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| DIVORCE AND | MARRIAGE.I PH 11* Ml'.l tiv W%S niVORi Kf) %\t! two Not n% t.tTKtt lit: w :;im)kd %t %miifs imo\ % vHIS 5TH MARRIAGE, 2ND DIVORCE.MIRV MRI.OT HIHHIl n M 11'1 Kill in BF.PORI I III: IMi II 11 1)111 HI DIIORt K l»l.lt; HI I .HER THIRD MARRIAGE, HIS SECOND.mei.ov mii sevhi him mu v HP*POKNKR IVirE oil: AMI Ktl t l lt I* FIVE.I Matrimonial Mli-I p f lint |fn«n‘t n rpmllrl In Ihitiique tonnty.Mary M* Joy wai si an*. .1 a divorce from Phil M. I y by Ju ig*- Matthews at 2:53 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. She i was a widow when married to Meloy In j 1*97, and Has allowed to resume her former name, Mary Bingham.The dec ree of divorce was entered at 3:15 o'clock.| Ar. h* ur later Phil Meloy was mar-! lied to Maggie Donovan, of In depend*; inee. |ty Justice Carney, j An hour and a half later Mary Bingham was married to Matthias Kiefer, a \ widower,' Thus within three hours two parties | were divorced and married again, each I ch ■ sing another mate.The story is a long and troublous one. We will first take up Phil Meloy, who has been four timea married and twice divorced. He is worth a volume, but space must cut short his checkered biography.lie is a farmer and lives at Sylva Switch, a small station in this county, lie is the postmaster and the juatke of the peace also, and conducts s general store. Despite all these positions and vocations, he la not rich in the world's goods. He is a native Irishman and a type of the ruddy, hardened class. His face is closely shaven and geth* ri in wTinkles; his hair is gray and a tisce of Mack is here and there notice able. He wears a stubby growth on his upper lip, which he keeps trim- j med. His air is that of the confidential ran. but he'll tell all he knows or with a wink lt;»r other facial grimace indicate that he knows more and if you're cun-j m* enough to learn more your curiosity will be gratified if you urge him. He ! is ultra worldly. Hr is of medium mature and wears a shirt wKh no collar and loosely fitting clothing. His I hat Is of soft felt, and he tugs at It.His eyes are small and restless. There • Is more activJty In them than in all hts ' body. In the light of his experiences,;t would seem that he loves any woman | that he Is free to love. It hasn't mattered much to him whether he courted. Me had never seen his third wife until he married her and the woman he mar-rb 1 Wednesday he had not seen until a week ago and then by p rearrangement.X, lt;y was firs? married to Sarah Me.I Grave, in D67. They had two children and she died before they were very old. The lt;hildren live with a relative. He was r« xt married to Margaret Coa-t* !o in 1*79. They had ten children. th*9 of whom, one boy and four girls, survive. None of th-se children nlt;*w 1 i' cognise their father, he says. Meloy ! was driving through Wisconsin when he was arrested on a charge of adul-| lety. He was lodged in the jail at Hmd Green, Wis.. and spent six weeks | there. He says he was not guilty of ! th- charge, but to escape confinement •J In the loathsome Jail, hi* pleaded guilty | to the charge and was sentenced t the Penitentiary at Waupun He served a | year there.Dut i*i his confinement hts wife secured a divorce of him. When he was r« ]lt; ased she repented and so did he i d th* y w ere r* maril* d and went back . *t the farm to live, she died there. The five children went to live with , ! relatives.THE 1 Hlltl* MARRIAGE, one day in 1S96 Meloy was seated !’ h s j tore w hlt; n he rlt; ad *i. a paj | a 4-year •■•1,1 boy, the n of a widow in ■J Kplt; ic * r. Ia . had fallen forty-five feet , in i was S* r. Iilt;dy injured The story i the mothei| Mi! . s he ait bled when ho read the1 Ktaphi' dlt; ripi i-»ii. if it didn't bleed | we v ill snpp. -lt; t did. anyhow He m it* 1 hmisidf and n t . :lt;• a letter toI the web w at.d mother. He was very \ » .»r v that misfortune had befallen h*r !'l and her - n: he d i not know her, but ! th:.« i,Strip*!* fact did not restrain him ; fre.tn ext; setng his sympathy. Theh ttlt; t v.s posted and addressed to■! • i in n I *wa. 1 he► mxt i t brought a i * ply and Phil~ wrote uni thcr letter. And so did she;, the mail business grew until the Sylvaici wrote to Mary and In-r j vit* d hlt; r to share his w oes and hisII Joy9 Th next train brought Marry wer. 1 I iubuquef and w * re married by Justice Cantiilon, ( rh l it • boy bad recovered from the ) efbvt# of the fall and the three wrnt* I
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Dubuque, Iowa, US
Fri, Mar 10, 1899
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