St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-15
THEY ARE SEPARATED.
a Wife Sued for Divorce Failed
TO Appear and the Husband
Was Granted the Decree.

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A Wife Sued for Divorce Failed
TO Appear and the Husband
Was Granted the Decree.
The married miserieS of an Unmatched
couple were ended by decree of Judge
Wilkin yesterday. Sarah Ellen Mcbride
and Perry p. Mcbride were married, so
the court finds, at River Falls, April Is,
1877, and four children were the issue
of the marriage. Mrs. Mcbride CON-
menced divorce proceedings against her
husband last January. She alleged that
he was a habitual drunkard and had de-
serted her March 81, 1887, and refused
to support her and her children. When
the ease came up for hearing, Feb. IL.
the plaintiff did not put in an appear
ance. The court now gives Judgment
for the defendant, Mr.. Mcbride, grant
ing him an absolute divorce from his
wife and giving him the custody of the
children. The court finds that Mrs.
Mcbride is the one most addicted to
strong drink, that she committed adul-
terry Sept. s. 1885, and that she is now
an inmate of No. $50 First avenue south,
Minneapolis.
LAWYERS LITTLE BRIEFS.
Robert Eicheler, a carpenter, has
sued the st. Paul Furniture company
for $4,000 damages, for the loss of three
fingers Jan. 4. He claims that, notwith-
standing he was employed to operate
planer in the factory, the defendants
set him to work at a circular rip saw,
the table of which was defective. The
table dropped down, and his first and
third fingers of the right hand were cut
off. and the second finger at the second
joint. permanently disabling him from
skilled labor, as he alleges.
Judge Brill discharged the order to
show cause i'll the matter of the assign
ment of C.. G.. Schmidt, the Saddlery
hardware jObber. He thought the case
would have to be settled in the supreme
court, and he was not clear enough on
the point i'll dispute to warrant him in
Furnishing the assignee for failure to
comply With the order.
Action for $1,000 damages has been
brought against the Chicago, Milwau
kee IL st. Paul by John Ill. Peterson.
He alleges that while n passenger from
Hastings to Newport Nov. 81, 1887, a
brakeman ordered him off the train be-
fore they reached Newport, and as he
refused to jump, the brakeman pushed
him off.
Helen Crawford brings an action
against c. Is. I4awton ct al. for $1,000
damages for failure to record deed;
also to quiet title to lot ), Lawton'S re-
arrangement of block 60, Brown d
Jackson'S addition.
Kingsley ~ Spence, the contracting
carpenters, have assigned to q. c. Fut-
vOye. Their assets are S4,396.17, and
their liabilities s., 124.04. The assign
ment was preciPitated by All action
brought against them by Z. A. BergSma
for back accounts.
In the real estate commission case of
j. q. Freeman against Ida Croft, the
plaintiff presented his case and Judge
Kelly dismissed the action Oh defend
dant'S motion.
Judge Kelly was engaged yesterday
in hearing the controversy between the
ST. Paul q Pacific Coal company and the
Eagle Creek Coal company.
Hilda S. johnson was examined and
found insane in the probate court yes
terday. She was committed to ROches-
ter. -
In the case of Cummings against
PetSch, on trial before Judge Kelly,
plaintiff got a verdict of ST01.
The case of Mary A. Good agains
Frank Pierce was OH trial before Judg e
Sim0nS yesterday a.s.s -.