San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-01-26
MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE.

cause the husband did not provide
necessaries of life, saying "he would
not work his toenails off for any
woman"
There is apparently some ratio
between divorce and suicide, as in
most countries correspondence is
observed between the numbers OF
the two.
A New York wife was granted
divorce because her husband threw
the baby at her when she hit him
with the coal bucket for splitting on
the stove,
A Connecticut man got divorce
because "the defendant would not
get up in the morning, nor call
this plaintiff, nor do anything she
was told"
The Greeks had two forms for di-
vorce; sending away, going away
in the first the wife being dismiss
ed, in the second her leaving was
voluntary.
Darwin says that $50 per 10000
marriages among the English no.
bility are between blood relatives,
and over 10 per cent of such mar
riages are child less.
In Minnesota decree was
given to the wife because "the de-
PENDANT never cut his toenails, and
being restless in his ep,scratches
this plaintiff severely"
In Pennsylvania a henpecked
husband was relieved from the
yoke of matrimony because "the
defendant struck this plaintiff a
violent blow with her hustle"
A Missouri divorce was once
granted because "the defendant
goes gadding about leaving this
plaintiff supperless, or if he gets
any he has to cook it himself"
OF 1894 marriages contracted in
Prussia in 1889 between blood re-
lations, 1922 were between cousins,
ITO between uncles and nieces and
l6 between aunts and nephews.
Insurance statistics have shown
that in England, if the wife dies
first, the husband services nine
years; while, II the husband dies
first, the wife survives eleven
years.
The m ost frequent cause for
divorce granted by the Creek
Church is disappearance" Over
two-thirds of the whole number of
divorces are granted for this
reason.
In California a defendant hus-
band was adjudged guilty of cruel
ty because he did not provide |
water at his house, neither would |
he repair the house to make it |
comfortable.
The Emperor Tiberius made an
edict against the marriage Of men |
over 60 and women over 30, but so
strenuous were the objections of |
widows and widowers that the law |
was soon repealed.
An Indiana divorce was some |
years ago granted because "the de-
PENDANT pulled all the covering off |
this plaintiffs bed, and she like
wise ran a knitting needle four
inches into his arm"
In France, divorce is common
among all classes. During forty
years there were 1875 divorces
granted to professional people,
16, $50 to merchants, 1900 to farm
ers, 81 500 to laborers.
Illinois leads the states in di-
vorces. During the twenty years
ending with 1880, there were 3d.
072; Ohio came next with 26,36l; |
Indiana had 25,1S3; New York,
1886; Missouri, 1928.
According to Wright, drunken
ness of the husband as a cause Of
divorce is most frequent in Hi
nois, Ohio, Iowa and Massachu-
sets; drunken wives are most nu-
merous in Pennsylvania.
For a clergyman or registrar in
England to celebrate a marriage
in a private house, except by spe-
cial license from the rchbishop
of Canterbury, is felony, and pun
ishable by severe penalties. g.
The Scottish marriage law is so
loose that If lady living with John
Smith is addressed in the presence
of Smith as Mrs. Smith, and an
swers to the name, the courts
have decided that she is legally
his wife.
By Roman law married man
having three children was entitled
to better seat in the theater than
less fortunate benedicts. A mar,