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Show Gineral Bank, receiver in the land office of this city, will doubtless be interested in a Rorkford, Illinois, sensation. Some time early last year "Utah diTorcea" were granted to G. W. Ford and Mrs. Ellen Hall from their respective partners, though neither had ever been within 1,000 miles of this territory. The parties) had been intimate for some time previous, and Mrs. Ford had been driven from home and quartered on friend b. Soon after the divorces wen obtained they were married, and on the 19th inat. the grand jury returned two indictments against each for bigamy and adultery. They were placed in jail, bat on Monday having given bonds, were released, and went forth arm in arm. Ford says he proposes to teat the validity ot Utah divorces in the highest court of Illinois. Illi-nois. Xne decision of the court will be anxiously awaited by Band. |