and does not seem at all extravagant. When, however, wo come to analyze it we find that the ball must stop rolling long ere the coveted 100 be reached—simply for wuut of people to carry it on. To make our meaning plain to the curious we will suppose that the chain is unbroken, and that the 50,- 109,732,422,127,398,073,648,950,330 re cipients of letter No. 99 have duly written to their 112,339,464,844,254,- 790,147,087,900,072 friends. We will further suppose that the whole 224,078,929,688,509,602,294,175,- 801,344 persons thus addressed have responded with their threepenny ces. The sum to a penny thus raised would only amount to £2,808,- 480,021,100,309,903,077,197,510 15s. 3d. Calling the world’s population 2,000,000,000 and allowing £1,000,000 for the building of each place, the sum realized would build 280,848,- 002,110 orphan homes for each per son alive. If we be one or two short we hope each inhabitant of these 280,000,000,- 000 homes will forgive us.— London Tit-Bits. have been trying to ride two horses in the present oampaign, and the last one otthem will be disappointed in the harvest they expeot to reap. Boifeuillet lias Editor John T, been nominated for tho Legislature in the Bibb county primary. He was one of the most prominent and useful members of the last House, and fully merited tho endorsement that his con stituents have given him. Now is the time, if ever there was one for Democrats to stand united Division ill Democratic ranks in 1800 gave the Republicans the government, Harmony nnd unity In 1892 will agniu bring Democratic success, and then we will have continual honest gov eminent. The Street Overseer Coffey and Ills force have had all they could do since we have been having so much rain. The streets have been badly washed, and the ditches in which the water works mains are being laid have caved in in many places, making much extra work for Mr.- Coffey anil his. gang. But the city has a faithful man in Mr. Coffey, and he and his men are at work early and late. Tom James happened,to an accident in connection witli the fire Saturday night. He was standing on the tender of Defiance engine ns it was being pulled along the sidewalk, and when it reached the corner of Jefferson and Commerce streets, he stooped over to adjust some part of the machinery, nnd the wheel struck his forehead, tearing off a piece of skin, nnd grind ing a lot of grit into the cut. it didn’t keep him from getting first water on the fire though, and now tile hurt is getting along ail right. The ditch in which the waterworks mains have been laid on Washington street, caved in under the street rail road tracks in Sandy Bottom during the heavy rain on Sunday afternoon, and Mr. J. H. Coffey, the active and efficient Street, Overseer, looked up some of his men ] and went right to work on it. Mrs. E. H. Musk, the mother of the Messrs. A. W. nnd Walter Muse, of this city, died suddenly, of heart dis ease, at her home in Atlanta, yester day morning. Mr. A. W. Muse left here for Atlanta after receiving the sad news yesterday. Mr. Walter Muse was already in Atlanta, whither he had gone for a summer vacation for the benefit of ins health, some two or three weeks, ago. The Messrs. Muse have the sincere sympathy of all the good people of Albany in their great bereavement. Third Party split up in the Ninth promises some interesting rend ing when I he campaign waxes warmer, Pickett nnd Winn are both Imaging on to tliclr nominations like grim death, nnd neither will hack tlovtn This is pic for Hon. Carter Tate, who will go in with a rush, Tin: 17th inst. will he a red letter day in Al6any. Painfully Hurl. M r. Paul Kroeber, manager of T. C Parker’s news stand at the Union de pot, is now suffering with a dislocnt ed shoulder, tile result of ail accident that happened yesterday afternoon. About half after four o’clock Mr, Kroeber nnd Mr. S. A. Atkinson ,w.., engaged in a friendly tussle, at the II & W. depot, when by some means, tile former gentleman’s foot slipped, and he fell to the floor, his shoulder strik ing very hard, nnd being dislocated, Dr. Hugo Robinson was summoned and attended to the injury, and Mr, Kroeber is now doing well. We hnve had no sickness of any con, sequence In Albany sofar this summer, yet our people are leaving home in un usually large numbers. Some go “just for a change,” some for pleasure, oth ers for a rest, and others