Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-18
THIS DOG-GONE CITY
Rapidly Losing Its Surplus POpula-
tion Of Vagrant CANNES.
SIX HUNDRED GIVE UP THE GHOST.
A Child Puts Button In Its Mouth and Is
Nearly Poisoned.
PUSHING THE CAMPAIGN VIGOROUSLY

Pittsburg will soon be dog-gone town,
for the dogs are rapidly disappearing from
the streets of the metropolis Of Western
Pennsylvania. When the big bell in City
Hall tolled once to convey the impression
that II was IL o'clock last night, 900 dogs in
the First Police district had consented to
give up the ghost under the persuasive in
fuence Of few gains Of strychnine con-
cealed Ia piece Of beef.
There Is much weeping and wailing for
the loss Of pet CANNES. A lady who lives a
short distance from the Central station has
been bathed In tears for two days. For
long time she has been blessed with the
companionship Of little prattler and FIVE
barkers, assorted sizes. This happy family
occupied one room IN perfect harmony until
the fell destroyer broke the circle and two
OF the pups sobbed out their young lives on
the Humny pavement NJ Diamond street.
A woman with stern yisage, blazing eyes
and broomstiek now keeps constant vigil
70 protect what ID left Of her bllghlsd house.
hold.
A 6HibB's MARROW rAeApH
Ths police nrs M careful as possible hut
some complaints hhVB been made about lhs
method 6f handling the buttons which
lasieD tls lobes o. lgplno,.s,Hlltg apen ihs dgss
DEW Hyefs, ~ ~. w Pam avsTRlis laa M
0he had pleked W ana 0f thH deadly bhtigha
and BlaeAd 10 IN Its Jh8Hth, bHt was observed Wy
lls m0lhsf lust IN tlme W remove tbs poisoned
maTsaI from lts m8Hth,
0fhGsT sGhmitt Ii In trouble, He had large
dog that WAS almost iRValpabls ~ z thlef
gafeheI ana was aisa s0lhethlha ~ hHhtht,
The officer was patTgiHg Market street. Win
6is dog Yesterday, when he saw yellow cur
for whom there was no place ~ tbs W2fla,
pHieeI sehmltt gave the eiiF little stfyehllne
Who al once s beeams m Wildly Jealous II jumped
yellow dog and died, The ofiieef took his dog
by the hi9d legs and tried TO shake the poison
Next week the crusade will begin in the
Second, or East End district, and in the Third
solasse district t the wsss ssd as
night that he expects to kill 400 dogs day. He
continued
DOGS AND VOTERS.
1--WE have a population of $1,000 on the
Southside, which would give us 10000 voters.
l would not like to say that there are as many
dogs as voters, but every man | know keeps at
least one dog. The dogs have increased very
rapidly of late, nothing having been done to
lessen their numbers for over four years. They
are a great nuisance on the SouthsIde. and IL
is time something was done to keep them
down."
progress of the work. He fully indorses Chief
Browns proposition to place heavy tax upon
dogs, and holds that a canine that is not valued
by its master at S. or $40 year has nothingltO
live for and mig lt as well die. The Inspector
has noted a curious fact. The dogs have begun
to realize that there is an organized movement
by the police to put them out of the way, and
they shun every man in uniform. Formerly
half the dogs in town used to loaf around Cen
trail station, but now they go past the end Of the
alley on jump.
The greatest mortality was out Penn avenue,
where 20 dogs met their death. Among them
was Dog Dexter" a famous old bull dog
owned by G. j. Burg. of Thirty-first street.
DOG Dexter" was 8 years old. and had won
every prize fight in which he had ever engaged.
Officer Thompson shot him at the request Of
the owner.