The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-09-08
NEW YORK AS SEEN DAY BY DAY.
NEW YoRK Cry. N. Y.

NEW York Cry. N. Y.
A studio love story, in which the hero
and heroine are young sculptor and
his still younger model, is soon to have
a happy ending. On September 10
Jacques Papasian, of zoo West Eighty
eight street, whose studio is at 8 East
Seventeenth street, will marry Irene
Agnes MacAlpine, of 324 East Twenty
sixth street, his former I7-year-old mod
ell. Whereby hangs this romance.
One afternoon about eight months
ago while the sculptor was at work on
a group. "The Struggle for Life" for
which he had been unable to find a mod
Ell for the central female figure, there
came a knock at his studio door, and
there entered a tall, fair-haired girl who
announced herself as Irene MacAlpine,.
and asked
do you need model"
She really was just the model he
needed, and in three minutes she was
successfully posed, and the statue was
growing.
For two weeks Miss MacAlpine posed
for Papasian daily, and in those two
weeks the sculptors interest in his new
model increased even more rapidly than
the statue At the end of that time
he avowed his love and proposed mar
riage. Miss MacAlpine was willing.
The most excited janitor in New York
city is Adolph Neurack, of 2II East
Fourteenth street, who has just been in
formed that he was the brother-in-law
of no less parsonage than the Russian
plenipotentiary, Sergius Witte Neu-
rack, whose work as janitor is supple
mented by an occasional job of plumb
ing, is native of the little town of Sha-
vel, in Russia. He is son OF Baer
Neurack, one of the prominent mer-
chants of the town. Nearly 20 years ago
Neurack left home, and since then he
has never seen either of his two I'M
married sisters Rumors of famous
marriage have come to him, but he did
not know any definite facts until he re-
ceived letter from relative, DR..
William holman, of Alliance, N. j.,
telling him that his SISTER Pauline was
the wife of the great Russian Minister.
Attacked by two savage dogs, her
clothing half stripped from her body
and her flesh lacerated in many places,
Mrs. F. Peterson, who lives in Locust
street, Corona, Long Island, had des-
perate struggle for life on Shell road,
near Junction avenue. Mrs. Peterson
owes escape from more serious and per-
haps fatal injuries to the brave efforts
of Miss Dixie Havens.
The Infatuated brutes ripped her dress
open from collar to skirt and tore her
shirt waist to fragments. She was fight
ing desperately when Miss Havens rush.
ed upon the dogs and pulled them from
the PROSTATE woman. Then both the
women had to fight the dogs. just then
a trolley car came along and the motor
man jumped into the fray. With his
controller handle he hit the great Dane
a blow on the head that felled it. Miss
Havens escaped unframed, but Mrs.
Peterson was taken home suffering from
the shock and numerous lacerations
Valentine Klein, who has lived within
IS miles OF railroad all his life, near
Jeffersonville, Sullivan county, never
saw a locomotive and train of cars until
FTlQdy. hlell IS d ldiluCi, 40 years oiu'
He never has had the time and curiosity
to go to Calicoon to see the steam cars.
This season has been good, and Klein
prospered so much that he decided to
take day off. Arriving at Calicoon,
he stationed himself a good distance
from the tracks and watched for train.
His amazement was great when fast
express passed Klein had the time of
his life watching the trains go by. He
went home satisfied with his vacation.
II - -
Gen.. Piet A. Cronje, the Boer, has
brought suit in the Supreme Court
against Charles W. Wall and against
the Clay Amusement Company, which
since Wall gave UP the Boer War spec
tacle at Brighton Beach has been carry
ing on that exhibition. for $2,42o.o6 for
services rendered by him in the show.
Justice Giegerich, on the application OF
Mortimer Fishel, lawyer of Long Is
land City, granted an attachment against
the property of the two defendants,
which was transmitted by Sheriff Err
LANCER to the Sheriff of Queens county
for service.