The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1857-05-09
COUNCIL BEuFFs, sATURD4 laAY y, 1851

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One nixhtss lodsiiax Il .the hotel n4de liz /
citixen 81 De sfSfe. 1ke next mofnihe 81
6lsd ia retitica ri divorce. SljckjnS 81
and callo hoe % aWhSl : bsl6l
nuhi;csfion snd a. ~ ron of Ne c0afs, I'D
thAn vent doVN q tate Els dscsee, i nsyet
kneev ukst 1900 rSlssooss he preutalod fof ai-
yorce. MOI vhat ase thesfe Snedo nScesesxy;
but. from nv knoWledr6 Of paxiies who
have s;nce Obtained diyorcee 81 dat atste,
"a the ,eaae VIII which they 81 them. /
;ufire Il Is 81 ,Ily neDe thet they present
ithemselyes IS com, make oath dat they
AZ eitixens fhayi,e afent one night 10 IL
$50 six 'vIeseks bcY Yore. ana thai they want
: diyorce-and thereupon il i xfalted. -
From the time Of this frst case, amania
haa prevailed IL our vicinity for Indiaha di-
yorces. Tho very perceptible increase Ia
the business 81 ths Michigan Southern Rail-
road FOR the current wear, may be directly
traced. am confident, to people rushine
into Hooeiordlcm to have the marriage con
tract .nnuIled. The ding il done up : rood
deaI sfter ia manner Of the eas1y Know.
Nothing successes, when ! candidate waa
elected before the opposite party knew he
was running. a man goes down into In
diana u sttsud two Suceesaive political
gatherings living Oh unusually good tefma
With his Hife in the inte, i'm and on his sec.
ond return cody presents her with copy d
1 decret of divorce, and informs her that
he will. feel obliged II she viii Immediately
remove herself from the house, q he thinks
of soon getting married. Or . woman who
hopes to suit herself better in second trial
Of her luck IN the marriage lottery, coaxes
the means from her husband, who 10 bur-
dened With business at home, to run down
east and visit her relatives, but takes the
Wabash valley road ct Toledo, and, after Z
brief soiourn in Indiann, fctufns, to await
by her husbands freside the maturing Of
tie plan which, all unconscious to him, she
hos prepared for severing the ties that bind
them together. o, but don't his eyes ex-
pand with ast0nishment, when billet from
his wife from room No. IL, Jehonas Hotel,
informs him that she is no longer his spouse,
and ahall refuse thereafter to notice him ID
the street or elsewhere! And, especially,
when her kind and forbearing department
for few weeks had led him to hope that all
their little difficulties were over, and .
smooth sea before them. 4ssss s I. s: s.,A
have heard -but viii not vouch for
the truth Of this that John Jenkinson, re-
turning with his divorce in his pocket, and
finding his wife engaged In making up Q
quantity Of new shirts for him, actually
waited q week until they were al completed
before he informed her that he had visited
the Hoosiers. It is even said that he does
not deny this when accused Of il, but justi-
6es himself on the ground that he was about
70 be married again and needed the shirts.
IF this be really true. I think it rascally, and
shall advise her to sue him for the making
81 the Garments. By the way, such suit
wonld rsise 4 yery curious legal question,
which should take great pleasure In pre-
sentinc to the supreme court: to wit, wheth-
er the Inosition Of parties is affected by di-
yorce from the time it is granted, or only,
as n case Of an Injunction, from the time
they are notified Of It. ~ =. !. l'''.sa &.
But this Indiana business is certainly
playine the deuce with nv income. No one
e going to run the gauntlet Of our Judges,
with The attendant risk Of paving bootless
bill of costs. when he can SO quietly slip
down into Indiana and make certain thing
Of il. The current is setting entirely in that
direction. / have at this time not single
divorce case upon nv calendar, and, to own
tie whole truth, l have devoted my atten-
ton 50 exclusively to cases of that nature
that l have no suit pending Of amy descrip..
tion--I am literally and emphatically out Of
court. l fear shall be driven into other
business, and am looking about with some
anxiety to see what can turn my attention
to as a last resort. ! may yet be driven to
saving wood Tor . support, or even to .
seat in the legislature.
If such calamity as the latter should be-
fall me, | may feel myself compelled to give
my constituents my views on this whole sub
ject of divorce. Many lawyers are of the
opinion, that If the causes for divorce were
reduced to the scriptural standard, in nine
out Of ten Of the cases where parties now