The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1857-02-27
A wOlfin the City--.several Persons At
tackled.

tackled,
IL is said that there was veritable bi
gray, lean. famished VOLTA regular or
thodox denizen Of She forest-prowhn,
about our streets in the storm last night
seeking something to devour.
A young man who tends the salool
under the American House. named d. p
Browman. informs us that he had a rem
contre with him near the residence oI
Baron Moor. on Washington Avenue, al
about Eve o'clock this morn ng Ha was
on his way from the boarding house to
the saloon. tie 6rst heard him howl; in
a short time his worship came up and
made a leap az his throat. The young
man was uuarmed, except with pocket
knife, but by dmt 9f kicking and str,kin 4.
and some dodging, succeeded ia Keeping
his assailant al bay until he gol that wea
pom outand opened. lie then gave tho
ravspous beast cut with the knile that
made him a little more wary, and in this
manner io1ght his way up to the Amer
loan House. Tho wolf jumped upon him
a number Of times, and made several
tet ful rents in his ptn;aloons aud shawl.
Soon after lighting up the saloon, pre-
Para'ory 10 putting things in order for
the business Of the day, por,ly Teulon
burst in the door. With hair standing on
end, and face where fright had banched
every trace of lager, exclaiming:
oh men Coil mein Gotll Der bear
is gomin, BE comes a me in der sthreet,
an viii eat me up altogedder."
After partially recovering his self pos.
session, and terrifying his courage by u
stout dose Of schDapps, Hans aud Bow.
man sailed forth, wtha lar1e fire shovel
aod a knife, for a second encounter
They found the ferocious animal in
waiting in the street, and succeeded, by
vigorous application Of the former wea-
pm, in inducing him to decamp.
Our impression was, on FIRST hearing
the story, that the wolf WAS a dog. but
Mr, Bowman insists that he is familiar
with the appearance Of wolves and was
not mistaken.
Que Of our pressmen who had bsen
work all night, also had sim lar sncoun
ter with the animal, when leaving the
Office lltle after ) O'clock, this morning
ia From of .Bruen's block lie is aho
positive tnat il was off. The latter
spang at him several times, he had nm
umbrella, and kepthim oil by spreading
IL in his face, after the manner OF the lady
in India, who discounted a tiger by "a
timilar strltagem. Our boys are all
strictly temperate and the theory that any
of them should mistake the strictly orna.
mental casI-iron lions ut the bottom OF
the stairs, for live and savage beasts. ard
imagine that he had dangerous confic
with them, is not to be entertained for u
moment.
Seriously, then, from all accounts, the
animal in question seems to have been "A
wolf, without doubt, and hungry
one at that. Our Common Council viii
doubtless take the matter in hand at their
next meeting, and pass an ordinance
prohibiting such forest interlopers m
intruding within the city limits. IL Is
bad enough TO Tolerate the numerous
"tigers" that infest our city, and prey
upon the unwary stranger, without The
superaddition of ferooious aud lamished
four-egged beasts of this description,
4. S. Since writing the above. we
have heard report, about town. to Il Q
effect that man was assaulted and ea
ten up by the wolves, last night. me
four Mills northwest Of this city, Mad.
ison (Wis I Jour Feb T. H