Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1892 — Two New Divorce Cases. [ARTICLE]

Two New Divorce Cases.

Two new divorce casea were filed in the Clerk’s office, last week. Reba Thomas wants a divorce from Howard Thomas, claiming that he is a habitual drunkard. They were married in Qct. 1889 and separated in Feb. 1892. They have one child, 20 months old, the custody of which the plaintiff asks for. She is now in Rensselaer working as a domestic. The defendant is in Michigan. She wants back her maiden name of Searcy. The plaintiff formerly lived in Reynolds, White Co., and afterwards in Clay Co. She does not ask fcr alimony, probably for the good reason that the defend- 1 ant has no wealth. Another case is that •of Suda Grimm against Calvin Grimm. The p arties live in Union tp. She charges cruel and inhuman treatment and says that Calvin kicks and strikes her. They were married in April, 1882, and have three children, aged 9,7, and 3 years respectively. They have a good farm of several hundred acres, also cows and other stock; but the wife seems to own everything except one sorrel horse 3 years old, which she also wants and has had a restraining order served upon him to prevent him from selling- it. She wants the custody of the children and SSOO alimony.^