The morning news., 1890-06-25
CAPITAL OF THE STATE.
REV. M'cUrCHEN BRINGS SUIT FOR
DIVORCE.

he Pictures His Wife as a Regular
Tartar-A Missionary Who Was
Formerly a Cannibal of the Fiji
Islands on a Lecturing Tour-Tax
Returns of Two Railroads Rejected.
ATLANTA. GA, June 24-Rev. Thomas
E. McCutchen has filed suit for divorce
against his wife, Mrs. Lula B. McCutchen.
The reverend gentleman married Miss Lula
Richardson in Logan county, Kentucky, in
1882. The pair lived together in tolerable
peace and forbearance until two years ago.
when domestic war broke out. Since then
there seems to have been continual strife
until about two weeks ago, when the wife
swore out a warrant against her clerical
spouse for beating her. He disappeared
for some days and then wrote letter
charging the lady with being the aggressor,
and though be admitted having slapped
her, protested that he had been goaded past
all limit of human endurance. On the par
sons return friends endeavored to smooth
over the trouble. The warrant against him
was withdrawn, and yesterday conference
of Baptist ministers rendered a decision In
his case which amounted to qualified in
dorsement
bis PETITION.
As soon as his brother minis
ters had passed upon his case
Rev. McCutchen filed his proceed
ings for divorce. He declares that he has
been a faithful and loving husband. and
has done all in his power to make his wife
happy, and that in return she
has abused and maltreated him,
and threatened his life repeatedly
and exerted herself to the utmost to vex
and annoy him, until she made life almost
unbearable. He AYERS that in speech and
action she is not only indiscreet, but i'm
moral, and insists that on account of such
sdepravity she is not fit custodian for their
three children.
AN EX-CANNIBAL IN TOWN.
A Fiji islander named Chevous has come
here to lecture. He is a sharp-nosed, sharp
witted, copper-colored parsonage, VINO
speaks a number of languages, and claims
to have dined off more than a score of fat
missionaries on his native sand flats.
When mere child ne was stolen
fby English sailors and taken to
Salamanca, Spain, where he received good
education and joined the Church Of Eng
land. Later he acted as interpreter for the
white missionaries in his own country. he
comes to this country from Calcutta. lie
tells marvellous tales of cannibalism, of
children slaughtered by their parents as
kdCrluceS TO SIN anu ObutT UdTDdIlC leSeuus,
for which his mysterious appearance and
scholarly enunciation will go far to obtain
belief.
TAX RETURNS REJECTED.
The controller general has declined to re-
ceive the tax statements filed by the
Charleston and Savannah and Atlanta and
Florida railroads. Both lines return their
taxable property much lower than last
year. and the last named road protests
against the payment of any property tax at
all.
After hearing argument the railroad
commissioners this morning reduced the
rate on iron wagons. They were placed in
freight class No. 6 instead of No. 4, in
which they have hitherto been scheduled.
The movement to organize a Hardeman
club will be met by the establishing of
like organization in favor of Col. Northen
Tomorrow
Application has been made to the secre-
tary of state for a charter for the Atlanta
and Birmingham railroad. The capital
stock of the company will be 100000.
THE sToCKADE ON FIRE.
Tonight the city stockade took fire, and
in the excitement about eight prisoners
managed to make their escape. Several of
the number were wanted on more serious
charges than those under which they had
been sent to the stockade. Not infrequently
criminals against whom there are state
cases are sent to the stockade for city Of
fenses and manage to get away.
Against one of those who escaped
tonight there were pending two or three
felonious charges Under similar circum-
stances, not a great while ago, negro,
charged with assault to rape, was sent to
serve term of several days In the city
gang. When his time was out so was he.