The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-11-17
THE BURCH DIVORCE CASE.

Htstory Sf tss Cass-Ths Court and the
Council Dss.ri psso. of Nspxsrviiis-rns
Legal Doco mas ts-Rich D~veiopemeb -
Expsctsd-Tras r. F.'s OF Chicago On he
ora the sssnd-CouTtssaas summcH-
ed FROM -. Loais, Ufnstanstt, Albany
and New YoTk-some cs the Posnss-cSo
Esrss Msv~ Upon sas Chess Board-Tes-
cups Eau OF scandal, Sc.
our SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS.
sApnRvLis, III, Nov IL, 1900
Du Paige Ci,cui, Court u NJ Ia AZ Elporvlle the
oourty sess ana " d.y the opening OF
nc Court The term 10 # trest interest the
PUBLIC, tie fsct that upon the calendar stands
cee rated urcn Case which ~i probably ne orous 10
uia during the present sitting Of the Court From
papers file Il app ars that Mr. J n Bmcn nieo his
complaint md application for divorce n Chicago, on
the 18Th Of January, 1860, and on the same day q
summons Issued and served upon Mrs. Barcn. Ina,
on the l7tn Of April last toe complaint amend
cd by consent OF The parties Mrs. Burch
plead upon tue fol owing sssurosy, the Tins being
subsequently extended 10 the 21st OF May. rna,
the soih Of May Ms. 8urcn's reply 70 The sppi
cation nied BY Mr. Beok~,th her attorney. ruat
the. I'd Of June Mrs. Burcb applied 70 have toe
Venue changed 10 some county ctsar THAI Cook
county, the corrts IF which held at Cni.
cago, alleging that Judge Maaniere, who
10 preside, prejadiced IN favor u Mr..
Burch, and that M Burch had unduly inaaeuced
the ninds OF the people against Mrs surch rnAt THIS
application granted, tbst, the 1871 OF Juue,
In Paige county selected and the papers zoe
ordered to be flied A. NspNrvine
A large array OF coussei were mmed istely eUs.gei
and suopoiss inpumersbe were deposiiioas
taken all over The country. Mrs. Barch bpGaasd for
witnesses nrsen OF the prominent ,sdie, ami
gentlemen Of Chcsgo and bad taken toe a.ps,ons OF
@. l. wilson, Of Albany, N r.; Ellen G. Clark, OF It
L0us; numerous women VI IA fans 10 :, Loaf, ON
ciDnsti and other cities; Emma Banks, Il New
York and Hsrr ct Crpilr, 81 Albany These Witnesses
been net ny commission, aud aver ever
them oAyr days have been consumed, sscount
OF the pertipacuy ~ the lawyers Every dclay ppss-
BILE has been contrved ana 81 paciy cossg
the other with this annoyance The commission
ers have been oojsctst tn, upon evr y pa,s,p .
ground One Of Mr. Barch's counsel for instance,
ooj c,ed TO Mr.. J Young, the commit son.r a.
81 LnuR, the pleas that ne gept = nsgrp
mtsirers, sas Incorporate and f,eauert.d bous-s
IL M fame. and the charges oroug II
ssaiIst The witnesses examined This gigantic ua,,
therefore, has extended isef into inquiry she
only OF the chief parties oat u all
nected with IL, and ifs involve rs1utatans
Of scores OF people Of cities There
little wonoer then that possesses great Interest
70 al
The Court u Napiervile Is presided ovor by Judge
Norton, and II seldom sits for . IT,
calendar tor this term embraces tnroe crinius
trials for trivial offences and atty three ciyii
twenty chsncery SUITE, the Burcn s'ands to-
nineteenth upon the chznoery ist Az nte.n o. these
been refenei however, this case Id orosn'
forward the fourth sDk aud a. " ~as iot la os,oic
.ba, u nigh! be opnsd to-day, both slider SeEe repro
though not by the full array Of counsel Erttos
Corning Exq tho uncle of Mrs Barren, bri WITH him
Aessrr BecA with, BoTpi1g aud smith, c'uosel; ~
has E, ragged Member q The parties present il pe,
son, the full iists Of counsel posed OF
For mrs Barch Hon u Bsck with. Of Chicago; hon c.
Browning, Of Quincy. Hon J. Fsrae,~o'tn, o. -
Ctsrses; r ~ Murray, Esq., OF Rankasee; and
smith .. 9. Coleneld and q. Seag~'ok, Esqs, Of
Chicago.
