The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-10-24

ed in "A most cruel manner towards MS wife,
On the charge of repeated acts Of cruelty the
court granted her divorce Thursday and
gave her permission TO resume her maiden
name
Wednesday afternoon Mary j. Barnes ap-
pcarcd in court and swore that she was
united in marriage to Sims ". Barnes in
1872 in Missouri, and that he now lived in
F.. Nebraska She said that she didn't know
why he left her. Her husband frequently
WHIPPED her and left marks on her, She
! had him bound over to keep the peace. He
was in Jail two terms. Her parents, she tes-
| tilted, were well of Barnes had beat and
whipped her 100 times without cause. She
was granted decree Of divorce.
| Wednesday the court granted divorce to
Elizabeth Shelenbarger. The couple were
married in 1868, and after II years of we'd
ded life Elizabeth discovered that her hus.
band .,as an indolent, good for nothing
drunkard Her story was translated by an
years Of age and hal four children.
The case Of Rebccca IIosettcr '. Jonathan
Hostctter came up Wednesday. Plaintiffs
/ bill alleges that she is and has been resi-
dent Of the township Of Ottawa for over ten
years; that she was married to one Jonathan
| lIostctter at Chatsworth, in Livingston Co.,
| Dec lst, ~; that ever since said marriage
her husband was guilty of extreme and re.
pcated cruelty toward her, frequently beat,
! kicked and chokcd her, blackened both her
eyes; that he once kicked her in the back,
and struck her with chair, threw her out
of doors, and on Sunday, Oct. II, of the
present year, she was kicked and pounded
by him, thrown upon the ground AMI other
wise maItreated She also represented that
her husband was about to move to Kansas
with another woman, Mary Hoffman, and
about to dispose of her property, and that
the court restrain him from 80 doing. 1t
was also requested that the custody Of her
four children be given to the plaintiff and
the marriage dissolved. Injunction granted
and writ Issued. Proceedings in divorce
case will be had at January term.
Celesta g. Manning in her bill for divorce
granted Wednesday, states that she was law
fully married to George Manning May 18th,
1879, and that on March 2Sth, 1883, George
deserted her and had not since "shown up
and persisted in absenting himself from
plaintiff, &c. The divorce was granted on
the ground of desertion Mrs Manning be
ing given the custody of her four. yearod
daughter.
THE GRAND JURY
Finished its hbors yesterday forenoon and
presented the following indictments;
Joseph Corcornn, mayhem 4 counts.
James Cary, larceny.
| Burton Beck, larceny; counts
George BONNER, selling liquor to minors;
"A counts.
Fred Bauer, larceny.
Ambrose Betting, selling liquor without
license; 90 counts.
Ambrose ana Mary Betting, nuisance.
Ambrose Betiing,tppling house; 10 counts,
Thos. Glenn, selling liquor without license;
% counts.
Thos. Mcintyre and Jas. McGovern, sell
ing liquor to minors; II counts.
Thos. Glenn, tipping house, 10 counts.
Thos. and Susan Glenn, nuisance
Geo. W. Matthias, Jr., Ellsworth Cunley,
and Arthur Cunning ham, disturbing relig.
ous meeting.
Daniel A. Maher and Stephen Butler,
selling liquor to minors; 30 counts.
Robert j. Ray, larceny.
David Shaw, VIM johnson and John Shaw,
rescuing prisoner; counts
Fred Mueller, selling liquor to minors; "a
counts.
Henry s. Gilmore, larceny.
i Henry 7. Stratten, assault with intent to
commit rape.
Ch,s Il. Wech and Thos. Murray, bur
glary
,nas 4. Farrar, obtaining money under
false prctences.
Anton Scherer, selling liquor to minors;
81 counts.
W. W. Brien, larceny; counts.
John Reichardt. selling liquor without
license; 40 counts.
Peter Weast, assault with intent to kill
aud muir der; counts.
Samuel b. Fry, selling liquor to minors;
30 counts.
Chas Spellman and Edward Harvey, rob
berry; 2 counts
John Dotfner, selling liquor without Ii.
cense; 40 counts.
| David Shaw, VIM. johnson and John
Shaw, aiding prisoner to escape.
David Shaw, Frank McGrsw, VIM. John.
son and John Shaw, riot counts.
Joseph Salrman. burglary and larceny.
John N. Sisco, larceny.