The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-10-14
An Obstinate Elephant.

Yesterday Thursday, according TO ad'eI>
tisement, at the usual grounds on State street.
Just after the close Of the afternoon performs
ance the great elephant Mogul took 1t into
his head TO enact a tragedy not on the oliis'
so walking mai4stcaiy ont of his enclosure, |
he went for his keeper in a mt of rage. Inc |
keeper sought refuge Iuder the cage contain |
ing kaugaroos. which Mogul dsdainluliy |
turned over in a Jffy. sad walked through |
the canvass out of doors. Then be went on
tour Of inspection, and if not seeking
whom he might devour," )" he certainly seemed
willing to accommodate anybody or anything
that might wish for a set-ro. Meeting pie
of lumber il the adj lining lumber yard. he
quickly spread the boards in good shape Tor
seasoning. Then meeting in his path one OF
the mules belonging to the company. he ran
his tusks completely through its body, PIN
ming it to the ground. and killing the nni>
NAL instantly. The next obstruction in his
majestv's path was a wagon belonging to
Messrs Grether & Hall. which he scornfully
seized with his trunk. and raising it, smashed
it to pieces then be returned TO the dead
mule. and again plunged his tusks through
it, ard breaking off one of his tusks close to
the Jaw. saunteriLg carelessly into State
street. with none to modest or to make him
afraid. the crowd following at a sale distance
behind. while before and about him every
body seemed to be very busy in getting out
of his way. The keeper and other attaches
Of the menagei lie soon rallied, and by STRAIT
egy and good tactics he was induced to enter
a field belonging TO Mr.. Camp. thence into
an orch ard. where he iniulged in the pas
time Of tearing and smashing whole lengths
of picket fence. The novel mode of subdu-
ing him, temporarily. by shooting him in
the face and trunk with buckshot, was
adopted. Some fifty heavy charges were
| fred at him the stDgiug effect acted well
as slight check upon his operations. during
which his keeper fearlessly approached and
| chained him to apple tree about twelve
! inches in diameter, which was no sooner dis
| covered by the enraged animal than he in
instantly and without apparent effort. but
! with the greatest ease, t. re it up by the roots,
| aud again created the greatest CONSERVATION
! among the immense crowd who had pow co.,
| lect ed in the immediate vicinity. All went,
| and stood not on the order of going, but
some tall running was done. aud some laugh
! able incidents occurred in the stampede, leav-
| ing the 0 Ind free to Mogul and his would
| be captors.
! He was, by great daring aud agility on
the part Of his keeper, again secured by
| claiming his hind feet to a very large tree
| here ne was left for the night. and a guard
/ stationed with rifles loaded with ball to Kill
/ him should be again break loose during the
night. He was evidently much chagrined
at his confinement, and continued to snort"
and struggle to break the chain. affording
much excitement throughout the city during
/ the entire night, but fortunately he was held
until about 5 O'Clock this morning. when his
| keeper, with the assistaL ce Of the entire force
| of. tie concern and about 500 citizens, un>
dertook the job Of puuishiDg and subduine
! the LARGE and chains
/ procured, and after many attempts, in which
| the same were broken quite easily, he was
| finally, at the end of two hours. thrown
| down. and secured in that position, when
| simultaneously his beating began by dozen
! strong men with clubs iron bars, spears and
pitchforks. aud continued until the men were
exhausted, and again renewed from time to
| time for about two hours, at which time,
after many wounds. and pounding enough
| 10 seemingly kill him, he was as obstinate
as ever. Refusing to surrender, he was left
to his own reflections in this condition, and
| the beating abated for time. At the pres
ent time of writing (twelve hoursJ he seems
| determine not to succumb. A choice he
has of doing being killed. as in his
dangerous mood he will not be allowed to
rise without evidence of a change OF heart.
1t is estimated that the damage done in his
tantrum will cost over 800. Fortunate it is
| that no lives were lost.-N Hdren Register
THE GREAT CeNFLAGRATIoNs- Fire
Line Three Hundred Miles Long and One
| Hundred Miles VIDE The fires which for
a eek or more past have been sweeping
over Minnesota and Northern Wisconsin,
cover sections of country truly enor NOUS
| That In Minnesota. at latest dates seems to
| have started in Dakota territory, although
there is no evidence as to,the precise locality.
The south end of the conhagration Is cross
| ing Northern Iowa. while the northern end
reaches far up toward the head of Lake ST.
perior. and is sweeping down the valley of
| the ST. Peters river, and the forests east of
the Mississippi above St. Cloud. 1t seems
probable that this fire is advancing on a line
nearly three hundred miles long, and that it
| has passed over territory scarcely less on an
average than one hundred miles, although
| the outlines are irregular. That in Wiscon-
sin is even more terrible. reaching from near
New London through all the country east
and north as high up as Menominee river
and how much further is not definitely
known. 1t is also following down the Lower
| Fox river from Oshkosh towards Green bay.
and large force of the Chicago and North
western railroad men have been engaged for
several days in protecting the ties and hridg>
es from destruction. Buildings have already
been destroyed near Fort Howard, opposite
the city of Green Bay. On the east side of Fox
river it has been equally disastrous, covering
nearly the whole country west of Manitow oc.
and far up the peninsula north ward, embrace
ing millions of acres of the finest timbered
land in the west. Thus far no fires are re,
ported in the Wolf river pineries west of the
river. or on the Chippewa and St. Croix. but
as long as the drought prevails they cannot
be considered safe. The catastrophe is SO
terrible. involving so many enterprises and
people, as to amount to a national calamity.
and it has even been proposed to call the
legislature of Wisconsin together to devise
measures for the relief of the sufferers. Mil
ions in value have been destroyed, and still:
the fire feud pursuesits way, human agencies
being utterly powerless TO arrest it. The