The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-01-21
Balm for a Bleeding Heart.

HNHE interesting breach of promise suit
IL which has been on trial in the supe-
rior courts for several days, in which Miss
Florence l.. johnson, living near Morris
town, Shelby county, Indiana, sued Alonzo
Tyner, formerly resident of the same To-
cality, but now engaged in the grocery
business in this city, for $4,000 damages
for wounding her womanly pride and lac
Grating her heart, was given to the jury at
the opening of the court yesterday morning.
The parties of the suit are we'll connected,
the plaintiff belonging to one of the best
families of Shelby county, and the defend
ant being related to Hon. James N. Tyner,
member of congress from the Eighth dis
trict. They have known each other from
childhood, and the friendship thus excited
between them ripened into warmer affect
ion which was mutually confessed, and an
engagement Of marriage made in the fall of
1871. Extracts from the letters that passed
between them, which were read during the
trial, showed them to have been very af-
fectionate pair of lovers. The history of
their love-making, as brought out by the
evidence, would do, with change Of names
and localities, for at least six courtships
out of ten, though it concluded very differ
emily from the average Of such affairs.
They hadtheir quarrels and reconcilations,
their jealousies and condolences. The green
eyed monster seems to have preyed very
| frpu1p11tlu tba nf Mr. fTunar.
the evidence shows she acted very un-
pleasantly on several occasions on account
of trivial causes. His sweetheart, who is a
bright eyed brunette, very properly did not
consider herself bound to obey all of his
behests, although desiring to act in accord
ance with any reasonable wish of his, and
as she was somewhat exacted, several quar-
rels occurred. Their differences were of
short duration, however, and up to last
June it seemed that love would finally OBJ
literate the discordant elements in their
natures, and happy marriage follow But
from some cause or other, the flame of love
in the breast of the young man went out as
suddenly as a candle in a gale. For some
time they had played the role of the ardent
lover, when to Miss Johnson's great aston
ishment he came to her one day in the early
part of last June and informed her that he
would not marry her. AS only five or six
days previous to this she had received a
letter from him, containing the warmest
profession of love and constancy, the sur-
prise of the young woman was natural, but
it finally gave way to proud indignation,
and she gave him release.
The engagement was reported as broken
Off but the little world in which the par
ties moved went on as usual, until about
the 1st of October last when the marriage
of Mr.. Tyner to Miss Emma Elstun, of
Milroy, Rush county, was announced. This
produced considerable feeling among the
friends of Miss johnson, as it appeared
almost direct insult to her for him to
marry so shortly after breaking faith with
her. Stung to the quick by this culminat-
ing act of disregard to her feelings, she de-
termined to sue him for damages for a
breach of promise, and accordingly insti-
tuted proceedings in the superior court,
Tyner having become resident of this
county. The case was very ably managed
on both sides, Voss, Davis and Holman APP
pearing for the plaintiff and Porter, Har-
rison and Hines conducted the defense.
Both parties have been in attendance
through the trial, sitting but few feet
apart, and number of their friends have
manifested great interest in the proceed
ings. The jury retired yesterday morning
at half past nine o'clock and returned about
the same time in the evening, being out
nearly twelve hours. They returned a
verdict for the plaintiff, awarding her $2,-
600 damages. The defendant is worth
about $4,000 according TO current reports,
so the division is pretty equal. The sym.
pathies of the majority of the spectators
were on the side of the vivacious looking
little brunette from the beginning of the
trial.