National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-20
SATURDAYS POLICE WORK

SATURDAYS POLICE WORK.
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. Whine ths POLES Ooart viii disinounbsr ths,S
from the solution Of the perpIsxing question Of
sWhAt shall We de with our dogsfs Almost
stsry day sentence gossNforth from that tribune
Of justice, tssnsrsily carried By policspan,)
dcomins come canine 70 dssth, uhs. in the dis
charge Of his duties a. front-gass keeper, has
ovsrstsppsd HIS Jurisdiction In his efforts to MI
HIS position, and caught some runaway passsrby
b. ths nAps Of the neck and made his heels snap,
not really with any prsmsdltated design to fnjure
tbs psrts, but because he wanted 10 see what be
could do when occasion actually required n.
There srs different kinds Of dogs, however, for
some ofthsss crssturss would no mors think Of
Attacking person IN the street than they would
Of tin-panninE thsmseivss merely for the pleasure
which II invariably sxpsrienced By the opsfar
ton, Suoh dogs fought 70 he shot on tie
spot It d6ssn't matter what spot. for 9 dog that
hasn't got pluck enough % seize o Wsli-hshsvsd
citizen b. the nsek-tts and shake him 10 worth
less sar and ought to have N ordinance shot into
him ana buried at the expense Of tho town
Thomas Knowles, Of Gsorgstown, owns hail.
snd-haf dos. Hsdess mot tackle man, but he
Il the happiest dog living when he can get little
boy On girl By che THROAT and have Il all his own
way. He vas never known to have swallowed
| child alive. but people have seen him commence
st THAR feet bat By interrsnton Of the buckles on
their shoes, before he hsd them half swallowed
be was compelled to ipfs them out; and to
substsntiase this fact is might be here incl
dsntally rsmarfed that Il was only The other
day that this same dog Waited out Of Mr..
mors's little daughter into the gutter, and
then regrsttfng that he had done So he seized her
| BY the shoulder and was dragging her towards
| his kennel, where he intended TO iefvs her and
| 90 for medical assistance, when an old eolored
/ woman overlook him with club and crested
sensation ameng HIS ribs. Ths child was rescued
and found to be Severely bitten about the arms
anc shoulder, and a. the dog Is net amensbls nm
der the District Law, or ct least could not be
brought into court, his master, Mr.. Knowles, was
srre,tsd and brought before Judge Smell to an
swsr for the crime OF his cur. As Knovlss prizsd
the dog highly, more on account Of his executive
sbillty than his breed, he made hard legal fight
TO save him from the penalty Of an old George
town ordinance, and when tho Judge passed SON.
tencs Of death upon him, with the saving clause,
''or to be removed from within the limits Of the
with gratitude, and he remarked to the court
SHAT he had sent the dog into the country beth
for his moral Instruction and health"
BURNED sY BOYS.
Alexander Poney fell int, the company Of .
crowd Of mischievous boys on the Ssvsnth-strsst
road In ths county, and a. they had the crsmat-
| ing mania bad Il came near proving his dsstruc-
tion. While one sngaged his attention In CONVEX
satIon, the others hooked two bundles OF papers
to his eost tss and applied the MATCH
The coat was well seasoned, and the flames began
to shoot mp the back Of his neck like bonfire
before he discovered his dilemma. He clappsd
| both his hands behind him aud then he unelspped
them, and shrisksd: aBoys, I'm Ewins done struck
By llghtning" at the same time darttnE con-
| fusedly up the road, thrashing his arms wildly
about him, while the wind famed the flames
| making him look like . nrst-class meteor with
boots on. Altar short run he was theughtfui
enough to lie down on the are and roll It out,
| thus saving himself from that which 80 many
/ people fear while living but dssire when dead
cremation. He was burned, however, 30 seriously
that he required medical attendance, and was laid
up for several days The orswd which perpe-
/ tratsd this fnhumsn net were subsequently, ar
/ rested, but - Ponsy sould not Identity any par
tieular one a. the party Who committed the deed
/ they we're dismissed.
-, MILES soANLoH
! belongs 10 that class Of masculine humanity who
we're born with % little sense Of manhood and
honor that he feels compelled on certain occazons
70 correct the little faults Of the woman whom he
has sworn 70 protect by casting whisky bottles 1t
her head, and In divers other manners amused
| himself much TO her discontinue and bodily pain.