The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-09-03
WILD BULL HUNT.
Forty Texan Steers on Rampage in Buffalo
How They Charged Upon the CitiZCns.

Forty SHFR Res stein RnrSnd on Gs IL @o
From the BUgGIO (N - Erpre8 IF TUcSdag
Yesterday, at an early hour. a herd OF ninety
steers from Texas Were landed from the Grand
Trunk cars on Genesee street, with view Of driving
them across the city to the East Buffalo cattle yards.
Some OF the animals, on reaching the Terrace, be-
came refractory, and at last regular stampede oc-
CURED, and in a short time forty of them were
high in the air and their wide branching horns low
down, ready to toss man or beast.
1h' droVcrs, well Knowing the fierce and wicked
disposition of their stock, at once appealed to the
officers Of the road for assistance and all the avail
able about the depot at once sent out to aid
ia capturing the cattle The efforts made to brug
the runawayS to order only served to mfurate Them
Some OF them seemed to be perfectly crazy and it
was matter of great personal danger to approach
anywhere near them. At last the employees armed
themselves with muskets rifles, guns, pistols, aNcs,
etc, and renewed their pursuit OF the scattered
drove.
One steer passed up the Terrace, and made
straight Tor boy no was carrying market basket.
b ran, but the bullock gained on him, and would
undoubtedly have Killed him mad not the boy proVi-
dentiay fallen The basket rolled along the ground,
and the Texan bounded the prUstrate boy after
the basket, which he tossed high in the air, While
the boy jumped up aud ran the other way escaping
with only bad fright At the corner of Church
street and the Terrace the same beast caught man
In his horns, and threw him over his back and
passed on. me man was not seriously Injured;
lock in the back. The steer then ran up TO Evans
street, down Evans to Canal, where he created a
sensation but did no harm. The crowd chased the
beast to the bank OF the Evans Slip where he
plunged in, and was soon despatched with rifles.
Another passed on towards Delaware street ana
Knocked down an old woman, striking her with his
shoulder lie was killed at the corner of Delaware
and Eagle streets.
with one long-horned fellow, and was compelled to
jump fence with the loss of his hat,
OF course in short time the cattle were scattered
city which not visited by one or more of Them.
one, which passed up Seneca street. was followed
by large crowd. At the corner of Michigan man
sent bullet into his head, but the animal did not
stop. lie received three more balls and at the cor
ner of swan railroad man gave him one in the
heart, which had queting e1ect on his nerves.
Another was killed on Elm street.
A number went towards Fort Porter, and the re-
gulars had fine fun shooting at them; but one man.
who approached 10 give the finishing shot, was sur
prtSed when the steer jumped up and made splen-
ulu chdrSe., lne souet cauent tlc HoIhS VI Ihe
animal on his gun, and the two went to dust, the
bullock giving out in the tusse.
One tuock Knocked down and gOred woman
named Mrs. Green, on Seneca street. She was taken
to her home and medical aid called. IL was found
that one ankle was badly spraned and that she had
been injured internally. At last accounts she was
not expected to live
A large number of the cattle passed westward
along the Terrace and the Railroad taking to the
lake shore below the rOund-hOuse Men mounted
on horseback, and gathered some OF them in the
vicinity of York street bridge, and live OF them were
killed by the soldiers. The CarCaSSeS were taken
away by butchers.
Many took to the water some passing down the
Black Rock harbor; others passed around Bird
Island Pier and on down the Niagara, and one good
swimmer went out to the Dummy Lighthouse and
returned. The animal passed up York street and
was afterwards shot by Mr.. Kendall in Judge
SINNERS yard, on North street
The total number reported killed, up to last night,
was eighteen. Mr.. Joslyn cattle Inspector, informs
ms that nine were sent TO the slaughter-hOusc OF
CHRISTOPHER Klink, five OF which were TOR market,
the other four being sent 30 the boneyard. We did
not learn the disposition OF the balance.
large party OF men were sent by the railroad
cOmpany down the river to look after the iOalhg
stock. They found a large number on Grand Island
and some swan across the river landing in Canada,
at least fifteen miles from Buffalo Some, OF course
were drowned and passed down to swell the
grandeur of NIAGARA Falls.