The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-05-27
CITY INTELLIGENCE.
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trance upOn Eternity : How the Life Il
The first to welcome, foremost to defend"
we take up, hguratvely OF course, where we left
him in Tuesdays EVENING TELEGRAPH Thirty-one
dogs were then in room No. 1 OF the new pound,
awaiting their chances of being claimed. The ackle-
ness Of fortune was never better eXempllhed; not
dog was redeemed, but, on the contrary, neaIgS egS
twenty other dogs were brought In since Dy 5 Ene5
owners, TO be dealt with according 70 fOunu
statutes. When night fell on Tuesday nfty dogs
twrled around and laid them down 20 70 GoafS aeSI AT
THE LAST NIGHT ON EARTH
believer in transmigratlon OF Souls Would n nave I'VE
had no dicutv i'm explaining the various scenes oc-
curing i'm the canine bastie on that evenuul night
Half hundred throats barked, yelped, snared, ana
nonred forth Rush OF melody. 1t was, transmigra-
torily speaking, the spirit OF some long deceased
10 oyertake its tenement. In the long howl one
could almost detect "When a body meets body
hut the notes overpowered by the sonorous growl
of the dog OF Smoky Hollow, "Need body cry" The
shaggy one is possessed OF an evil spirit possibly that
of some dead and gone Schuylkill Ranger He sCorns
30 dssembe and hates cowardb be it male or female,
and growls dehantly at fate and his tuneful compa
Mon sneaking cur betrays his origin 10y rolling in
the water-trough and trying TO squeeze through the
bars OF the gate; he was burglar, and remembers
old tricks. Yet another, in whom hope is strong,
prows about seeking what he may devOur where
withal to support, his soOn-to-be-ended life.
An old poodle lies carefully biting her toe
would look well The sem-bTed bloodhound
stands looking through the bars at the moon
prodiga son rejecting on his evil ways and NUT
Hof all the thoughts Of tongue or pen,
The saddest is, 1t might have BEEN
The little rat-terTier in the corner had been on
midnight carousal and like an old sport as he is,
sits waiting in the firm belief that the morning will
Old mOckery of a wolf-dog looks as though he was
reciting the prayers for the dying But there is one
cOntrast-the nonchaant chap at the gate, who
turns his ears and eyes towards the keeper, and
explains as plainly as he can how he wouldn't care
sentimental If he only had cigar
THE PREPARATIONS,
At O'Clock, when the few of the doomed who
have been able to little rest are reused, the
executioners appear and prepare for their duty. In
moose, and on pegs hang two clubs neatly turned.
They are each about four feet long, and fashioned
nearly the same as baseball clubs The eXecutoners,
armed with these, make ready. Their determination
is that "If it were done when It's done then twere
and so is Grer, the policeman in charge. The moose
is examined, the clubs taken iu hand and the dogs
visited.
The eXecuhoner5 go into the dog pen, and the first
half dozen are let in to the slaughter house Jack
Ketch No. wieds his club ferociously and little
dog, unsuspecting, receives preliminary thump on
the head; but 1t is sutcient it killed him. larger
brute, he OF Smoky Hollow, is sRared the moose put
about his neck, and he is hauled to the gaows tree
the end OF the rope is thrown over the joist, and
Smoky Hollow jumps up. deputy seizes his heels
and gives him tremendous jerk downwards An
other deputy belabOrs the back OF his head; it is
''die dog or swallow a club down the back of YOUR
neck and he dies. The next victim has witnessed
the preceding performances and knows his DOOM
He is a sagacous little fellow, and, raising his paws
seems to say "Mr Catcher, could tail UNFOLD and
wag it, too, but"-a whack on his nose sends him
down defunct. Another dog, roped, is brought in
with visage detected and tail hidden When the
cord is tghtened on his neck he hows fearfuy, but
his heels sezed his neck broken, the clubs piled,
and he too is lowered away, dead.
The ruling passion strong in death was evidenced
in the case of the "'ansom purp." He hadn't been
brought up on South street for nothing, and when
his turn came he made up his mind to die fighting
corner, he showed his teeth and growled. The rope
is thrown and settles round his neck. savage
blow of the club is administered and vengeance was
merciful and gave him speedy death,
''mserere" to themselves and they all die with
prayers on their lips Other dogs, with more acute
ness, held back for the last momeGt They probably
expected Mr.. Vain, but he came not, and In thirty
1lve minutes fifty dogs lay dead on the floor.
The eXecutioners poke about amongst them for
signs of life, but the last spark has fed. No more
will these denizens of ''down town roam in search
of bones They have given their last snarl, made
we're given bad names and accordingly died.
1t was fully expected that some of the mem
Oers Of the Ant-Cruelty to Animals Asso
some action in the matter, for it really
seems a brutal way of getting rid Of our canines this
choking them into fits and then belabOring them
with sticks. But doubtless the dogs satisfied
though many cannot but grieve that the sin so much
sharper than serpents tooth should have developed
itself in their masters However, they have passed
away, and many more will follow. So mote it be.
OTHER PREY.
Yesterday morning the catchers visited West Phila
delpha on a goat-trapping tour, and returned witt
twenty-siX nannes and their kids. This has eXcteC
the ire of the Hibernian population of West Phiadel
phia, and all day long men and women pestered the
pound-keeper. The old women fumed and raved o
poverty, injustice, and the nagurs, bestowinl
curses right and left in beautiful profusiOn.
This batch Of goats if not let loose by the breaking
open Of the pound and this has been threatened vii
be sold at auction on tomorrow afternoon
POLICE APPeINTSiENTs.-Th morning the follow
ing names were added to the Central Station rosie
containing the names of those who do police dut
in the city,
Day Sergeant William H. Tyrrell.
First District-Patrck Eustice, Thomas Farley
and Francis Prettymen
Fourth District-Thomas Flynn A. @. Frease, ant
sixth District-Mchael Kane Samuel Gilmore
Edward Thompson, w. w. Murchison, and w. Kirk
Tenth Distrct-Michae Devlin.
Twelfth District-James Morris
Fifteenth Distrlct-John G. McQuade, b. W
Holden, and j. A. j. Cummings.
Seventeenth Distrct-John Boland.
A GRAND CONCERT will be given this evening a
Seventh Ward Grammar School, Seventeenth ant
Pine streets, the proceeds of which will be devote
10 the purchase OF piano. The school house is
fine brown stone building, an ornament TO the sec
ton Of the city where it stands, and the citizens
the Seventh ward ought to turn out in force on thi
occasion and aid in providing funds for the purChas
OF hrst-cass instrument. very attractive pro
gramme will be presented, and fine entertainment
may be expected.
ARREsTED.-Last night William Allen and Amo
S. Henry were arrested at Seventh and BedfOr
streets on the charge OF being implicated in the cut
ting atfrayof the night previous in which Aaron Ander
son (coloredD was, it is feared, mortally stabbed
TheyWere taken TO the Hospital where they wer
iuly identified by the injured man. Alderman Bon
sail theh committed them to await the result OF tn
injuries sustained by Anderson.
NEARLY WENT ovERRoARD,-James 7. Atkinson
a New Yorker, last night got on an Arch street ca
in mistake, TO go TO the New York depot i'm Wes