Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-08-31
AMY HUBBARD.
An Eureka Lass of 10 EioPes win
a Boy of IS I'm Oakland, Cal.

An Eureka Lass Of 10 EIOpes win
a Boy of IS I'm OAKLAND. Cal.
The San Francisco Examiner Of the
9th instant tells OF an elopement that
occurred in Oakland during the Friday
night previous Of a 15-year-old girl, who
lived in Eureka until a few years ago,
with a boy who had just turned his 18th
year. The girl is Amy Hubbard. a daugh-
tor by the first wife OF O. G. Hubbard, an
attorney of this town. She is said to be
an unusually attractive girl. The boy is
Richard Seymour, q son of very reRpecta-
BILE people. For quite a while Amy has
lived with her grandmother in Oakland,
and the miss was o member of the First
Methodist Church Of that city and the
Sunday school in connection Herewith.
II was at this Sunday school that abe met
her fate in the person of young Seymour,
who was wild and reckless. This was
about a year ago. An attempt was made
by the boys parents and relatives TO have
him ioin the church, and Amy worked
a~ssiduously for the end. This is where the
mistake occurred. In converting the err.
ratio Dick, Amy fell in love with him.
The affection was, II seems, r~eciprocsted,
the youthful lovers keeping we'll their
secret, and il was not until about four or
five months ago that it dswned upon the
friends. and especially Amy's grand
mother, that anything was wrong. Then
Mrs. Smiley, the grandmother, attempted
to break the attachment, but 1t was with
out avail. The lady little imagined that
the young couple would elope, and 1t was
only on the Friday night mentioned that
she learned positively that she had been
deceived.
On the evening in question there was q
social given in the Sunday school rooms OF
the Methodist Church. and Amy, in com
pany with her grandmother, attended.
Dick was also present, and about $3.50
o'clock Amy and Dick were missed. Search
failed to. disclose their whereabouts,
and when, about an hour later,
Mrs. Smiley returned to her home, she
discovered that her granddaughter had
run away. The girl and her lover had
evidently planned for the elopement. be-
cause a valise and Amy's best clothes were
missing, and q note from the misguided
girl was left behind saving that she had
left her grandmother's roof forever.
Nothing was done that night. but the next
day a thorough search was made in Oak
ibIu lOuSiub HOurc~s hF Wbo "AshSo
avail, and the only intelligence of the
whereabouts of the truants was that they
were seen on Broadway. Oakland. early on
Saturday afternoon. Since that tim
nothing has been learned Of them. The
grandmother, hoping against hope, sought
the Office Of the County Clerk in Oakland
to see if o marriage license had been issued
for Dick and Amy. The record failed &c
show anything Of the kind, and the
| Smileys. through she efforts Of detectives,
are endesvoring to find the couple and
| have them married in due form.
II is surmised that the young runawayt
are in hiding In San Francisco, where
Amy Is well known in some circles. A
couple OF years ago she was q pupil at tht
North Cosmopolitan Grammar School
where she was alike the pet of her teacher
and q favorite with the scholars. She wal
at the same time an attendant at th'
| Green-street Congregational Sunday schoo
where she was also q favorite. She wa
very well mstured for her age and wa
made much Of in public exhibitions.