The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-03-31
Easter Week Occurring This
Month Made the Marriage
License Market More Active
Than Is Custom.
QUESTION As TO AGE
OvERC ONES ONE GIRL
She Faints and Has TO Be Re
vived in Clerks Office Re
ports Of Police, ETC.. for
Month Of March.

Divorced on Tuesday and securing
a marriage license on Thursday is
the record of Mrs. Glennie Bartle.
Mrs. Bartle secured her divorce in the
Jay county circuit court. The groom
is Stephen Wesley Piatt. OF Perry
township. who has been married twice
before. but on each occasion the mar
riage was dissolved by death. Piatt
is an oil worker. Both are % years
old.
The marriage license report for
March Is of interest The number.
thirty. is slightly In excess to. that
issued during the corresponding per-
iod Of 1909. believed to be due to the
fact that Easter came in March this
year.
As the official clerks for Dan Cupid
the county clerk and his assistant
have had ample opportunity to study
matrimonial candidates.
BalI< on Age Question.
Probably the thing most generally
noticed is that the brides-to-be are re-
luctant about giving their ages. They
prefer, so It seems. to allow the
grooms to do this. or to have the
blanks sent to their homes to be fill-
ed out In privacy.
It has also been ascertsined that
prospective brides suffer keenly from
stage fright" on entering the court
hoyse.
day afternoon. The twenty-eighth
bride-t0-be for the month. came to
the question Of answering what her
age was and had I fainting spell.
When she recovered she was asked
how often she had. been married be-
fore. She experienced = relapse and
had to take Z seat. then she asked
for water and finally rushed to . win
dow. that she might be revived by the
fresh air.
Report Of the poiice.
The report for March By the police
department. and also those OF county
officials for the January term Of
court are interesting.
The police report record for the
month Of March shows 48 arrests on
various charges. an Increase Of ar
rests over the month Of February.
There were ~ dranks taken IL tow
last month - against 20 during the
month previous. There were no un-
usual features to the report and the
number Of arrests with the charges
were ~ follows: IntoxfcAtion. ~: ~
sault and battery. 3: petit larceny,
2; selling liquor to minors, :: profan-
| ity. 3; riding bicycle On sidewalk. 3:
bestardy. I: larceny. I: giving liquor
to MINORS 4: held for superintendent,
I.
Report on Petjt Jury.
The petit jury Of the January term
Of the Wayne circuit court, which
was excused after its deliberations In
the Williamson case. cost the county
$41s.10. The report Of sheriff Mere
dith on the total mileage shows that
1.O42 miles were Travelled and mile
age allowed. The total nunber cf
days served ~ tlhe jury was lS3.
However the jnry . collective o.
ganixation served hut n dayG
Nsoort % couney Clerk.
4 During the ter tAs report o.
G1nkE - r. Penny shows.
sixtysnine civil cases we're disposed
Of. In addition there we're seventeen
criminal cases md seven Juvenile
cases. IN which final action Was tax
en-. There are It present one hundred
and forty4hree civil cases on the doc
ket, the majority a. which win BE-
tried IN the April term Of court which
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