Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-04-10

CurSeus Allegations Agalnst -
Musband 1.-the Annoyaoces OF
Marrying q Man with Eight
Ckisdreu.
From he View ysrl Word.

From TIE seN tofh 0orsd.
Eliza Bovert - James b srt-Tas AZ
ion Ia lor limited divorce aud s'imaar n
he ground of eyed .i-nsale. The stosy
of the plsinaiT, as relate ~ ne Counsel. Is .
g. inlows. The parties we're marie ] n
1865 previous 70 ,ee marftsg,. piaibi'H
had objected % uniting be eel With TIE d : +
feulsnt. 81 he WAS already til father Oh !
eight sn,ldrer. AID shs did ne. think the ara
rsnxement would b. ssreeAtis to Tie child
rem. On defendants assuring her that the
oldest. . daughter named Caroline, was soon
A he married and that the other children
would be du,iiu. and obsdient, she allowed
he, objection TO b, ovesfuled. After the
msrrisre she went with defendant 70 his
home. The hone moon was very short,
and before many weeks had elapsed u be.
came evident to Mrs. Bogert that . con
spirasy had been inaueursted bet~sen Mr..
Bogert and his children to degrade ana tor.
ment her. The eldest daughter usurped all
the prerogAsives and assumed oil the re
sponsibilities Of the head Of the family.
driving her evsa frsm her proper seat 1t
the table. Besides this. various torments
vere yesortsd 70 70 drive her from the Ia
Die itself, such % hiding her knife, fork or
. ,on. and onos enc Of the children scratcte
ID i,s head over her plsts. O,her ind,gni-
ties follow Cd, and she finally complained to
NJ B CERT that shs had bern charged BY
Ca,olinr with having / cen unc'iasse at the
time vi thc't marriage. These Prosecutors
still continuing, she made other conp'in's,
and was once asked by dsfendant, w ny
she did not leave the house he would not
siay where he vas not wanted. 10 reply
she said she was his wife, and would not Sc.
vi h On intsn'ian to deprive her OF hei
dover, plaintiff had disposed If two housei
aud loss belonging 20 hun, first inducing be'
a sign off her dover, by promising 10 e
cure her IN the mortgages 70 bs gwen ie'
such balance Of tho purchase money Al
should BE- left uapad When she hae
. ensd the deed. he refused to comply witt
his promise An attempt was then made
through the medium Of On attorney, TO toret
sr to leave the defendant aud submit TO
quiet settlement, and Afterwards the de
scniant himself endsavorsd 70 take he: t
InGianA, where he could get . divorce easily
Finally the house wherein they resided w
strip "a Of carpets asd fureiture, and H.
family vacated, leaving her sIsns to shit
for herself She s,ait there two days with
, out sustenanes thss went away.
WaAr 1T Took TO BuiLD rns LiSpgI
House res been sIated that the Lrick
aid on the walls would be sufficient TO paw
AN area Of mvre than thirty eight acrss.-
This 10 in addition to 6, 200 yer hes Of rub
bio masonry in the foundation. 30. 600 cub
feet OF cut stone in tho fronts. $40 tons I
: cast and wrought iron, 81 acres Of plaster
Z ing, $40 windows; $50 inside doors 3
240 pounds Of copper for cutters; the pls
glass used would cover IN acre Of ground
: the floors seven acres. The sheeting I
wash boards laid in . continuous liz
would reach thirteen miles and if boart
: or desired to take . walk before breaks
= he might travel through the corridors OF
y mile ard . quarter without going over Il
6 same floor second time. Besides the ina
Bile flooring and other tagging, 100000 fe
Of flooring boards were laid, requiring 80
600 yards Of carpet to cover them. Thirt
two tons Of sash weights we're used, l6,W
y feet Of gas pipe, 10000 pounds oflead q
b., 900 feet Of iron pipe to supply il vi
: water, besides 81, 700 teet Of steam ! ipe
heating it. Thirty>two miles of bell vi
we're used.
y The sctual cos, OF the building was s95t
600 which with the ground val ed 1T $32
a 1000, make. the whole valne $l,216. 4W
s. not TO seek OF furniture, $500, 900 worth
which was imported and put n. So 4
when the house WAS fully completed al
= furnished. the " hole pr 'pcrty cost early
- million and half Of dollars.