The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-07-15


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I The Dog PoanA 10 Nsv Ysrs h IN isasisdsia
.haa opens vish ~ 40 as.a. A reward 81 M
| o.aas yer dog b paid q The pound-.shat !
cheeks On the city Treasury for the sa,Ae -
drawn. The New Yosk Times gives history I
the Dog Pound operations, from which We ono,
> few graphic paragraphs
When our sumnsr pleasures beein-When v
retreat 20 the couasPy, intent upon cool pasture
and parling brooka then commences tho dog
m.scsy. The Mayor opens the Dog Pound
Smart, shoeless urehins are abroad before day
light in search of unmuaslcd dogs. They vel
know the trick Of entlcing dogs from their own
| srs' houses. They can even slip muxsle. ana
capture the animal, whose requirements wer,
stsissly according y Ian. For each dog taket
to the Pound, the urchin Is richer BY 30 cent?
Last year, . Inan named Sullivan, dwelling Il
the lower part Of the city, purchased dogs q
| - cents each from the bOya and whsn he Maj
loo collected, he would take them In cart "a
| the dog pound, and obtain so cents for each 81
them. He was the greatest enemy the dogs had
tor he had always from 30 to 40 boys In his scr
vice. hunting after them. But there d ever d
retrihntive justice. A mad dog bit Sullivan, and
ne 0leu OF nyGrOpnoOtA
The dog loand i now open, and receiving
nigh hundred dogs a day. Il is situated .,
the corner o. First Avenue and Thirty .tirs,
street, and u y orth visit. II . stranger asks
the neareet u,ehin what that mar mean, fenced
In By row Of plAnks Is feet high, he may 10
answered that dogs are tanned alive there TO
make their skins water proof. Listening to the
gamut OF The indignant dogs, he win almost
credit the smart urchin
But let him investigate that fence, and he will
hnd there . door, and let him examine that
door, and he IN see Dog pound" inscribed on
II, end let him knock, aud Mr. Sampson, the
ioorkeeper, very polite Municipal Policeman,
detailed by the Mayor, will open and admit him,
lie Will find All enclosure about 100 fec. long,
and 20 wide, fitted up with stalls, in which from
10 to 20 dogs, OF ali breeds, qualities, sizes and
conditions, are confined, TRAY, Blanche and
sweetheart little dogs, and ALL" Many Of these
animals are very valuable, and these are gen.
orally kept for two or three days. to allow their
owners time to come aud claim them. Other
dogs are only kept till shutdown, when, II not
reclaimed, and all expenses paid, they are
drowned Unfortunately, in q tank prepared
Tor the purpose, and their bodies removed in
cart to the foot Of Forty-fth street, East river,
whence they are taken to Barren Island.
Ine scenes ct dog pound are not without in
terest. carriage will drive up, from which a
we'll known millionaire will alight, in q state Of
excitement. He rushes into the poups. and es-
an'ines the dogs. He has missed valuable dog,
aud would redeem him, if brought to the pound,
at any cost. The dog 10 not there. He may
come in bye and bye. II so, Mr.. Sampson win
restore him with pleasure. Mr.. Sampson knows
his business and feels his position. How bland
~ he addresses the old lady whose pet lap dog
disappeared in the morning so mysteriously.
Tie is sorry to drown laps, but he has to do II.
II 10 bitter duty. butt is duty. The old lady
is sure he wouldn't drown her dog. Not if he
knows he wouldn't, for he is aware of what Ia
due to lady. Old lady looks at the FIVE score
OF canine victims and sheds commisseratiye
tears Mr.. Sampson looks as if he could shed
tears too, (though he doesn't feel bit like do
ing it, and wishes the old iady's pet would be
brought in before she goes, and while she has
that porte nonnaie in her hand. Bot pet is
not brought in, and the old lady departs. 1t is
now shutdown aud the drowning tank is got
ready. Ii is about ~ feet square, and into il IA
many dogs 80 it will hold are tightly packed
TIL II the cover is shut down and water is turned
slightly on. There is a confusion Of howis. a
guiding, bubbling, choking sound, or conglom-
GRAFTON OF Sounds, and when the water is drawn
of there are fifty dog corpses.
KIDNAPPING CAsE.-The investigation Of a
very curious case, based on a charge OF kidnap-
ping, Was commenced before Justice Waite yes
terday morning. Il appears that some three or
four years ago, a slave of A. s. Mitchell, Esa
of this city, ran away, and took up his.resi-
dence in Detroit, Michigan, where he has since
resided. Some days ago a genteely dressed
represented himself as an English gentleman Of
fortune. appeared in Detroit and advertised for
= colored man to travel with him to Europe
Mr.. Mitchelfs man, Ben Wright, applied for the
situation and obtained this wages being fixed
at $40 per month. The twain started in CON-
pany, but instead Of going Europewards got to
Alton. Here Ben suspecting all was not right,
objected to go further. but st. Clair gave him
check (bogus) for $1,000, and said iii your
master in st. Louis should claim you, here il
money enough to purchase your freedom" =
Bsr, treasured, took the check and came with
his employer to the Townsley House. The day
after, they left for Jefferson City, but while the
omnibus was on the road to the depot, Ben saw
his master. and wanted to hail him, but St.
CLAIR handing him a pistol, and showing him
another himself, told him he would protect
him. On reaching Jefferson City, Ben became
uneasy from the aspect OF things, and unboscm-
ed his suspicious to friend, the friend repeat
ed them, and they found their way to the ears
OF hr. Benal A. Chappell, of st. Joe, who at
ter seeing Ben, at once claimed him as the prop
erty OF his father, and brought him to this city
Mr.. Mitchell was out of town, and Mr.. Ramsey
at FIRST refused to have anything to do with the
matter, but subsequently arrested the negro and
placed him in Mr.. Lynch's yard for safe keeping.
On Mr. Mitchell returning, Mr.. Chappell pre-
sented him . bill of expenses for the bows re-
ccyery, which was refused to be honored, as he
had never offered any reward for the boys re-
coyery. Mr.. q. then sent policemen to JET
son, who brought back the soidisant English.
nan St. Clair, who yesterday morning at IL
o'clock was taken before Justice Waite for ex-
on the charge of kidnapping. At
two o'clock the examination was adjourned to
four o'clock, Mr.. Lynch going on St. Glars bond
for 81 500 till that time. Four o'clock came,
Mr.. Lynch was there, but St. Clair was missing,
ami his bail was declared forfeited. Meanwhile
NJ. Mitchell has got his Niger, and Mr.. Lynch
has to pay the amount Of the bond.-St. Louis
News.
The fact that young man, q student Of the
Theological Seminary in Fairfax, Va, shot and
killed with revolver another young man on
Sunday 10 fraCas at . Sunday School, is sad
upon the morals of the young men
Of Virginia, if not Of the rising generation in
Dur country generally. When young men stu
dying to prepare themselves for the Christian
Ministry in Theological Semiuaries carry pistols