National Republican., 1876-12-14
TROUBLES OF MATRIMONY.
IUoYAEoY EoYoPrHEDIVoRcEMARKFT

d ANU UT Id6 DIV OhO1
More Lamentabfe Tales OF Woe =
when Hope Told a Flatterfng Tale
Mrs DOu ney Fails to Find a DownY
Bed-CrueItya and Brutality Go HaHd
I'm Hand-A Wife Discarded for a
Mistress Scenes of Wretehedness
and Sunering-LfquOr Breaking Up
Happy Families - Loves Young
Dream Has a Rude AwakeRing.
A couple of days inactivity in the divorce mar
ket, it would seem, supplied sufficient rest and
ygor to the interested to retnrn with energy the
resumption Of business, AID once more let the
oiled wheels Of justice roll on, dividing mismated
couples, and separating them for all future time.
In eq1ity once more the scene presented was that
Of bfiskness, and speedy disposition Of the mat
ter coming up to claim the courts attention.
Where the demand is so great for seyering
in life who once imagined that it would be a void
without the company of mutual love, it beco mes
can be kept supplied with the requisite material
on which TO base proceedings and keep the inter-
esttherein from decreasing. Many would imagine
from the numerous DEGREES Of separation pre-
Viously adjudged, that nearly all the
p1scoETEKTED HUSBANDS AND WIVES
in this District had come to the court found
their relief and passed to realms of bliss more
inviting and intoxicating. But such can not be
multiply on the docket, and it would be no ex-
aggeIation to state that the petitions now on
hle outnumber all the divorces granted up to
consideration for the past three or four years,
these being chiefly
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS CASES,
and later pleas having been granted in the
meantime. Fresh applications come in almost
daily and aSP Of that
over by an able and eminent judge. In review
ing the declarations set forth by complainants It
is refreshing at times to come across a story,
varies the monotony of the stereotypet phrases
abandonment, desertion and adultery-which
have become familiar as by-words in the office.
Many declarations are specimens of brevity,
while others contain page after page of legal
cap, enumerating the narrowing troubles that
married life has brought to the petitioners, caCs-
ing them to beg a severance Of their existing
marital relations. 1t has been within the prov
ince Of the
REPREsESTATIvE OF THE REPUBLICAN,
in announcing to its readers the nitiatory or ter
thecases. and show where mutual love existed,
where hopes were bright, and life and home the
embodiment Of bliss; then, how the serpent of
envy, longings for dress and display, or detrac-
tions from family crept in, and the bitter sadden
ing results that ensued- To-day, in the further
execution oc that duty which a leading journal
owes to the public, We are again called upon to
chronicle additional trials their results depict
ing the facts connected Herewith for public gaze
Mrs. Bell VS.. Mr.. Bell.
Catharlne Bell wants the gordiau knot severed
that united her in the bonds Of wedlock with
Emanuel Bell. This may be that Emanuel signi-
flying "God with as, for it is almost safe to pre-
diet that ere this suit terminates he will have
reason to think that the Lord is on his side, al.
though he deserves little aid or benefit a the
good masters hands. This Catharine Bell is no
relation to the Bell buried In the English church.
ysrd-her name was Nancy-nether does she
have any vivid recollection of Lord Lowell, the
gay deceiver of.other days, and his red rose and
green briar, that tTined together to the church
steeple top in true lovers knot. But she has
most wonderful memory concerning Emanuel
Bell and transactions in which he bore conspic-
nous part. How sad that trusting hearts should
be so deceived, that life should be composed of
the false as we'll as the true, and that the
former appears so strongly to overbalance the
latter. Ia ok at this domestic scene as depicted
and then condemn It If
THE PRoNPTINGs OF THE HEART
will permit, the lone woman who strives to re-
move the shackles OF serfdom and breathe again
the air Of freedOm-who, in the might Of will and
misery rather than longer endure the yoke of
tyranny and bondage to a brute master.
Catharine Mitchell was q gay, light hearted
girl, possessed of those qualities that find ready
in society and make the possessor
fayorite with the opposite sex and the envy of
her own. With disposition free and uncon-
fined, she was the leader Of innocent fun. When
excited, while her laugh sounded like ripping
water, the pearly teeth, cheeks vieing with the
color Of the peach-blow, and swapping eyes made
upon, and aim to make It the centre piece of his
home gallery. When her life had budded into
young womanhOod, and the prospect invited her
onward to proud distinction,
SHE MET EMANUEL BELL.
