Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-01-28
LIBEL FOR DIVORCE.

INTNA A. LOCKWOOD of Rome, lbellsn, :.
IL Howard :. lockwood. The foregoing ill.,, !;
inserted in writ Of attachment, dated Jsnr.. :
1880, and returnabe Al the April term Of the Snrs
ior Court, kennebec county, A. ID. lSsO. "tT'
Wherein said lbellant AYERS that she was lavs,p
married to- the said ibellee, by George E. Minos y
belgrade, in the said county. Justice of the D.
and of the Quorum, at said Belgrade, on the o-,h ~
of June, A. ID. 1874, and has had by him two ch;Id
now living, to wit Mande f., born October *, lisa
and Blanche c.. Born May Il, ls.J. That snee ,h,
intermarriage your libellant has conducted he,r
toward the said libeec a faithful cbasfe ana s
fcctonate wife. and said bellant has resided in M.
state since said date, his wife AS afor.ss;a VA
that the said libellee. regardless of his marriage
and duty, has for three years last psst -
guilty of habitual drunkenness, and during much 81
that time has been In state of habitual inox ics,i
And your bellant further shows that during ,hs A.
wears last past said lbellee has constantly ~ ~
grossly neglected, i'll treated and abused your ibs,lan
that he has used to her and in her presence threa
ing guage, and she has been by him put in g,s,
danger and fear of her life. That prior to the sS
day of November, 4. ID. 1879, without cause on h
part, the said lbellee wilfuly deserted and abanao
ed the lbellant, and has returned to her sns
still persists in his determination to do Whs,s
upon inasmuch as II would be reasonable and pror
conducive to domestic harmony, and consistent rih
the peace and morality Of society," your Hhel.n.
prays this Honorable Court to decree divorce FINN
the bonds of matrimony, and that the care and III
custody of said minor children may be committed 10
her. and that pending this libel decree NAV h. an
tered by said Justice in vacation for the carr ana
custody of said children as aforesaid.
ETNA A. LOCKWOOD.
STATE OF MAINE.
EENNEBEC SIS, Jan. Il, 1880.
Then personally appeared the above named Elm.
\. lockwood, and made oath that the resiiencs ~
said Howard 5. lockwood, is not known TO her sns
cannot be ascertained by reasonable diligence ~
Before me,
ALBION +. CRAM, Justice of the Peace
STATE OF MAINE.
KENNEBEC, SIS. Superior Court. In Vacation
Jan. 18th, 1880.
Upon the foregoing libel IL is ordered
that notice of the pendency thereof he given 10 ths
libeee by publishing abstract of the writ and ll
and of this order thereon three weeks successiysr
in the Kennebec journal a spaper printed NJ Az
gusta, in said county of kennebec the last pubilrs
tion to be thirty days at least before the term Of mi,
Court to be holden at said Augusta on the first Tues
day of April, A. ID. $50, that said bellee NAV then
and there appear and answer if he see fit: and
is further ordered, that pending this libel or until
further order of the Court the and Of ,he
children Maude +. and Blanche c., be committed 10
the libcant.
W.P. WHITEHOlSE
Justice Superior Court, Kennebec COUNTY.
true abstract Of the writ and libel and order Of
Judge thereon.
Attest: WIN. NJ. STRATTON Clerk
Heath Wilson, Attorneys for Libeant. 3wi