The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-25

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] come % make tho family Il visit. Tue
cousin was 50 amiable aud ate 50 many
meals az the house that be eca1ne trusted
I member u the family, and when the man
( and his wife went out 10 church one night
/ last veek they left the cousin in the house
! with gun % keep away al lntruders.
| When they returned, the cousin and the
I gun and the mans best clothes aud soma
other Odd Fellows regs la and nearly
every thing elss Of value were gone, while
the cousins old clothes lay upon the floor.
The search for his v~ife's cousin was kseaer
than Japhets search for hls father, but has
50 far turned out frut.ess
Wrigntsyllls HeadHQhE An incident, re-
mlndlLg Us Of scenes mat occurred IN the
days THAT tried mems soul-." trarspired
while riding On the train from Wrg IS
Vile o Ieuniile the other night The
woo4s having been fired left numerous
spots I'VE sapp1se, stumps and roots still
shooting Up a Tiny fame. and from the
train had alltbs APPEARANCE Of a regular en-
ca oDmsat with their campfrs-. Some
BODY remarked the resemblance, and there
happened 70 be two old soldiers on board
whose zt0eut ion being called % Il, began 10
compare the coincidence % certain locali-
ties ia Virginia during the wgr. Out Il
this grew a lengthy war r-Iniui-
scence, tba. was truly interesting. aad
LlgH4s eblJJeI Dy blS lAhbsLSgs
A prominent society young man Of Ma
con vas out At one Of the receptions re-
Gently and being out rather late concluded
hat be would sleep a little iater than his
usual hour. Looking at bis watch be
noticed that II was Just O'Clock, and turned
over for another nap. When re thought Il
was about o'clock he arose and lelsursly
dressed himself sauntere1 Out n breakfast
u find preparations had not begun Tor the
meal THIS seemed strange, and gignc.ng
az the clock be noticed that IL was Just past
TO- Being a knight Of tbs grip, he was 70
have taken a. early train out that morn
which caused all the trouble, a1d said t at
he thought the best ting he could do was
10 own up 70 the boss that he had been 20 a
reception.
An account has been published in the
NEWS Of the safe Of Heard & Hamilton
at Vienna having been blown open
and robbed last Saturday night Of
$500 or 800. Mr. Heard went 70
Macon last Sunday and engaged detectives
Shackelford and Wilson TO 70 to Vienna
10 ferre, out the robberries, If possible. The
detectives left Macon on Sunday afternoon
via the Georgia Southern road for Vienna
with Mr. Heard The detectives spent
couple Of days in Vienna a.d returned 20
Macon Wednesday morning, having ar
rested and jailed a negro named Floyd
Johnson on suspicion Of being connected
with the robbery The circumstances are
very much against johnson. II is thought
that the cole rated safe blower, Charles
DlxsOn, ard h.. notorious col0ret cOnfeder-
ate Bob Reddiug. planned and committed
the robbery, assisted by Johnson.
For the last year or two robberies have
been committed at RJystOn, Vest Bow IS
vile and several other places on the EiDer
ton Airline railroad. In December Ia It
Mr. Carmichael Of Tennessee, stopped with
a Mr. Duncan, at West BOwersville. and
during the night his room was entered and
Si4 stolen from his pockets. This put Mr.
Duncan and others 10 work 70 catch le
thieves II possible, and they finally sue
ceeded in fixing several OF the crimes upon
a young mau by the name Of Jordan, who
mad formerly stood well in the community.
and was well connected He acknowledged
70 most Of tie crimes and implicated some
young men in the neighbDrhood by the
name If Bennett as being participants with
hm in them. Several stores had been
broken INTO aud burglarized, in addition 30
other thefts, including that Of a
buggy belonging TO Mr.. Duncan. The
latest heard about the matter is that all the
parties accused had been committed
At Macon Wednesday morning about
o'clock Abe Ellis, who resides on Second
street near the Alexander free school, was
awakened by some one trying to enter his
widow. He looked aud saw a hand turn
the blinds. Mr.. Ellis laid still 10 await de-
The thief not being able TO
open the widow, weot to another window
and passed around the house trying each
window he saw. Finally he entered the
dining room window, and when Mr.. Ellis
heard him enter the house he arose from
bed, got his pistol aud started toward the
dining room. There was a lamp burning
IN the hallway, and the thief by it saw the
shadow Of Mr. Ellis reflected on the wall
and he darteI for the window and plunged
headloug through il. AS the legs Of the
thief we're disappearing Mr.. Ellis fred his
pistol twice aud then ran to the window,
just ia time 10 see the thief jumping the
fence. Mr. Ellis fired a third time at him,
but whether any Of the balls took effect Is
not known, as the thief disappeared.
Alpharetta, is just recovering from
sensation which well nigh proved tragic cal
On Friday night the negroes had festival,
aud the price II admission was five cents.
Marion Chamblee went in, but refused h.
pay. The negroes told him they would put
him out if he didn't pay. C0ampiee swore
he wouldn't pay, whereupon Tom Mitchell
led him TO the door, where several others
struck the ground Mitchell and Chambles
drew their knives and went 10 cutting at
each other. This excited all the negroes
and they, too, drew knives and prepared
for fight About that time Mar
shall Burge, Deputy Marshal Bowen and
others appeared. Deputy Marshal Bowen
made al attempt to arrest Chamblee, but
Cnamble7 picked up a rock and let IL fly
Bowen threw up his left arm and recei ved
a very painful blow on the elbow. Cham
blee started 10 run, and the marshal thew
his club at him, striking him on the head
and knocking him 10 his knees, but before
he could be reached he was on his feet run
ming, with Bob Webb and Tom McCleskey
In his wake. The route was circuitous, and
they never reached the limits OF the town.
Chamblee threatened TO turn and shoot,
but finally they captured him, and he was
taken 10 the lookup, where be spent the
night. The next morning he was bound
over 70 the superior court, and in default OF
q 800 bond was carried 70 jail.
Macon ECentag Menus, Between and 2
o,cl OK Wednesday morning, John w
Wyche, who boards at Oscar Heckle's house,
on Fourth street, next 10 McGolrick's store,
heard a thief try 20 raise front window,
but was unsuccessful. Mr.. Wyche arose,
got bis pistol out Of the bureau drawer, and
went % the front door aud looked out, and
by the aid Of the ele trio light, saw that no
one was present the thief having evidently
heard the movements Of Mr.. Wyche in the
house, and got out Of the way Mr.. Wyche
went 10 the back door, vent out aud started
around the house. and saw white man
trying 20 raise "A window. Mr. Wyche step
ped back 80 as 10 I the thiof make further