Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-09-05
EVENING STAR.
A Fight For A a,.1,.nd-
WHAT PKECkDED AND FOILoWTp A ,roe
DINOaCE.

IL ~ A
DIvORCE.
William 4. MOrgaA WAS married a YEAR
ago 10 niece OF William Mtchoif. OF
Orange, ~. j. Moran was niue-e.,p vearx
Of axe, and his VIE a little over siStoen-
Afier the marriage he took his wife 20 IerSev
CITY Heights. Alter a few months he tiref
81 her and sent her hack 10 her uncle In
orange on the strength OF the statement of
three ply sicisns that the girl was physical
" incompetent 10 be- wife. Tue uncle was
angered Al having hts niece sent back. and
aiter several threats. succeeded in making
Morgan live with her again, which he aid
ior month, and then mrde an agreement
Win her TO separate. They went To a iuStics
AND asked 10 he divorced. TIE Justice drew
up NE agreement OF separation. which Nor
gan an1 MS wife signs I. He afersards
TOOK their marriage ceidfcate. aud, giving
each told of an edge, babe them pull when
be had called lone. two, three" lie gave
me c-y, they pulled and after it had been
legally divorced. The Justice took n fce,
ard the couple believing what ne said went
sepa rate ways. shortly after that, Mr..
Mitchell caused his Mere % so TO Jersey
City 10 meet Morgan and Induce him To
come 10 Morris aud Essex railroad depot.
There she was To coax him 10 take a seat
Win her In The cars until tie train starter,
aud Mitchell promised To look out for the
rest The girl carried out the programme,
and when Morgan got up 10 leave Mitchell
sprang nom the other end Of the car and
Violently forced him 10 keep his seat and 20
70 orange with his wife. The next day
Morean RS away and caused warrant 10
row under bail awaiting exam natton be-
fore Jui tiCc lkanken of Jersey CITY Mitcl,ell
got Ms niece 10 bring suit 70 ban1onmeut he
fore Justice DUGy, OF jersey CAY. a.ainst
Morgan, and a warrant was iSSuei upon
which he Was arrested. He gave hal ID an
pear Friday evening for eNaminAtlon. but
dad not appear, and his father claimed mat
be was III and asked for "a pastpOner,leDt
Poorfnaster Hewitt. who was present fis-
credited the story, and at once Jumpsd into
his buggy and started Tor MOrsan's hole.
Thinking that MOrgan's father would At
tempt 10 head him OF, Hewitt whipped his
horse 10 his fastest trut, and alter an hours
drive reached the house, where he found
Morgan's father, whom ne had len IN the
justices court, vino laughingly informed
MIN that his son had inst gone out. J. Is he
agsin.-lM y. B'Orld
LIVING on - 50 PER wEEK-Those per-
Sons who are asst now discussing the possi-
oillty OF living on II "A day viii dOubi less he
Interested IN the story OF msu who lived on
- ~ week. Such n man is Eugene Hail.
q pleasant looking fellow, although sone-
what shabby, who, relaxing "A lifle ON Sa;-
urday night from the strict rules OF econo-
my. which are. according 10 his tale la hit
ual with him, aud purchasing thar which
was not neetfui 20 his sustena1ca. a. n con-
sequence was brought before Justice Duny,
IN ne Iomos Police Court, yesterday morn
Ing, charged with drunkenness. Hall said
That he got drunk through plque. He worked
for plumber. and his wages were - 30 "A
week. Last Saturday he received only II %,
ton IN the cup. But asked tue JusJice,
"how DO you live on - 50 a week" con.
bang up answered Hall. 81 can get nice pie
Tor ) cents, coffee and CAKES for cents, and
pork and beans for cents" He said that he
slept on woDd-pile sometimes. And war
thankful That his wife had died before he had
sunk so low. "Here," said Justice Duffy,
't5 Ike this half dollar and get something To-
eat "Spend whole half dollar for some-
thing TO eat" exclaimed Hall. "Why. can
get hrst-rate meal lur p cents. No man
could eat 20 cents worVh at one sitting"
NegertheleSs, he took the money, aud, DIS
charged by the court, left the building a
happy manly y. Times, 81
EASING A WIFE's DEATH-The Cincin-
natl EaqttueTs tell gram from Atlanta, Ga,
has the following story from Florida Mrs.
Julia l.. hey, "A daughter OF Caroline Lee
HEINZ, lived ia Calhoun county, Florida
For some time she had been i'm bad health,
and exhibited a morbid fear OF pain. About
the first Of the month she despairei OF re-
oovery and begged her husband that, when
he thought the end was approaching, he
would administer chloroforni, so thai she
might die speedily and painlessy. At length
he believed the time had came, and showed
her the chloroform bottle. She inhaled a,
put few drops on her hand kerchief, and ,
laying II over her face, died without a muir
muir. The husband frankly admits that sue
m sht have lived a few days longer but SAYS,
as She seemed 10 have no dread OF the here
after, and begged him u giyeher chlorOiorm,
he thought n had best do so. IL appears that
10 doctors were present, but that She began
10 'strangle, and She thought he time had
come The case viii probably undergo in
veSugaCOn,"