Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-16
DORIS DEATH.
A Great Traveller ana Special Friend
OF the Sportsmen Poisoned By
Some Unknown Hand.

AL thb bpOtt hiO VI 49, Sasy $50
vicinity knew sold Den." He was
not merely q valuable dog, but q dog
with a history. His trainers were such
veterans in the field as Mr.. Sackett
and the late DR.. Fichers. "Don" was
born in England, and crossed the At
lantic while q puppy and soon sitter
arrived in this city. Being of genu
Inc blood Mr.. Sackett, and shortly
Of ;er DR.. Fiohers, paid special atten-
ton to his education, and in a short
time he could jump, fstcb, point,
dance and spesk-not merely bark or
whine--for the doctor taught him to
a most remarkable degree to utter
sounds, as q low whispering voice, t.
the amusement and amszement OF
many. When asked where he has
been, what he had seen, ETC., he
would try motions and noises,
quite successfully conv y the account
of his doings, while the intelligence
beaming in his eyes, supplied what
might be lacking In the narration n
seemed almost p,o { hat he was q lit
tie man In q dogs hide. He vould
work In the field equally vel as q set,
ter, pointer or water dog. He could
swim under the water like a fish, and
caught many a wounded duck below
the surface of the water, his head
then appearing much like that of q
seal. He was full of tricks also, and
very cunning.
The late DR.. Fichera had him on
several Ct his deer hunting expeditions
north, and In the west, and he was at
all times and places his favorite dog.
The attachment between the late doc.
tor and his dog was 80 strong thas
when the master aied Don" was al
most heart broken. He re fused to be
driven away from the presence f the
form of him he loved 80 we'll, and
when 1t wa, taken to the cemetery the
dog kept his place under the hearse,
and seemed as sincerely a mourner as
though he had q human heart to ache.
When all others LIFT the cemetery he
remained there, and diggirg a hole In
the moundhe nestled down there, and
for three days and nights remained
there, grievirg himself away, touching
neither food nor drink until Mr.
Whitney found him and took him
away, secludiDg him in the cellar
under his store, where Dr.. Poulson
found him and bought him.
Don" was then only three years
old. He presented a pltiful sight Of
mourning, misery and melancholy.
As his late master and DR.. Poulson
used to ride out together often, and
kept their horses III the same stable,
Don" seemed at once to recognise in
his new master a dear friend and
speedily, by the new attachment,
revived from his stupor.
The dog followed his new master
twice to California and enjoyed many
coast hunts there, and from the straits
of Carguinas fetched hundreds OF
ducks. He assembled with him the
highest peaks of the Rocky Mountains
aud brought pine hens from IL, 0CO
feet above the level of the sea, and h,s
last swim in Bear lake, in Idaho, made
him as sick of alkali al though he had
swallowed copious drafts of seawa alter
At San Francisco Don" used tc
cross the bsv by himself, and In thai
confusion of boats, and trains, snt
stations showed a remarkable intelli
gence in 9 failing to get on ant
off with the accuracy Ct an old anc
experienced traveller. The trainmer
and boatmen all knew him and he
had free and welcome passage any
whore and always.
he was strangely familiar with rail
way travelling, his experience Ct eli
trips over the Union Pacific and Cen
trail Pacific evidently not being II
vain. At stations he would get GU
and exercise himself on the platform
and furnish much amusement to tn,
passengers, but he always had an ey'
on the conductor, and at the shout {
''all aboard he would jump into tn
baggage car, lie down and patlentl.
wait for the next stoppage.
"Don" was to have started to da,
on another enjoyable California jour
ney, but on last Friday forenoon h
was mysteriously poisoned by strych
nine, given him by some unknown
hand. DIR. Paulson was notified, bu
too late to do anything for him, AM
death speedily followed.
"Don's"so son, a besutiful and valu
able hunting dog, belonging to MI
Arbuthnot of Omaha, was shot through
the body the day before and died al
most instantly.
Another valuable hunting dog wort
several hundred dollars, and belonging
to JohnF. Oliver, has also been pois
oned and died.
Suspicion points to some parties il
the vicinity of Broadway aud Scot
street as being the killers Of these val
liable dogs The shooting of Mr.. Ar
buthnot's dog wa done at the creek j,
the rear Cf The Nonpareil building
and it is claimed that the poison ha
been dealt out In hat vicinity. Som
steps should be taken to ferret out tn
offenders and bring them to punish
mept, and certain it is that create
stress should be laid upon tho drug
gists' to compel them to keep a com
plete register of the purchasers c