The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-02-03
nEnnAIRE.
AlIsorts of Local News and Gossip from
the Glass City.

All Sorts OF Local News and Gossip from
the Glass City.
"A divorce suit was filed in the COM
mon pleas court this week which will
cause considerable Of q sensation here.
1t was filed by Levisa Crozier Tor Ken
nedy) against William X. Crozier. II Is
an unusual case from the fact that the
petitioner recites that they were mot
married by any regular or constituted.
authority, but that in August, 1885, they
started TO West Alexander to get mar
ried; that they were late starting and
when they got to Bridgeport concluded
they could not get to West Alexander
before people were in bed; that they
returned from there and she did not
like to 60 home, as she had told her
folks she was going to get married.
Then she alleges that Mr., Crozier said
they would report that they were mar
ried; that he said: I'VE have been go
ing together for q long time; we know
and love each other, and we will marry
ourselyes.p She wanted certificate,
but he told her, thousands had no
certificates, and II you will honor and
obey me and DO true to me, 1now take
you as my lawful wife, that she then
saidi Honor and be true to me and 1
will take you TO be my lawful husband"
They had three children, or rather the
petitioner has three children, and they
are recorded in the family Bible as
"John Grozierr Dakota May Crozier,"
etc. Mr. Crozier is a prominent busi-
ness man and the publication Of the
averments in this petition will be news
To most people. tits presumed the suit
was precipitated byth fact that he was
recently lawfully married. ]. B. Smith
Is the attorney in the cas aud says
there are presidents for such suits.
The petitioner IS a sister OF j. ). Ken
nedy,
There were twenty-five applicants for
certificates at the recent teachers ex-
animation and every one OF them re-
ceived certificates, OF the sixteen mem-
beers Of the graduating class this year,
ten Of them received certificates for two
years and six for one year. The highest
average grade was IS 4-10i Miss Mary
Sanders made 1t. The highest grade
given in any branch was 9Sj Miss Brown.
was given this grade in arithmetic. The
average grade made In Mr.. Howelpa
branches was so; in Mr.. Anderson's, 76;
In superintendent Jones, "a.
Yesterday while a train was passing
Pryors station on the b, y 4 Q. rail-
road, the caboose jumped the track and
rolled down the bank. Pat Murphy, OF
this city was badly hurt, breaking a
shoulder blade aud several ribs. He
was brought to Woodsaeld for treat
ment.
j. L. Fawcett yesterday purchased
the O. w. Dickens property, on Bel.
mont street, the oldtP. i. King stand,)
for $1,000. The purchase was made
through Julius schwab, who bought 1t
some time ago, to be transferred on the
10th instant.
The Lantern Globe company has sold
the patent on the bulls eye lantern
globes to a large dealer in 81. Louis,
named Ham, who will hereafter CON
troll that patent.
The towboats laid up here intended
To- leave last night for Pittsburgh, but
some OF the floating ice 10 in such solid
chunks that they will remain here until.
Monday.
The amputation Of aportion Of the
leg Of A. j. Mcclellan took place yester-
day by DrB. D, w. Boone aud j. w.
Cooper, and the patient 10 doing finely.
The illustrated lecture by Mr.. Charles
a. Adams, in the First Presbyterian
church yesterday evening, was very en-.
pertaining, and the church was packed.
Joseph Lombard, q glassworker from
here, 10 laid up in the West Penn hos
pital az Pittsburgh with several broken
ribs, the result Of an accident.
Mi. and Mrs. John A. Gallaher enter
tanned tho society Of the young people.
OF the Episcopal church at their home
the other evening,
Commissioners Mechem aud Hart 10.
turned TO their homes out tho Bellaite,
Zanesville & Cincinnati railroad yeater-
day.
Messrs. John o. Morrison aud George
w. King have purchaaed the wall pdper
and notion store Of O. w. Dickens.
superintendent Il. I. Jones IL 10 much
improved that no will resume his school.
dutiea next Monday. ,se.
There will be an Ama1gamated ben.
eat balllt Turner hall this evening,
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