Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-08-23
TOO MUCH MOTHER-IN-LAW.
The Traditional speoIcs or the Artici"
 RipcninE in Tucson.

The Traditional speoIcs or the Article
 BipcninE in Tucson.
 How many oi tne great sins of the world are attributable directly to the potent influence of that unknown quan- tity in the household of the newly mar ried couple the mother in-law-vill never be known until tho great record scroll of Time shall be nafolded ID the day of final reckoning. At leas: 1t is au open secret thai the order of business upon that supposltitiOus occasion will consist of such personalities as wIll make the Unh5iy aul vicious glow with burning confusion, aEd thcir wish 10 be in h-ades rather than in such humiliat- ing position, will be speedily gratified. Granting that such an inquisition must at some time transpire, tt is quite saf, to say that the motLer-iu-law will b. there, though probably in the somewhat novel attitude of no. being the boss of the situation.
 4 trihe of the indignitiss to which that much abused species k sometimes subjected, was revealed ct the police court this morning. The motLer-in-la' was a stoutly built Mexican woman, with cast iron cast of cOuhtenance. whost most noticeable characteristic Was Co tongue that seemed hinged in the mii de, and never tired of vibrating. Ler daughter-a comely girl, with laBguIsh- ing liquid eyes, full of affection for the son ,f Emerald isle to whom she Was married but a short time ago, and oi iiiIal affection for the stern maternal spirit who tried to bend him to her strong wIll--sat domuTely near the Judge, while the species gave adetailed account of the way her unErateful son-In-law had fOrcihly cJected her from hIs previously quiet and cosy home. The son-In-law' . explanation was. that the "oll woman. as he irreyereutly termed her, was pol- sOning the mind Uf his dear wife Ni!h giltterng temptations and rObbiug hi, home uot oaly of all happiness, bus tue more material matters of tie provision with which he supplied #. She urged the daughter tO make him purchase a, fine. Eeg carpet, which he felt Gnan cialiy unable to lo, and to add many astounding attractions to tue snug httle home his thrift and industry had pgo- vId,d. She also .sImel go order bIm about the premises; To lock him out of lis own holse. tp ievy special contribu- lions from him; Co carry away to hor own hoDse the major poriI1n of lis fuel. Gish.s, wearing apparel. tac1n, beans. lour, aud in fact. like proportion ot all his Es--es-ionS. Last evening he caught her iu the act or transferring a good supply of ratI3ns. and in abusing his wife and malignii z him, saying that others cugld h- found vino would pro vide for her better such ieudish bat that ls almost h7yOnd belief a mother could place before her child The re- su.l Was lac ordered her away aud as she rBr.O-ed c. tight t ont on that line ii I- took al sumIo7, little coercion Wa required and the desired fczuIt was ob- tanned only after a most desperate strdg- gle. The mortified girl-Wifc wapt her elf almost into ny-tCrlc-, and ha-ds knew to wapm her loyalty WAS most due her husband or Ler mother. Fms gue-- ton Vas soon settleL by tae arrival of an officer with warrant cf arrest, upon iLe complaint of the moth,- She thereby obtained access tO her daughter and worked effectively upon her easily moulded feelings until she felt certain of a triumph that would sever two i8y- ing hearts forever
 Judge Meyer, besides having a long personal acquaintance Uith the woman. and being couyersant with the clrcuu!- stances Co some extent, told the geutI. man tO take his wife home, and If the 'old woman bothered them any more to "chucE her out into the street. They departed quietly. but t wa- for some. tune question whether the young wife would turn to her mother or her bus band, but the latter tinalis succeeded m takIUg her away.
 That old hag, said hIs honor. ..i~ terrible womau-a perfect she-d-vll She ought to toe sent out of the couutr, -to Yuma, and he placed his ofIicIl signature on The docket In that case.
 Just then in came another Mexican woman. ornameutel with bloody nose She wildly gestIcuiated as she excitediy and lncohcrently detailed an account nf bow her On-iu-law. Ramon GallarIo. had twice assaulted her tE!s rscrui.,s. and theu had got into a ueirhbu-'- wagon and left for a ranch up the rlyer Co lDXurlate on vatcrmeious all day. \ warrant for hIs arrest was handed Co Constable Brady, and as the twain left the cliE hall the Judge. with a li.ni smile remarked. That's another mother ln-l4w outfit; they are terr1r=. tLcy are. and there's lots ot 'em in thIs c5uutrs."