Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1865-07-29

The upper part of the building. The lower
walls, however, we're becoming rapidly
heated, aud ell of the nuimals began to
manifest much uuepsiness The white or
silver fox ran up and dnwEf- his cage, wbin.
ing piteously and endcavoriDg TO escape
The lious also paced hurredly up and down,
moaning most dsRalIy, aud all the other
beasts manifested similar uneasiness. The
setpents stuck their heads up above the sill
of the window snd writhed about 10 strange
EcOntoriioBs. .
When the FIRE bad eaten its way down
to the third floor, and The urd glare burst
through the transons of the doors, the
panic among the beast become positively
fearful They spraDg against their r on
bars and strove 10 rend them with their tee b
at the sametime sending forth savage and
| frightened cries which were almost human
in their agony At length, when the
flames burst through the top Of The door
and commenced 10 licktbe top of the cages,
the tGmult reached it's hight. YellS, roars,
bowls aud screams went up from the doom
ed brutes, which were heard 10 the distance
of half mile.
SELF EMANCIPATION OF THE LIONS.
With simultaneous bound, The lion and
his mate spraDg against their bars, which
gave way and came down with great
crasb releasing the beasts, which for a
moment, apparently amazed at their sud
den liberty, stood 10 the middle Of the fjor
lashing their sides with their tails and roar
'ng doIefully. .H
las| FIERY DEIIyFRANCE OF ANIMAIS
Almost OF the same moment the upper
part of the three stored cage, consumed by
the flames, fell forward, letting the rods
drop to The floor and many other animals
were thus set free.
Just at this time the door fell through
aid The flames and smoke rolled 10 like II
whirlwind from the Hadean river Cocytns.
THE LION AND TIGER IN CLOSE CONTEST
A horrible howl in the right hand corner
of the room, yell Of indscribabe agony,
and crashing, grating sound indicated
hat the tige aud polar bear were stirlel
up 10 the highest pitch of excitement
Then there came great crash as Of the
giving away of the bars of their cage. The
flames and smoke momentarily oiled back.
aud for q few seconds the interior of the
room was visible in the luid light of the
flames, which revealed the tiger and the
lion locked together in close combat.
PARTICIPATION OF THE sERPENTs
The base of the rods of the serppn,s'
cage bad also crumblcd. aud the large boa
conslrictor-about 20 feet long and as thick
as mau's body--was also engaged in
deadly struggle with The lioness.
THE POLAR BEAR IN A WARM PLACE.
The polar bear had shrnDk to the coolest
corner, with half his fur burnt from his
snowy coat, and there sat wonderugly gnz
ing upon The scene before him. Accns-
omed a be has been, 10 deal with only
| the wahus and the seal in the cold blue
waters of The Arlic regions, be was evident
ly considerably alarmed at the excessively
torrd scene, which was blazing through
the room. Under the circumstances he
found it impossible to take it coolly
! THE SNAKES AND MONKEYS IN TROUBLE.
The monkeys were perched around the
windows, shiyering with dread and afraid
to jump out The snakes were writhing
about, crippled aud blis'ered by the heat,
darting out their fcrked Tongues and ex
pressing their rage and fear in the most
siblant of Kisses.
THE HAPPY FAMILY DABrIzED BY FIRE
The happy family were experiencing AT
amoaut of beatiude which was evidently
100 cordial for philos optical enjoyment. A
long tongue of fame had crept under TIT
cage, completely singing every hair from
the cats body. The felictous adder wa
slowly burning in two, and bus 'ly engaged
in impregnaling his agoniz@d system with
his own venom. The joyful rat had lost
bis tail by falling bar OF iron aud ibe
beaiifc Iabbt, perforated by red hot nail.
looked as if nothing would he more great
full han a cool corner in some Esquiman X
farm yard. The members of Il deett ed
convocalion were oil budded together in
the bottom of their cage, wh'eh suddenly
gave away, precipitatng them out of view
into / he depths below, which by this time
were SO blazngly like the fabled Tophet.
CONTINUATION OF THE STRUGGLE.
Meanw bile the lion and the tiger were
continuing their contest, now With the ad
vantage on one side. now on the other
aud the boa was slowly tigbten'ng his fata
coils round the painting body of the lioness
which, however, bit aud struggled, lacer
ating the striped skin of its adversary ter
ribly. The floor was already crimson will
their blood, while the cornringling Kisses
hovls, yells and oars utterly surpassed al
efforts u. description
THE WHALES AND ALLIGAToRs IN TORMENT.
A. this moment the flames rolled agai
into the room, aud then again retired. Tb
whale ard alligalors were by this time sui
fering dreadful torments. The water il
which they swan was literally boiling
The alligators dashed 6erceIy about en-
deavoring to escape, and opening and shut
ting their great jaws in ferocious torture
but the poor whale, almost boiled, wit
great ulcers bursting from his blubber.
sides, could only feebly swim about, thoeg
blowing excessively, and every now an'
then sending up great fountains Of spray.
At length crack went the glass sides 0
the great cases, and the whale and slliga
tors rolled out on the floor with the rush
ing and s,eaming water. The whale die'
pretty easily, having been pretty veil use,
up before. A few great gasps and cou