The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-03-29
A Broken Heart IN Courl

\ case OF breach OF promise Oi mari
age, that excited much interest, was on
trial IN Augusta, last week The plaintiff
Is Miss Margaret Ann Grover described
It's plump, fair. and on the right side OF
forty, an innocent looking and respecta-
able lady The defendant is EbeneZer
B0nney, Esq, also an Industrious and re
spectacle citizen iorty-fye years OF age
Mr.. b. resides i'll Auburn, where he owns
valuable property. Several Years since
Mr.. Bonney married Il lady from Win
lhrOp, with whom he has ever since lived
in happy wedlock. into the midst of his
sacred private relations now comes this
very unpleasant suit for breach OF prom
isc Of marriage. The suit is prosecuted
for Miss Grover 10y Lorenzo Clay, Esq, of
Gardiner while Mr.. Bonncy is ably de
tended by c. Record, Esq, OF Auburn and
t. +. Pillsbury, Esq, of Augusta. As the
plaintiff resides in kennebcc county, the
suit is brought there.
Thursday afternoon was consumed in
the presentation Of the plaintiffs ease
The interest eliminated when Miss Grov-
er was pur upon the stand. She took a
chair. and drew Il brown veil from her
time. She was very much affected, and
her silent sobbng would occasionally
break out into right down old fashioned
crying. She testified that She had lived
in West Gardiner, from which place she
Went To Lewiston to work in the factory.
She first met Bonncy at Duley's house,
where she boarded. Duley had told her
that he knew d man in Auburn (meaning
Bonncy) and would talk to him about her
That seems 10 have brought about the
meeting, for The next week she was in
troduced to him at her boarding place
He invited her To take a ride and they did
50, on two or three occasions, going over
10 his place and riding about Lewiston
and Auburn. He would call at her board
ING house weekly. and sometimes ottencr,
and together they would 90 TO her sisters
where they We're accustomed to sit alone
i'll the sitting room, the rest OF the family
having gone to bed, OF withdrawn to the
kitchen, and these visits were often pro-
longed into the small hours OF the morn
ing. She made him presents OF a linen
pocket handkerchief cuffs, cuff buttons
and two pairs OF stockings. At New
Years, "A, Bonnev made her present of
Il ten dollar bill. one night Bonney said
ne thought they had been going together
long enough to be married, and asked her
10 become his wife. She had heard that
he was good man and consented.
He wanted the marriage to come off
before Thanksgiving, but she told him
that she had Il good deal OF sewing To do,
and didn't know us She could Get ready
~, bat II
that they should be married at Biddetord.
in November. Miss Grover bought bed
ding, / web Of sheeting, and other arti-
cleS iii preparation for housekeeping,
made her intended husband his wedding
hirtS and presented them to him. He
Told that he was getting his wedding suit
made al the best tailOl's in Lewiston. and
that it would cost him forty five dollarc.
She saw him after the engagement. He
took her out TO ii farm he owned in Lew
lston, and they talked pleasantly Of the
happy hours III store for them. \ this
t1lne Miss Grover was called away to
West Gardiner, 10 the bedside of her sick
mother. Bonney consented to her going,
with the understanding that CORES
pondenee should be kept up. She wrote
Ttlltl " .ll'A9, 6llllCtt
her 10 go Ia Lewiston and be married,
bul there was 10 response. She wrote
still again, informing him that she would
be at Lewiston on the 23u OF Decem-
Der, and asked him to meet her at the
depot But no answer came, and BOnneV
did not appear at the depot. She found
linn in the city, and talked over the en-
gagement, but he said his house was in
poor condition. and the event was post
p"ncd until spring. She went from Lew
iaton to Biddetord but although she at
forwards wrote several times the CORES
p"ndencc on his part ceased.
Several other witnesses We're called,
who corroborated these statements.
On Friday, ii was announced to the
court That the parties had agreed upon :;
settlement, and that the suit would be
discontinued. If the trial had proceeded,
The defence would have been placed ON
The ground that the plaintiff had a physi-
cal ntilmity. which she concealed from
the defendant.
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