The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-08-18

A HfARrBRoKEN ELKPHAyr-DrArx s
ELEPHANT VERONA IN CAllscss,, !,
FEAR or THE Loss or HKR CoNpAx,ox IN,
The elephant Victoria il dead, and 4, \,
ing interesting description OF the at =
written by one Of the correspondents III
York Clipper, will repay perusal.
Placerville, Cal, JULY 4 N
M FRAyK QCEEy: / sit down to IN. y
Whereabouts OF the show, and The n.
connected with the death OF the eleph,,,
ria. We perform here tonight, and =,
afternoon and night. This il 4 besgGh
town, full Of life and fast men, and n
place for Washoe. There j. gre,, n,
California for "victoria," "a she S.s vrR5
Victoria and Albert are the elephants H.
ted 20 much excitement in the BrosdvuT
in New York, when belonging to Sands
l. Go. They were brought out TO thE II
about fifteen months ago, BY Or. Chs a
and were purchased BY William Uepd,
partner Of John Wilson, who trarska
through the State Of California With
company, and made great deal Of mousr
also started out with US this spring Ei
ued up to June 18th. Going from Colua
Murphy's Camp, there i a beautiful It'd.
(Tanaslough), running as swift ~ The N,
and between twenty and thirty feet dses
two hundred across where the ferry 1
driver of the elephants drove very LIMIT n
before the wagon, SO that 1t would M
the company, as there is very high nua
four miles long, to climb. After We 70
the ferry, and when John Peoples, The ~
the elephants, reached there, the ierryna
afraid to ferry the elephants across, u III
was very old; and while Peoples wac ID
persuade him to let one at time erM 4
made . bound for the river, and Tirn
lowed. The keeper called to then, BIT
purpose, as the current was 60 strong
took both elephants down the stream ~
mile, and over the Calls among the rccE
toria iiaated ashore, apd Toi but an
rocks, and finding Albert missing, she v
ced throwing her trunk up in the air, IA
so loud that she was heard two miles q
got so wild that the keeper was afraid d
do some damage, consequently he ssd
spear into her ear. The company came
to assist in getting the elephants out; ~
they all got down where they were, Ats
Just getting ont himself, and looking I'd
very wild. 1t made great scattering
jumping down rocks, Others climbing Y
A musician, jumping into the river, biz
under the bush for so long time ihtiH
tho band wagon, and WIS. compelled
twelve miles to -Mufphy's Camp. TIKI
finally got both elephants Together, y
Them 70 town. They feiins:ntd IS Ftns
apparently, and continued performing b
10 the 2lst Of June, when "yictoriar czfa
to fail, and looked very bad out Of ,sc
However, the proprietc,s did not ,hiHi Y
thing was the matter, mere tLsu COL
in the river, until the 'compary arrived
City, June 25th. There she fH 10 rise y
Albert was trying to raise her with y
but in vain-conseqaently she was In
keeper and mate; and on June 2sth, aitFA
she died. Two physicians dissscted "
certain the cause Of her death. She W
jectly sound with the exception Of her Y
That had been burst or-hroken the drs
,er mate in the river. She was burn
irst ring that was made in that tom. =
Q her owner Is supposed to be slAoe
numbers Of people assembled at her 49,
lace. 0'f