The sun., 1893-06-13
MINERYA'S DIVAGATEONS.
SIZE IS TIE sTRoNG WOMAN AND TIE
ChNNOa-BALE CATCHER LOTED HER,


when She Dee,,,sa Upe. . Mere Clerk the
cannon-brn Msn Protested, the Clerk
Divorced Her Exsernpevhucousfy. sud Her
FIRST husband cot Divoree Yesterday.
Christian Nohffarth, pork packer. wanted
Judge NcAdam Of the Superior Court yester-
day to FREQ him OF his wife, Johanna. known to
tho variety stage and the dime museums as
Minerva, tho Strong Woman. Her husband
weighs 110 pounjs She advcrtisos that she
can lift S35 pounds Tor about Ave husbands) OF
pig iron and hold out 1J0-pound dumb bell
In ore hand.
They were married In Brooklyn on Oct. :.
1881. and have three children. little over
four years ago shc venried OF devotipE her
strength to brooms and washboards. and tho
earnings OF her husband wero moaere. She
has since been travelling about the county
Ms Minerva During hor exhibitions she fell
in with Charles T. Blatt, q cannon-b bail catcher.
weight IT'S pounds too much to hold at arms
length. At any rate. wohlfarth says sho did
not hold Blutt at arms length. Wohlfarth
brought suit. making Blatt who has o wife
and museum OF his own ut San Antonio. CO.
respondent It was not until shortly before
the trial that August ?. WaRener. counsel for
Wohliarth. learned that the defendant had
On MAY ss,ss hs s Ss;.st :HSs %nHoT %o;of5 g.
M'' Of fshH Bers"s s" Eaa
met her while sho was stopping at Easton y
t6os seor' h.r hs to a i've wS e1 o
marriage BY Biatt: ~ "
H NJ a'f p;S srs rs,, 70. Ant 20 .,,s and ,rons,a Wit,
head w dear wife. what in the world DC you means
i is tho last thing in the % World i'd ever ever drsa@t q
sM yoa SsE, to
can't write any more. wish you were here and cou
GnaRLRs r. BLArr.
mi II ,Re bas " M thsoe
days then. running:
20 G oh am asa, s
Ing st. yoa DO y.u my pei On, can !. b you have
S'1 and H%ov
s' s S s '. DO
SsS ",s tho same ' the '''' day. &
If II you have no money win send i.so yoa: Iwn
mention her uamo. Mylawysr Is getting out the pa,
Blatt followed M the, letters by personal
terviews he had with the defendant in Ger
man. nephew of Bercaw was present who
sssrd he Result H that S,u on ?f Ts
ordered her from tho house. Bercaw drew o
revolver on the cannon ball catcher,
There was no defence to Wohlfarth's suit
In actions of Anna Eulenstein for . eepara-
tion from Gustav Eulenstein, and Of Celia
Abraham naninst Samuel Abraham for q sop
aration. Judge McAdan yesterday dent.d
motions for allmony and counsel feos. which
he said were the purposes OF the actions, as
the parties wore about as well separated al
ready as they could be, In dIschatE1E Abra-
suggestion that longer coniinom ont would
make his well -to-do relatives put up:"
Ransom Is recognized only among brig
ands. The humiliation caused by the acts OF
unfortunate relatives is hard enough for fam
lies to endure without adding to II the COM
DpIsory paymTsens s,Ts OF money BY him for the sake
John T. Wilkens has been directed by Judge
McAdam to pay his wife. FloSs. whom he Is
suing for divorce. $50 counsel fee and $50 as
lump sum Of alimopy. They were married
after q meeting at the Clifton race track. on
sinCing, In concert halle under tho name Flora
Mitchell. She ayerred that her husband offered
her 81. 900 to let him secure divorce. He ac-
cuses her Of going with Charles Bentley to tho
St Omer Hotel for night She admits going
to the hotel with Bentley, but says it was be-
cause she was followed by the emissaries OF
her husband. and to "thwart their cruel de-
Charles ". J. Benson has obtained from
Justice Patterson 6f the Supreme Court an
fs ffi mari jed Dc on n Jan. !. 1850. 4He slowed tS"t
she 10 living with August Kunzman at 1.O21
Bedford aSfsnps Sf,ss Brsotlyn. c,u-. -, c,uuo.
Pleas has given Frederick T: sshnlze an abso-
lutc divorce from Margaret Schulze. Judge
Blschofl has given Henry Zilzcr an absolute
divorce from his wife Mary.