CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-07-12


Vile house. for. strange as 1t may
seem. the choicest comedy is often en-
acted In the courts and pathcs 10 an
almost invariable accompaniment OF
the story told by those seeking salts
faction At the bar OF justice. I'M
agination cannot conture up more ludi-
crous absurdities than are brought
every day in plain. Straightforward
accounts of family Jars. One woman
asks release from her husband because
he belongs to too many clubs. An
other demands separation because her
husband won't take her places" and
buy ice cream for her. as he did when
he came counting. A husband sues
his wife for whipping him, and ssc-
ond obtects to his spouse's sleepins
with a razor under her pillow.
The funniest divorce case OF the past
few weeks occurred In Kansas City the
other day, when Mrs. Emma Murphy
sought separation from her husband.
J. r.. Murphy. By the testimony OF
It was shown that Mr.. Murphy refused
to wash his face except once week.
on the family washday. Mrs Murphy
was fastidious. and life with an un-
washed husband became unbearable.
because his frst-born was u girl In
stead OF boy, Charles p. Stevenson Of
Pittsburg changed from 4 kind and
loving husband to a mate so dissipated
and quarrelsome that divorce was the
only way to secure peace. according to
the story told by his wife. He said he
didn't care for girls and didn't want
to raise any. and he considered his wife
a failure.
His wife. Emma, always slept with
razor under her pillow. and Henry
Schwakopf of Washington. ID. c..
wanted the ties that bound them cut In
twain. She never made threats to use
what Il was for. but the mere fact OF
Its being there Jared Henry's nerves
to such an extent that he was driven
to the courts for relief.
The dreadful moving habit lost .
husband for Mary c. Webster of Cisve-
land. Every once in . while she
would be afYiicted with the desire to
indulge In this destructive vice. ac-
corting to the statements OF her hus-
band. Frank Webster. and would forth
with cell some OF the furniture and
move. When Frank came home OF
evenings he often had to inquire Of all
the neighbors to md out whore he
lived, knd he got tired OF II. 20 ono day
he sold the rest OF the furniture and
bought divorce.
Horsewhipping her husband At regu-
lar intervals In the presence OF an In
-
n. Ca. was the diversion that cost
Ida May Brown the affections OF her
husband. Robert She also. he said.
ciawed. bit and struck him at home.
and he was BY disposition . peacabIs
man. therefore. he prayed for release
from the silken bonds Of matrincny.
with permission to tie himself UP
again to n smaller woman.
Laxiness was the charge upon which
Mabel Primm OF Cleveland secured
divorce from her husband. DR.. Henry
Primm. He refused to answer calls At
night under any circumstances. she
alleged, and often would not respond
to calls In the daytime. because he was
busy lying ON the lounge reading nov
els.
His propensity for whiting. while
lis wife did the work. caused Pearl X.
Hines, q weil-to-do farmer living near
Bellefontaine. Ohio. TO be sued for a.
yorce and alimony. That's all he did.
sha, claimed, just whitfield. morning.
noon and night, and his wife. Lena.
grew weary Of doing all the farm work
herself.
because her husband threw her faiss
teeth into the IRE and hid her false
hair in the pig sty. to keep her from
being beautiful enough TO shine 1t the
social functions in tho neighborhood,
Mary 8. Kremlin filed q petition for
divorce at Napoieon. Ohio. and public
sympathy wap with her.
Thomas Trempcr of Evansville. Ind,
stayed at home with his wife Of even
ings, and his wife. who was once the
belle Of Boonvillc. could not break him
of II. so she sued for divorce. He
cared for nothing but home after their
marriage. she complained. and she
wanted him to take her places" ~
be did in the happy days Of their court
ship.
Happy coupleA In sensational and ro-
mantle marriages nearly always fnc
tutiT way 10 tue uiNofCo CouiW useAt-
ualiy.
Ten years ago Mrs. Clara N. Butts.
then a handsome young girl. won't to
Nebraska with her parents. and soon
afterward married noble red man
who worked on her fathers farm.
John Butts, the noble red man. proved
to be several shades more abusive than
q white man could possibly have been.
and when he grew tired Of her wound
up with the civilized trick Of desertion.
She told the story OF her folly to the
courts Of Akron. Ohio. her old homo,
and got divorce In record time.
ship.
Mrs. Philip scully. once Miss Jessie
Barnard of Fall River. Mass. ran away
with her fathers coachman and paid
the penalty OF her act by being do
serted for another pretty woman after
she had borne her nckle husband three
children. All she asked of the court
was the right to live singiy for the
rest OF her life.