The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-02-09
Mrs. ScOyille's Mental Status.

Washington special to Cincinnati CONNER
cial: Mrs. Scovile is represented in arecent in
terview in Chicago paper IS saying that she
had been out Of her head and under treatment
entertained the theory that Guiteau was insane
thought they found confirmation for that opin-
ion in the action of Mrs. Scoville while she was
here. Her conduct, they held, indicated that
tho taint Of insanity ran through the Guiteau
family Mrs. scoville, while here. was
in q state Of high nervous excitement most Of
tho time. During the last month of her stay
here she was guest at the house CT Col. Ed
ward Daniels Often she walked the floor of
her room all night. At times she bersted the
servants severely. as though she WAS IN heI
own home.
While sbo was here, and knew her before, that
she is just on the boarder line Of insanity; a
little excitement would throw her over When
ever she becomes excited her talk is just as in
coherent as her brothers. | have known her
to announce earnestly that Charles will became
president Of the United States; She seemed to
believe it sincerely. She said he would 60 first
to an insane asylum, then he would be released
by order of commission, and when his intel
lectual tone WAS restored, the people would
make him president. She used to show letters
in which the writers aesured her that thay
would stand by her brother. She took them all
seriously, unable to SEQ the sarcasm in them,
and announced that the people were all coming
over to her brothers. sida. To those who did
not take stock in the insanity theory in the
case of Guitean, she did not appear to have
any marks Of an unsourd mind that could not
not be readily accounted for by the intense
nervous strain she was under.
Another Iowa Sensational Divorce Case.
Des Moines Special to Chicago News: TIE
sensation OF Central Iowa ia the divorce suit
fled in Atlantic, GAGS county, by Mrs: Maria
Yetzer against Joseph G. Yetzer, claiming the
custody Of five children, aged from one to four
teen years, and 100000 alimony. The
couple were married December 6, 1866, in
Cass county. Plaintiff charges neglect, drunk
enness, abuse and adultery asserting that in
October, 1880, IN Chicago, defendant commit
ted adultery with woman whose name Is I'M
known to plaintiff, and during the same month
in st. Louis, defendant lived in open and con-
ued adultery with the same woman, represent
ing her to be his wife; that in October, 1881.
a week in adultery, taking her to st. Louis and
week. week.: She e'' also WAN. charges defendant
with a repetition Of the offense with various
women at various places. Complaint is also
made that the defendant abueed plaintiff by
refusing to accompany her to any and all
with her upon the street at any time, and by
forsaking plaintiff and plaintiffs company for
the company Of lewd women, and by telling
plaintiff that he preferred the company OF
such women to the plaintiffs company. Tho
DEFENDANTS q man Of large means, being the
the owner Of several large farms, : vast amount
the Cass county bank, the Atlantic packing
house, besides owning large hardware store
and several large business houses and lots in
in Atlantic, number Of tenement houses, and
many other interests and properties, and in all
making lin worth at lea at the sum Of $2hO, 600
over and above all indebtedness