The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1869-09-30
A QUEER AFFAIR.


HIT there is nothing certain in this worl(
II lhlNlin OF common acccptation; but there
are -omr things of which people are reason
ably sure. Thu Wise child who would hest
tatr 10 name his father could scarcely be ex-
prctrd To have any doubts concerning his
maternal relative, But mysterious case is
furnished 10y Warden Brennan which goes to
prove that a woman can be mistaken even in
hcr own mother.
''n the 9th inst the police found at 1872
Cherry street, and conveyed to the Moroue.
the body of an unknown woman, who was
supposed 10 have been murdered. Her skull
"@~ fractured as ii by blunt instrument
Am inquest WAS held ON the body, but was
adioumcd To tomorrow (NIonday) for further
evidences
Mr.. Ellen Davis, 2l1 West Fourteenth
street, called At the Morguc the day altcl
the body of the woman was sent there, and
identified ii rs that OF her mother Mrs Anna
McCHllrey, and on The next day her sister,
The other daughter, Mrs Kate Mckeon, PAT
avenue Il. called, and also identified the
body On the day of the funeral, Monday
Iast, 4 number Of the friends of the late Mrs.
M"t allley looked III the corpse in company
Wllh the two women named, and recognizing
the lrotUrrS babe il last adieu The cir
cmStimce ofthc murder brought a large con-
""llle" TO the funeral, which was quite impos-
m@. Ihc relatives went home afterwards
Ia mourn, and the friends TO speculate on the
-lorncs4 Of life and the frequency of mysteri
oue murders. It was an exciting topic. and
WAS not exhausted until the next day, when.
to the establishment Of all Mrs McCalfrey
walked into the house where her daughters
Wrr" "bundennG about tucked up her
sleeves and went to work rs usual and Just as
II she had never been murdered, dead and
buried. The daughters don't know what to
make OF the matter, and the numerous friends
OF Mrs. McCaltrcy are lost in establishment.
IN" question OF who is to pay the funeral ex-
pensrs, amounting to about 5000, is now the
principal subject Of discussion in the neigh
horhood OF avenue b, and much i'll blood is
cngcndcred in consequence. If Mrs Mccall
frey had not had the bad taste to return to
Life when everybody believed she wasas dead
rs "Old Marley" the undertaker's bill would
NOT have been questioned. 1t is to be hoped
that the inquest on the body of the unknown
woman tomorrow will throw some light on
this extraordinary affair.
The living Mrs. McCalfrey, it appears. was
expected on u visit from Providence, r. l.. to
her daughters in This city about the time thew
heard OF the body awaiting Identification at
~ NV -i'i t,H'- bttt sllc uCIdEcO nGf visit q
few days. and in the meantime her daughters
gave decent burial to a poor unfortunate,
such As uniortnnates do not get every day.
There was quite an exciting scene at Glen's
Falls, New York, the other evening, caused
by the escape from its cage of Bengal tiger,
which belonged to Campbell's Menagerie,
then exhibiting in the village The watch
man late al night discovered that one of the
elephants had broken loose and had upset
the tigers cage, breaking the doors and let
ting the animal escape. The keepers We're
aroused, torches were lighted, and the hunt
began. OF course q large crowd of people
soon collected and joined in the pursuit The
''@"r was found crouching over a>dying heif-
or which it had stricken down, and was
%r"e'liy tapping the blood which spurted
from wound i'll the animals neck. One
OF the keepers improvised two lariats from
coil OF rope and succeeded in THROWING them
over the tigers head the ends of each were
h"ll by persons standing in opposite dircc-
lions, thus preventing the beast from an
preaching anybody, and with some difficulty
he was returned to his cage.