At first It was only the passing acquaintance of
friendship: This emerged into strong friend
ship, and k!ndled q liVelier fame that grew on
until her whole being became ablaze with that
most all-absorbing passion designated love.
Friends DerCefVeQ growing intimacy
cautioned care to the young lady, but she dis
all counsel and declined the prof
stoEy-loyed and beloved, as she supposed the
case TO be, and therefore no cold, disinterested
party should be admitted between the idol and
its worshipeT. 1t was q shrine too sacred to admit
any before it but those who could realize the i'm
pressiveness and depth Of affection and rational
devotion to a god; But how WAS it with Emanuel?
With mans quick eye Of penetrate IN, he soon
discovered himself to be the
FAVORED ONE OF ALL sU1roRs,
and demeaAed himself with corresponding pro-
priety. Like the cOnceited peacock, he pluuned
himself on his bright feathers, and proud Of the
and glory of this worthless fowl.
While at noume over-ardenS In his affection
for the fair Kitty, who demanded as much as she
bestowed, he professed that he was her slave,
devoted and constant She swallowed his pro-
testatOns of faithfulness and declarations of her
being the idol of his existence the one bright star
of his destiny, to lead him on to glory and deeds
OF great renOwn with greediness that one night
bestow on acceptable food after lengthy fasting.
But why should she not? She was young, intat-
uated. and time only could ftthe veil of fasc.
tion from her eyes. II came all too soon, and the
reality found deceived, abandoned woman, dis
eouraged and almost heart broken, but not dis
graced. The courtship eventuated into marriage,
and on September l, 1888 Rev. Father Mcclure
joined the couple in wedlOck. Then congratula-
tons poured IN upon them and content regned
supreme. The welded life opened with auspi-
eiOus prospects Of long and happy duration. Bill
ing and cooling, pet names and kind acts came
from each in response to looks or hints of the
other, and the honeymoon was like neyer-ending
sunshine. But il was too bright to last. Emanuel
NOT LOVING MUCH BEFORE MARRIAGE,
soon tired Of his wife, and ere the first year eI-
pred, without notice or farewell, he LEFT her TO
tind support as best she could. After being some
smoothing over the trouble caused by the my Ste
rious separation, tarried with her once more. But
parture seemed the only prescription that salts
Ted it. Consequently, away he went again. After
appearing and disappearing several times col-
tie mouths to feed, which multiplied in proportion
TO his flying trips home, finally, in October, 1870
he took his last farewell and has neither been
seen nor heard OF since. Therefore she asks for
divorce on the ground Of desertiOn.
Mrs. DeIiIah Smith VS.. Mr.. Smith.
When Delilah Sample was a young girl she at
tended school and proited by the instruction
there impaired to the extent of making herself
ut to become c useful member Of society. While
other girls enjoyed
MoLAssEs CANDY AND DOLLS,
and those more advanced in years indulged in
improper hirtations with precocious youths, De-
lilah was not so foolish, but employed her time
in study or instructive reading. She knew that
there was time for pleasure, and was satisfied
that those who applied themselves closest to
study Wonld enjoy recreation with fresher zeal
was, therefore, after school hours that she en-
loyed relaxation from study. As the years pass ell
on her peauty not only enhanced, but she grew a
favorite in her set There were many young men
ambitious to transplant this rosebud IRON tn 9
parent stem Into a conservatory Of their own con-
structiOn, but not all could be successful In
their attentions to secure her smile and approval
one, named
EMANUEL SMITH,
the others. He was good-Iooking and
possessed those winning, matchless ways so ire
sistible in man. He came, saw and conquered,
and OF December II, 1857, they were married by
and welded life was
THE ACME OF PLEASURE.
Home and happiness were expressive of true love
and two united hearts. So they lived until the
married state grew monotonous and, four years
after swearing to love, honor and protect her
Emanuel began TO neglect and be cruel unto his
at all, and when she reasoned with him about his
conduct he would retort with blows and bad
words. This disturbed state grew worse and
worse. Meanwhile, children crept in until there
were three TO provide for, and the neglected wife
with oOmmendable hrmness and resolution, went
TO work TO secure them food. Emanuel, who had
become