, 1870-01-09
a CIRCUS "REMINISCENCES.
An Event of Thirty Years AEo-Thc
Elephant Colutnbns ON the flame
PaEr-knCe- Tor Life-rhFee Men
and a Dozen AntmuIs Killed.


rrsm the cinc1nnotf Chronicle, DE-. 81.
Thirty yenfs Beo To-day, On the 3lst OF Decem.
Ter, lbss, ;ne talocs I1u pase OF tue elephant
Cc!nntns occurred near Ncw OE!eans, aa1 as the
crIJ l1vu H1rress-s 0. the nalr are rteldents OF
C1lci11a.1 1t present, we 9,u elve eho.t accoan:
OF tie e!ephAni'ue tea1.
Ra, noto l. Ma11iuK'4 Et1c1s ncd Aeuasate,
WE1cn had been tho. ,CH Eepa;.teJ in the csnue
OF IOuts1AL a, were crckno CT tho prup.ic- Qrs 10
1etcez'ons Al ro:nt three mite. aso:s 4l4s,ers-
y ph:ch town u dlfceuy opposite New Orieshs-oa
ss aas ds5 ,e ~ II % orass h,s fe COMB
IL trc.cers city on NV Tears Da5. G
CvulLuf, Ard win the olter asnu,bas, 0ota Of
whom hCne1td 141osai lame artc. saIda, Tue
lUtctcu h. s<r tort..d, atd The pruce-slo1 waa
ixe iwo eitpnsnss EeSe | brought i I! Eesarr, snd
ttey lu1. edlattly prncetdtd to test lneI puE,ts-
nc acron p:anntn,.. TGer 1e.pe Iuttrleled,
a onn conasus :osa ana to os
easily tnNt1ed- he STOOD e!tr1ug ayonrd for
lew minutes, and then hruck his keepers hcrae =
;tiusthe lis innenee tasls (cver SIX I.es lona'
through the aria MS body. Toe kee7er, Wm.
Crum, fell with bis hcrse, and the c;ephan. re1.
oa.h:ls him "a nst tie ground Win such iorot ~
10 hfe II h4L tee borei in els BODY aad cause IN.
t:aht death- he tnen ua1ched along the llne na.I
1no!lt htc, ,k,pR Il tAu ,. His ext movement Was
10 male dive fGl John Rub,hsoo and Arthur
C11pper, both o: thr city, Woo uefe COLLECTED
~1thlhe ke5yicc, bat tnche EenueEe3, being on
eefteesek. tuccrtdeb, alrhorEh WITH gre4s
1rcubse q dapgtr, 10 eSeaprE. Col11bus now
pAsked The car1tAn nj run, and soon met 4 draw.
n.xA ulltn2 Two mu!eA, bolh Of Nnica relI VEama
to bis Ia9t, Is did also The diver Tho A4tt1ap ed
10 ete7Ir D. rutnilR, but ~ns oTettAkea. Passing
through Ag1ela, the elephant suou c4ae acfos4 a
1eGrn Ian sitting Of fence. al ID toIe the fence
Gown 10 get AZ hiD, sEd tstn ture n p'eceMea..
Tie LeErp rs HAVE. An1 Co u@uusf oEuefA
ere required 10 Pay si.s85 Tor killing m Eur-
thar oH, aboRt Lie miles from : stAtstEg polnt,
she elephant Elet a FEencn q N and parry Of ne
eroes, whom he attempted to deupralLe also;
Let he1e be net his match, atl Alter cum Dat Of
peaI.J an bour he RaSe u AID voA chAined. hAv-
1rR pI1t received three bullets from q r11t, tuAk
blow tue night eve. The Wo1nds occasioned no
t1eonEttleLce, however, beytpd producing run
which = as caused ~ his lAll!cg tnronsu . bridge
al Ncrto Acsua, Msss, IN 1s*s. ana efeak .ce hts
ltcs. In nis rampage tue elephant k,lled nesr1y
y cnzen hu1aea, Muiea, c0~s and cAlvca, for
Vhlcn h.s ou ptIt sete compelled 70 pe9 about
5000 The c1rcus and n.enaREFte company WAS
con pue Cd OF one bundled and eEnr men. Of
whom hut three ate Known 70 be Ht1rG ~ pic.
rem, tley btitE John Hobinson, cscosmAn, and
Alt.ur +. Clttpeu, va chan Al tae !. c.
Depct N thts clty, atd Ltuis L'pmap, drs goods
nsicnaur u LaursL Ind at tire. OF whom ~tt-
retFed the ci1as.sr, q: d were coGpelIcd 70 co-
eervc extreme cantlop to pteserra Their oFn
Ives Ar. Crppen eub+e1Qcntls had both his
n1ms trokeu n5 Columbus while asss11g N
bh;lp!Ig LIN IN PhNsdelpnts-