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DIVORCES IS KANAWHA.An I'naiDal Amount f»t Douiflitk Infoll-elty Developed by the Number of Application* for LBgil Separation Pretented.jjxeiei TtUaram to lfi4 #unu*y RtaUHr.ChaulCston. June 3.—Marriage appears to be a failure, at least in 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 tbe bonds of matrimony is such as to cause general comment. The oe*t term of tbe 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 Ft. Pauley. Rutha, Cobbs vs. R. T. Cobbs, Mary R Haynes vs. Joseph Haynes, Mary Towney vs. A. J. Towney, .Lunev X. Anderson vs. Martha Anderson. Mary Barks vs. David Burks, Mary Nelson vs. Floyd Nelson,Wm. Boggs vs. Mary AliceHoggs, Mary Hicey vs. Dodson Blcey. Sarah A. Hickey vs. Geo. W. Hacltey, Lourena Allen vs. Charley Allen, Garrett Mundf vs. Mary A. Muody, A. F. Beane vs. J. II. Beane, T. E. King vs. Knsle King, Ijo-rena Epllug vs. A. W. Epilog, Grace Copen haver vs. W. F. Copenhaver, Frances Newman vs. Johu 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. Gideon Gresham, Jennie Stiles Early vs. Ben II. Early. Mary J. Mason vs. John Mason, Rosa B. Hager vs. Wm. Hager, Lizzie Walton vs. Jas. W. Walton.The majority of these suits are brought by the wife against her husband for desertion and failure to provide, but many of tho 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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