Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-03-13
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LIFE.
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,cneter lisness belonging to ]. 3.
,,o,;s's Inter Ocean circus created the
s..sstion Of the year III the winter
.,tsr, of the show in Frankford on
ardsy evening. Peter Marvin, an an
III trainer. was frightfully injured by
=. snraoed beast, and an African
t,.rs box. one of a pair Mr.. Doris paid
s,nT1 for. died of fright dnring the
tSsr,onium. Numerous additions
"a heen lately made to the mena9-
4 - - the Inter Ocean show, and tho
s.;,,als occupy several buildings On
I.,r;son street. The tropical animals
= tsnt in a room by themselves. This
sn,,tmsnt is 80 fest square, and three
= The walls are masked IN by heavy
~ and iron cages. There are three
ssn of these massive dens, and behind
~ bars of each are from one to three
srsc;.nens of rare wild animals. The
Eons. tigers, ieopardS, panthers and
s.snas are imprisoned i'll the lower den,
sh,la the smaller animals occupy the
s,,,sr tiers. In the center OF the room
= an immense stove. which is kept red
hot night and day.
tame pelican, a Aamingo, three
s.ssted cockatoos, half a dozen monk
- and a family of performing dogs
Grmed q drowsy circle around the glow
;ro stoye Yesterday afternoon. A row of
sisnhants along the east wall stood up
- their knees in fragrant hay, and IN
rails near bv were "A score Of other her
S;ysrons animals from South Africa.
Hioh above the tiers of cages. are the
sIsepipg hunks of the attendants OF the
suimals. The dozen lions in the col
lec,ion are as fine specimens as ever
have been seen in captivity, and they
form one OF the most notable features
al the Inter Ocean menagerie. Juno,
ia largest lioness OF the lot, is five
vears old. In June, 1882, another lion
ess in the menagerie became the mother
al three cubs. Juno, who occupied an
adjoining cage during the travels of the
lnter-0 Ocean chow, became greatly in-
arrested in the cubs, and was in the
habit OF watching them for hours at a
time. Last fall the mother of the Cubs
died. and they were raised by hand.
JunO's interest in the lion babies in
creased after the death of their mother,
and finally she became SO zeafous that
when any one approached the cubs she
would become furious with rage.
In the animal house Juno occupies r.
oaee in the lower tier against the north
wall. The cubs, which nov weigh abont
fifteen pounds each, are lodged in the
lower tier at the east wall. This enables
Juno to have an unobstTuctsd view of
their cage. just before dark on Mon
day evening Mr.. Marvin was feeding the
animals. He gave the cubs their share
Of liver, and then paused moment to
fondle them. This put Juno in fright
ful rage. Marvin turned to quiet her,
and as advanced toward the cage he
stumbled and fell against the bars. In
an instant she seized his right arm
above the elbow. In order to protect
be head and body the man fell, and
With bis left hand grasped the bottom
Of the cage. Juno held his right arm
With one paw and struck through the
bsrs at bis head with the other. A lad
named Donahue grabbed an iron bar
and tried to make Juno drop Marvin.
The boys efforts only increased the rage
Of the beast. By this time every aui-
NAL in the place was wildly excited, and
their roars and cries were heard squares
away. To increase the din the animals
of o. Brien's circus in adjoining build
Ing added their cries TO the chorus.
Donahue ran out of tho building shout
ng for help.
A there is a small army of workmen
bout the place. the lion house was soon
lurrOunded with men. In the mean
time Juno had torn the flesh from Mar
WINS arm, struck him several wicked
blows on the shoulder, and then allow
"a him to drop to the ground and crawl
away. just rs the rescueys reached
lhe doors they heard a sonnd of crash
Ing timbers, accompanied BY series of
freezing roars. Juno had
thrown her body against tho bars and
broken through. The approach of
night made the interior of the building
dark, and no one cared to venture in.
They heard Juno charging around the
place and they hesitated. They sup
posed that Marvin was deld. He, how
ever, managed to reach the rack in
which the heavy iron bars used to clean
he cages arc kept, and snatching one,
boldly advanced on Juno, who cOuohed
IN . corner. All this time the other AMI
mals we're making the most frightful
noise. Above the din the men at the
doors, to their astonishment, heard
Marvin ordering the lioness back to- her
eaRe. This reassured them, and they
nlarted to enter. As tho doors opened
Juno sprane over Marvin's head and
took refuge in a stall near the blauw
hoks. Marvin shouted to close the
doors, and, following the now partially
eoved lioness, struck her twice with the
NON 'bav. Then he poked her out, and
WITH an angry roar she vaulted back into
lsr cage and the danger was over. New
ears we're quickly fitted in, and the cage
vas made doubly secure by the addi-
!,on of new iron braces. Marvin's in-
3ariss were attended to by physician,
mo says he will not lose tho use of his
rm. After Juno was Gagged IL was no.
Hoed that ona 0f tho hlauw h.,ka WAS