The Russellville Democrat., 1880-08-19
ALL ABOUT A DOG.
An Interesting fs.siaisition on Staten Island
 --Crtielty to Animals
NY. Herald.

Cruelty 70 Antmalss
 ". Herald.
 Every dog kas his day" says the adage, and over an alledged attempt to abreviate the span of canine existence so proverbially guaranteed Staten Island justice has been much exercised of late. Mir Herman Brock, a gentleman of gen. teel Ieasure, is the offender on whom the agents of the society for the proven ton of cruelty to animals bounced. He keeps dogs-three of them--it appears, and to the development of their peculiar qualities-he has mitch devoted himself of late. One of the animals Is a great, powerful creature-a cross between a Newfoundland and St. Bernard-af1d it's owner, had encouraged its fondness for the water in hope that it might some time be of avail in the saving of human lite, On June 28, master and dog came from Quarantine to Stapleton landing on the frerry-boat Middleton. The day was intensely hot, and as the basin came n sight where the dog was accustomed to swim, Mir. Brock, wishing to give the animal q bath and at the same time to teach him to jump from the boat in mo ton. flung an evening paper he had into the water. With Newfoundland's in- stinct the animal sprang after 1t, but stopped at the edge of the deck, puzzled by the white foam from the paddle wheel and the motion of the boat. To encourage him Mir Brock tried to urge him forward with his hands, and failing applied his foot. The dog sprang out then into the water, and in looking for the paper, headed after the boat. At once vast amount of sympathy became developed in the on-lookers. One deck hand hailed solop and had the crew lower yawl to pick the dog tip, gen. tleman on board vowed to cali it's owner to account and phllozoic bootblack posted off to make a complaint against Herman Brock for cruelty animals. The dog was brought in by the yawl, and the next day it's master was put underarrest by Agent Coggin of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Brock is a favorite among the German residents, and this process was regarded as personal prosecution: so the story of the dog and master travelled far and brought big crowd to the tribunal in Stapleton on Friday last, where Justice Mccullough was to pass on the case. The court house is not very imposing struc- Cs dozen feet square is the hall of justice, and it is quaintly decorated wi h deal board pigeon holes, an order of sale and an auctioneer's flag. The justice has desk and chair; there is a bench tor the Iury, and the legal fraternity are seated through the courtesy of a public-snirite citizen who has beer salo on, next door. On that occasion the prosecution massed it's forces within and without. and Mir. Brock appeared with the victim of his own inhumanity poor, shaggy, web- footed creature, nearly the size of an OK. There was hitch, however. MT. Hub bard, counsel for the defense, wanted a jury, and after number of authorities were consulted it was decided that he would be entitled to that luxury and an adiournments for the consideration of $1.5O. $. sm, .5eae.
 The trial was then set down for We'd nesday evening, and on that occasion Mir. Brock and the dog promptly put in an appearance before Justice Mccullough and six "good men and true" who plant ed themselves on the iury's bench and amicably chewed and ,expectorated throughout the entire proceeding. First was read the complaint--a hyperbolical document-which. deeply impressed the three score listeners crammed in the room and windows and on the sidewalk without. srga. s4f u...r sgeab.
 Vim. Kingsberry was the sympathetic bootblack, and after his honor had order ed the room to be cleared of all dogs but the animal in point and two, canines ol the "yaller' variety had been expelled from under the judicial bench, he was put upon the stand and told how he had seen the prisoner force the dog over board and the yawl pick it up. Peter Delaney had hailed the sloop because he said, "the dog didn't like to go over. board. of course;" and Wm. Taxter be l lieyed the dog was averse to the proceed | ing also. None of them could estimate how far the boat was from land at the time or knew if the dog was in danger
 of drowning. Mir. Brock then testified | that he was attached to the animal, wal
 trying to train him, had seen him swim
 great distances in the bay and in Silver | lake and knew him to be "crazy for thu
 water.n All of which Prosecuting Coun
 sel Hornfgger objected to and the cour
 ruled out on the ground of what h' l termed "irrelevancy."
 | A Mir. Kruseberg and Mir. Bower
 were called by the defence to testify. bu his honor believed all they had to sa,
 was "irreIevapt' also. So after MT. Huh
 Der had pointed out that the dog was a
 home in the water and that the bath di
 him good iustead of harm, and Mi
 Hornhgger had made various otfensiv
 comparisons hetween dog and master
 and abused opposing counsel and read
 dreary extract from the the statutes, tn
 case was given to the jury. That intell
 gent body retired and took off thel coats as If to prepare for hard physle;
 and mental tussle, and the audience fl
 ed with gladness the hearts of the adj
 cent bar room keepers and lounge
 around and 'jawed" for a good hor when the jury came out and said thu . they stood 8 for conviction and tor a quital. They were summmily hustle , back again, but they came out in te , minutes to announce the same resul l I Then there was much commotion, al r a new trial was fixed for to-day, when c was urged that the dog be held by u l magistrate as security. At this his hon' ? looked aghast. s 9 ri he's left here,n ie blurted or c "I1l get some one too shoot him."
 g Don't mind, :" cried a voice, "he's n ' half so harmful as the prosecuting g e torney." on which Mir. Hornfgger roll' | up his sleeves and hastily demande g .What man said that?" and in genel ], attempt at paCfication the first trial n Stapleton's cause cele6re terminated.
 n @ Russian Reforms.
 c The most definite announcement co Ia oaruino inc constitutional reforms