Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-10-12

The Pre-. Sc says the Pope, while confident Of
the ability OF bis forces to resist struggling
Government will order its troops TO march
upon Rome. s.
Mistaken Identity or Bigamy-Which:
From the N. Y. Telegram OF Thursday
In the year 1857 an English woman namsd
Catharine Burdick became acquafnted in
Montreal with a Norwegian who said hts
name was Christoph Petersen. q native of
Chrstiana, who represent ted himself as wild
over, and who proposed marriage to- the
young woman-a proposition which Il would
appear she eagerly accepted, very mnch 10 the
disgust Of her sister, .s because she had some
gold in her trunk" .....-.
Tie marriage, 10 prevent any interferenca
on the part OF Kate's friends, was performed
some miles from Montreal, but the pair shortly
after returned and lived there. where, sup
piled with his wiies money, Peterson learned
the art OF cutting ana making clothes. they
lived happily together for aboat three years.
during which time boy and girl were born 10
them. Every thing now seemed to prosper with
the couple, but that they might get along faster
they should remove to village on tue Otta vs.
where, he said there was an excellent open
ing for professional clothier. They then re
moved, according TO the story which the
woman related this morning to Justice Mans
fs Id, of the Essex Market Place Court, to the
village, and shortly after Peterson one morn.
ing " as non est at breakfast call. INQUIRIES
were made by the anxious woman, but he was
nowhere TO be found, and at length she came
to the sad conclusion that he had either been
killed or accidentally drowned IN the Ottawa
Years passed away and nothing was seen or
heard Of the missing hus band.
Meantime, the sister Of Mrs. Peterson, with
her husband, removed TO New York. and not
long afterward, With her children, came the
bereaved. Here she went by the name OF Pc
teIson, and it accidentally becoming kaown
to person who lived In the house with her
that she had been the wife Of Norwegian
named Christolph Peterson, a tailor and cut.
ter. the person remarked that she was ac-
quaiHted with person OF that name and busi-
ness who looked not unlike the photograph,
in the woman 3 possession.
Further inquiry on the part Of Mrs. Peter
son elected the fact that the Peterson alluded
to worked at l54 Church street. With a bound
ing, throbbing, hoping, palpitaung, loving
heart Catharine fastened to the building indI-
Gated. and there saw the man whom she claim.
as her hus band. But the man declared that he
did not know her.
In reply to the woman on her meeting and
claiming him as her husband, Christolph said:
"iou are entirely mistaken never saw you
before in my life
win you deny that these are your chill
Eyes, ma am" he answered. - never saw
you before that know Of; never was IN MoR-
| treal; never lived in Canada; was never mar
ried to but one woman, ano she was united
| to in this city i'll the year 1865, her maiden
name being Marie Grinewald, native Of New
| York.
| The " woman was thunderstruck She could
| not be mist aiken, and yet this man, the father
! face of the photograph she held 10 her hand,
that he had never never seen her before.
There wac but one recon rse; she availed her.
self of 1t. She had Peterson arrested and taken
| before Justice Mansfield. La lhe presence OF
that gentleman he persisted In his utter Inno-
cence OF the woman. He said he could prove
! he cohabited with her, and she insisted that
not only her sister but others in Montreal could
identify him. The Judge was puzzled, and
| were it not for the photographs, he would have
| dismissed the case. As it is, he holds the ac-
! cused IN custody until al, the facts can be as
! certained.
| In either case it will avail Mrs Peterson
! nothing. If bis identity is proved to her salts
| faction, he is q bigamist, and will he sent to
! State Prison; if he is not. then she will have
! her trouble and sorrnw tor nothing.
ONE PHASE OF THE RRvENUK FRAUps-
| Several months ago person applied 10 the
| York, with the req nest that he would insure,
J in the sum OF $4,000, his schooner her tackle
and machinery "What machinery does vour
! schooner carry!" asked the insurer. The ap-
pIicant for insurance hesitated for litttle but
! finally said ~ may as well tell you the whole
! story: have a schooner load Of moIasses: l
have also still on board want you to in
sure my vessel for voyage between here and
! Boston, with the understanding that she NAV
/ anchor in the Sound long enough to turn the
stuff into whisky" OF course he does not
mean TO pay any revenue duties Oh the whisky
t THE WORKING PEorLE.-It is announced
!
| engaged in making horses shoe nails have
| struck, because their employers reduced
! wages. The strike has been in existence sew
eral weeks, but the last intelligence indicated
| that the men would succeed in their demands
| TO have the former scale Of prices restored. II
! is reported that. by q recent act of the British
! their religious belief, close their factories and
! workshops on Saturdays until sunset, are per-
! mitted to open them from sunset till nine
! O'Clock, during which period only females and
young persons shall work.
BURNING OIL wsLL.-Tne burning oil we'll
| in West Bloomfield, N. Y, is five miles from
+, Lima, and fourteen from Canandaigua. The
we'll was bored TO q depth of 500 feet pips
| projects above the ground ten feet. The gas
escaping from this pipe was set on fire On the
I'd of July last and has burned fiercely ever
| since. The flame leaps fifteen or twenty feet
into the air, lighting the country for miles
hall near and gives public dances every week
| At the last ball over Ave hundred people were
present 1t has become such popular resort
! that the ministers say young people had rather
go and dance by the light OF hell than attend
meetings.
a6A robbery took place at Cheuee, Belgium,
/ under ipgular circumstances The proprietor
OF the menagerie, which 10 situated at the Fair
in that locality, bad Just sold his collection OF
! animals to some English people, and had re-
ceived in part payment shout 10000 francs
This sum was deposited IN chest, which was
placed in the den itself. Notwithstanding tue
!
! bold robber entered and carried of both chest
, and money. and up to the present time moth
ing has been recovered.
! ~ Henry Ward Beecher, In his discourse
| on Sunday, said that "some men will not
| shave on Sunday and yet they spend ali the
| week In sharing their fellow men: and many
! folks think it very wicked to black their boots
! on Sunday morning, yet they do not hesitate
| 10 black their neighbors' reputation on week
days"
| ~ The new small cannon. "fhe most terri.
ble ever in vented" in France, is the subject OF
| much wonder. Experiments are made with
| II at Men don, near Paris. The trials are made
behind screen ofplank, and only the artillery
ofices engaged know the construction of the
! ann. Ii is said to FIRE twenty shots a minute.
| while Two men sufiice to transport il from
place to place. -
4 SANFORD CONOvHR As A SHORNAKIR -Sac-
| ford CoDover, the individual who was for 90
long time a source Of sItems" for the reporto.
! ,iai corps, is now learning the trade OF shoe
/ maker in the Albany psnitsnnary. He varies
| his work with occasionally writing Q petitiep
| for pardon on the sole Of q shoe.
| SERIOUS AcoIDENr IN NoRgoLx.-A uart
/ ftoE wall in the new Atlantic Hotel feli ON
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