The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-26

RGF Scarlet fever has abated.
BSENo fair grounds at Moline.

RgP Scarlet fever has abated.
BG%No fair grounds at Moline.
R1%The Rock river bridge pays.
E@~Revival services are on the decline.
BapLocal politics are getting interest
ing.
E5FThe board of education meet on
Monday next.
G1FThe water main question should be
made a test in the coming election.
RA@This evening occurs the dance of
tie young mems social club at Timm' s
ball This is an invitation party and
only such as have cards Of admission will
be received.
8ea5~ Mrs. Str0mmer is very much i'm
proved and not likely to Gle unless some
unforeseen accident occurs. Suiter fee els
much depressed iu spirits and sincerely
regrets the occurrence. From the evi-
dence at hand it was clearly an accident
and beyond fine for his carelessness will
| probably not amount 10 much.
she Packed Her "duds" and Skipped.
1t is not necessary to mention names
suffice to say the parties are well-known
and have moved 10 the best Of Moline
society. The union has not been one Of
uninterrupted happiness, in fact the mat
rimonial pathway has been strewn with
thorns and the present coup de etat is but
the expected finale of an unhappy mar
riage. To make the narration complete it
is necessary to go back few years, and
accordingly we find the characters in the
enjoyment Of all that wealth could bestow,
yet there was an absence Of congeniality
that even at that time marked the prob
able end of a marriage where position and
not adaptabiity was the point considered
The husband was man of good intcn
tious but like many others similarly stu
ated could not stand prosperity ard when
he rose from a comparative obscure place
to the front Of business circles, and money
came with the advancement, he soon
became casual drinker until the appetite,
encouraged ty HIN, made him at times a
brute, so to speak, in his family. The
young wife was lady of fair attaiuments,
of pleasant, courteous disposition and
easy manners and was we'll liked in socia
circles. She demonstrated with her liege
! lord and at times hey had short seasons
: of domestic felicity but only temporary
for soon the old enemy appeared and he
5 was the same neglccttul, unteellng hus
|
existed with short interruptions for severa
=, years and although separation has beer
i almost cousummated several times, yet the
5 eloQuence and good promises of the derc
e lict husband and the affection of the wifC
l have averted it. But all things mus
t have an end, and, week ago, the heroine
J. of this sketch during the absence Of the
i cause of her troubles determined to leayt
!. him forever. His mother-in-law had beel
( visiting the couple for some time and
was probably owing to her persua
sion that the step was taken
In the meantime friend Of the abSeu
husband learning of the state of affairs
telegraphed him the substance of the sam
/ and in reply message was sent to tn
y wife to wait until his return and all w0ul
\ be arranged But these promises ha
e been often made and broken and her conf
2. deuce was gone. and, besides. her mothe
4. was urging her to leave him. so she refuse
le to wait for him.
N Accordingly one day. quite unexpectc
D. to the neighborS, the household goods. il
e, Guiding everything but a cook stoYe wei
< packed land shipped to her home in II
It cast and then with her child, bright Ii
av lie girl OF or 6 years, she letttthe home
SIS so many cDnteutions, for the dOmicllc of b.
in mother in The east-never, it is though
1g to return.
be Here we have another example of j
Nv mestic trouble resulting from an ili-adyiS'
be marriage. w hile the conduct of the wi
at may be condemned by some it is only ia
to say that she has been subjected to abu
or rather i'll treatment for years, and
s. was no uncommon thing for the husba
to come home at unreasonable hours in
state of beastly iutoxicatioD. Whether
was the proper course for the woman
j., pursue is not for the writei to detarmir
-. but this much may be said, it is an exa
no pie of the shaliow mockerv OF social circ
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