Show WIFE FOR A QUARTER A remarkable transaction arade lo in kiino IVL no county the transfer of his wife by II kike Kikel culliford to ambrose battat at butler center a few days clays ago for the princely sum of twenty five cents turns oat to be one of the most noteworthy commercial transactions that the township has ever witnessed says the rochester N Y democrat and chronicle the fact that the wife was nn an interested observer of the transaction and by no means the least willing party thereto adds interest if not a moral flavor to the affair are young people a aged ed respectively twenty five ind and twenty three abree mrs culliford as it turns out had been married once before glicr er prom promise 1 be to love cherish and obey culliford was made the name of the first husband was david lobel from whom she considered herself legally separated when a 3 car ago she was married to culliford lobel was imprisoned for petit larceny and liis his conviction vic tion bhe thought was sufficient clent separation tion early in the spring the they moved to butler and culliford worked by the day among the farmers to support ills his young wife E arly in august culliford came home unexpectedly and found dratt draft and his wife under circumstances which made him suspicious ious Is that what hat you have teen coming to my house for every night for a week neek bringing your old fiddle lie 10 demanded of dratt draft then followed a war of words and dratt draft left tile the house to be followed by mrs culliford Clil liford a little later the bep separation lasted several fral weeks and then friends succeeded mece eded in n getting the couple together again I 1 then came the senon sen on for arv drying in apples and mrs ills culliford ii a desire to earn some money she went to ork in the evaporators at loren lore u ids culliford heard rumors th eliat it caused him to make a 0 trip to the orators ili his wife was not in the th factory inquiry revealed the fact that she was in the house with ammy drott draft to the house lie he went there he found aratt and his wife had culliford been ronde made of different stuff there might have been a bloody time bilut culliford had his own owl way of dealing with alie situation motioning dratt into an adjoining room the wife following he be turned on his heels and S said aid do you want this woman more than I 1 do yes replied the ready draft well what will you give for her dratt draft paused for a moment then he said firmly but slowly twenty five cents SI ashes i es yours said culliford fork I 1 I 1 or over cr the quarter elian changed ed hands the woman spoke for the first time well 1 I dont care said site he between sobs if you did buy me you have got to support me 1 I will vill said dratt draft and that clo closed ed the transaction the transfer of property took place that afternoon dratt calling for his purchase with his horse and buggy bugg |