St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-07
FAMILY OF SMITHS.
Their Domestic Troubles Will
Shortly Be Aired in
Court.
Mr.. SMITH LEFT ONE DAY
For Anoka, and Mrs. Smith
Packed UP and Left for
Home.
THERE WILL BE A DIVORCE
II Mrs. Smith Has Her way
Pretty Scandal in the
Eighth.
THERE WILL BE A DIVORCE

The unpOet1C name OF Smith, which
has been identified with the march
of progress since the dawn of civ
ilization and for some time before,
will shortly figure in a divorce case
in the district court. The particular
| Smiths whose domestic infelicitieS
will be aired before gaping throng
of idlers hail from the Eighth ward,
| that smart section of Minneapolis
famous alike for it's social functions
and aldermanic aspirants. In short,
| 1t appears from a document in the
hands of E. E. Witchie, who has an
office in the Boston block, that Mrs.
A. G. Smith, a lady we'll known in the
neighborhood in which she formerly
resided, has become disenchanted
with those qualities of mind and
heart possessed by A. G. Smith,
which induced her to promise to
love, honor and obey him a few
years ago. The neighbors are talk
ing about it, of course, and that is
how the story of Mrs. Smiths recent
break for liberty became common
property.
The Smiths, A G. and Mrs. A. c.,
before last Wednesday resided at z432
Pleasant avenue, yet the rural calm
that broods over that quiet retreat
was impotent to still the cravings for
freedom which gnawed Mrs. Smith
on the morning of March q last. On
that date the head of the household,
according to the usual custom, de-
parted for a neighboring city, Anoka,
in fact. He said he would be gone all
day and in his case he kept his word.
But OH what a difference in the even
ing. No sooner had he left behind him
the lights and shades of Lowry Hill,
so he AYERS, that Mrs. Smith began
packing up her belongings as well as
other goods and chattels, which had
been amassed during the lease of her
welded life. The goods were not only
packed up, but were taken to a room
down town and stored away. When
Mr.. Smith returned in the evening, he
was a bit surprised to find no eye "to
mark his coming and look brighter
when he came" He was also very
much surprised when he saw that
some one with "OId Hoss" proclivities
had visited his house and stripped it
bare. He ran from one room to
another his steps awaking hollow
echoes in the deserted house. He jerk
ed the back door open, and there lay
the family cat tapping it's tail on the
porch, apparently oblivious of what
had happened. He turned into the
house, His home no more" and be-
gan a search for his clothes and other
personal effects. They were gone.
Then he started out to look for his
wife. He had not proceeded far, how
ever, when a neighbor informed him
that she had gone to the parental roof
in Pennington, MINI. He next began
a search for the goods, and in some
manner known only to himself he
located them. He did more. He some
how obtained key to- the room where
the goods were stored and before the
owners of the block had any clear
idea of what was going on, had them
loaded on two drays and headed for
the Eighth ward. He took them back
to their old home, in fact, and has
kept them there ever since.
While all this was going on Mrs.
Smith was not idle. She instituted
divorce proceedings on the very day
she left her husbands bed and board,
and while the complaint has not yet
been served it will probably be this
week.
The husband swears that Mrs. Smith
gets far away from the facts when
she alleges that she is a much-abuSed
wife, and before she can receive any
encouragement from him in getting
her divorced his character must be
indicated.
The affair has created%no end of talk
in the neighborhood, and mysterious
hints are dropped to indicate that
there is another man in the case but
there is nothing in the papers to war
rant such an assumption.