The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1892-09-07

marriages to IS; England, 71S. In
some years Catholic Ireland averages
over 10000 marriages to l divorce;
Berlin, in 1885, had 10 marriages to di.
vorce, while Stockholm for the same
year had "a to /. In 1885 there were
470 marriages in Russia to l divorce;
in Switzerland, %; in Belgium, 1873; in
Prussia, SO. Italy grants her welded
sufferers no absolute divorce.
The Government "Reporton Marriage
and Divorce" gives many curious cauues
as valid. The following cases where di-
'vorce has been granted the wife is quo.
ted verbatim, the original numbers being
preserved:
7. Defendant does not speak to plain
tiff for months OF time, thereby making
life burden.
13. Defendant got drunk day after the
marriage, causing this plaintiff to con-
ceive a. violent disgust for him. Divorce
proceedings begun on day after mari
age.
10. Plaintiff says that when she was sick
in bed the defendant. for the sole pur.
pose Of harassing her, said he meant to
suicide, and did then and there drink
bottle of paregoric, which said action Of
defendant sorely grieyed plaintiff in body
and mind.
| %. When defendant. suffers financial
loss be lays it to plaintiff, and censures
her in bitter terms, He treats her as a
child, claiming the right to do so becan,
of his age and sex.
81. Plaintiff says she is subject to
sick headaches that grows worse when
she smells tobacco. Defendant uses to.
bacco and thus aggrsvates her head
aches.
81. Plaintiff says Immediately after
marriage defendant began importuning
her to deed him her property, which said
importantly caused Plaintiff mental an
I guisb.
81. Defendant threatened to knock
plaintiff "cold as wedge," whereupon he
did clutch her by the throat and pound
her head against the wall.
3S. Defendant quotes verses from New
Testament about wives obey their hus-
bands. He has even threatened to mach
plaintiff, and drew back his hand to do
it. In the decree granting this divorce
appear the following: I find that when
plaintiff was sick and unable to work
defendant told her the Lord command
ed her to work that he was also in the
habit of frequently quoting Scriptural
passages in order to show her she was to
be obedient to her husband.
46. Defendant cut. off my bangs by
force.
Sc. Defendant was cruel in this: he
caused letter To, be written saying he
was dead. Plaintiff ordered mourn
ing garb and incurred long time, but
a. last learned that the letter was fraud
and that the defendant was not dead
6S. While defendant was confined to
his bed by lameness he threw cups and
saucers at Plaintiff aud threatened to run
his crutch down her throat.
In these cases the husband got his d.
vorce:
Defendant violently upbraided plain
tiff and said to him '"You are no man
at ALL" thus causing him mental suffering
and anguish.
S. Husbaudsays -"My wife refused to
keep my clothing in repair she refused
to cook and never sewed on my buttons" !"
4 witness testified that he had seen the
plaintiff with only one button on his
vest. Plaintiff further alleged that his
wife would not let him 90 to see fires at
night that if he went she would keep him
awake until O'Clock euarrellipg.
6. Defendant pulled out of bed By his
whiskers.
IL. Defendant took all the covering
off the bed, leaving the plaintiff to shiver
until morning. On one occasion she
jumped on him with her knees and ran
knitting needle four inches into his
arm.
II. Defendent struck plaintiff violent
blow with her hustle.
FL. Husband says: "My wife would
not walk with me on Sundays. Once in
a tantrum she heaved teapot at me.
She hit me on the side of my head be-.
cause I refused to be worked into pas.
sion. Once she pulled out quite guam
tity of my hair" Among the papers Was
a tuft of hair marked exhibit A"
30. During the last year the defendant
has struck plaintiff with pokers, hatirons,
and other hard substances.
In summing up the divorce statistics
for all the States, the report says: "Our
Courts, instead of being careless in the
matter of granting decreess, weigh we'll
the causes alleged, and do not grant de-:
crees unless the allegations of the libel
lants are fully sustained. In about 30
per cent of.the cases of petition decree
has been denied"
The Judges are. however. compelled to
render their decisions in accordance with
law, where the statutes lay down a slight
cause as sufficient. Whenever that is
proved to exist the Judge must grant the
divorce.
- All traces of mud spots should be
removed from black goods by rubbing
with raw potato cut in half.