The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1867-11-28


a Threa HOURS NC osnhat with
II an Elephant. r. s'. ~ !.
From the. Giueinnati CONN ercial /.
,sMr Hyatt Frost, ofVan AMbarg's
msnakAtie, gave us, yesterday, the
ErrticMlirs.o Of = tcrrible lghs With
Mrpo.SAih the.weil known elspb6n@
which. idcdsrcda at, ConnsssyT4c, In.
dipna, last Tnesday. The nena-.
gerie has gnhesiito wintsS qssrrters
aa 1. tho t0l6ssat .silfffaa..tl il eksjred ~
sssmaili building, where he will b
kept. until. the. show season opens
next year. Tfppo Sab, by the way
y nov the -faracss tleplnatsjh ArcY
ics,. HGis thirty six years old, ant
Weighs tO,,nOO pounds.
TIE Pa.tlni With Tippo resulted
from q changein bis. keeper. Frsnh
Nash, his keeper for ten years, wa.
recently,snpplanted by Charles John
son, formerly OF Barnnm's ,nenagerie
The elenhat will not accept new
master without battle, and Nv
johnson! fully prepared himself 10,
an exciting encounter. 'fhe elephant
was IL = particular bad bumar will
all mankind. Hc would allow no
body in hia quarters, striking q,
vvcry intruder with his trunk and
tusks most vicionsly.
On Tuesday, morning last, ut IL
o'clock tho combat opened. The
new keeper, with nine assistants
had fully equipped himself With
chains aud cables for tying, and
spears and pitchtorks for subduine
fippo. The hrst thing done was
To fasten a brickhat to the end Of !
rope and throw it over the end or the
tusk chain, which latter is fastened
TO ono leg and one tnsk. BY means oil
this rope = twenty ton cable chain
formerly used TO subcue the famous
HannibaDwas slip-nooscd around the
tnsk. Next an excavation three
feet deep waa made under the sill oil
the house, and while the elephants
attention was attracted TO the Other
side Of the room BY pail Of water
poured into the trough, the cable
chain was p,,ssed through the exca.
walton and fastened to heavy stakes
outside. All this time the infhrilted
monster struck all around him with
'erocity and tagged at his chain
with incredible momentum.
The next thing accomp lished was
the snaring Of his, hind legs. This
vas contaminated BY the singer oil
fresh ropes around those two stately
pillars Of elephant flesh, bone and
muscle, and finally By the stealth,
strategy Of the keeper and another
man, these ropes were fastened "a
stnmps outside. The elephant was
now sufficiently pinicned to allow the
order, :. charge pitcbforks, /" to be
given. Ten men armed with these
ugly implements Of offense, plunged
Thorn into the rampaging beast, to
king care, ofcourse. to avoid penetra
thug his eyes 0: joints. The tender
est part in an elephant is just behind
the fore legs, and that locality was
prodded numerically. By means Of
a hooked spear aunk in his back Tip
poo was brought to his knees. but he
surgcd up again with such awful
strength that he swept his tormen-
tors OF thcir feet. aud made his chains
whistle like fiddle strings. After Ill
hours fighting he was brought down
on his side, bnt fortwo hours longer
he t,,sged at his chains viii fren.iod
obstinacy. He pulled 80 hard a,
times TINT his hind legs were strai Oh,
out behind him, and three feet of the
ground.
At the end ofthrce hours, the gian,
gave in by : trumpeting, " which is
the elephant way ofcrying enough.
The moment this peculiar cry was
heard the battle ceased The keep
or made 'rippoo get up and lie down
a number OF times, aud he was ~
obedient to the word Of command a.
a gentle pony. The animal was then
groomed and rubbed off with whisky
He allowed all manner Of liberties
without SO much as tapping an ear
and was suhjngatcd elephant.
At. one stage Of tho fight tho dog
Jack e. companion of the elephant,
thought some Of the tying hnsiness
foul play. Hc few npnn Johnson
back and tried to sink his fangs into
his neck. but was puIIc,i"ff and drag.
gcd cut # the room. Jack evidently
sympa,hized wit, his big friend.
The Philadelphia Ledger Of the
10th says the Legislature OF Pennsyl
va'.ia will be politically divided as
follows:
!. SENATE.
Republicans q
Democrats II
republican majority 10
House. r.
r pablicanS So
D mocra,s 40
Republican majority 10
Republican, majority on joint
ballot %.
The Davenport Democrat which,