The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-07-23
LOCAL MATTERS.

MAD PRASKs OF BULL PANIC ON LOWER
MAIN STREET PEOPLE INJURED.-The seren-
ity of lower Main street was greatly dis
turbed yesterday evening about O'Clock by
the mad prapks OF a hull. The animal
reached the city by the York River railroad,
consigned to Mr.. William LIggon, butcher
In the First market. He was being carried
to the slaugnter-houSe in charge OF two
colored men, one Of whom held him by q
rope attached to his horns, and the other
regulated his gait by rope attached 10 one
foot. Nesr the county caurt-hou the bull
succeeded iu momentarlly regsinIng his free.
dom, and rushed into the courthouse yard
through the upper gate; tarrylng little
while 10 the shadow Of the Temple OF
Justice, the men cornerrd him and he was
rccapturcd aud driven up Main street about
one SQUARE, when he again becam" unman-
ageablr and escaped, and proceeded with
wonderful alacritv down Twenty. first street
towards Cary. At the crossing opposite Mr..
JudsOn CunningDam's drugstore, be IAN
over Il lady, but tlrred not TO see what mis-
chief be had done. From TWenty-first he
ran down 10 Cary, and up Cary Ec "ent to
Ninetecnth, and being lntertered with by
dogs who howled al his heels, lett Nine
teenth street and came again into Main.
which offered larger field tor bis enter
prise. From Nineteenth. street he ad'
vunced al a galIop up Main street to the
81. Charles HoLe!, corner Of Fifteenth
street. He was all the way pursued
by a constantly increasing number OF
dogs. Now and then some venturesome
person would rainly essay TO stop bis pro
g1e>S. The street was pretty we'll cleared OF
the people who about that hour are accus'
II, q r.nfIr r. ~
places with their babies; gentlemen crossing
the street found 1t juuiciuuS TO accelerate
their steps; people poked their heads out OF
windows and doors IN alarm to see what was
the matter, and great excitement prevailed.
The bull. mally pIunging along Main street
oppositc the ST. Charles, found determined
colored man named samuel Tinsley opposing
ms progress. He Knocked Samuel dawn,
tramplcl upon bin, turned UP Fifteenth
street at great speed, bis caudal appendage
waving in the air with all the grace
full curvature indicative Of victory.
Turning Fifteenth the bull cavorted into
Franklin, and described some antics in front
of Cup.ain MaccuDbin'S bales OF hay, finally
enGiny By taking new start up mon street
in the direction of the Chest tpeake and ono
Railroad dci O.. Near the cornerHf Cnlon
and Grace streets bis majesty was brought TO
halt. Mr. 4. Z. Roberts caught hold OIL the
rope aud wound it round The animlfs legs
and threw him. Barney Browns cpped into
Joe GaineS's blacksmith shop. got sledgc-
hammer. and struck the bull between the
ewes, aud another man cut The bul's throat.
TbuS The bul! tidgeied and died. Had he
peacefuliy awaited hi, time be might nave
met an honorable death in Slaughtcr.p"n,
and quietly gone the way Of all beet meat.
HIS carcass was promptly hauled away by
Mr. Llgou.
The lady knocked down at the crossing
at Twenry-tirst and Main streets was named
Mrs. Clayton, or Caller e. was "l'cn our re-
porter both way>l Sac was taken in'o Mr.
Cunningham's drugstore and we'll ana kindly
treated until jhc city am 'ulance arrived, IN
charge of DR.. Britan, when she was re
moved TO bcr home, in Rockets. She is
quite old and feeble. and. it Is SAID, Is very
poor, and her injuries are very severe, though
| m III OF them are internal ones.
The colorcd man, whose name was gwen
as Tin>lcy. walked away from the scene ol
| his discontinue.