The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-10-11
DIVORCED HIS ELEVEN WIVES
Yet In Spite of His Bad Luck
Mr. Rhincs of Indiaaa Has
just Married
NUr1BER II.
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nam RhifneS Is an Indiana man who en-
joys the unusual distinction OF having
lived with and been divorced from eleven
wives.
More than that. he has just taken unto
himself his twelfth wife.
Rhimes is a picturesque character. lie is
patriarchal In appearance The SHOWS OF
seventy-five winters have whitened his
hair, while his figure is stopped and tcnt
Rhmcs is seemingly controlled by
mania to marry. lie is, however pursued
by a mysterious Nemesis.
Twenty years have elapsed since his
first mortgage. Courts for nearly two
decades have been tribunals before which
Rhimes has appeared to have the vows
of wedlock annuled No wife has been
permitted TO share mis- life for longer
period than three years. Some of his
alliances have been unprecedented IN their
brevty, while others have been remarka-
bic Tor their peculiar phases of domestic
life. His wives. with the exception Of
No. s. have been but a few years cut Of
their teens. Indiana girls have not alone
been permitted to become the wives Of
the much married iIoosier; but adjacent
States have offered their daughters at
his shrine.
Romance and dscord are interviewer In
the recital of twenty years of welded HE.
Rhimes has been the petitioner In ali the
applications for divorce but one. the ex-
ception being recorded IN the case of the
first wife. lie commenced life farmer.
and by frugal Industry succeeded ia ac-
cumulatiug u fortune. From the time he
attained his majority untsl he was 10
years OF age he lived life OF Il g"clusc.
\ peculiar feature which develop "a in
early HE was khime's mark ed aversion
a n "a IffaFN1 Ia ton HNs.
persistent wooer. A. the age of 81 years
the Indiana farmer determined 20 break
the mon1tony OF his existence oy tdH ng
uhlo himself a VIE, ana with mis- end
in view The want column of II mdtrimo aial
journal offered the desired meIlIm for
bringing about marriage,
Among several hundred letters received
was one from Miss Emelino Candy of
MINNEAPOLIS, who woyc bright bits OF senti.
ment into the letters which ghe indited to
lihimos. Tho courtship Was brief. and Miss
Candy became Mrs. Rhlmcs No. l. Rhimes
could not reconcile himself t. marital life
and one years experience brought tlnal
cstrangemeut and divorce, Miss Candy re
turned to Minneapolis. and Rhimes set
himself about to get a second wife.
Two mont hs later, July 5, 1871, Miss
Martha Robbins Of Evansville took upon
herself the VOWS Of cons fancy. six months
from that time ihimes was again a free
man. Miss Robbins had been found want
INK. Sfiu an unnoucVer in the say Ing that
marriage is failure, Rhimea Journcyod
TO Detroit, Mich. and IN February, 1873,
rn- rr,1It,,.,. itrou.l-ll,,. ~ mo Indian,
mans reiegtton Of two former yiy,,s con.
scented 10 marriage There was !, lark m
6a,monv In NOR fonnsstic relations and
fbe ,ilv9r,e ,,tIeudaT recor.lr5 the iiovtt-
ahle legal decree Of separation
1'han f,',In,vad Miss is.,.inn straw Of In
di,,i1nnii5 ,,ho ,restelrd otcr Ma R6t,nne
bn,,srboid' untn $50 Rhine ,,an dn
trn,inn5 to li,,e aiona I'M he ,,,as sill
,6, Vi,,i,,, ~ an ,ncontrnllailn mani. ana
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hn',.,,ne IN, siIIie,,t or his Llonj 'eluirnt.,
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