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DIVORCES IN KANAWHA.An L'nnmml Amount of Doiueitk I nf«*I I-e»ty U*volope»! by the Number of Application* lor Lvgftl Separation Presented.niseram to £** itunuoy RtaUHr.CuAKLfTsTON. June 3.—Marriage appears to be a failure, at least iu Kanawha county. The namber of divorce suits are increasing at each succeeding term of court, and the question is being seriously asked If there cannot be found a remedy for such a startling condition of affairs. Marital vows are held very lightly even by many of those who have not applied for divorce, but the number of those suing for release from the bonds of matrlmdny is such as to cause general comment. The uexl term of the KanawhaCircuit Court will begin on the second Monday In June. Among the chancery Cases to be tried at that termof court, which have been docketed up to this time, are Lucy Taylor vs. Wm. Taylor, David Pauley vs. Ida B. Pauley. Rutba Cobbs vs. R. T. Cobbs, Mary K. Haynes vs. Joseph Haynes. Mary Towney vs. A. J. Towney, James X. Anderson vs. Martha Anderson. Mary Burks vs. David Burks Mary Nelson vs. Floyd Nelson,Wm. Boggs vs. Mary AliceBoggs, Mary Bicey vs. Dodson Blcey. Sarah A. Hackey vs Geo. W. Haefcey. Lourena Allen vs. Charley Allen, Garrett Mundjr vs. Mary A. Muody, A. F. Beane vs. J. II. Beane. T. E. King vs. Rnsle King, Loren* Epiing vs. A. W. Eplibg, Grace Copeuhaver vs. W. F. Coponhaver, Frances Newman vs. John Newman, T. Woodward vs. John Woodward, G. W. McGinnis vs. Matilda McGinnis. Matilda McGinnis vs. G. W. McGinnis. Lucy Smith vs. James Smith, David Pauley vs. Ida B- Pauley, Mary Ann Myers vs. John H. Myers. Elizabeth Gresham vs. Gideoo Gresham, Jennie Stiles Early vs. Ben II. Early. Mary J. Mason vs. John Mason, Rosa B. Hager vs. Wm. Hgsr, Lizzie Walton vs. Jas. W. Walton.The majority of these suits are brought by the wife against hor husband for desertlcn and failure to provide, but many of the suits are for infidelity on the part of either the husband or wife.
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Wheeling Register
Wheeling, West Virginia, US
Sun, Jun 04, 1893
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