, 1869-04-04
WILD BEASTS OUT FOR 4 H0L1-
DAY.
Tho Elephant and the Lion dooso-
one Attnckn a Locomuttvo nnd thc
Othcr tho Natives.

Tho Elephant and the Lion tzooso-
ono Attacks a Locomotive 0nd thc
other the Natives
c,7sf1,pndeaes Brondoa tHiss> R7'tsiinoa.
PpkEst Miss March -. 1869
sr1rrs, dsys pre1tous tEnense poetcra FTn
rasted on an the waas fn toNn+ annouHInX Las1
ReynoIds Great Mexican Gymnasium ana Aeus-
n tne moTnteS ii he roads leading 70 tcwn weFn
thronfcd with people Of N sgea e15 Ia s".osS 41
and. by 10 O'Clock the whole town WA Ave WIZ
u fhr fue brn.s oaud announced the Alfysi OF tue
etow, znd by II the canv1a va 8uepoeo 6la k1e
eagcs Of the aotfnnls arranged.
Tnc hrFe elephant ueTcutes-the nfgest esst
imported Into tits couutJ-wts chained to1 atake.
and hy WY OF eautcn TO these eutet1ng lae CT
vhs, Mr. John Alston. bis keeper, Etated nAs eSe eS
insubo.utnstior, and begged that no 9ns Noa!a
sppFoech su1eiently near 70 receive blow floM
rs nuE Nr xat h. 1ra@ ~ no1tSsfn ad},o Rass
u.ttop, tnouGnttt-sty handed hil piece pi toose-
CO, which 70 cnraged HIN thst he strqek a. NM ~
with sueh yonneS 70 oMoG s1n,e ~ 1ss ,nossd Nh
suen iprce tnAt he hroke hts enatn, md Hltnou2n
hts keeper used creD effort 70 s0bdue hus, ne w W
snsis sies Fl eVesg oneet psa1 i'm b taia nme the
tcene 1 = vss % beJond desc.4psiou. fne v.st ctoxd
dew for Nc. He ncT Il hla keese1, aad psssued
Tne eleven O'Clock freight tsa'n, being bea!od ~,
time and not nastng ny fEsg5t ios ToFe4 ,ana Inc
Il ia approached slinia two hundred yasia 10
looked up the road ald seemed donhlJ engaged.
~ ;ossss sSost H. + n n ss sRsso ons
n1a tusEa, md Was Immediately E1ed 1aa
engine WIS detached from tne ua!n sua tnfown
f51 eS4'necl ne pasas s1e tatIca ea to ~ shas ID .es
| IT unfortunately m into The canras &ao
smasned me llons tage, itllng the lionass Aad y
luIed sad Al ibes1y, and Being i13ghtenel BY The
steam and whistle OF the engine, sta1te! at iail
| speed down the HomeEool road. roaring teisiae-
met Nr. Geu,ga y. Sheppard md gave cnase. M
sheppard, Ending th1s be VIA gaining on h0n up
Idly and that be would certainly be ofeEtaIen, ~
| villa hta raw IS be asceniel, bus fortunately dAl
no other damage than to teAs on bis cost tau and
ca!EJ away rst Of his psntA
| ii:us son behind him. met HIN four miles fIoSs
here Assoon - hs borg saw hm ne En- - sSt
throat ard threw hln upon the ground, NJ, Stnhn =.
with hia little son, escaped " the woods and madt
WI %nsls e. VS. Issou51ns M III. Smiths horse Nj
jas J. Rlsch, who was on his WAY 70 Forest WIN
load Of chckepa, drove up ~ aoon q ne aaA
Win his iail Md spTan1 Il hin Nj, Rich eladee
| him By jnmp4n: fum hls WAGON, when 40 noantet
and began 70 tear open the boxeA tne po17 cgn
then seemed TO lose sight OF cvefJ1hin9 In III
I efforts to catch theD-
When the excitement IN town aoa1ed, Uou
! twenty mounted men well armed, started N psit
| SUIT With Ill the doEa belonging IN town, - We
as uapy that had followed Their ownefA III. aey
| uold5 the owner Of the Lion, bcGEed them NOT Y
ali hiu and sent seref1l men With The crowd VIZ
ilsuuct1ons 70 capture HIN II possible, but q
doubt the dt1zenA Will XII him "a Doon ~ Aoe
| oveItakA HIM - , ~.
II is reported tha3 he Killed = freedman IN s1llt
| Coun,y. ucas NJ, Thomas ur1bAndk and tha
when List heard from he was going down ocon,
| The neN1 that ! non u 1t large Hpreafs Ike WI
/ pte nnd the citizens a1u greatly eIEttd. d