The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-15

was handed him. He raised the glass to
his lips, when large dog took him by
the collar and tried to pull him out of the
door. A crowd collected around and at
tempted to take the dog off, supposing il
would hurt him, but the stranger said
Let him alone-he is my dog. | have
been on a spree at Bowie, and the doc
pulled me out of the saloon there and
made me sober up" The stranger left
without his drink accompanied bv his
faithful dog.
DOG IN THE OIL MARKET
A valuable hound attempted to.run the
gauntlet of the swinging doors in the
Bradford Oil Exchange, which resulted in
the loss of three inches of the end of his
tail. Being great favorite among the
members they nearly all gathered around
the dog and paid no attention to business.
By the time the doctor got the wound
dressed few bulls, who remained at their
posts, and the price up to two cents and
succeeded IN unloading before the others
had realized the situation
RABBTr-cAToHING DOG.
A Virginian said to his wife the other
day that he would like to have some rab-
bits. A pointer dog overheard the re
mark and started out. In a little while
he returned, bringing a rabbit he had
caught, and laid it at his masters feet.
fhes operation was repeated until the
sagacious animal had brought in four
rabbits. The next day the dog was
ordered to go for.more rabbits and did so,
three.
ST. BERNARD IN KENTUCKY.
The Louisville Courier-.Joug7.aL saws q
boy by the name of Sharp was crossing
North Elkhorn on the ice near George
town when he broke through and was
unable to get out. His dog. a large st.
Bernard, attempted to rescue HIM, but
failing went up on-the bank and sset up
such continued bowling that some
workmen in an adjoining field were at
Iracted to the spot. They procured
long pole and helped the boy out.
although he was in almost senseless
stupor
MR.. MEDILLs DOG.
Lovers of superstition. according to the
Chicago Herald, are revealing in a sineu-
ar thing which happened at Quincy dur
ng the illness of the late Samuel Medin.
W hen he went there TO the house of his
ather in law, Mr., John r. Carson, the
family tooksto country house a consid-
erable distance from the town arlittle dog
Of Mr.. MedilIs, thinking that its barking
night disturb the invalid The dog was
'nly once brought back and then in
buggy and only sfer a few short hours,
,ut on Tuesday last. the day of Mr.
hedi1l's death, the family in Quincy were
Lstonished to hear the dog bowling in
ront of their door The door was opened |
md the dog rushed pell-meil into the
,arlor and scampered up stairs to the sick |
Dom. bolted in through the door and |
prang upon the bed. The dying man
Ondled the dog, but when the family at
empted to remove the brute it entrenched
tself underneath the bed, from whence it
vasstaken with great difficulty by the
Mr.. Medill died that night
CARRIER DOG.
The other day some Wisconsin people
we're astonished to see their dog come
nto their house with a piece of paper
led TO his tail. They paid no further
attention 10 it except to laugh at his
,omical appearance, until he began going
around to different members of the fanl-
ly, always tail first, and sticking it at
hem. This ludicrous action at last made
hem see there was writing on the paper,
which proved to be as follows: INV legs
re broke. Please help me. y They care
ully examined his legs, but found them |
il right, when somebody recognized the /
writing of a woman who lived half mile /
way. They went to her house and found |
er helpless from fall which broke her |
9gs. She could not stir nor attract any
ody's attention, and she might have |
tarVed or frozen to death, but luckily the |
og came in, and she managed to crawl |
0 table and write the note and fasten
to his tail
SOUTHERN BLooDHOUNDs.
The introduction of bloodhounds in
erformances of "Uncle Toms Cabin by |
lr. Abbey's company, which has been |
raveling in Virginia, seems to many for
ler slave holders to be an insult to the |
outh and perversion of the truth of |
ne history. The Wheeling Intel1agencer
as collected numerous opinions on the
Ibject, Of which the general tenor is that
lgitive slaves were never attacked by |
ogs in Virginia or by bloodhounds in |
ny part of the South. In Mississippi |
nd some other states, 1t is said, ordinary |
ounds, sometimes called negro hounds, |
'hich had been trained to pursue, but not
, bite, were occasionally used for that
len who found their profit in 1oaning
lem TO planters as occasion demanded
citing aside the question of cruelty, 1t is
aimed that shareholders were not so
polish as to employ bloodhounds to tear
aluable property in pieces. 1t is, in fact,
Vident that slave would be likely to
epreciate rapidly after a bloodhound got
old of him
A. H. STEPHENS DOGS.
Like Sir Walter Scott and Henry Clay.
tephens had all his life been fond of
Ogs. He owned one which he named |
Sir Bingo Binks," from one of the char
,ters in Sir Walter SCOTS "St. Romans
Tell !" Another, who was his constant
was named Rio" II poodle
og. Upon his death he was buried in
he garden. and over the red clay mound
slab was placed, which. in the following
Ditaph, written by his bvother,-Mr. Lin
IN Steph rs, records his worth:
Here rest the remains of
What. in life, was satire on the
Human race,
And an honor to his own.
A Faithful Dog
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