The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-12-26


she was in constant fear of her life until
Nov. 1881, when she was compelled to leave.
The petition further alleges that Thomas
Hampson, at his home in Farm Ridge, was
given TO RIGHTEOUSNESS and committed adul-
try June. 25, 1884, with Julia Bolivar, a do
nestle employed AT his house, and that since
then he had committed the same crime fire.
ouen,ly with the said Bolivar and divers
lewd women. The complaint sets forth that
Hampson is a man of low, vicious and vulgar
habits and begs that she may be divorced
from him, given the custody Of her child
and that permission be granted to resume
her maiden name, Mahala Mcdonald.
William Coyne, aged SO, was married to
Miss Rose McFall, agel 60, of LaSalle, Dec
Sd. This May and December couple lived
together and enjoyed the connubal sweets
of married life just ten days, when Rose
withdrew from the firm and refused to be
further protected and cherished by MIR.
Coyne. alleging as reason that the bill Of
fare furnished by her youthful bridegroom
was of nature wholly unsuited to her
aesthetic tastes.
Emily S. Strobel petitions the court for
dissolution of the hymeneal tie which unites
her to James Strobel. She was married at
Utica March 10, 1854, the result Of the mar
riage being six children, all of lawful age
During the 80 years of her married life Mrs.
Strobel states that her husband has been
guilty of repeated acts of cruelty, and that
on one occasion 20 years ago he struck and
choked her in the most brutal manner. In
fact, the statement sets forth that her life
has been one Of continual hardship and more
especially during the past four years. She
has been driven forth from the house repeat
eddy, struck, kicked, and on one occasion
her husband spst in her face. He had fire.
quently, as is asserted in her allegations,
threatened to kill her, using the most OBJ
scene and indecent language, that he had
failed to provide for her and her children.
that she WAS frequently obliged to fee from
her residence, afraid Of being murdered.
and that her husband is possessed of an I'M
governable and viole mt temper. These and
many other allegations 60 to make up the
sum total of her complaint. She further
states that Strobel owns 100 acres in Utica
township and $40 acres in Selby county,
Iowa, and prays the court that he may be
enjoined from selling the same until the
further order of the court.
John Wamner was married March IL,
1866, and had been living at Seneca, when
his wife, Anna, clipped with ono John Brown,
March IL. 1877, since which time he has
been unable to learn her whereabouts.
Brown had been boarding at his house pre-
vious to the elopement, and his wife had
been guilty of adultery with said Brown at
divers times.
William II. Tydeman, in his petition for
divorce, states that he was married at De
Kalb, Dec. II, 1867, to one Emma Wheeler,
and they continued to live together as man
and wife until Nov 80, 1883, when his wife
without any reasonable cause deserted him.
and at present persists in such desertion.
Eva A. Frinch, of the town of Nilsson,
represents that she was married to Adelbert
French on April -, 1876. BY this marriage
she had two children, boy aged eight and
q girl SIX, and that the father is "A wholly
unfit person to have the custody, care or
education of them. February <, 1888, said
Adelbert French, without cause deserted
her and has since absented himself She
therefore prays that the court dissolve the
marriage contract and that she be given the
custody of the children.
Charles A. Endicott asks to be separated
from his wife. He represents that he was
married to Mary Ann Moore, Dec. 70, 1878,
and they lived together until Nov. l. 1884,
when Mrs. Endicott skipped by the light
with one George H. Durham, with whom she
had at divers times before that date commit
ted the crime of adultery. and that he be-
lieves she is now living with said Durham
that two children are the result of said mar
riage and he asks for their custody; &c.