Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1888-12-20
Anoo5 SUICIDE
pEsPonDENr AT a scoLplNo HIS MISTRESS
r1nuF ltiM CHI A FrRRYRoAr.

New York sun: dog comlnitieI
suicide Yesterday by jnn,ping from u
Twpn.y-,hird street and Williamsburg
frrrs bnat when il was in mid stream
| Theirs WAS no loabt that the dog was
goaded To II, aud all the passengers on
The women's side OF Tho boat knew H.
II was a plain dog. !, was well fed
SO far as that Is concerned, but iheIc
was 20 dog Plantagenet blood in its
veins That was evident from glance
at its big head and feet, its small,
shapeless legs, aud its curves, which
seemed to curve in where they ought TO
curve out. It's strains are past finding
out. The dog had two strong points:
Ii had an affectionate disposition, and,
moreover. it was bound and determined
TO show its affection. The object of this
] dogs regard was a little old lrish-wom.
an WHO had attracted considerable at
! ipntion while on her way to the ferry
house on the New York side. After
gathering up such loose chips and
stones as We're convenient 10 her hand
and casting them overland at the dog
with the result of bringing tie dog
nearer to her 81 ev w step, the woman
appealed TO the policeman on post to
detain the animal while she got on
board.
The dog listened to the conversation
with his fore paws turned in and his
eyes raised TO the policemsn's face in a
mistrnstful way, and when the police
man made a dive at him the dog sidled
just out Of the officers reach and moved
around him in a circle. Meanwhile the
dame had disappeared in the ferryhouse.
Twice the policeman bad the dog in his
arms. but the dog wriggled away and
continued 10 caper around Finally,
edgingl near the ferry entrance for pas
sengers, the dog slipped inside and ran
between the legs of the gsteman who
was shutting the gate, nearly upsetting
him. The boat had moved little way
out of the slip and the dog ran down
the bridge, stopped for second. yelped
and sprang for the deck OF the boa.
His fore paws touched the deck, and by
vigorously scratching he pulled him.
self safe on boari.
Then Ne ran through the women's
cabin with his nose 10 the floor, and
found his mistress on the Harvard deck.
His siumpy tail wobbled SO fast that IT
was almost Invisible, and il a dog ever
laughed. he did. The old woman was
angry. She seeded him as though he
had been stealing meat. and his tail
gradually stopped wagging, while his
head sank lower and lower. lie walked
slowly forward until he was on the edge
Of the deck. and looked mourDfully
across the water. He was the picture
of dog despair. Suddenly he gave
bound far out into tho river, and in
moment the ferry bost had passed over
him.
The old woman looked at the spot
where the dog had disappeared for Il
full minute. and then muttered:
"Umph, | always fought he was
quare.'
THE announcement of heavy frosis
and the disappearance of the yellow
fever are sent from Florida almost
every day. If the fever goes one day
and comes back the next, the announc.
ment Is hardly worth making.
Arcadia is alarmed over an epidemic
of Dyptheria.
Eau Claire now has an electric fire.
alarm,
The Tariff Reform Advocate. pub
lishcd at Jefferson. has been sold to
Craig & Henning, Of Fort Atkinson,
who will continue the publication at
jefferson.
A 2-year.old child of William Fenni-
more, OF Porterville, scAlded itself to
death by pulling a skilletful of hot lard
from stove This is tee second child
the family has lost by accident within
a few weeks.