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Freeport Daily Journal.FREEPORT, ILL., JULY 88, 3888,A DAY’S NOTATIONS.IS SHE A BIGAMIST?ADAM fitTTTJSR THINKS MRS. «D WILHELM IS, AND TALKS OP r«088CUT*TNO her.It will be remembered that Mrs, Ed Wilhelm bad her Husband placed on the black-list, and also had Adam Sut-TI)0GyThis is a perfect circus clay.The street stands did a good business to-day. -The popcorn 11 end was in his glory to-clay.Miss Sadie Myers has returned from her vacation.The hotels and restaurants did n good business to-day.Miss M. Holcomb, of Warren, Is the guest of Freeport friends.In one of the Star Clothing llouso windows is a fine political display.Farmers commenced coming to town this morning as early as four g’clock.Our country cousins were all in town to-day A good circus always catches them.' The Illinois Central freight which formerly loft Freeport at It a. m. will leave in the future at 5:25 p. in.Division 8upt. Jacobs, of the Central, came up from Amboy this morning, lie !ms been sick for some time,ThoClood Tomplara will hold a grandpicnic at ness’ Mills next Tuosday. No doubt it will bo a pleasant affair.Miss Jennie Underwood and Miss Cora Ileld, who were visiting relatives at Apple River, have returned homo.Remember the meeting sit tho Court House next Monday night in the interest of tho Y. M, O. A. building and the public library.Mias Barton and Miss Peck, who have been tho guests of Judge Harton and family, returned homo to Kankakee this morning.llov. W. O. DoWllt, of Zion Church, will take his summer vacation commencing with next week. After tomorrow no services will be held 3o the church until the first Sunday in Bopioni-ber.Billy Munster, the driver of the hook and ladder truck, got to the lire lids morning before the hose cart. He only lias one horse, but he gets there just the same.At least 10,000 people witnessed the street parade of Barnum’s circus this forenoon. There were 205 horses, 200 men ami women; 15 camels and 10 elephants in tho parade.Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mathews have relumed home from Chicago. While in tho city Frank selected a splendid pair of artificial limbs, by the aid of which ho will not experience much difficulty in getting around. ITe will not use them much during tho hot weather.Wo are under many obligations to Prof. O. W. Frank, of Winslow, who faithfully reported the Touchers’ Institute for tho Journal. He is an educator of ability, ami we congratulate tho people of Winslow on having such a gonial and talented gentleman at the head of Iboi^public school.Mrs. Nellis, who ia the guest of Mrs. JurigoJ.M. Halloy, will sing at the Baptist Church to-morrow. Of this talented lady tho Amorlcan Art Journal, of Now York, says: Tho rich soprano of Mrs. Nellis was all that could be doslrod, combining grout compass with s» sweetness and purity of voloo which we have seldom heard,Tho frce-for all trot at the Peoria races yesterday proved very interesting. The horses that took part in tiro races are nil welt known in Frooport, as theyIhnvo won races at Taylor’s Park several times. Six heats were trotted, AJ-teV a nested for selling him liquor, and■hthat fact influenced the council In revoking Sutter’s license. Well, Adam is very sore against Mrs. Wilhelm, and heProposes to have revenge, He has boon looking up her record, and claims she is a bigamist. Ho had a Freeport attorney write to the county clerk of Carroll county, to find out if a license had ever been granted to Miss Martha R. Airland, (now Mrs. Wilhelm) and Caspar Sting, of Shannon, and was told that there had been such a license issued, and that the above eoupio were married at Shannon, March 5th, 1870, by T. P. Newcomer, justice of tho peace.Sutter’s attorney thou wrote to the circuit clerk of Carroll county, inquiring if tho nbovo couple had ever been granted ft divorce, and received reply that none had been granted in that court. Sutter brought tho letters to tho Journal office requesting us to publish them and he would pay for it, and also stated that ho would have them published in all tho city papers, Jle clamed that Mrs. Sting married Ed. Wilhelm and never had a divorce from her first husband, and that she was a bigamist, and he thinks she ought to bo punished. Adam is becoming very virtuous since liegot out of tho saloon business, but ho probably would not care if Him had fourteen husbands if she had not boon Instrumental in causing his llconso to be revoked. But Adam did not investigate as far as aJournal reporter did. The reporterfound that Miss Martha E. Aurand, of Horan villago, did marry (jasper Bting at Shannon, that she was never di-S.JhnelF1)stfrgiciS'rnrcrlbylt;mUo:(it.18lt;Vtlfttrhnlt;:oyt!Oderjtilt;:pfvoreed from him, also that she married MEd, Wilholm, of Shannon, at Maquok-eta, la,, two years ago last Christinas. Tho Journal reporter also discovered that Casper Sting bud boon married before also. Many years ago he married a daughter of Jacob Bpioee, a well known farmer living near Shannon.Sting proved n worthless drunkard andhis first wife left him and is now living with her children in the State of Oregon, and aho was visiting in Freeport last week. Sho novor applied for a iti-vorco from Sting ami ho could not obtain one from her and she is yet Ids lawful wife, in 188(1 Sting met Miss Aurand (nowMrs. Ed Wilhelm) and induced her to marry him, stating that be had a dlvorco from wife No. 1. After tho marriage his alleged wife discovered that her husband novor got si divorce from his first wife and sho left him. In company with her father sho wont to Mfc, Car roil tosue for a dlvorco. Thoy consulted Hon. J. M. Hunter, a loading lawyer of that city, and ho informed them that as String novor luul a ill voice from his first wife that his marriage with Miss Auraiul was null and void, that aho novor was his legal wife, that no divorce could ho grunted, and Unit all sho could do was to send Bting to tho penitentiary for bigamy. This she novor did. But a low years later sho married Wilhelm at Maquokota, Iowa. Tho marriage was porfoctly legal, and tho ceremony was performed by the Mayor of that city in tho presence of several witnesses. So it would appear that Mrs. Wilhelm has boon “more sinned against than Binning,” and Sutter’s threat to have her placed behind the bars can not be carried out. We advise Butter to draw himself within himself and pul! down tho blinds.1ifMINOR ITEMS.Tho street fakir was in his glory to-
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Freeport Daily Journal
Freeport, Illinois, US
Sat, Jul 28, 1888
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