The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-08
HER HEART Is SHATTERED.
Pauline Berk Thinks that $1,000 viii
Repair the Damages William
Tr0stel Did to Her Aztec.
ti0ns---An Interesting
Breach of Prom.
ice Case.

An interesting preach OF promise OF
marriage case will come up for trial at the
next term of the circuit court unless 9TH
erwise settled and there does not seem to
be any prospect of settlement just now
The facts in the case are as follows:
Last January the wife of VIM. Trostel,
who keeps boarding house and saloon
on the corner of First avenue and Tween
tieth street, died and he was left alone
without anyone to direct the affairs of his
household. Mr. Trostel began look
around for someone to take charge of af>
fairs in the house as he had large num>
Der of boarders who required attention.
One day he went over to Davenport and
going to the intelligence of Mrs. Dorth.
asked if she could find him girl to work
The lady had the name of Paulina Berk
on her list of applicants for a position
such as Mr., Trostel had to offer and he
engaged her Paulma came to his place
to work on the 10Th day of last April
Mr.. Trostel says he told her to take
charge of the culinary department of the
house, and look after the two girls who
were then employed in the kitchen Paul
ina thereupon became queen of the kitch>
en-, and everything moved smoothly for a
short time Soon the boarders began to
''Nick" about their food being burned, or
at times only partially cooked As Paul
ina was chief co0k-and bottle washer in
the establishment, this state of affairs did
not recommend her accomplishments as
housekeeper. Mr.. Trostcl frequently
nrged her to be more careful in the pre-
paration of meals, and he says that at al
most every meal time thereafter she
would send for him to come to the kitchen
and direct the process of cooking some
article of food which convinced him that
she knew absolutely nothing about cook
ing. Besides this he alleges that the other
girls claimed that Paulina heaped the
work upon them and enjoyed siestas upon
the sofa daily. This sort of thing went
on for some time and Paulina seems to
have conceived an infatuation for the
proprietor of the house. 1t was the cus>
tom to keep the house open last summer
until the r. |. Il P. passenger train which
left here at II p. m. had gone. On one
occasion Mr.. TrOstel says he gave Paulina
| the keys to lock up the doors. She did
this and retired, and when the proprietor
wished to 90 to bed he conld not find the
keys although he searched diligently for
them, Then he was compelled to go to
Paulna's loom, in which the other two
| girls also slept. She said she did not have
the keys but arose and dressed herself
and went down stairs and within three
minutes returned and handed him the
keys and went into her room again.
He says that she claims that he attempted
to drag her into his room at this time,
which he claims to be able to prove is
false in every particular. The plaintiff
| further claims that VIM. Trostel proposed
marriage to her, and sat upon lounge
with her at divers times On the 9th OF
May she was discharged from the employ
of the defendant, and soon after entered a
suit for breach of promise of marriage,
claiming damages in the sum of $4,000
Since leaving the Trostel place Miss Berk
has been employed at different places and
this morning was discharged from one OF
them An effort was made to find hcI
today to learn her side of the story, but
she could not be found. Mr.. Troslel
claims that he did not even know her last
name until she entered suit against him
He has been married twice. Judge VIII
kinson is his attorney and J. L. Haas
appears for the plaintiff. Trostel is eager
for the trial, claiming that he has abun>
dant evidence to prove that no promise Of
marriage ever existed between them