The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-19
WANTS DIVORCE IN
 ORDER TO REMARRY
CASE IN TALLADEGA BRINGS OUT AN INTERESTING STATE OF AF- FAIRS-ATLANTIC AND BlRMlNG- HAM BUYS PROPERTY.

Tal1adega, october 1S-(speeialo-A di- vorce ease filed today brings to light state of facts calling loudly for mission ary labor A white man who VIII pe called Perkins, because that IS not HIS name, applied to leading lawyer to bring suit for a divorce. When dld you marrv?e asked the lawyer. Last Janu- ary." replied Perkins. Where IS your wife 9" oueried the disciple of Blackstone
 s'She is living with her husband. nat husband?" "Why she is living with blli snooks" Further inquiry developed that snooks came to Perkins and said; PerK' you and Lizzie seem to be sor'er 'ireu oi each other, and don't git erlong goou' no- how. and if you hain't go no opJectioii' I'd like to marry her myself. n.y. thunder. yes," said the willing ferKihs'
 take her along, I've done had enough ol
 that gal" And Snooks, thereupoh LOOK
 possession of the hay widow, ana mat ters progressed swimmingly until rerkinS
 cast his eve upon another girl whom ne
 wanted to annex but the blushing damsel
 wouldn't have him until her t'ie was
 clear, and it was then that Perkins lou"u
 out how desirable was divorce iheSe
 narties are white, tolerably well 'o uo
 and live within the sound of ehurch peii'
 and public schools. A divorce sul' 10
 no,, nendine from which these facts have been gleaned.
 Bennie Cogburn has begun the erection
 of a brick store on the west side or East
 n.,.ao. sonth of the Powe Hardware com oit anpinpPr has ueSlB- ra.ad the grade level of the street at that point, from which 1t appears that the | Chapman barber shop and cellar or fo"e tIa ,.5ware company Is three feet or more below the grade level NIT. oosp"i" "Ai' build on the grade level Deeds have been signed and denVereu to the Atlantic and Birmingham ral- road of the Van Pelt property the sue for the passenger depot The passenger station will be located on the east side or
 East street, where the Van Peit resi- dence now stands, the hill there 10 pc era ded down and the level filled to pres
 ent beleht of street. Efforts will be made
 to locate the union passenger station there to be used by the four railroads entering here as 1t will be convenient for all. and near the heart of the city
 Miss Helen May Butler is suffering from a malarial attack at the Exchange hotel. It became necessary to call a physician last evening. For a while 1t was reared
 that she might have to cancel some of her enga agements. but she Is able to travel
 this morning. Her concert by the Helen
 May Butler military band last night was
 quite good. and the Baptist ladies are congratulating themselves on the amount realized.
 The quarantine against the state of Mississippi has bottled up two attractions that were contracted with to appear at
 the Eks opera house this week
 Two negroes had a fight on Battle street this morning. Shack Dye one of the combatants. was struck across the head and eye with a scantling, which had q nail driven in 1t, the nail penetrate tho skull over the eye to the depth of half an inch more but Shack is about the
 streets cheerful and grinning, explainine how fl was done. and rather enjoyin 2 himself Had 1t been a white man prep arations would now he going on for the funeral.