Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-12-30

over and control of said prem SEES Final.
! ~, u became impos BILE ter your petition.
'r 10 remain any longer, a. said Sprague
! caused her to fear for her personal safety
and that OF her chlldren, and even of her
lie. lie threatened To carry away heY
children To Europe. Influenced by io,
tears and his threats sfoiesaid, as The ONLY
escape from indignity and danger, your
petitioner, 10y the aid OF friends, WAS en-.
abled 10 fly with her daughters Ethel,
katherine and Portia. to apiace OF safety;
mat Tor more than the two wears last past
said Sprsgue has in every possible war
sought 10 snnoy and disturb your petit
Naner and make her lite wretth.i; that
SAID Sprsgue, since he SD drove ner from
Cannnchet, has persis,ently refused 10 de-
ilver 10 her her wearing apparel aud that
OF her children aud her servant, and
he has refused To permit sad properly
Suo o'her personal property belonging to
your petitioner, including gifts from her
father and friends, and the portraits Of
Ger paren's To be delivered 10 trustee OF
the property ofy your petitioner duly an.
pointed, or The sheriff Of the said county
ai Washington, holding a writ of replevin
Tor the same, and has resisted said officer,
and has prevented him from entering ths
house where said property WAS situate.
oy closed aud barred doors OF said n0use
and has threatened personal violence TO
any person attempting 10 tsKe Possession
OF sald property or any property OF your
! petitioner there situated: that having
msae II impossible Tor your petitioner 10
remain Al Csnonchet as aforesaid, said
Sprsgue has occupied SAID house as q
place OF resort Tor persons of vicious
reputation aud bad character, conccrt,ng
with them IN revelry and Drunkenness
snd mas allowed the only son OF your 20.
utloner And said William Sprsgue, named
william Sprsgue, Jr To concert and asso.
ciale with persons of bad character, and
become addicted to bad habits add
idleness, Withholding from him all educa.
honal advantages, thereby tending To cor.
rnpt his morals and vitiste his future
NE. wherefore, your petitioner prays,
Tor the causes aforesaid, that she may be
divorced from the said Wm 4 ra,uc aud
that the bonds OF malrimony now suosist
! lng between your petitioner and the said
WIN. Sprague may be dissolved, aud tho
custody of the four cnidr,n, issue OF said
marriage, io-wit: VIM, Spraguc, Jr, aged
| 10 years, Ethel Sprague, aged II years;
ksiheIiae Chase Sprague, aged wears,
aud Pofta Sprague, aged years, may be
awarded TO your petitioner, and III 4, she
may be allowed reasonable alimony out
OF the estate OF SAID Sprague, and that she
may be permitted Ia resume her maiden
name, Katherine Chase, and for such
| order or further order or decree herein AZ
! TO your honors shall seem meet and lust
ATTEMrr AT RAILWAY wRHcKINe.
MILWAUKEE,, Dee. 20
| A dassardly attempt WAS made at an
early hour Ses'eTday morning 10 wreck
tran on tho Wisconsin Central Railroad
lnr the purpose OF robbery. metime
| during the night large number OF loose
rails were placed on the track at an untre.
! quented spot IN n ravine half way between
Il khart Lake and P.ym)uth about fifty
miles out iroG lhs city, for The supposed
purpose at disrailing the express train due
here al 3 20 A, NJ.
! The spot chosen by the scoundres for
! the p,rpetralloD OF the devilish decd il a
| lonesome, desolate place, and better one
tor its consumm ailon unlnterrupte1ly and
unmolested could not have been found on
Tho whole line. The pay Car had passed
over The line very recently, and II was
supposed that the express might not only
nave aboard the usual valuabies bul pos.
sibly n good deal of wealth that lepjti.
how, The rails were piled up on The track.
and, just as luck would have II, \ wild"
or Debated freight tram came rumbling
along and WAS caught IN the trap laid Tor
HE express train. the words "as luck
would nave 1t" are used advlsediy, Tor the
speed OF the express is so much greater
than that OF freight, and tue d ,,nage
Oi course would have been corresponding.
~ great had The iptyuur inaIgai az ,n, i.t
ter struck the obstruction. NJ 10 freight
was way behind time, and was running
along at a safe distance and time ahead OF
the express. Striking tho pies OF rails
the engine Jumped The track aud vent
Dumping along ON the ties tor short
distance, when II stopped The con.
duc'or, fearing telescoping BY the ex.
press that WAS numbering along some.
where In the rear inmedlalely started q
brakeman back To nag the express la the
event OF Its appearance. The brakeman
WAS Jogging along al a lively rate and
when short distance from tho freight
Jaw man standing o. the track who
said "a be approached Whats the matter
down there" pointing in the direction OF
the wrecked train. The brakeman sun
posing That the stranger was a section
HIND replied that "a freight WAS o,'en the
track" The two talked minute or so
when the stranger asked If tho pay ear
had been along lat,lg. AT this the trake.
man began to smel. a mouse, rs 1t were;
and thlhking to throw the midnight In.
terrogator "of the track" or more prop.
erly speaking, the subject, replied that It
had not AT this the robber, for so he
proved, placed his hand IN his oyercoat
pocket, and pulling 1t out with A formid-
able looking cooked revolver tightly
Qrhsptd, placed the wespon IN Tbs brake.