The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-10-02

Items of Interest From Our Exchanges of
Yesterday.


Yesterday.
Miss Carrie Bergen. of Bay Ridge, a charm
ting young society girl of that place. was
married in Brooklyn yesterday to George
Freeth. chief of the Telegraph Bureau of the
Fire Department, the champion single sculler
of the Varuna Boat Club and a member of its
champion double-scull crew She gave her
friends no notice of her intentions lest they
might interfere.
The clipping couple. directly after the cere
mony was performed started for Boston
where they will spend their honeymoon The
friends of the young couple who witnessed
the ceremony and saw them oil were Miss
Emma Schsick, Mr.. Christopher Wilson. Miss
Morris and MIR. Edward Robins.
The bride is daughter of the late Theodore
w. Bergen, of Bay Ridge. He died about six
months. ago, leaving HE family well off in the
worlds goods. The family residence on
Third avenue near Sxty-fourth street ls one
of the handsomest in Bay Ridge. The family
is a branch of the old Bergen family. The
bride herself has been n great favorite in 30
ciety and had large circle of admirers among
the young men of this city.
Freeth met her while journeying to and
from Bay Ridge. Ii was noticed lately that he
was more frequent visitor than usual to the
club grounds at Bay Ridge ,lbut he managed TO
keep his love affair secret.
SHE ABANDONED TWO BABIES.
Mrs Elizabeth Geiger, Of No 203 east One.
hundredth street, arrested Sunday for aban-
doning four-day-old infant in hallway.
was arragned in the Yorkville court YES.
terday. The trick, 1t appears, is not new with
her.
Charles T. Ferguson, of No 1870 Second
avenue. also charged the woman with leaving
baby IL doorway in Fourth avenue near
sixty, third street, on the night Of July 10th.
He followed her and called upon a policeman
70 arrest her, but the policeman refused
Mrs. Geiger pleaded not guilty and was
held IN $1,000 bail on the first charge and
$500 on the second to answer at General SEES
sions.
BUSINESS TROUBLES
Aquilla B. Rich and Willis b. Troy. COM
posing the firm of Aquilla B. Rich & Co.
dealers In bicycles at 1890 Broadway. made
an assignment yesterday to Willard n. Bay
lis preferring two accommodation notes made
by Aquilla Rich. Of Staten Island. for 81. 600.
held by the Riverside Bank Aquila b Rich
was formerly treasurer of the Banker6 Camp-
bell Company, bicycles, which failed two
months ago. He sold out his interest in
that company year ago and formed the
present trm. claiming capital of els, 900, of
which $4,000 was advanced by his father
Dir. Troy was formerly boOkkeeper for the
Banker Campbell Company.
THE EXPLOSION Al OYSTER BAY
The inquest into the deaths of Engineer
James Donaldson. Fireman Townsend Dick
erson and Brakeman Michael Reardon who
were killed by the explosion of locomotive I1s
1T the Oyster Bay depot ON the Long Island
railroad on September 9TH, was continued in
Town Hall. Oyster Bay. by Coroner Cooley
yesterday.
Mrs. Mary Dickerson. the mother of the
dead fireman. testified that her son had
talked to her about the condition of the loco
motive for about two weeks before he was
killed; He said the boiler was leaking badly
and tho engine was not fit to run. He pre-
dicted the explosion. He said il leaked so
badly that 1t was impossible 10 keep M steam
and unless soon repaired il would blow no.
-. H. Whitlock, an engineer, who noticed
the engine standing at a station ten days be-
fore the explosion. predicted it would blow
ny inside OF month. Mr.. Whitlock was
expected At the inquest yesterday. Word
IVES received that he was i'll in st. Louis. and
N consequences the inquest was adjourned to
WANT SECRET TRIAL.
When the suit of w. II. Plat against
Minnie Da L. Platt for absolute diyorco Was
called for trial before Chief Justice Clement
"a thecity court. Brooklyn, yesterday. LAWYER
horace Graves. on behalf OF the plain
Tn requested that the case should
De Tried behind closed doors. He
sa'd that the parties were anxious
70 escape publicity. and that the facts were