Exciting Scene In A Railway Car

Trom the Foiighkeepsxa, Eagle. . When the 0 o'clock exprass on tho Hudgon Itiver Ilailroad left New York on Ghrismas eve, Mayor Eastman was one of the passengere on the íirst car ahuad cf the sleeper. Ttto or three Beats i'roni him st a finely-dreseed and noble-looking aan, who suödenly gave a frigbtful shriek, andbarked aüdermppedlikeajdog The passengers in the e.w rose to their feet, some of them making for tho door, panic stricken. The stranget seized hold of the back of the seat front of hito,, and, barkrag agjkin, grated his teeth. in a fearfwl nsanner, and elosed his mouth on the top of the seat-back, tearing out strips of wood with his teeth, and spitting them out on tho floor. M'ttyo Bastman and one or two others rushed forward. to him, and endeavored to hold himbutwere unsuccessful. His strength 8eemed,superhuman. His eyo rolled wildly, and he seemed be in ihe greatcst agony. A cup of waterwas brought him, upon soeig whiohi baseized the edge of the nietalIJo cup between his teth and bit a piece out of it as clean almost as if it had been aut with a knife. A brakeinan now ar rived ami aiáed the passengors, wfeen flnally, . by overpowering numbers, . the uöfortunatc rana, was compelled to lic down in tho seat. By the time the train eached Peekskill he had quieted down eonsiderably. All offorts to asertain who he was proTed unavailing. . The raark on the insidë of hat showed that it was made in Utico-. He had seTeraJ. boxes ■with hiin filled with Chrismas gif'ts. Some of the. passengers thought ho had the delitiun treiaens, wbila others fait eonvinced ïL) Mas. oase of hydrophobia. Several times-ifc-w-aR feared he would bite or otherwise infliet ihiüry upon thoso who were endevoring to hold him. Whon the train left this city he was sléeping, but he was cloaely watohed-, He is evidcntly Bt gentleman oïcoiisiderable nieans. May or Eastman and Mr. Charles Bhichaíter both say it wjs tho most fearful scène they ever witnesscd.