The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-02-01

you see that farm house way out therepo
he extended his arm In northwesterly
direction. IA little moro to the left.
Now you've got Il, by the light IN the
window. Well, under little grating
there that leads to q chicken house
lives the dsrndest dog in the whole
ward. It's the end Of my beat, and he
gets loose about twice a week. He's
almost as big as horse aud grips like
a vice. I bet he's barking now and
hungeriug after leg or an arm." And
sure enough there was faint bsying
noise In the distance.
In the outlaying police districts there
is general complaint of insuf1iciency
OF men and consequent largeness Of the
mems beats. A proposition is aaoat to
put some Of the officers OH horseback In
order that they may be ablo to cover
moro ground in shorter space OF time.
Some OF the iieutenants object to this
and only ask that sum equivalent to
the cost OF the horses and their keep
for twelve months bo given to them
every year to spend on extra mon.
The Twenty-fourth district, which
includes the whole Twenty-fifth ward,
and whose station-house is at Belgrade
and ClearheId streets, Kensington, has
forty'six men on active duty. Twenty.
three OF these are Oh by day and the
rest ut night. Eight are posted at the
sub.staticn at Nicetown and four ut
Bridesburg. Two have charge of the
river front. Lieutenant Nester says that
the number of mon at Nicctown and
Bridesburg should DO doubled. Taken
al around ho could get along worry
nicely with sixteen more officers. In
the northern section there is worry little
| else but fire-pugs to relieve tho mo.
notonous stretch Of country, but these
have to be looked after and the ground
has to be covered. The adjoining or
| Twenty.second district, which is bound
ed on the north hy School lane, on the
| south by Montgomery avenue. and tho
river Schuylkill, respectively, has forty
men. Tnero is ono beat ir it larger
than the whole Fourth district. another
thirty-two squares long, one twenty-
eight, one twenty-four and the average
is twenty squares.
Officers in the suburbs in time get to
know the very footsteps of the neigh
bors and can tell stranger milo OF.
They got friendly with tho farmers,
who mako them very often substantial
presents. For this reason they often
relieve their confined feeling by arrest
ing pig with whom they are acq,,aint-
ed or apprehending familiar mule and
returning him to his owner. When
Sergeant Peaco, who died in 1878,
while holding aposition in the Sixteeuth
district, was patrolman Ill the Twonty-
second, he claimed to know every pig
within twomile radius of his beat.
The census of pigs was never taken in
that district, but their numbers wore
7ast.
One night Peace thought he heard a
familiar blcat. AS it came nearer he
concealed himself and waited develop.
ments. A short. thin man, with n scar
lot muller, was driving little porker
that was just old enough to know how
to curl Its tail. Peace darted out aul
captured both Of them. The mau
swore the animal was his Peace sworo
1t belonged to Squire Coiwell, up the
road, and prepared to prove his outh.
MARK Anthony" he cried. The pig
wagged his t'il andnodded approvingIy,
looking up into the face OF the officer
with what might have been translated
into II smile. Peace was triumphant.
Billy" cried the driver in lis turn.
The animal plrouted on his hind Joys
and gave responsive glance, bloat;uR
wlthal. Things looked dubious, but
Peace took his man to the station house,
where ho found he had made his first
mistake III the pig connection.
That Park Guards have the most rn.
mantic time Of it. While in some parts
OF the county the moon glints on empty
lots and artificial streets, made of brick
bats and deceased cats, at Fairmount
1T shines Oh dewy turf and foliage. The
druukards who pass the night within
the Pnrk limits IN sweet conspiracy
with Dame Fature trouble the men in
the light uniforms. They are picked
up, prematurely lodged III the ceme-
teries or dczing Oh the BRINK Of n reser-
vior OR river, "as if they know anything
about water" This is how Park Guard
put it to reporter, speaking as if he
had reached tho acme of his Indignation.
On an average the number of animals
spurlously gazettcd as escaped from the
Geological Garden is two per week.
Ihis tends to enliven things somewhat.
and the newiy"enIisted Park Guard IL
apt to fancy himself in MI Indian Jungle
when i'll re,llty within stones throw
of Belmont.
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