The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-12-07
Cincinnati ENQUIRER. isgsgysssry

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Cincinnati Enquirer. ;y1Easgsssts
The General Assembly of Ohio, on the
18th Of March, 1913, passed as a local law
the following:
'tBe it enacted, &C., That the marriage
contract heretofore existing between Ada
line III. Parish and her husband, Daniel
par 80, be and the same is hereby dissolved,
ana ts.a, the said Alkaline be restored to her
forn1en s.me, Alkaline M. Gill;"
This law, divorcing the parties named,
is Of interest as showing the manner divorces
were granted under the old Constitution Of
Ohio, and the serious consequences to which
it led, forming as it does subject matter for Q
modern romance of the blood and murder
school, and is the subject Of this sketch OF
old-time politics because 1t shows how that
class Of legislators were taken in and done
for.
In the latter part of the thirties or along in
the eighteen hundred and foIties there ap-
peared il Columbus q young lady Of sur
passing beauty, wiz as a seamstress, pro-
cured work MAXIM Isis for the then heavy
and fashionable merchant tailoring estab-
lishment of Armstrong & Mcclellan. Her
beauty was the talk Of the town: her
apparent modesty was almost equal to her
beauty. Such was Miss Alkaline NJ. Gill,
OF course, g beautiful female forced to
work for her living was talked about.
Many Of the s'bucks about town spoke
slightingly of her virtue, but no evidence
was forthcoming, no indiscretion, no one
circumstance, except that she dressed better
and with more taste than the majority OF he'
class, and was FOND Of being admired, as al
women are when strangers stop and gaz,
after them.
Al Ex-Sheriff of the county, q WidoWer
with some property and OF good character
but old enough to be the father Of a grow
up daughter, saw the enchantress, and fel
bells over head in love with her. HI
honorable. wooing was successful, and th
twain were married. The husband 500
after died, and the wife became a buxon
widow without losing any Of her Fascinating
beauty. The relatives of the Ex-Sheriff
who, from the first, opposed the marriage
suspected foul play because Of the sudde
death Of the husband. Death by poison wa
charged. The body was exumed; q post
mortem examination was had, but no sign
of arsenic or other poison we're discovered
This for a time stopped the mouths Of th
enemies Of the late wife. With the mean
from the estate of her late husband she Wa
enabled to dress better than before, and j
her widow gear appeared more bewitchin
than ever. Her mother lived with her, br
eYin this did not stop her mouth of calmunJ
A LAWYER from Northern ~Ohio-Toledo G
Cleyeland-visiting Columbus, saw the ga
and festive widow, and procured an intro
duction as 8 man Of means, and finally. wiz
ming her widowed heart, they We're married
This marriage was the one that was dissolve
by the Legislature, and the lady restored /
her maiden name.
The marriage was not 9 happy one. Th
fond lover, the gay bridegroom, IN . sho'
time became the jealous husband, and, bein
fortified with some proof of infidelity, b
sought the Legislature as q means OF dlssol'
ing the marriage contract. A bill
divorce Parish from his wife was Introduce
in the Senate by . Senator from CLEVELAND
when Mrs. Parish appeared on the scene
action. She was willing, nay, anxious, t
q dissolution Of the marriage contract, b
was no willing that Parish should !
divorced from her, bnt was anxious to 8