The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-30

| 3. Leach The couple married in 1857,
| little more than 40 years ago. The wife al
! legged that her husband deserted her sew
| eral years ago, was cruel, lazy, cross and
| ill-tempered. The husband denied all this,
| and claimed on his part that Mrs. Leach
was a perfect scold, and there was no
| possibility of living with her in peace. The
| jury legalized the separation on the
| ground of incompatibility of temper, but
| refused to remove the disabilities of the
| parties.
Jackson Hustler: Stick your head out
of the window and you will see a novel
| sight" said Detective johnson, while
! aboard the Lexington and Eastern west
| bound train one day last week, and while
the train was nearing Waltersville. We
did So and very soon saw the mail sack
hurled from the mail car, and a large
| black dog seized it and began running
with IL to the postohice. The dog makes
regular trips to the train for the mail
and carries 1t to the postoffice, but is
under the surveillance Of the postmaster
He knows exactly the time when the
train is due az that station, and is al
ways at his post as mail carrier. He has
| been taught many other tricks equally as
smart.
A $4,000 damage suit against julius L.
Brown has been dismissed by Judge John
d. Berry Of the city court of Atlanta, for
want of prosecution. Wade Hampton, the
plaintiff was unable to appear In court
on account of a protracted visit which
he is now making to one of the states
convict camps. Hampton based his claim
for damages upon the loss Of leg while
at work for Penitentiary Company No. l.
from which Mr.. Browns company had
subleased him. He claimed the negligence
or his employer had occasiOned the acct
dent. On account OF his misfortune the
governor sympathized with the negro and
pardoned him. As soon as he was restored
to liberty he began an action for damages
While the suit was pending he became i'm
plcated in a bad case of burglary and
was sent back to the pen" for another
long term.
Augusta Herald Thursday night when
the fire alarms were sounding. an oper-
ator at the Postal left his instrument and
ran to the door to see the department We
hicles pass by. Returning to his post his
eo-laborer in Charleston asked him over
the wires why he had broke" or stoned
taking message. He explained that he
had gone to see the fire engines pass. The
Charleston man repeated over the wires
that fire alarm was sounding there and
that he was going to run out to see his
towns engines pass by An instant later
an operator in Savannah on the same cir
"A
minute'-that the fire bells were ringing
and he was going to step out to see the
apparatus pass.
supt. ]. c. Harris, of the public schools
of Rome, was completely exonerated by
the trustees Friday. Last Monday sew
eral of the pupils in grade seven aeknowl-
edged receiving and giving aid in an
arithmetic examination. Prof. Harris
a n in xrgbf on he,
language, comparing cheating to steal
Ing and characterizing it as dishonest and
disgraceful Some of the patrons of the
school brought charges against Prof. Har-
ris for using harsh and insulting language
in reference to the pupils, many of whom
were young ladies' The trustees met at
the public school building and after a
thorough investigation of the entire mat
ter, rendered judgment sustaining Prof
Harris and condemning strongly cheating
in examinations.
Columbus Ledger; Some time ago
young lady received So bill
from her father TO be used in household
expenditures. She placed the bin in her
bureau drawer and when she went to look
for il again it was gone. Her married sis
ter was boarding with her and had a col
ored girl hired as nurse, and the lady
knew that no one else had access to the
room who would be likely to take the
money. The young lady sat down In her
room to ponder over the matter While
she sat thinking she happened to glance
up at the wall and saw the nurses hat
hanging there. IL was gayly bedecked
with red ribbon, and a part OF the trim
ming was a large red bow. AS the lady
| looked at the hat a sudden thought struck
her mind and she jumped up and took the
hat down and examined Il. What was
her surprise to find carefully pinned up
In the fold of the ribbon, her missing s.
note.
Monroe Advertiser: An, old find that
was made among some old rubbish on
| Monday was a newspaper, The Weekly
] Day Book, published in Norfolk, va. and
| dated May IS, 1861. 1t espoused the south
ern cause, and says "the efforts In the
north to crush us has failed" There Is
only one big fash head and that reads:
| The civil War. Outbreak In Missouri
| Eight hundred State Troops Captured by
| the United states Troops Mails In Mis-
slssippi stopped. Occupation Of Baltl-
more. Gen. Buffers Proclamation +"
| These two old relies are very interesting,
! and the paper especially contains much
| that Is not recorded In any history, and
makes very lively reading. The Day
! Book SCOTS az the idea OF the south not
being able 70 win, and says: 1T would
| seem that all the officers OF the United
states navy who have distinguish "a thom-
/ selves In late years are now la the service
Of the southern states"
Col. James NJ. Lidden has at last been
awarded a verdict In the suit brought
against him by the children OF John
| Walker The jury, after considering the
| case for twenty-five hours, finally reached
an agreement Ia Mr. Liddell's favor al
Atlanta Ihurnday, and thus prevented a
fourth mistrial The amount involved
was $4,000, with interest from November.
| 1894 In May, 1880. James NJ. Liddeii
made trade with the late John +. Walk
er, by which he bought n large tract OF
land In this county, agreeing 10 pay SOS. .
90 for H. The property was not owned
by walker, ne having only life inter-
est In IL, the remaining interest being
vested IN his children In order to ncr.
feet the deal. the children signed a ioint
deed transferring their interests in
their property ~ their father. Lldden