The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1886-01-02

dlers -vantierbilt's Property. etc.
NEW YORK, Dec. %. 1885.
EIroR CHIEF:
We are about to scalp the Mormons for
maintaining a loose matrimonial code ac-
cording to our system of ethics. Yet day
after day things come to light in this good
ly city, on which matters at Salt Lake ar
quite an improvement. Wives are taken
and dropped with as much inpunity rs an
old pair of shoes would be, and husbands
are parted with without moments notice,
and in nine cases out OF ten the woman
f8ils to better her condition, but on the
contrary, she frequently abandons home
and children to follow some vagabond who
eventually casts her off.
But one Of the gueerest arrangements
turned up in cur sister city of Brooklyn,
which as usual furnishes me with the bulk
of my interesting items. In tie city Of
churches and Henry Ward Beecher lived q
comfortable couple who lad been married
eighteen years. Contrary to all experience
the marriage bad been an exceedingly hap
py one. About two years ago Mrs. NJ. was
taken i'll, and partial paralysis incapacita-
ted her from attending to her household
duties, so she sent for her friend Mrs. B. to
come and take care CT her house and her
husband.
Mrs. X. was 4 widow whose husband had
crossed the Styx some five years before,
lao t}ntn
stances. She was most estimable person
to look upon, and she nursed her sick
friend with a devotion that did her great
credit. At last it became evident to Mrs.
no: far off, 80 she summoned her husband
and the widow to her bedside and gave
them her blessing and told them the best
thing they could do was to get married at
views of the widow II. and Mr.. NJ. SO with
out waiting for the unimportant forlnality
of Mrs. NJ. making her final exit, they re-
paired to the nearest Methodist parsonage,
of age, tied the holy knot and received two
dollars and half, and seventy five cents
for the certificate, not to mention q kiss of
the bride thrown in. Mrs. Ms case was
hopeless, and after the marriage she was
removed TO the hospital, where she died.
All the time she was in the hospital her
husband paid the expenses, but at her
death her brother claimed the body and re-
In! b,,oI, t1,t4 ND FRI,
hnt sent the bill for the burial expenses to
him. The husband refused to pay, so the
brother had him arrested for bigamy, and
Mr.. NJ. and Mrs. \. have the States prison
staring them in the face.
It is 10 uncommon thing for three or
four widows of one man to turn up in the
Sarrosate's Court, and these muehly mar
ried citizens we're in most instances sup
leading exemplary lives. Looking back
few years, a man as we'll known as Burton,
the actor, left three or four widows, every
one Of whom seemed to have legitimate
claim to the property. Marcus Cicero
Stanley. the lottery man, left two widows,
each one claiming to be the original ia
cobs. Davis. the gambler and sawdust
man, who was killed while trying to rob
Texan, had two wives. and each Of them de-
cIared him to have been an exemplary and
affectionate husband: and it has only been
short time since reported the death of
prominent merchant who was known by
one name at his office in New York for
twenty years and by another mime at his
private residence III Brooklyn, where he re-
sided with his wife, who swore after his
death that she never heard of bis New York
i4a;lle, ard on his will being presented for
probate, his real wife, when le had aban-
doncd twenty five years before, appeared
and established her identity by I.er mar
riage certificate and other collateral proofs
Her husband had accumulated fortune of
$500, coo. and ever since he had deserted
her she had supported herself and children
by washing. The remarkable part of the
story ls that they were living not half
isa,3e apart ansi had aever met or heard cf
asss 5i..ez. i Is s.sEssfaction to know
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