Daily American organ., 1856-09-06

yided them, and they separated to the right and
left and passed harmlessly by.
The other little girls FASTENED home, and soon
the affrighted mother came hurrying TO the spot.
Where is sheY Where is Royer?" she eI-
claimed.
The dog came bounding to her side.
Where is she, Rovers"
Bow, WOW, wow" said the dog, and of he
went round the corner " Bow WOW, wow" eaid
he again, as much as TO say, Here she is.p
Soon the mother had the child In her arms, and
was listening TO recital Of the danger from which
her little one had escaped.
'Can that dog talk, Madam ?" asked one of the
witnesses.
"No, but he knows what you say to him.
If he was mine, would send him to school"
NARROW ESCAPE FROM DEATH.-On New York
avenue, between Ninth and Tenth streets, yester-
day, gentleman named VIM. N. Perrin was en-
gagged In erecting or securing scaffolding in the
nth story of one of Mr.. Joseph Bryan's houses,
one OF four beautiful ivsstoried brick houses which
are now near completion. He was standing upon
scaffoding, Immediately over the space created
by the spiral stairway, running from the first to
the NTH story OF the house, in the act Of driving
nail into the rafters above his head. In order to
strike the nail fairly he leaned backward, looking
intently upward In this position, losing his bal
ance, and unable to recover it, he was precipitated
to the floor, some forty feet beneath. In his fall
he struck joist or plank placed temporarily across
the opening at the first story swapping il asunder,
and breaking the force of his descent to the floor.
Strange to say, no bones were broken. He was
carried out into the air and laid upon plank, from
whence he arose in few minutes and proceeded
to wash the blood from his person. His body was
much swollen. He was carried to the Infirmary,
where every attention was paid to him. He had
been married about three weeks The hatchet
with which he was driving the nail, and which he
convulsvely grasped in his fall came near proving
the death OF another OF the workmen, its keen
edge barely missing his head. Grasped in the out
stretched hand of the falling man, the force with
which 1t struck the floor YVES sufficient to have
split the head of man completely in two. They
both have much cause for than kfulness.
BROKE AwAY.-Quite an exciting chase took
place last night, about o'clock, on the Avenue
between Third and Four-and-a-half streets, to the
great merriment Of the looisers-on. One of the
oxen attached to country wagon on its way to
our market, having freed himself from the yoke
unceremoniously took leave OF his companions and
made up the Avenue at rapid pace, pursued by
the colored occupants of the Nagon-four men and
a woman. The chase lasted some fifteen or TWEEN
ty minutes, up and down the Avenue, between
Third and Sixth streets-the oxen succeeding in
freeing himself from his captors several times after
be ng taken. He was finally safely secured.
The swiftness of foot Of the woman was remark
ed by all lookers-on, without whose aid, probably,
the animal would not have been secured which
occasioned remarks like the following among the
crowd: "She runs like deer |" "That gal 3
some on a rum" "She beats all ever saw on a
run !" en- bet, with the Bloomer costume, that
gal can run from the Capitol to the Presidents
House in five Minutes !"
We have seen some fast running, by men and
boys but it was all thrown in the shade last night
by this woman. Altogether, the scene was mirth-
provoking one.
The CoMMITTEE.-We are informed, on what we
believe good dauthority-authority that will be forth
coming, if necessaiy-that the individuals who in
stigated the matter of removals at the Arsenal
works, and were the gobetweens between Major
Bell and the Department. was composed Of Mr..
Humphrey, DR.. Miller, and one other msn, whose
name we have forgotten. We think it right and
proper that men who have made themselves so
active in producing loss and injury to men depend
ent upon their labor for their daily bread aud who
to say the least of it, good and better citi
zens than themselves, as Is proved by this unmanly
act of treachery, should be known SO that they
may be remembered They may have cause, here
after, to regret their action in this matter Retr
button awaits them, and all Others who meanly
labor for their own advancement at the expense of
their neighbors
HATS! HATS Who wants a hatp do, you
do, they do. Well, go to Lanes, 426 Pennsylvania
avenue, and buy one. You'll get good article
there.
Secretary McCleIand having left the city on a |
visit to his residence in Michigan, Mr.. George G. |
Whiting the able and efficient chief clerk of the |
Department Of the Interior is acting as Secretary
ad interim.
ANACosTIA CLUB.-The members of this Club
give their second Coton Party at Anacostia Hall,
Navy Yard, on Monday night next. These gen.
tlemen know how to do these things. That's
fact
SINGING ScHooL-"A bird that can sing, and
won't sing, ought to be made to sing" Some folks
say they can't sing. 1t is no such thing Hav'nt
you a voiceY Then cultivate it. If you can talk |
you can sing. You couldn't talk till you learned
how! Do you expect to sing without learning!-
Go to school Let all who desire to learn to sing
all who think they can sing and do sing, when
they simply make noise, go to the Sixth Church,
Island, on Tuesday evening next, and enter their
names
AssAULT.-Mr. Amos Hunt, county constable,
while attempting, on yesterday, to levy an execu-
ton on the goods of man named Mahan, was
assaulted by Mahan and his head badly cut by
blow from a cane. Mahan was arrested, and held
to bail by Justice Goddard for his appearance at
court.
NATIONAL THEATRE.-We advise our readers
who intend to witness the performance of Miss
Laura Keene's company on Monday evening, to
engage places at an early hour on that day.
CITY MARKET.
SATURDAY, September 6, 1885,