St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-16
DISPELLED A HAPPY DREAM
One Woman Who Thinks Marriage a
Failure. /;
DRINK CREATES DIscoRD
A Christmas Present That Proved to Be
an Expensive Luxury-.-Divorce
Proceedings Instituted.
SIS marriage failure?" Well, quite

SIS marriage failure?" Well, quite
so.
at least that is the sincere and earn
est belief Of the brown-eyed and ever
faithful spouse of Rudolph Schultz.
Amelia, the fair victim of mans addic-
ton to spiritual bliss, the once beloved
wife OF the faithless Rudolph, pours out
her sorrows and woe to the considerate
and benevolent court. She complains
not because her lord enjoyed his pecu-
liar mode of living any more than she
dld, but because she enjoyed life less. {
1t was the evening of a bright and
CHILLY nightin December, shortly after
the ardent Rudolph had graced the FAM
lily board of his future wife. at a grand
reunion of the friends and family. where
theChrlstmaS bird of popular mastication
mad been treated in the usual form. that
their two hearts were blended as one.
III was delight and joy then. And as
the year OF 1882 rolled on. Amelia and
Rudolph sailed along upon the swelling
tide OF happiness and content. But one
dark morning as Rudolph craWled out
OF his couch. long before the pearly lids
OF his innocent wife dared ope, he felt
an internal sensation that to him meant
a necessity for administering a cocktail,
For the last time in his life he built the
Kitchen fire and filed the kettle with
water. AS he lit the wood. which the
Thoughtful Amelia had put in the stove
the night before, he also ignited the
flames that charred his happiness and
that of his dear companion.
The woman he took unto himself as
Christmas present in 'S2 was destined
to premature misery at his hands. Day
after day he would imbibe ''ske,'' and
just as regular as pay day came he
would keep up the instaIlmcnts of his
interests in the various grogshops OH
the West side, leaving poor Amelia to
provide for the culinary department as
best she could. Rudolph ran into a
Snag November, 'S6. 1t was then nearly
four years since he vowed his constancv
to the charming Amelia, and as he
trudged home one cold night the thought
OF his darling came to him with more
than ordinary sense of his wrOng-dO-
Ing. lie knew he owed her much and
pay it he would-that night. entering
his cherries home and finding the 1.-the
form of Amelia leaning over chair
sobblng torrent Of tears for his
absence and .habitual drunkenness, he
cSNtHiS ilIOIC Iildi1 CfCI Gut uGdI
husband he designed to be. In her own
language. he: without any provocation
whatever. proceeded to choke, maui
and walk all over her, infiicting upon
her wearied frame the signs of his
treatments Forgiven next morning he
went apout his business again-that of
drinking and engraving: the latt err not
alone upon Amelia's7fair back-but at
prominent lithographing firm down
town.
Aug. 16, 1887, however, the many lit
tie domestic storms that had lowered
over his home, conspired to form SYM
dictate, and spill havoc all over him the
next time he made an attempt upon a
woman. He made the onslaught again,
and he is now in fair way to be bereft
of the object of his abuse for all time.
He deserted the enduring Amelia. drove
her from the house, beat her and made
it generally uncomfortable for her. She
fed to friends in West st. Paul where
she has been living in peace, while
Judge Simons is considering her case.
Schultz is now IN Cleveland, o., aud
deems it unnecessary to answer the
complaint of his deserted wife. ="