still because it is considered fashionable to run off somewhere for a while during the summer season. But perhaps the true explanation of the increasing summer exodus, is to be found in the fact that there are more of our people who can afford to take a trip off now than ever before. And this leads us right up to the conclusion that prosperity is on the increase among the people of A1 bany. Mohe than 18,000 letters are put in the post offices of the United States every day, that through misdirection or miscarriage of some kind turn up in the Dead Letter Office, never reach ing the hands for which they are in tended. The carelessness of letter writers is responsible for the greater share of this postal failure. Thous ands of letters are returned to the parties sending them where the pre caution has been observed of placing the address of the writer on tho out side of the envelope. A ft encroua Offer. Prof. A. W.Van Iloose, now principal of the Gainesville Female Academy.has written a letter to Mr. Jno. D. Pope giving him the privilege of appointing some girl from Dougherty county to attend the academy, whose tuition and all expenses except board shall be free, Prof. Van Iloose graduated from Athens with the class of ’82, and is refined gentleman and a cultured teacher. His offer will reduce the expenses of whoever the fortunate appointee may be, to a very small sum. Prof. Van Hoose was in the city Thursday, and had a talk with Mr. Pope, which was followed by the letter making the gen erous offer. ‘ Mr. Pppe has not yet decided what he will do, or upon whom he will con fer the appointment. Whoever it may be, she may consider herself fortunate. A LITTLE CALCULATION. SIR WILLIAM'S ANDROMETER. HI. Death at Forty-eight Prevented tllm from Teittng It for Seventy Yean. Sir William Jones, the friend of Dr. Franklin and of all other good eight men, lived ArUtooraoy uml Good Ieooka. As a matter of fact there is scarce ly any connection between aristoc racy, even democratic aristocracy, and a good profile. The more com plete the system of caste, the more absolutely it is dissevered from any thing relating to external appear- anco. The social inferior looks up to the superior as one of Dickens’ “rev erential wives" looks up to her hus band, with a reverence not impaired by any homeliness of features. Rufus Choato said of Chief Justice Shaw, of Massachusetts, who was one of tho plainest of men, “I feel toward him as tho South soa islander fools to ward his idol; ho sees that lie is ugly, butliq knows that hois great.”— 1 T. W. Higginson in Harper’s Bazar. THE .CONVENTION. Pr.plc Will Cm. I. Albnny 1 eryirhrr.cn (he I»lh. Tliu Third AHsIstunt rmitmuHlur Gtinuml. The issuing of postago stamps, stamped cnvolopcs and nevvsjiajier wrappers all belong to ono of tbe divisions under tho care of tho third assistant postmaster gonoral. There is another division of the samo bureau which looks after registered letters, and still another yliieh attends to tiie system for tho special delivery of letters. Tho classification of mail matter belongs to this bureau, and it is with the third assistant postmaster general or his clerks that newspa pers and periodicals have to quarrel over their rights to official entry as second class matter,'—Kate Field’s Washiiurton. What u Cipher In. A clphor dispatch is simply a dis patch in cipher, and a cipher is sim ply an arrangement between two or moro persons by which certain agreed upon words or signs are used instead of the real words. There are thousands of ciphers in use; practi cally every business house has its own cipher; every department of the government has its cipher, of moro or Iobs intricacy: and many private persons hnve ciphers. There are two or three cipher makers in in this city. An ordinary commer cial cijiher will make a book of 500 pages or more.