The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-07
,uttor, who failed to letter them properly or

cutter, who failed to letter them properly or
correctly, and were refused. They were
bought 6y Capt II. T Johnson OF Johnson
& Harris for $50 OF $50, he does not remem-
ber exactly, and were pla cd by him in the
cellar He had forgotten them until told
Yesterday that they had been taken out and
placed on the sidewalk.
b. J. DAVIS Of GUyton accepts the chal-
lenge Of Judge a. F. Rain, and will me t
him Nov. |, at 10 o'clock, in Springfield, for
a ioi debate Tho following, in the same
connection, is Sef-explanatory; "In your
issue of Sept II Judge Amos F. RAIN chal-
lenged the public t. prove any charge
against him, and we, as trustees Of the
EffiHgham academy having a charge of
! sos Is against him which he actually took
/ from the school fund while entrusted with
/ him as treasurer, and as this claim is now in
su Il and S aud, for trial at the next term of
/ the superior court, we suggest that as the
proper time and place to prove said charges
Col. E. Bird, John Hinely, James Bird,
A. j. ShearOuse.
AT Blakely, Rev. n. p. Mcdonald, the
slayer Of FrierSoD Chandler, last Saturday
night, gave himself up TO the sheriff, APP
peared before Judge Clarke, who was in
town. and asked for bond, which was
allowed him in the sum of $1,000, and was
promptly given, T. e. High over, S.
Manuel, W. J. Webb and j. f. Spooner
offering as security A great deal of dis
satisfaction and censure of the judge has
been expressed to the Blakely NetUs at this
action, the complaining parties alleging
that the judge had the doors closed and adj
mitted no one but the sheriff, the pri oner
and his friends, while the matter was being
arranged, and that the friends of the deaf
man and their lawyer were denied admit
tance and given no opportunity to show
why bond should not be granted.
John B. Broadweil has fish pond near
Alpharetta stocked with carp, some of
which are very large One day last week
Ebb Broadwell Johu B. Broadweil's father,
and his wife were fishing in the pond and
had caught several small fish, when Mrs
Broadwell hooked fish she could not pull out
of the water. Her husband came to Der as
sistance and succeeded in pulling the fish to
shore. After he had got the fish out on the
bank the hook broke, and TO keep the fish
from floundering back into the pond, Mr..
Broadwell fell down on it and clasped his
arms around it. In the struggle that fol-
lowed they both rolled into the pond where
the water was about five feet deep, and the
fish slipped from Mr.. Broadwell's grasp into
his own native clement Mr.. Broadwell
thinks the fish would have weighed twenty
pounds.
At Macon, Friday night, w. N. Parker
of Augusta, and an employee of the Central
railroad, reported that he came to Macon
on Monday and registered at the Edgerton
hotel On Tuesday he intended going out
in town at night to have some fun and de-
posted his pocketbook, containing about
$500, with fillmore Brown, the manager.
On Thursday he wanted some pocket money
and, calling on Mr.. Brown, the pocketbook
was taken from the safe and from it he took
800 gold piece, and getting it changed,
placed $l4 back. 1t was then returned to
the safe. Friday night Mr. Parker
was going TO leave, and when
he went to pay his bill he again
asked for his pocketbook. On count
ing bis money he found that he was $40
short. A 800 bill and two $50 gold pieces
were missing. Mr.. Brown said he could
not explain how the money could be taken,
as he alone knew the combination of the
safe. Mr.. Parker said he would remain
over in Macon to have the matter fully in
vestigated.
The arrest and imprisonment of Freight
Conductor Albert Calhoun in Montgomery
excites considerable interest in Macon, his
home, and where he has a wife and other
relatives. Calhoun has been in the employ
of the Central railroad six or seven years
first as train hand, next as baggage
master, and has been serving as conductor
about three years. He ran a freight be-
tween Macon and Montgomery, via Column
bus. On Aug 9 his train left Macon.
Between Macon and Columbus his flagmsn
discovered that the end window OF a car
nearest the cab was unsealed, and the
motion of the car would make it come
partly open, exposing the goods on the in
side. The flagman told Conductor Calhoun
about it, but instead of shutting it
Calhoun proposed to his flagman that they
rob the car that night. The flagman con
sented, and after dark while the tram was
on the Mobile and Georgia road, between
Columbus and Union Springs, the two men
entered through the window and stole about
ten or twelve pair Of shoes, which were
consigned to a Mobile house. They brought
the shoes back on the return trip to Macon
but when at the seven bridges, short
distance from Macon, the hagman threw
his part of the stolen shoes out of the car to
the Waterman at the bridge and told him
to keep them until he called for them. Tho
watchan had no idea that the shoes had
been stolen. Conductor Calhoun took his
shoes to his house in Macon A confession
by the flagman has been followed by Cal
houn's arrest. The robbery was committed
in Alabama.