Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-01-28
Bprague vs.. Sprague.

lu The othco Of the Clerk of tho Supreme
Court CT Washington county, Il. l., yesterday,
William SGra2uo filed petition praying for q
dl7olc, from his wife, Katharine Chase
Sprsguc. The petilion rcciLes tho facts of tho
marriage, aud s'ys that ho has ever since on
bis pa!t kept or performed all bis marriage
GOV ;nsnts; bui tho said katharine Chase
SnTnGuo, uLmlLliul Of her marriage VOWS, and
dlstcgsrdl6g her marriage covenants, hath
violated tho Same in this: That sho he's will
! fully nEG Without CAUSE deserted tho bed end
boarl OF your petitioner, which dcRprto1, al
though not ior continued term OF fga years.
yet was under eucd cilc INSTANCES as TO cntillo
him to decrco for divorce that she has com.
mltted tho crlmo Of adultery and has boen
gully Of other grosj mlsbohavlor and wicked
ness reru2nant 10, and 10 violation Of her mar
ragc ooVc ants 10 this: That sho has polss:.
emily and against tho expressed wishes and onm-
maDGS oi your petitioner aid great pubic
scandal had been ocolsioned thereby, kent
company OF and been on trims Of cloGo and i'm.
proper intimacy with other mon. and OF tho
same men whose names had been associated
with her Gad public scandals aforementioned ::
that rhc had repeatedly declared. without
cause, that Hho would ncVcr live with your no.
tilIoncr again that she had d,nioL 10 him and
his household the rec and duties Incumbent
on her as e psifc ind mother 10 fulfill; that
Ahn has. without CAUSE, turned rad driven her
Oldest chlld aud a1n out OF do0lS; that hho has
rcrsiatC n;ly and ashiast tho " shes of YOUR nc
llLiontr fquaDdvrsd his properly ind moaus bv
onGaging IN most lavish, cztrhvsgart and foolish
| expenditure Of money that siuoo tho financial
embarrassment OF your petitioner in 1873, and
alter repeated ontr!nty, lcGucst, demand. and
command to tho contrary iy your poliianar,
nnd nlttr inIl explanation to her by him of his
Inanclal situation eUd the inevitable effect Of
such proceeding on her part, yet tho said 70.
spondcnt, Notwithstanding all tho same, has still
persisted, s. far sa possible, ia tho Same rock
Icsi, cEtravagant, lavish, and f0oli,h cxpopdi
luro Ct money and aIye of living, thus further
as explained and pointed out to her in tbs
manner nlorcslIc) embarrassing aud detostinp
YOGI petitioner in his of, I: to TX rioato him
set and any remnant OF his estate loom
mingled With tho estates of others) from
said financial difficulties and ombsrrsssmonts
that she has many times ence her marriage with
Jour petitioner, ind Rgsinst his wishep, sbsented
herself from lis household for long periods of
iimo living abroad and at hotels, thereby sub.
lccting your petitioner to further grost expense
and doprlving him Of her society aud assistance
70 WHICH, o. her husband, no was entitled that
Sho has Wlltully persisted in course of slen
dorous and abusive language and publications Of
and concerning your petitioner with tho view
ana purpose OF harrasslng, vexing, and annoying
him with such object, thus rendering his lilo
miserable. and thus destroying his domestic
poAce and all the happiness Incl len. to this mar
!ajgo relation.