—New York Sun. or . _ years old. But he hod constructed a system which he called his "Andro- meter,” by which the life of a man up to seventy years was carefully mapped out with a view to his best education and practical virtues. Thus from one year old up to ten the child was to attend to speaking and pronunciation, spelling, reading and repeating tiie grammar of his own tongue, morals aud religion, natural history with experiments, dancing, music m;d drawing. Be tween ten and fifteen he was to learn the history of his own country, Latin and Greek, French and Italian (German in 1774 not being regarded os important). At fifteen he was to make translations, write composi tions in prose and verse, otc., and from that ago up to twenty was to study rhetoric and law. history und mathematics, with logic end decla mation thrown in. From twenty to twenty-five the andrometer man woe to study phi losophy und politics, ancient oratory, etc., and at twenty-five begin travels and cultivate conversation. At thir ty he was to enter public life, having previously made speeches, studied Btate affairs and advanced in history, law and eloquence. “I am fully con vinced," he wrote, at the ago of thirty-four, to Lord Althorpe, “that an Englishman’s real importance in his country will always he in a com pound ratio of his virtue, his knowl edge and his eloquence, without all of which qualities little real utility can result from oitherof them apart." He also thought that “a virtuous and knowing man, who has no nat ural impediment, may by habit ac quire perfect eloquence. ” Lord Gran by, however (the famous “markis”), “will never bo eloquent until he is less modest.” And then, in 1.777, while Chatham, Fox and Burke were all in parliament, Jones grieves “that our senate is dwindled into a school of rhetoric, where men rise to dis play their abilities rather than to de liberate, and wish to he admired without lioping to convince.” But to go on with our andrometer. At thirty-five tlu “civil knowledge" is to he “mature” and the “elo quence perfect;” from that age to forty-five “notional rights" are de fended, “the learned protected, the virtuous assisted,'science improved, fine arts patronized aud laws enacted and supported.” Tho nndromoter man, liuving done all this, at forty- five attertds to “tho government and his family, education of his children, firmness as a patriot and virtue ns a citizen, ” the last culminating at fifty years. Botweon fifty and fifty-flvo he is to compose historical, orator ical, philosophical,political nnd math ematical works, aud from fifty-fivo to sixty “continue former pursuits." At sixty ho would bo&hi to enjoy the fruits of liis labors— “a glorious retirement, an amiable family, uni versal respect and consciousness of a virtuous life. Sir William Jones (limsolf novor got into parliament, nor did ho at tain tho fifty years, dying in India at tho ugo of forty-eight in 1794. But he was vigilant as a magistrate firm as a patriot and virtuous ns a citizen, and he composed most of the works lie mentioned. Indued, “being made perfect in a short time, ho ful filled a long time.” Ho was not without tho Englishman’s desire for money, nnd said by tho time he was twenty-eight he hoped to ho worth £20,000 by tho practico of the law. He had accumulated much more than this at forty-eight, besides a great deal of renown. But I do not seo any pounds, shillings or pence in the andrometer.—Boston Advertiser. A Herald reporter saw Mn; bert this morning in regar whioli he is endeavoring to all parties wishlngto come to vention on the 17th. The Mayor has sent urgent req to the officials of all the railroad- rate of one fare for the round I ri sathe as will be given to parties to the Atlanta Convention, and promised tlmt nil of Albany’s ence will be brought to bear to ns large a crowd as possible oi day. There is no doubt bet there wi a crowd. Second District tics is pretty warm just now, things are getting hotter every Every man, woman and child in district is interested in the campa and a large delegation will be on ha to see Ben Russell nominated, It is to be hoped that the rail will nnswdr favorably Mayor Gil! request for reduced rates, as the crowd will certainly make It a pa reduction. X Rajum, Republicanism and I!obl>,' Is the motto graven on the standard the g. 6. p. Sensationalism and falsehood: to be the stock in trade of the Chi Inter Ocean. Stevens men are- hard to find now. Guess they are laying iow saying nothing. Democrats and everybody come to Albany on the 17th to for Ben Russell. The assessed value of properl the South to-day le nearly two bll greater than In 1881. Judoe HiLLYxn has given u_ race In the Fifth, and Leonidas counts the spoils. It is now about settled that grass will appropriate |2,500,00(1 World’s Fair as a gift. What will Tommy Watson do ho is publicly denounced as a resolution of the House? ar- Thk Democrats of Indiana tively’asserting that they wi Harrison in liis own State, A horse will eat in a year nine times his own weight, a cow nine times, an ox six times and a sheep six times. A Parallel. An old farmer said to his sons; “Boys, don't you wait for somethin to turn up. You might jest as well go and sit down on a stone in the middle of a meadow with a pail 'twix your legs and wait for a cow to back up to you to be milked.”