The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-04
MARRIAGE and DIVORCE
STATE sTATISTICIAN GATHERS FIG
URES ON THE SUBJECT.
One Marriage Out of Every Ten
Proves a Public FaiIure--SOme of
the Causes of Unhappiness.

The state statistician, John B. Conner,
Yesterday issued a bulletin that contains
much valuable information on the court
business of the State and also some inter-
esting tables showing the number OF di-
vorces and marriages and the number of
persons naturalized in each county, The
bulletin is only a condensed abstract or
more extended analysis of the subjects
which will appear in the biennial report Of
the bureau to be issued next year.
Perhaps the Gnost interesting portion Of
the bulletin to the general public is that
relating to the divorce records of the courts.
The total number of marriages in the State
for the year ending. June 80, 1897, was 1880
ard the total number of divorces $780, OF
these 2,103 were granted to wives and SSS to
husbands, showing that causes for divorces
were more than two to one against hus-
bands. There were 1913 marriages to one di-
vorce. Of the divorces GAS were granted for
cruel treatment, SIC for abandonment 3l1
for failure of husbands to provide, ZIG for
drunkenness, 2S4 for adultery, Il for impo-
tency and AZ for criminal conviction. Ma
rion county granted l. $50 licenses to marry
and 47O divorces, a percentage Of one d.
vorce to 3.9 marriages. Clark county grant
ed 1852 licenses and only thirty divorces
Shelby county presents the worst showing
in respect to the percentage of divorces to
licenses, it having one divorce to every S.6
marriages. Putnam county has only enc di-
vorce to every thirty marriages.
The total number of persons natural1zed
during the year was 514. OF these the larg-
est number, 206 were natives. of Germany
Sweden and Norway, SO; England, 81; Rus
STA, &C. Holland and Belgium, "a; Canada
and British America; 10; Italy, Il; Austria,
IL; France, 10; Ireland, 9, with less numbers
each from several other countries.
There were 1882 who declared their fnten-
ton to become citizens, and of these the sew
eral countries were represented IN lumbers
as follows: Germany, S02; England, oS5; AUS
tria, 1903; Italy, 1S9; Holland and Belgium
1863; Canada and British America, .5S; Rus
STA, 149: Ireland 143; Sweden and Norway,
1872; France, 10S, and less numbers each from
several other countries.
The information in the bulletin concerning
the business in the Circuit and Superior
Courts of the State is comprehensive. The
average population of the fifty EIGHT circuits
in the State is shown to be 81 800, according
to the census of $780, and the average pop
ulation of the ten Superior Court districts
81 BAT. The civil cases pending July /, 1885,
in the Circuit Courts numbered 10,4lS; cases
begun in the fiscal year ending July /, 1897
26, 1855; cases pending at the latter date, $500
cases disposed of during the year, II, 4S2
number of cases tried by jury, 2,372; execu-
tions issued, 1927, and DEGREES of foreclosure,
1885. The Superior Courts disposed OF 214
civil cases during the year and had 3,l0l still
pending on July l, 1897 These courts issued
1875 executions and Gil DEGREES of foreclos-
ure, and the number of jury cases was go
The criminal cases pending in the Circuit
Courts on July /, 1896, numbered $50; cases
begun during the year, 2,11 by information
and 5198 by Indictments; cases pending July
l. 1897, 1928; convictions for felony, 1882, and
for miSdemeanor, 2,165.