The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-01-16
A Fight for Furs.

The PttsburG Dispatch has the follow
ing:
Two tashionably dressed women, who
bore in features and general appearance
an outward responsibility, attracted Il
crowd of at least five hundred persons al
Penn avenue and Sixth street, ycSterlayaf-
ternoon, by a display of Independence and
muscle. 1t was about half past O'Clock
and the streets, although the weather was
stormy, were well filled with people The
two met at the corner of :hc thorough
fare. One was large and of particularly
fine appearance, dressed with great neat
ness, and apparently not over - Years on
age. She wore Il large fur cape OF the
best sable, and carried in her hand mnff
of the same material. The other was
much the smaller, but the prettiest of the
two, and was more plainly dressed, though
she would have attracted attention among
a hundred of the usual prompnaderF Ol
Fifth avenue by the general neatneSz ot
her costume. A. the two suddenly c.tme
face to face there was an instant's hrsita-
ton, and then IN earnest conversation tnr
two or three minutes Finally the smaller
one made u grab for the mutf in the
others hands, and seemed determined to
get it away from her. The large one held
back tor a moment, then planted her fist
squarely in the others face, sending her
reelng back and making the blood tricl,le
down from her pretty little nose in a con
tnuous stream. She, hestatng Il minute.
seemed a little inclined to back out, al the
blow had been witnessed Tx the hYsland-
ers and a crowd was rapidly collecting.
but, with a quick, intelligent glance at the
turS, she changed her intention and went
at the other, and the blows began to pat
ter about the large ones ears like peas in
hopper. They were returned in good
earnest, and livelier mill than was ever
fought in the prize ling took place in the
crowded thoroughtare and in the presence
Of a throng of people every moment
growing larger The little one WIS not
scientific as the other. and went If t. rs il
throwing stones, while the larger ont.
struck out from the shoulder rather aw.
wardly, but with considerable execution.
One of her right-handers caught in the
others hair, and down il came lowing
over her shoulders in a tangled mass of
rich golden brown, reaching below her
waist The accident seemed To fire her
soul To more active measures, and unhonk-
ing stylish little SatchcI from her belt.
she beIahOred her antagonist with it unlh
the handle broke off BY this time the
fight had continued for upward of ten
minutes, and no effort had been made by
the spectators to put stop to it. The al
talr was getting serious. however. The
large woman's face was considerably
swollen, and one of her eyes gave signs
OF going into halt-mourning. and the
other, though pucky as ever, WAS crying
a little ut the blood which kept dripping
down on her handsome cloak. Still She
kept hold of the large ones mutf, how
ever, and was apparently determined TO
take any quantity of punishment before
letting it go. At this iuncturc a man
stepped between them, while others rauuh.
hold of both and drew them away from
each other. The big one was hustled in
the direction of the drug store opposite
the st. Clair Hotel, while the little one.
with the captured mutf. slipped away in
the crowd and took refuge in neehbo,'-
ing clothing establishments Here She pro
ceedcd to arrange her hair and dress, cry
ing bitterly from modification all the
while. 70 the proprietor of the store.
though refusing to give her name, she
told the following story, as the primary
cause OF the dlsreputable atfrav:
The other woman was her SStrr-in-law.
she said, and had never been on good
terms with her sine her marriage to the
others brother. Her husband had been
very fond of her and had indulged her in
everything, letting her dress u good deal
better than his sister. She had especially
wanted set of furs, and he had purcIlas-
ed for her the valuable ones which the
large woman was wearing when the little
atfray occurred The sister, however, was
jealous of her because she dressed so well,
and had done everything to create trouble
between the husband and the wife His
ears had been poisoned with so much cum
ming that few months ago he left her.
and OF all the precious things her most
precious turs had been taken with him and
gwen to the enemy. Although she was
ieeply grieved at the husbands detection,
she thought she Nigh: have stood that
out TO see the cause of her trouble haunt-
ng the emblems of her victory on the
public streets was too much, and "she
wanted them furs; that was ALL" As she
said this, and caught sight of the mutf.
her tears dried up like mist in the sunlight
md she proceeded with the balance of her
oilet with evident satisfaction. Having
in making herself presentable
again, she thanked the gentleman for his
kindness, and being allowed the use of
he rear door for the purpose of escaping
he curious crowd which had fingered
about the scene of the combat, tripped
away as if nothing had happened What
became OF the other one is not known.