—London Tit-Bits. A Wee Weather Prophet. Little Boy—Do you think it’s going to rain? Little Sister—Did pa take his um brella? Little Boy—No. little Sister—Yes. it’s goto to wain. For Assault With Intent to Murder. Deputy Sheriff Godwin went down to Hardaway to-day, and arrested a Negro named Wm. Morris and brought him to the oity and lodged him in jail. Morris is charged with assault with intent to murder. He attacked Harry Twiggs, a well-known Negro who lives at Hardaway, and carved him with a razor, on the 80th of July. Harry Twiggs oame to town as soon as he could and swore -out a warrant for his assailant. This morning Dep uty Sheriff Godwin heard where Mor ris was, and went for him. TniNos nre taking a now t Homestead now, and many strikers who oan hold off no arc asking for work, The gubernatorial stump s at Union, S. O., almost result: riot lustl’hursdny. Gov.Tlllnm Col. Orr a liar, and Col. Orr Gov. Jones says that Alubn roll up n good Demooratlo iu November. This is not new ever, for tho solid South will solid. The political “lie” Is belli right und left m the oampiii, nnd many of tiie politicians ten to a point where they don' it nt all. hnv Figure Signs* Some of the dow,n town streets are particularly rich to figure signs. Warren, Murray, Frankfort and other streets to that vicinity are filled with gilt coffeepots, saddles, guns, pipes and many other objects. One Warron street dealer to cutlery has set up a huge knife and’ fork over his door on one side and on equally large razor on the other, while on Frankfort street a rocket of enormous dimensions conjures up visions of the “Glorious Fourth.” A figure of Peter Stuyvosant is set up by one insurance company, a Phoenix rising from the flames symbolizes an other, while a third is well repre : sonted by a globe half sunk into a lettered sign board.—New York Times. EXCERMIONIMTA. Sight Cnr Load. Gnme In Over the Go* lumbuM S.nth.rn. An excursion train oame in over the Columbus Southern road, bringing eight passenger coaches of people. Sat urday afternoon. The train arrived at 4 o’clock, and the crowd marched up Washington street to Broad, escorted by a col ored brass band. The excursionists are from Griffin, and the crowd is a mixed one, though the colored element seems to predom inate. No speoial occasion brought them to Albany, and the town wasn’t look ing for them, but they were welcome just the same. They return to-night. Col. Peek says he can’t be tlclan and business manager Alliance, too, and so Ims r Later developments will shew won’t ilo much at cither. Mo. Stevens manipulated bert convention In liis own style, but lie will find u i crowd in olmrgo of things at trlot convention on the 17th. the "The committee on jags Im poped itscenBuruof Mr. Wats: next session. Mr.-Watson's tiie matter, howevor, will have foot of snowing him completely in the November elections. Jin. J. C. Winbkhg has eigne tract witli Messrs. Cruger & 1 two houses to he built on which he bought some time Flint street. This will ai splendid residences to one of l most popular residence streets. It’s singular that the man w sleep o’ nights in a bed wit- window up and no superfluous oan drop into a chair after din hack office where the temp, 105 and where the flies do the possession of his whiske can sleep so sound that ** — the man with the bill for pew r hear the jingle of tiie telephone. A Good Idea. The Thomasvilic Timiis-En OBks: “Would it not bo a run a special train to Alban Thomasvilic on the 17th? crowd will go up to attend the tlon. An extremely low rate ready been promised tiie unless they remain in Albany two they would not be able to take’ i a small part of the convention, regular train leaves Albany o’clock. Tiie special oould ri come home in the night, many more will go ifsuoli an ment is made.” Tiie suggestion of the Tl prise is a good one. Thi Thomas county are os; ested in tho workings tion, as there will be c gations fropi that c< It would be a paying one ‘ to take the a special 0,"iv-