A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > District of Columbia http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=323 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=33252 Submitted by: Susan Article Title: Washington Post Article Date: January 17 1878 Article Description: Divorce Article Text: A petition for divorce was filed yesterday in the Equity Court by Marie Wingarrd, praying for divorce from Frithiof Wingarrd, through her attorneys, B. H. Webb and A. C. Mills. They were married in the city of Drammin, in Norway, on March 2, 1868. In 1869 defendant emigrated to America and settled in Chicago, and a year afterward, upon his representations that he was in a condition to support her, she left Norway and joined him in Chicago. After she had been with him 4 months, she discovered that if she wanted to live she would have to support herself, and so she took in sewing, etc. Since then she has supported him and has relied upon her own efforts as an artist for support. (She could take in sewing if she was an artist). She charges that he is a brute, and beats and insults her. He is (oh, horrors) a scoffer at religion, and worse than all, he despises her. The document is very voluminous, and the Judge will grant the decree probably rather than read it through. A. B. Williams, for Elizabeth Gerhold, filed a bill for divorce from George Gerhold yesterday. The parties were married in Baltimore in 1856, and have lived here or 14 years She charges abandonment, cruelty, and several other little things. U. S. Newton entered a bill for divorce yesterday on behalf of Eliza E. Ferris from Gilbert J. Ferris, and to secure the custody of their 5 children. They were married in this city in 1864. Two years ago he deserted her, and for a long time before had been intemperate and treated her with great cruelty. Amelia J. Hands yesterday filed a bill for divorce from her husband, James H. Hands. Fannie C. Manson, through her attorneys, filed a petition yesterday in the Equity Court for an absolute divorce from her husband, Lewis Manson. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ DC-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com