St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-04
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Hibernians Get Hot and In-
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Against a Rival. 70 :.

| stricken from the calendar.
In the case OF Jennie E. Evans against
| James G. Evans for divorce on the
ground OF habitual drunkenness, the
court took the case under advisement.
| This is rather peculiar case. In 1885,
| separated by the order of the court aud
| virtually divorced. They left each other
upon those terms which severed their
relation only as to bed and board. and
since then they have lived apart. Mrs.
| Evans, DESTROYS OF making the divorce
| absolute, now comes into court and de-
| mands divorce Oh the ground that her
| husband has been habitual drunkard
| for more than year last past. The
| question arises, does Mr.. Evans drunk
enneSs effect his wife-she not living
| with him? On the other hand, would he
| be guilty of breach of his marriage
! vow in the commission of adultery.
| The court has taken it under advise
ment, and will think it over before de-
| termining the technicality.
Nils Nelson was divorced from Cor
| della Nelson Oh the ground of desertion
| for the last six years or more.
William F. Evans secured divorce
| from Grace P. Evans Oh the ground of
| adultery. She is now living in a house
of ill-fame in Dakota.
Anna Flur proved to the court that
| her husband, Rudolph Flur, had treated
| her cruelty on the first day after their
marriage and then skipped. A divorce
was granted at once.
There was no appearance in the case
! of Sarah Coin against Michael Cohn,
| and the case was stricken from the call
| endar. "A
The court took the case of Catherine
Fields against Jacob Fields under ad-
| visement. Divorce is asked for cruel
| and inhuman treatment and habitual
drunkenness. ii
| Divorce was granted in the case of
| Emil Schlegel against Edward Schlegel
on the ground of desertion. -
| CAN SUCH THINGS BE? -
Annie Louisa johnson filed suit in
! the district court yesterday afternoon
| against her husband, August Johnson,
| in which she charges most outrageous
/ treatment suffered at his hands. They
are both thirty years old, and were mar
| ried in this city on the Esd of Septem-
| Der, 1881. They have three children,
| all of whom are. living. Mrs. johnson;
| claims that johnson, diSregarding. his
duties as husband, has been guilty Of
habitual drunkenness for more than a
year last past. She alleges that since
| their marriage johnson has, treated her
| in most cruel and inhuman manner,
/ and during the last four years, while
iEfreouently recurring fits of drunken
| ness, he has repeatedly committed acts
of cruelty and violence upon her,
and in particular as follows: Dur
| ing the month of January, 1889,
in this city, he threatened to do her
great bodily harm and take her life
| within twenty minutes, and in the
presence of their children and servants
accused her of unchastity and adultery
and applied to her foul and abusive
epithets. During the month of January,
and on another day, in fit of drunken
ness. he pulled Mrs. johnson from her
| bed while in delicate health and
pinched and bruised her greatly, injnr-
ing her person and health. Johnson's
entire course of conduct towards his
| is alleged, uniformly brutal and abu-
| sive. He continually swore at her
whenever in her presence and called
| her vile names. Mrs. johnson is afraid
to live with her husband, fearing
| that he will take her. life and
| do her children great injury.
Mrs. johnson, aside from enduring the
| abuse complained of, charges her hus-
band with adultery, committed with a
woman residing at "a Washington
street, on the goth of November, 1888,
Mrs. johnson does not know the name
of the woman with whom johnson has
been carrying on his liaisOn, but further
accuses him of continually visiting this
woman and committing adultery. Mrs.
johnson states in her complaint that
johnson has repeatedly committed
adultery with woman known as Ella
| Anderson, alias Ella Larson, and that
this woman is now pregnant with child
| by said Johnson. Mrs. johnson then
makes another thrust at her husband.
| She charges that in May, 1888, johnson,
after having cohabited with one Chris
| tina Youngberg for several months pre-
| vious, begot the said Miss Young
berg with child, which was born
in the month of February, 1889.
Mrs. johnson then goes back and as
serts in her complaint that johnson has
| been guilty of such criminal acts for
| the last four years, and all the while
| being most Incorporate man, heaping
| children. johnson, it is alleged, has a
| good business, and is making money,
nearly all of which he has been Lavish
ing upon the lewd woman. He has
real estate in this county worth $1,000
| and personal property of the value Of
| $4,000. Mrs. johnson asks for an abb
| solute divorce, the custody of her chill
| dren and such portion of Johnson's es-
| tate as the court may see fit to grant
| her.
| CELTs AT ODDS.
The Ancient Order Of Hibernians,
| Division No. l, has begun suit in the
| district court against T. F. Kelliher,
James J. Calvin, Michael O'Tool. j. D.
;al MAir1nr Nhnrlnc u
| Mcbride, Patrick L. Dawson, Stephen
and Mark McEllistrom and j. j. Fitz-
| gerald. The order charges the defend
| ants as follows: The defendants envy
| ing the happy state and condition of the
order and being thereunto moved by
malice, spirit of evil and the instiga-
| ton of the devil have without the con-
| sent and against the plaintiffs will
wrongfully and unlawfully associated
| themselves together into voluntary
association and club, and as such club
used the name and represented itself to
| be the real Order of HibernianS. Divi-
sion No. l. The defendant organization
| by false and fraudulent representations
| and utterances secured members from
! the old association to the number OF
| twenty, and if allowed to continue
| its malicious work of augmenting its
| force from the members of the legal
organization the latter will in short
| time be ruined and it members suffer
great loss and irreparable damage.
Being a benevolent order, it has en-
| joyed great benefits, and has been
mainly supported by the dues paid in
by its members. of which it will now be
bereft. The plaiutiff alleges and
charges that the defendants wrongfully
and maliciously conspired and confed-
Grated to effect the financial ruin of the
| plaintiff order and distress its useful
ness. The plaintiff has no remedy ny
| civil action and the said defendants are