For NJ Burcb, j. Hoyne, n 1 sner, A 1 Lws,
Van Ar nan, n q. Walker and Dexter, Esas., Of chi
ana Aesn vale,,e aud cody, OF Naperville
}. vas generally expected tnat eminent Legal
ssnts men nom abr, al would be engaged upon
both sioss, and Ersstus Corning, kq, VAS saic
70 have retained CHARLES o'Conor arnog others,
but for soue reason or other only lawyers from Illinois
we're che cen includes tn. pics IN. proes
sop IN this state Tue trial. shsI ~ comes Oh, 10 Ger
tainy exciting and hardly Contested, Tor the
bseke,s on botn sides are ch the ape IL
sir,Aiy understood both sdes, announced BY Mr.
Burchs representative during The taxing Of mo Cocla
o.postons that no professional oourseses are W be
eatsnded.
q RAPIERvILLB
q
sApo inhsblspts aud situated about thirty mites ron
Chicago from toe nearest rai~As stsIinn--a
WHEATON There 20, isey 70 De muon 81 orc
out o the world. W dare seven miles, lns'nsoed out
70 ten ~ miles In this fertile region, o. - Ian
were plenty thai the miles we're msde lorgsr-
OF perilous stage Coaching; 70 BE- ~nere NJ
telegrspbs nxsh news and tho msls arc d.
laioryt where even . coupirv payer 10 not.
sno where 10 esctemeD, ever op,urbs pubic miad
All around the levei praries broken oil ~ few
soups u Trees and each house 81 tne latte tom stands
a. yxrr
a. W. before 10, the level oantry beyond u,
- IL Robinson crusce o. houses had sci
tied there all alone b. tsen couple Of 1verns, os
toe storieo and comfortable, ths only
tons plaos Of th.m Ia called the Pre- emp
ton HOUSE, very Approsria.ety, sEd inc other tn
New York Hotel, satire the genuine Arstocratic
"Nes Yrk," which mutt BE- s,en 70 be appreciated
Two churches, with ta spirs pointing SKI -srd, a-
holder 10 seek 10 The drift ne changing
clouos q relief from the ponotouy Of the auoscspe
the edi1oes IN the tom The court house,
with The JAZZ underneath next 10 Sin built
like ordinary dwelling, t~o stories, AID upen
. high foundation, bot without cupola o.
other dstipsusnpg sign for taese seems " o.
SINE dispute 10 whether ssplervie or WHEAT shat
be yer county seal and the Inhabitants do
TO build reckIes,y oner nall INSIDE there g
jury and the jsdse; and The accommodations 81
toughest There FEE cpuutsy storss 81 Nspiefve,
Pne,ap could never By suy cnanos mako . oaroa, ana
Of Tho Istve hickory. n there be sucn wood
tori, ana a livery s,abs, and then nsuses, hou'es,
houses ell painted vbite. all cw al oomfo sbic oos
ing, bet all provosipaiy Wante-tike srAngr soon
goo vouDds ths hotel unwesried but
ouos aood reflection have n see hio away
ana ob~cured oy rank sr.ss-ine grave
yard, small, with 30 few graves, and yet
o large and 10 well hled for 20 new
countr and 30 ferpt Village. Tue d.feoo"
have taken posssrson % the hotels, snd Mr. Barcn
1d his trends ~in have md room 10 prtvSte
houses To . New Yuvter u n sight W 60 Er&stos
Csrbps ,he Preempton 6ouse, ami the sig1t seess
nnt lbe lees curious tie coanw, people here Every
one iota OF . count notsl an 81 ~ comforts,
apo % each frame he picture FOR bimsef TIER
OF transferring The CHICAGO srisss House
Napisrvfe curing the al nut the prcjec, sbsb
aobso Apo the beat ve can, and u 10 NJ,
IN us<r ell
iuare Norton came nto to~n 10 the sfternooa AMI
Court opened and prspsr,d for busn-ss. here
sourse ali " rnuofs asout the borcn case and
he io'thooui Dot b~yont the papers sresny
before Cubic, tter. certain la crmAsinn upon
Tie suh~ct. may well " ooodense, therefore. from
the pay nd by Mr. and Mrs BaIch the history q zoe
o.ss given b. both Tartcs
TBE BuEcH CASE.
The public vill ruember the excitement csussd
BY the discovery that the family Of Mr. Isssr
n Rurch, . veil spo banker % Chicago, the very
worst kiad of domestic crime charged, and that
saJarst,op Of N, Burch aud bis ~fe vas lucrative