Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-08-06

run away from her TO Persia under advice )
He was the third husband from whom she
| had obtained a divorce. The gossips, too
| will have enough to say about the issuing by
the archbishop OF Canterbury of a specia
license for The marriage of the earl o.
Shrewsbury 10 a divorced woman a few
hours after her marriage had been finally
dissolved, such union being repugnant tc
| the church. 1t seems, from the China Rerieuc
which has been publishing the Lu-Li Oh
general code of Chinese law, that in China
where civilization is based upon the family
divorce law as wide as any ever complained
of in New England has co-existed for centu
ries with the strictest family system in the
world. The following is anextract from the
code: "The seven ordinary reasons which
justify divorce are barrenness, wantor
conduct, neglect of husbands parents
talkativeness, theft, envy and inveter.
ate infirmity. On the other hand
there are three reasons which nullify
the foregoing: if the wife has kept the three
years mourning (for either OF the husbands
parents); if the family, having been once
poor, are now rich; or if the woman has no,
her old home to go to. In any of these
cases, If man puts away his wife he shall
be liable to seventy blows and shall be COM
both parties agree to separate owing to in.
compatibility of temper it may be done. II
the wife runs away without the consent oil
her husband, he may take her and sell her
as wife to another man, and il she runs
away and marries another man she shall be
liable to death by strangulation."
1t is hard 10 decide to which class the
palm for folly should be awarded-the peo-
pie VINO petition for divorce after long
married life, those who clamor for separa
ton almost during the honeymoon, or those
who return to partners they have once found
cruel or faithless. The papers report in
stances of each sort almost weekly. Thus, al
Los Angeles, CAL, divorced couple repented
made up, and were rem arried within twenty
four hours after the signing of the decree
A few days ago, at Bsldwins, in this State,
Susan Petiitt, aged sixty six, sued for divorce
from her husband, who ia eleven years her
senior. AT Mount Vernon, ILL.,, Mr.. and Mrs
Moore, aged sixty-six and sixty-four, ad
not spoken to each other for four years, when
they went 20 court to obtain separation, but
just as the LAWYERS were about to sum up, the
old people agreed to make friends and went
home together TO a triumphal commemora-
ton feast prepared by their nine children A
chivalrous resident of st. Louis, Mr. Henry
Meiz, 80 pitied the marital infelicity Of Mrs
Dinkelmann that he gave his lawyer instruc-
tions to get divorce for her and charge the
bill to him. This was done, and Mr.. Merz
married Mrs. Dinkelmsnn, but within a
twelvemouth he gave the same lawyer a sec
ond commission, Mrs. Dnkelmann this time
being the defendant. A lady at Boone, Ia,
got divorce from her husband solely on
testimony volunteered by her sister, who pro-
fessed to hate the monster, but who married
him within the month and then admitted
that she had schemed to part the couple for
that purpose. Another compile at Boone
were divorced, and an hour afterward the ex-
husband married his ex-wife's sister, while
the ex-wife espoused a gentleman friend
Mr.. and Mrs. J. V. Gilbert, OF Fort WAYNE.
Ind, were methodical people. They agreed
to separate, and she filed the bill, alleging
cruel and inhuman treatment, and as soon as
he had signed an agreement TO the effect that
she should have $1,000 cash, half of the furni-
ture, half of the fruit and vegetables on the
farm each year, a new set of false teeth every
third year and half of the milk of the cows,
together with the care of the two girls, he
taking the boy, they had the case called up
and the decree pronounced. The attempt OF
Mr.. Payne, of Oakdale, Neb., to transfer
his wife along with the other live stock on
his farm to Mr.. Peters, the purchaser
of the property, was not successful. Mrs
Payne was willing to be divorced, but she was
opposed to becoming Mrs. Peters, and go Mr.
Peters refused TO take the farm and Mr..
Payne sued him. DIR. John II ;. Wilson and
DIR. Mary March, of Cleveland, tonselida ted
their respective practices by marriage.
There was an agreement between them that,
az far practicable, all the male patients
should be attended by the husband and the
females by the wife. In pursuance of this
plan, Mrs. Wilson sent Mr.. Wilson with a
note introducing him to an ailing merchant,
and assuring the patient that, though she
could no longer doctor him, she would never
cease loving him. Wilson surreptitiousIy
read this, and at once terminated the profess
sional as well as the marital partnership.
queer case has arisen at Leavenworth, KS,
where husband and wife, after living to-
gether for thirteen years, discovered
that they were uncle and niece. They
have separated and desire divorce,
but it is not easy 10 see how they
can obtain a decree, such union not being
contrary to the law Of the State. A highly
case has arisen at Stockton, CAL,
where woman believing that she was about
to die confessed to her husband that she did
not love him but had conferred her affections
On q neighbor. She declared that she could |
not die unforgiven and so the husband freely |
iorgave her. But he granted the favor only |
in view Of her speedy death, and, when she |
recovered, he began suit for |
divorce. Her defense is that he condoned |
ner fault by the forgiveness. Mrs. Laura A. |
rrimble recently brought suit for divorce |
against her husband, Cincinnati lawyer,
alleging his failure to support her. As she |
proved that the only support he had ever ex-
ended to her was four concert tickets, one of |
which be took away before the concert began,
he court gave her decree. Mrs. Anna |
Achtman, Of Memphis, being unable to col /
ect alimony from her husband in any other /
way, took q cemetery lot in full settlement of /
Ter claim. As Mr.. Samuel Thomas was
Watching the performance at q Cincinnati
heater of Lady Evelyn Clinton" in Tpo
yiekls at Rome by Miss Blanche Wolls-
on, it dawned upon him that he had
cen the star somewhere before, and be re-
marked out loud, "Oh, j ought to know you
you're Bridget Mulvany and you cost rae
80, OOO." Mr.. Henry Robertson, of Atlanta,
"a, when his divorced wife, Miss Margaret /
Rice, married Mr.. Thomas Luster, staIked
INTO the room and declared to the trembling
bridegroom that he owed him one and was a 1
nan who always paid his debts. He then
vent into details, and explained that be
wed Mr.. Luster the drinks, and, having
discharged his debt, departed in peace. /
finally, in Berlin, q rich and beautiful /
-oung girl married the son of a well-known
and when, soon after the mar
iage, he lost his eyesight through an acct
ent, took steps to get divorce from him.
.ove is blind