The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-21
The Democratic Candidate for
Governor of Rhode Island.

"Nfr-. Dora lnez Calvert, who mar
ricd ex Governor Sprague. was Ia,
Monday divorced by the Cabe.I Count.
Circuit Court from Frank Calvert.
travelling salesman for a Cincinnati boOl
house. tier maiden name was Weed
and her parents we're from the Ia al,
had lived 1t tigyau1uIte since the war
whore he resided ill dIvorc i. She /
- year. cid and h4, a att q ap
pearaLce-
New York Tribune, sarch 10.
Mrs. Dora Iuez Calvert Sprague i.
rather under uedium height, has a hnf
figure. She : apparently not over >
Yeas q aEe. ha> i~cgu!ar, pleasant tea
lures, a very far complexion, d4rk
brown or nearly black hair aud dark b.Ic
eyes Her voice has a musical ring in IL.
and she i very graceful IN her move
mems. hen travelling she wa neatly
attlred III a dark blue walking dress,
with maroon ias'ngs. with a sash OF
wide crimson ried in 4 bow behind She
wore a Ia, Of dark v~ely-t, with two red
ostrich plume ard "a ribbons.
IL i ) more than three years since
the conduct of ~ox~Goyeruor Sprague
I'd uStu titN III i.ltl VIE. WIS. NATE 1illSC
Spracue, e. leave her home at Canon
chct. Tn Nay - Of last year she was
granted an absolute divorce with leave
to Fer maiden name and was
given the custody of her children. She
was also granite! leave to sue for alimo-
ny az any tune hereafter. 1t WIS said
Yesterday that the ex Governor might
tiCd 1t Ineonvenient to pay alimony to
his former wife and help to support his
children, as he may yet be compelled to
do, AMI at the same time support an
other family. lie was not granted a d.
vorcc from VI ;. Sprague, aud. accord
Ing 10 the general understanding of the
Law of divorce, he hal 10 right to marry
again. But rcceut decisions of the
Courts of Appeals in this and other
States, the laws of Which are similar to
those of Rhode Island, have given a le
gal status 70 such a marriage as that Of
Air. SpraAu e and Mrs Calvert.
Ex Governor Sprague still holds pos
session OF the Canonchet mansion,
though he no longer keeps it in an arm
ed state of resistance to the legal au-
thority OF the State. as he did last Au-
gust, when Francis X Mouiton was try
lag to get possession Of it undcr an or
der of Court. Some curiosity was shown
yester ay to know whether or not the
ex-Governor would again occupy the
mansion which vas the scene of his for
mer troubles. When Mrs. Kate Chase
Spra9uc left Canonchet "a trustee was
appointed by the supreme Court to taae
possession Of her persona property at
ner former home. The trustee, however.
vas never able to get possession OF the
properly, owing to The hanger from Mr..
S~pragucs shot guns. \ few months ago
MIR. Srrague sent a part Of this proper
tv, including some OF Mrs. SpragGe's
dresses to the trustee brt 4 good deA 0.
il IS said 10 be still in his possession
Last December the lac5 thai the ex
Governor had reformed and Joined a
temperance society was announced II
the newspapers Since hat tine he
ma, been talked Of as an 'Independent
Rep gb,iean' candidate for Governor at
h, ueEt election.
Gen. Roger A. Pryor, who was coun
81 tor Mr.. Sprague in the divorce sui
brought by his former wife, said last
night that be knew nothing of the mar
rage with Mrs. Calvert. and had no in,
timati9n Of anything of the kind unit
he = it announced in the newspapers