The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-11
BUTTE NEWS.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT
Mrs. Mint S. Worthington Is
Granted a Divorce.
CALLED HER VILE NAMES
Neither Defendant Nor His Counsel Pres
ent-She Gets the Custody of Her
Child-McGinley Wants Lease
Annulled-Cases for Trial.

Through a proceeding that is rather
unusual, Mrs. Mint S. Worthington
was yesterday afternoon granted a df-
vorce from Colonel H. C. Worthington
by Judge Clancy. The case had been
at issue since March IA, 1898, on which
date the defendant filed his answer.
Yesterday morning w. l. Lippincott
asked the court to enter his name as
counsel for the plaintiff, which was
done, and he then requested that the
case be set for trial. The court set it
for O'Clock in the afternoon When
that hour arrived, jury was called to
try the case. Neither the defendant
nor his counsel was present, but his
answer in defense was read to the jury.
Mrs Worthington and her son testified
and the jury returned a verdict, grant
ing a divorce and giving her the Gus
tody of her 15-year-old daughter. The
plaintiffs testimony was that she mar
ried the defendant at Girard. kas., on
Feb. |, 1876 and that for years he had
subjected her to a system of persecution
and annoyance, and called her vile and
indecent names in the presence of
others, In April, 1891 he kicked her.
and for more than two years he has
contributed nothing to her support.
A suit was instituted in the district
court yesterday by Attorney C. P. Con-
molly for Barney Mckinley against John
O'Rourke, Joseph Satterlee, Robert Ell
ferding and Patrick Doherty, for the
purpose of securing a cancellation and
annullment of a lease on the NJ. & NJ.
saloon and pool room building on Main
Lot, IL
leges that on October 81, 1897 McGin-
ley took a lease on the building from
ORourke for four years and a half
from February l, 1898, agreeing to pay
1900 at $500 a month, but he never
entered into possession of the property
and in November, 1897, he assigned the
lease to Satterlee, Elferding and Do
herty. On December 7, O'Rourke serv-
ed notice on the three men mentioned
that he considered the assignment
breach of the original lease and that he
would terminate it on the first of jan
uary, 1898, unless other arrangements
We're made by them. 1t is understood
that o Rourke did enter into other ar
rangements with them and Mckinley
asks that the original lease be cancelled
and annulled and that he be released
from all liability under it.
Judge Leslie will resume the trial of
the Roy damage case this morning and
this afternoon will hear the following
matters which are on the motion calen-
dar: Estate of A. j. Davis, petition
of Joseph A. Coram and hearing on
claim of H. A. Root; estate of John H
Berry petition for letters; estate of N
B. Davidson, return of sale of real es-
tate; estate of Grace E. Gaylord, or
der TO show cause: estate of Thomas
Macarthur, order to show cause; estate
of Peltler minors, order to show cause:
estate of McNamee minors, petition for
letters; estate of NJ. P. Flynn. return
of sale of real estate; estate of George
l.. Hatherell, settlement of account and
distribution; Ludwig Streicher ct al. vs.
James A. Murray, motion to set aside
default; A. Eustis VS.. John H Curtis ct
al, order to show cause; George NJ
Smith VS.. Leila Blume. demurrer; Mary
"A. Clymo vs.. j. R. Wharton, receiver
demurrer: W. A. Clark ct al vs. Kate
McAlllster ct al, demurrer of Kate w
E. McAllister; w. A. Clark ct al VS.
Walter j. King ct al, petition for re-
moval to United States circuit court:
Anaconda Copper Manufacturing COM
pany VS.. 5. O. kemper ct al, demurrer
of kemper: f. W. Cowan VS. the Min
neapolis Gold Mining company ct al,
motion to strike; w. B. Myers VS.. L.
Liennemannet ct al. demurrer: in re
petition of George A. Cobban for an
order to survey, order to show cause;
Patrick Deloughry VS.. Thomas r. Kinds
ct al, demurrer.
A suit of A. A. Lager-Green against
Celia Peterson had been set for trial
in Judge Clancy's court yesterday but
it was suggested to the court that the
defendant had committed suicide and