The sun., 1872-10-28
A MENAGERIE ON A STRIKE.
TERRIFIC sCENE DEsCRIBED Bf
"A TITUSVILsE REPoRTBR.

a. TITUsYILLE REPORTER.
All the wild Be.rt. Loose aud on the RAM
pase-Eight Men KiiIed-The Riud Of hd-
verusins I.daised In by Model shows.
ESesa u. riusvius Sseaino Fses.
The muss was originated by the efforts OF
mus 20 run around the ring and jamp. through
pooRs and 6ons spS S
70 make all rival establishments take a
had been going, on whenever the eHhi.
bition stopped long enough In one place
TO the occasion referred to, the hippopotamus
had only been allowed To- perform Ia private
1n srre force r % of empogees on band With redSot
pitehforks, pickaxes, orowbars, and bricks, to
sabdue him and keep him within boundss should
Behemoth struck his gait admirably, and with
suoh seeming good nature that his owners deter
mined TO unshackle him for a short time and
make him jump through paper balloons.
tion. and at the word "Cioi" tho shaekles were
unloosed. and sure enough they did go; Allow
steam txSal dredsc when il expectorates a
snort that reyorberated through the tent like
thnnder and then plunged forward through the
GS ner but Unfortunately Killing the TWO men That that
held IL and
uPsrrTrHo THE LIONS cAoE,
| which contained four lions OF unusual 1eroe-
ness. The moment the overturned lions cage
cd at II and bit out a mouthfu of woodwork
and iron bars, leaving an aperture through which
their roars TO the tumult that ragged on all sides.
| The big elephant Horace Greeley who had
keeping a check on his trunk, began TO wave It
| in the air, and after a moments trumpeting
ms sy upon s1n Se B fhs
| this unfortunate being clear across the tent,
killing another man In Its passage and knocking
| in the end Of the cage that contained
WILD RHINoCERos,
| who at once came out, and running his horn
| into the ground, gave the now anrighted show
men some specimens of ploughing that wero
| never eCualled by human or steam power. Tho
| four lions now began To lash their tails Ia fury
| and walk In circles around the centre pole. up
| which seventeen OF the showmen ascended the
| moment the hippopotamus first beloved. The
latter animal was In the mean time dlverting
himself by set-to with couple OF grizzly bears
| that he had liberated.
| fiitated at this Juncture, and after killing
| couple OF camels turned his attention to the
| demolished each, the rhinoceros following be-
| hind and completing the work.
ToRTuSATELY THE CANVASS WAS NEW,
| and without a flaw and all Of the liberated
animals were roaming, about the enclosure.
Hycnas sneaked around under the seats. bears
.nS 9 the hS and
parrots, eagles. owls, and other birds, while
ostriches roamed at will below, and heard above
seventeen men who hung for dear life TO the
centre; centre pole, which wss new and slippery and
tanned Its presence OF mind was
BLARNEYuMs GORILLA.
| Hts cage had escaped being upset, and he
stood inside, beating ms breast and roaring IN
Du ChaIllu describes as "curdlinr the very hairs
| on your head when heard In an African forest"
| BY this time. however, voices were heard on the
| outside. the entire neighborhood having become
aroused by the pandemonium, and the moment
1 tactics and shrieked, For the love OF the holy
| 81. Patrick help me out OF this bloody scrape,
| as live" We will leave this unhappy animal to
| his tate, and return to the
AwrrI. scESE GOING oS
| around us, and among the other wild beasts
| who had now made their way to that portion of
the tent used 10y the proprctors as a museum.
| Excited by rnee and hunger Bengal tiger was
the first rs to attack he sy pD ,p 81 The
upon the Sleeping beauty" and began %
particular in regard to their diet, sprang
upon the "Drunkard and his WIFE" and
IN blood in the cage containing the Bell
Ringers" while the elephant amused himself 10y
hs and hnns ai eroTne Sn1 G es svera
nent generals of the war. But while these hor-
| more alarming were going on in the main por-
| ton OF the tent, where nearly every animal
| %
| the "wax-hgures'
STOOD WITH DIsrENDED JAWS
around the lcentre pole. awaiting the moment
| when the hold Of some of the unfortunates above
tumbling down The first man TO drop was the
| ringmaster. who was the lowest ON the pole.
| that swallowed him whole and without choking.
| This sight SO frightened a canvas" " man that
aecty n and inS se Vs% boSaed from The tin sS Of
| the crocodile's mouth into the arms OF bear,
who hIgsed him fondly and carried him rS,f on
elephant now reached out with his trunk
and shook the oenire sa pole & as hoy hoy shake. SHAKE;
SEVEN MORE VICTIMS,
including two very plump and Juicy acrobats, to
| drop on. The man on top, however had by THIS
@ roof Of the tent d through Which % he cTawled and
slid down the canvas to the ground. The re-
ample. A hook and ladder company and two
hose companies had arrived, and, holes being
were thrown upon the squirming mass OF animal
life within, and In ten minutes tho employees of
charges. IL took several hours to repair all
the cages and get the occupants back IN their
d SIs fo w sbs bSSa s. of iSs dSSd
began. But We might add that, by the next
morning,
THE KILLED WERE ALL DOING WELL,
most OF them having died regularly every season
ever since they entered into the show business.
One man in particular, who was swallowed by
the alligator, recovered more rapidly than any
OF the others. His name Is John Smith, and our
readers will remember him as one OF the band
that was deyoured by lions down in Mississippi
the mad elephant Romeo, and also had his
head crushed into shapeless mass by lion
tanning scene at Joliet, H. In 1870. He was
destroyed again at Philadelphia. In the spring Of
ls's, when Forepaugh's animals broke loose, a. :.
| his last death (previous TO the one just relate
occurred when rhinoceros stepped on him AZ
Red Bud, Illinois, In August, 1872. Mr.; smith is
| still on deck with Blarneyum's great show, and
| can be seen with the other fossils and petrinca-
| tions at this place next week. Remember these
are the same animals that broke loose and
killed so many people. This fact alone should
| induce every husband to procure tickets for his
wife and mother-in-law and neighbor's children,
| Easy terms for furniture, carpets, and bed
ding b. NJ. Cow perthwait Co.'S, I1 Chatham street
| An lmmense stock and low prices bargains for cash
| or payments received weekly monthly, parlOr and
| chamber suites In great Yarety,-Adr,