The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-16
BALMFOR WOMAN'SLOVE
A BREACH OF PROMISE SUIT ON
THE TAPS AT ATLANTA.


Her sultor Backed Out Just as She
was About to Bag Him, and Now she
Wants $4,000 Damages--A Notice TO
the state Military-A Supreme Court
Order
ATLANTA, GA, Feb. ..l5-That rarity in
Georgia, a breach Of promise suit, has just
been filed here in the city court. The plain
tiff is Miss Jennie Joyce, and she claims
$4,000 damages to her prospects and affec-
tions sustained at the hands Of q. II.
Baldwin, formerly a merchant of this place
Miss Joyce AYERS that she was for months
engaged to be married. to Mr.. Baldwin
She loved him passonately, aud consented
to be his wife on Feb. 5. At his instance
preparations for the marriage were made
and the license procured.
BACKED OUT AT THE LAST MoMENT
The preacher who was to have performed
the ceremony having been dispatched to
the ordiuary's office for the purpose on the
night of Feb. 5, the party having as
sembled, and the preacher, the bride and
the groom being present, nothing was
lacking to make the couple man
marriage service. To the petitioners sur
prise the defendant informed her that he
had concluded to wait a while. He refused
to make any further explanation of his
strange conduct The defendant, by his
general demeanor toward the petitioner,
and his attentions to her, gained her affec-
tiOns, aud by reason of that fact and his
promise to marry her, she refused an offer
If marriage from a nice gentleman who
courted her.
HE CAN AFFORD TO PAY.
The plaintiff further alleges that the do
fendant has trined with her affections, aud
that he is man Of means, and she is poor,
a d that she, therefore, has sustained dam
ages in failing to better her pecuniary con-
dition by the marriage conte nplated; that
breach Of said mrrriage agreement has in
jured her future prospects in that hne, and
also her feelings and affections, and the
modification she endured in consequence is
great and indescribabIe The defendants
conduct she claims. has cast gloom over
her life to the amount III damages OF the
81, ,005 aforesaid
SENT BACK TO THE ASYLUM.
A young maa named Bo)ny Bo gden was
today recommitted to the asylum, from
which he was recently dl charged, after
years. confinement. B)wds !. a. appeared
from the testimony, became 50 violent few
days ago that he had to be locked up in the
county Jail, TO keep him quiet, an expert
ment which succeeded badly, siuce as soon
as he got in he made an effort to thrash all
the prisoners confined there.
THE NEW ENLISTMENT LAW.
There having been some understand
ing of the .ew enlistment law the adjutant
general has notified the various commands
Of the state troops that 10 contempt ties the
enlistment of all non-eommissioned officers
and privates. Col. Kell has also called
upon companies to report to him by April
whether they will be able to take part in
the June encampment, and how many
officers and men they will be allie to bring.
Failure to reply is To be considered mega
tive response.
A SUPREME COURT ORDER
The supreme court has passed an order
that counsel in all cases on the docket for
the October term of 1899, which are not
argued on or before March next, be and
they are hereby required TO file their briefs
in the clerks Office on or before that day as
provided by section 1871 "An Of the code.
and that oral argument may be thereafter
heard In such cases when reached in their
order on the docket. The attention of
c unset for plaintiffs in error is called 10
section 42S0 of the code and to rule 44Sl
Georgia reports, opposite page l.
A JAIL DELIVERY.
From Jasper, Pickens county, comes the
news OF Jail delivery yesterday morning
of forty or fifty mea, and having besn over
powered, every prisoner was liberated.
PERRY's HANGING.
The bodies Of Jim Butts and Ed johnson,
the two negroes hanged in Perry day be-
fore yesterday, reached Atlanta last night.
They we're turned over to the state ana
tomical board, and will b3 used by the
students in the dissecting room.
A POLICEMAN BADLY CUT.
Abont IL O'clock tonight Patrolman W.
A. Miller ventured into a dark alley in that
tenn pestuous quarter, known as Brooklyn,
to arrest crowd of roughs whom he found
engaged in quarrel. He was set on by
the mob as soon as be came within reach,
and cut 80 severely that he may die.
One Of his ears was slashed off, and he re-
ceived number of stabs, one of which
penetrated the ear near the throat. John
Pratt aud his brother Joseph have been
arrested. The first is supposed to have done
the cutting.