Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1855-01-18

Grizzly Bear in he Streets "A bout .
o'cl elk this morning. the yicinIty
OF 1Ercenlh and MARKET strcts,
was hro%n lao high state otevci.an ~,
by ,h} aPpnaranc, IN the streets OF an ,,n.
rnen>e grizzly bar. Tle animal was
brought rom California some time since
ana has recently formed III, principal al
tracIion OF sfioW which he'll form in
tent Oh an open lot on the south side OF
Market street, below tlifieeRlh. This nor-
ming, ab b'ut o o'clock, the animal managed
TO escape from his cage and got into the
street. His first freak was to mount an
omnibus horse that happened to be passing
and commenced inawing at the name of The
poor beast. The horse, doubtless, a, much
aionisIcd and not Il liuIe scared, but fortu-
nalely for him b-l:in altered his mind before
doing him any serious hurt, aud dismouned
to pay his respects 10 a passing male. The
monster, alIer handling the mr'e pretty
roughly for a time, allowed bin 10 - III
hurt.
The bar wandered about III, streets for
some TIM, attracting an immense crowd,
and causing ludicorus scene, no;wih-
standing its terrofs. \ butcher, had just
cut of fine roasting piece of beef this
the bear took fancy to, and seizing it, it
soon disappeared down his throat, without
'by your leave" or even word of com
ment on the high price Of the article
strong efforts were made to capture The
brute by enangling him with ropes these
the bear managed to cvade, and al every
fresh movement the crowd would make
general scamper, tumbling over each other
in their anxiety 10 get ont of the reach of
as ugly set of claws as were ever worn by
beast. The police, who were upon he
ground threatened TO use Their reyolyers, but
the Snowman plead the heavy loss it would
cause him, and he renewed his cxertons to
secure the fugitive. The latter fnals
worked his way into a court RAINING out of
Eleventh street, above Market, where he
was captured with much trouble, by Slip
ping moose over his neck
During the fight with the animal pitch.
forks were used freely, the prongs being
thrust into his mouth. The steel prongs
were broken of by the teeth Of the bear as
readily as if they had been but pipo-stems,
and The wooden handle of one was broken
to pieces IN his paws. Even a!icr
slipk-not had been put over his neck and
around one of his paws, the brute backed
and dragged five stout men with him Alter
he WAS finally secured, Alderman Thomp.
son gave the Snowman hint of the con>e-
qu'nces likely TO result from continuing
the dangerous customer in the neighborhood
and the show tent was soon after struck,
and the bear was taken to parts unknown.
Few persons not familiar with the g,izz'y
bear, have any ida OF their size and i'm
mense strength. They bear scarcely any
more comparison to the orciuury black ba'
than a panther does 10 the domestic cat
We recolcct once seeing in menaseIr, n
grizzly bear put into In" same cage with
common black bear. There was IA temp
rary partition between The two animals, and
the grizzly made al effort to work his way
through it. The black bear canglt si-bl !
Of his formidable n,a ahb, r. end actually dcI |
from terror, al.nomgh III, latter had not |
been able 10 reach hm.-Philadlphm Bn!-
hiin, IOM.