Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-03-19
From the n. y Times, March,
BURNING OF THE BEASTS
The Barnum's Museum Disaster
"A Bear Hunt in Broadway
The Giraffe.


"A Bear Hunt in Broadway
The Giraffe.
The great sensation Of the day,
however, was at too early an hour
to be enjoyed by any but the most
questionable riser. An exciting
bear-cha in the heart Of the great
city was the sensation that late
comers found they were too late
for. At six O'Clock Tuesday eve
ming, Sergeant Schofeld, of the
Eighth Precinct, saw a black bear,
apparently unscorched, sitting qui-
etly on his launches in a second
story window of the ruins. 1t was
a strange sight for Broadway pedes-
trians, but stranger yet to the shiv-
ering beast, which sat there looking
about, as though he could not com
prehend what had become of his
former comfortable home. Sergeant
Schofield making an effort to reach
the beast it fed at his approach and
clambered down inside the wall,
and creeping into ahole, disappear
ed under the ruins. The Sergeant
reported the fact Of the existence
ofthe animal, and preparations were
made for his capture as soon as
daylight should come. Meantime
the news that a bear was alive in
the ruins spread in the neighbor-
hood, only to be met with the most
jeering incredulity and the oracular
remark that if he had not been
burned up he certainly could not
have escaped both drowning and
freezing. AT an early hour yester-
day morning, however, Sergeant
Polly, Of the Fourteenth Precinct,
made a reconnaissance, and under
a pile of bricks in a small den made
at the extreme front of the building
by the falling of a portion of the |
floor, he found the bear working
vigorously to keep himself warm.
The animal was hurried from his
retreat, and eluding the efforts of
the Sergeant to capture him, made |
his way over the ruins into Mercer
street. The Sergeant followed on, |
and, Joined by Officer Crown, of the
Eighth Precinct, gave chase to the
bear, then making his way to Mer-
Ger street. Distancing his pursu-
crs, the number of whom was CON
5tantly increasing, every citizen
joining in the strange hunt, the bear
turned from Mercer into Bleecker
street. from Bleecker into Broad
way, from Broadway into Prince
street, and turn d into Marion street,
When; f9dipg himsolf henn1ed ia
IN all sides, he turned into the first 1
open door. 1t happened to be that
If a small provision store, and the
occupants flying in CONSERVATION to
IN inner room, the bear ensconed
limself behind the counter, where {
Polly slipped a moose oy- {
r his head. Once captured the |
'ear followed many illustrious ex-
mples by recognizing the situation !
nd allowed himself to be led to !
he Fourteenth Precinct Station I
Iouse as quietly as though he was '
othing more than a house-dog.
Yesterday morning, too, the gil G
affe was found dead in the stable l
which he had been removed t
Ie had succumbed at last to the L
'ounds received in eXtricating him t
'om the flames, aggravated as they d
'ere by the partial sufocation he t
ad endured, and exposure to the II
'eather after his removal from the l.
uilding No one who saw that n
eautiful animal brought from the o
cry furnace can ever forget the G.
ght. The poor brute had fallen b
own short fight of stairs, and b
hen he reached the street his jaw L
as broken, there was a deep cut l
YER one Of the eyes, and the great a
limal, frightened by his terrible al
lrroundings, was but huge mass e
: helpless suffering flesh. His eye Ii
as lighted, but with mute agony, b.
I'd he submitted passively to the tn
lnds of the dozen men required to tn
rec him through the street to in
ace of safety. A giraffe Of great IN
ze and beauty pushed by main in
rec through the snowy streets Of nc
IL city, and amid a thick shower he
fiery cinders from a great con- ev
grafton, was sight rarely seen. pl
le giraffe is dead, and the $2O,-
10 at which he was valued is add an
to the great sum of the disaster sa
1t the baby elephant, which on rel
lesday was thought to be dying,
now out of danger, and will be do
we'd to his owners. The little an es'
Ial has throughout acted in most pa
manner. He allowed
nself on the night of the fire to co
led from the building without
lking any resistance. He stood pa
tiently in the street for an hour los
iiting in the intense cold for the s
xt move, and has now added to me
} achievements by getting well SUI
len everybody said he must surely vii
me
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PEACHES WITHOUT STONES An
has, it is said, tried it.
tn success the following method vii
making peaches grow without oil
mes; Turn the tops of the trees
wn, cut off the ends, stick them VIII
n tbe Uround and fasten them so an,