The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-11-21
he is now deceased-tbat brief sketch {

He was extremely quick-tempered, nerv
Gus, and excitable The messenger boys
attached to the various telegraph and news
paper offices used to play all sorts of tricks
upon him. They would steal his hat, empty
his inkstand and fill it with water, steal his
pens, pencils, papers, and everything they
could lay their hands on. In this way they
nearly worried the Doctor out of his life
He has been known to fly into such rage
as to pull the hair out of his head by hands
full, and throw his hat upon the ground and
dance on it.
He was of Welsh lineage, and wrote a
book about Wales, the Welsh people and
their descendant in this country. He also
wrote book upon the Telegraph which
had quite an extensive SALE He claimed,
| and with great earnestness, that he had IN
vented IL system of telegraphing that would
supersede the Morse. Blain and Morse sys-
tens. The principle upon which his sys-
| TEN was operated he declared similar to that
! of photography and he stated time without
number that by his invention a whole news
| paper could be photographed from New
York to New Orleans in an instant. He
died, however, without giving to the world
the benefit of his most extraordinary in
vention.
D. H. Craig succeeded Dr. Jones about
three wears after the formation of the Asso-
citation. He is so weil-known that the his
tory of his quarrel with the A. P, and his
setting up on his own account is so recent
that it need not be recapitulatcd nor any
particulars of ms life or antecedents be Civ
en-. Mr. Cruig is wealthy, industrious, ener
getic and an implacable enemy when arous-
ed. He reports himself as still in the field,
and declares the Association will ere long
feel his power
agent during three months of Mr. Craig's
suspension, but resumed his duties as mana
ger when the latter gentleman was reinsta
ted.
Mr. Swinton has held the position since
November last, and resides with his family
on Staten Island.
The first office was at No. 3 Hanover street
fronting Exchange Place, in a garnet where
cohwebs. rats, and vermin abounded, part Of
the premises being occupied by carrier pig
cons, whose habits were not of so clearly Il
character as to entitle them to commenda-
tons. The attaches dubbed the place the
Chicken Coop" and for years it had no
other name In 1857 the office was removed
to No. 5S Beaver street, where it remained
three years. 1t was twelve months at No
Broad street, nearly six years at No. 145
Broadway. and has for some time past been
at No. SO Liberty street.
The office hours are from a. m. until the
city morning dailies go to press, usually
about a. M, though the attaches often re-
main until or 4. and sometimes until day
light They usually wait until they receive
good night" from Boston. Baltimore Phil
adelphia, Washington, which includes the
South, and Cleveland, which covers the
West, and keep the office open until Ger
tain hour if there be any probability of "a
cable despatch.
The dispatches come in from the telegraph
offices in the operators handwriting-arc
manifolded, and copies sent over the wires
to the different sections, Messrs Alpin and
Leach acting as agents for the South. at the
same time that they are transmitted by mes
sengers to the city newspapers. The New
York State, the New England. the Western
and Southern agents see that their constitu-
ents are promptly served; albeit, it frequent
" happens when the wires are not working
well, or the atmosphere is charged with cleo
tricity, that reamS of copy" are returned
to the Association from the telegraph office,
which adjoins the Associated Press build
ing.
Strange opinions are entertained by many
concerning the Associated Press. They
mag inc it is composed of the best brains of
the city newspaper; that only the most eX-
perienced and ablest journalists are eligible
to positions in the Association. The A. p.
and the New York journals are so wholly
distinct that the attaches of the former rare
ly enter the latter. and have little acquain-
lance with the writers of the Metropolitan
establishments other than the regular repre-
sentatives. The present quarters of the AS.
ISOLATION in the second story, in room
about eighteen by forty feet, filled with
desks where the General Agent, the sub
agents, and the manfolders sit. On a long
table messenger writes the maniford copy
and puts slip into the printed envelopes OF
the city papers. In rear room files of the
New York and leading London daiics are
kept, and number of Juvenile messengers
retained throughout the day and night.
Carrier pigeons were used up to the ley
ing of the Atlantic cable to carry messages
from the South to Sandy Hook A number
of them are kept at the Hook still but
their vocation is gone, and they are retained
as mementoes of the old "Chicken Coop in
Hanover street where the Association first
saw the light, and diffused odors the very
opposit OF Sabean.-W Wash. Express.
A THREE Hours COMBAT WITH AN ELE-
PLANT. - Mr.. Hyatt Frost, Of Van Amburgh's
Menagerie, gave us yesterday the particulars
of a terrible fight with Tippoo Sahib, the
well-known elephant, which occurred at
Connersville, Indiana. last Tuesday. The
menagerie has gone into winter quarters at
that place, and the animal is chained in a
building Tippoo Sahib is now the largest
elephant in America. He is 35 years old,
and weighs 10000 pounds. The battle re-
suited from a change of his keepers. Frank
Nash, his keeper for 10 years, was recently
supplanted by Charles johnson, formerly of
Barnum's menagerie. The elephant was in
particularly bad humor with all mankind.
He would allow nobody in his quarters,
striking at every intruder with his trunk and
tusks most vclousy. On Tuesday morning
last at 10 o'clock, the combat opened. The
new keeper, with nine assistants, had fully
equipped himself with cables and chains for
tying, and spears and pitchforks for subdu-
ing Tippoo. The first thing done was to
fasten brickbat to the end of the rope, and
throw it over the end of the tusk chain, which
latter is fastened to one leg and one tusk.