The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-03
|fIVE DIVORCES GRANTED
In Each Case the Applicant Was a
Woman.
COMPLAINTS THAT THEY MADE
Cases Heard in Argument Court-Thrcc
Actions in Assumpsit Begun-Carp
Was Called Perurcr and
Wants Damages Other Actions.

Wants Damagcs-Ot Actions.
Five of the weaker sex whose marital
troubles found solace In the divorce
court We're yesterday sundered from
| the husbands that in some cases desert
ed and in others cruelty abused their
| wives.
| Carrie Sherer was married to Ward
Sherer in the Salem parsonage, Wayne
county, on May "a, 1856. On July Z,
1891, after supper Ward put on his hat
and went out, never returning, and
from that to this she has been forced to
work out to support herself. She was
granted divorce.
| Edith NJ. Sproat and Frederick ID.
| Carpenter were married on March 10,
| 1888, at the Methodist Episcopal church
at Columbia, N. j., by the pastor, Rev.
| Amzi Nj. Smith. Edith had to leave
him, she deposes, on May IS, 1892,
because for a period of six months
| prior he was in the habit of
loading up to the top guage every
night with alcoholic beverages before
coming home to begin abusing her.
They lived in Dunmore. Both can
again remarry.
Elizabeth and Ira G. Loomis were
welded twenty-five years ago at Peck
vile, and lived together eighteen years,
| when he deserted her. For a period of
four years she has not had the pleasure
of gazing upon him once, nor does she
| know where to go to look for him. Be
| 1t said neither does she care. They
were separated.
Jane Riefsnyder and Thomas Ref
| snyder were married on July IA, 1887,
| at Olyphant. He became so demon
| strative that he often threatened to
send her spirit on a journey beyond the
| stars and she not being ready for such
an ethereal excursion left his bed and
| board on Oct. 25, 1890.
The last of the quintette granted di-
vorces was Mary Cowles, who on Dec.
6, 1888, at her uncle's house in the North
End was Joined in marriage to Ray
mond ]. Cowles by Rev. Y. w. Shep-
herd, then pastor of the Christian
church. She used to wear short dresses
around the house ana Raymond got
very jealous and used to abuse her.
His abuse became unbearable and she
left him on Sept. II, 1893.
In ,r,r,o,, corr,
| Outsida of the five divorce decrees
handed down in argument court yester-
day there was very little else of i'm
portance done. In the case of Lettie f.
Fisk against Ira Nafus, by consent of
counsel, rule to stay proceedings was
discharged The divorce proceedings of
A. r. Aldrich against A. 3. Aldrich
were continued till the next term of
argument court. Unless a supplement-
al affidavit shall be filed within five
days the rule for Judgment will stand in
the case of The Stolzenberg company
versus Polish Catholic church.
Cases that were argued are: E. J.
Barthold VS.. M. Pritchard, rule to open
judgment; Frank L. Fisk VS.. Industrial
Benefit association of Syracuse, N. Y.
rule for judgment; Lancelot shlowther
against A. H. Harvey, rule for a new
trial; and The Cincinnati Safe and Lock
company against NJ. NJ. Dewitt, rule
for new trial.
In orphans court an argument was
heard In the exceptions to the auditors
,upU,' ~ tne matter Oh tne estate OF
Wii,iali L. Driiitths' late Oh Iaylor Dor
oush'
Three Snits in Asaumpsit.
For the collection of three promissory
notes, amounting in all to S9,9SO. a suit
was entered in court yesterday by
James II. Wolfe, of Asheville. N. C..
against James Fl. Kays, of this city
The notes were signed by the defendant
in favor of gentleman named e. 3
Welles, who purchased a tract OF LAND
in Buncombe county, North Carolina
a spot that has become famous through
the writings of Bill Nye. The land was
purchased from the plaintiff
F.C. Rowley. of philadelphia q deal
er in oysters. clans and terranins ba,
brought suit against T N Graves n,
this countv for n hook ,ccount y,
s266. 90. with interest from .JuIv ~ 1sQo
and Wilkinson, Gaddis & Co. of New
| ark N t. have entered sllit in tb,