The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-10-26

KANSAS DIVORCE CASES.


Samples of the Complaints Made il
the Courts of That State.
Divorce is on the increase in Kan
sas. The dockets of the district court!
are burdened with divorce cases, .af
never before in the history Of the
state. No good reason has been adj
vanced yet for this state Of affairs but
it is the comment of bench and bar
The following are an example of the
cases:
Mrs Elizabeth Hagerman, aged 4
years, of Coffeyyille, sues her husband
A.. j. Hagerman, aged So years, fol
divorce on the ground that he chews
tobacco.
The Reverend ]. H. Eubanks Metho-
dist pastor at Weir City, sues for di-
vorce, alleging that every time he
starts family prayers his wife com
mences to curse profanely,"
Mrs Louisa Catch of Abilene, who
has enjoyed four Homogeneous and had
three divorces, has commenced pro
ceedings for the fourth divorce.
In the divorce suit of Cornell VS.. Cor
nell at Westmoreland, Mr.. Cornell was
granted a divorce on testimony that
his wife's scolding had become unen'
durable. The testimony went to show
that for several nights III succession
she got out of bed planted herself in
a rocking chair in the middle of the
floor, rocked violently and brought hel
heels down with a bang at each rock
and for two full hours sang at the tor
of her voice.
ooh, want it be joyful when we part
to meet no more
A Wellington man is suing for di-
vorce because his wife told him she
would rather have the little finger OF
any other man than your whole body. >
George ID. Mueller, an old soldier al
Leavenworth, is suing for divorce be-
cause his wife refuses to cook hie
meals. He offers to give the wife his
home and all the property If she will
consent to the divorce and make nc
claim on his pension.
Mrs. Nellie Smith of Topeka filed
suit for divorce from her husband, Joel
P. Smith, on the ground that he went
to bed with his boots on.
Mrs. Eliza Davis of Shawnee county
asks a decree of divorce on the ground
that her husband, Charles Davis
knocked her down and clicked, cuffed
and beat her until she was sick, sore
and lame"
A Jewell City woman employed a
lawyer to secure divorce for her. AS
a preliminary step, the lawyer wrote
back to investigate the record in the
county where her husband resides, and
he found that his client was already
free, a divorce having been granted the
husband.
In a divorce suit at Abilene the hus-
band w. H. Catch, alleged that his
wife courted him, and when he began
to find out things after the marriage
he found out she had been married and
divorced four times before she wooed
and won him.
Just before noon an Eldorado wo-
husband. When the clerk returned
from dinner he found her waiting for
him so she could dismiss the case.
The wife of Ed. Jaquins, the repre-
sentative from the Winfield district,
sues for divorce alleging parsimony.
Col. Jacquins is worth 100000, and his
wife wants one half of it,
John Hedge, of Topeka, sues Mary
Hedge, his wife, for divorce John
Hedge is a liner" and he alleges that
his wife was accustomed to lock the
doors when he went to the lodge, re-
fusing to permit him to enter on his
return. Not only did Mrs. Hedge lock
the doors, but, so Mr.. Hedge claims,
nailed up with ten penny nails.
In divorce suit at Atchison, Mrs.
Martha Jane Brown charges her hus-
band, Henry Brown, with "puncturing
every remark withprofanity."
In suit at Leavenworth, Mrs. Will
ma Nation complains that her hus-
band stays at his mothers home, re-
fusng to live with her until she goes
to school and qualities herself to be a
fit companion to him.
William Beardley, of Topeka, aged
81, sues for divorce alleging extreme
cruelty on the part of his wife, who is
so years old
Laura e. Downey of Atchison. was
divorced from her husband Harrison
e. Downey, after brief martial life,
Downey brought numerous men, wo-
men and children, his kin, to her house
and thurst them upon her for enter
tainment, which was against her wish
and was a great expense.-From the
St Louis Republic.
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