The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-03

| latter. He has the suit in which he was
| FIRST married, and has frequently loaned IL
20 other parties for the same purpose.
The people Of Molena are still consider
ably agitated over the ownership OF the
real estate upon which the town is situated.
The Richards children are about 10 revolu-
! tionize things Some little doubt has ex-
/ listed all along as to the ability OF those ia
possession 10 make legal titles, but the mat
| ter was said TO have been satisfactorily
arranged some time ago, and improvements
went on. The attorney Of the orphans says
| that they expect to push their claim.
Whether or not there is anything in this
| announcement, building mas been suspended
for the present and will likely remain so until
further developments. It is thought, how
ever, that the matter can be compromised,
and IL so it will be done as early as possible.
The claim involves $50 acres Of land, en-
bracing the entire business portion OF the
town. Col Darnel of Lafayette, Ala.
representing the heirs. has written to H. G.
Jordan aud others at Molena, stating that
unless a compromise is effected they will
begin an action in the United States court
to recover the property. Richards died in
Alabama before the war, leaving a viii to
the effect that his property should be di-
vided between his wife and his children, and
at her death it was 70 he divided equally
among the children. After the death of
Richards the family requested John T. Jor-
dan, the eldest brother of Mrs. Richards, to
administer the estate in Georgia. After
some hesitation he agreed to do so,
and Mrs. Richards relinquished her interest
in the estate in order to make a division.
This REIMBURSEMENT was put in writing in
legal form, and upon so doing the ordinary
appointed John T. Jordan administrator
with will annexed of Richards. An order
was then granted the administrator TO sell
the property, which was sold before the
court hdnsB door in the town Of Zsbulon on
Feb. 6, 1852, to Robert Pinkerton for a, 0l6.
A division was then made and the estate
wound up. The heirs were evidently acting
on the hypothesis that their mother had no
legal right to relinquish her interest in the
property. The Alabama attorney has not
intimated upon what terms he would com
promise the case.
Dawson NeIOS: Sne married for love last
July; her husband deserted her few weeks
later she died night before last; and it has
not been 10 years since she was born. That
is the story Of Mrs. Tennie Cunningham,
formerly Miss Tennie Davis. She was
telegraph operator employed by the West
ern Union. Her mother is widow and
lives In Memphis. The girl was n special
favorite with the attaches of the Western
Union and ths occupants Of the cotton
exchange building. She was bright
and pretty and smiled on the world,
aud believed in love, in the honor of
man and in the providence that cares for
the good. A youth named Cunningham,
who was employed as telegraph operator in
the Merchants exchange, met her. He was
handsome, 10 years old, skilled in his pro-
fession, and had no big brother or father to
tell him what a fool he was and how much
longer he would have TO live and how much
he would have to learn before he would be
a man. He boarded at Mrs. Davis house
and made love to the girl She was willing
and they got married. Three days later
young Cunningham was full of beer and
tomatoes. Six weeks later he left town
with $50 more then the company owed him
The fact that he had deserted his young wife
became known and was published. Then
Mrs Cunningham began to fade. She grew
thin and delicate, and the old glad smile
was gone from her face. She met her
friends coldly and avoided them when she
could. She preferred bearing her burden in
silence to enduring the casual surface SYM
patty Of the world. A few months ago the
abandoned wife was sent TO Cairo, where
her brother-in-law, Mr.. Bard, is manager
of the Western Union office. At his house
she died night before last at o'clock Her
ailment was probably consumption. Broken
hearts aud destroyed hopes do not kill. Any
physician will testify that this is true.
When Cunningham left here he went to
Mexico. be returned the amount that he
had overdrawn aud was not blacklisted by
the Western Union. He is now working for
the company at KausasCity.