Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-05-10
A Horse Wrecks a Saloon.

a. rule George Meyer, who runs i'us
German restaurant and saloon ia The bass
meot CT 557 Pearl street, New York city
hssb'. any reason 70 conplain oi hia visitor:
who are a,c-t!q $50 -orderad individua's
doir2 business iu !ho Dry gooas Gi5lrCs, bu
sbou. 81 o'cock Tcurr6sy night he had 5
mcst unexpected ogi. l. was in tbs person
OF i big dray aorsg. which uuc rem2aiously
rolled down thc ;ars and IL tbs saiooa
where ae lst about owaed .hings Tor t4c
hou s aud wrecked eve! ythipg within range
of hi, heels. & eiOe!e truck bsioDgtng tc
the Sackett & Wiihe!ins Liihographlng
Company OF 100 Fifth avenue, With load OF
lithographing stone, wes beiDg hauled up
Pearl street by heavy black aorse saoftly
after O'Clock Thursday. man kao8n in
the neighborhood as Billy" was the driver
Suddenly the passert-hy noticed the horse
shaking in hia harness, and somebody yelled
out that 1t had the oLind siaggers. Il was
quickly unhitched from the truck, anc
''Billy" jumped down to take charge of 1t.
The horse vas wild, but dozsn men soon
had it down on the Sidewalk. In Its freOzy
the horse shook itself free, aud kicked
and struggled go that The cro8d quickly
formed q W1ue CIIClS aIUubC
Before any one Of the crowd Wss aware OF
Il. tbe craZed animal had worked himself
TO the top Of the flight OF eight or ten steps
leading down to Meyers saloon The ani-
nal balanced there moment, and then,
with lunge, plunged down 10 the bottom st
ore fell. Meyer wns standing at tbs front
door, aben be heard such crash as dozen
drunken men couldn't have made, and he
Jumped to the rear cf tho saloon 10 hurry.
rhe frame ef the big dou5le doors was
strong and it didn't give way under the
! 900 parade Of hnrsef ssh. The horss was
iammed down or bis hauuches which we're
cut and bleeding from the broken glass. The
fright had made it wilder than ever, and by
ueing Its head ss battering ram 1t broke
down the door framework and rolled in
upon the floor OF the saloon. Then ihe fun
began. Neat little pyramids of glass piled
up behind the bar came down With g clatter
under the jsrrIng, ard the horses hoofs be.
gan to fly out in e! directions. They
knocked the waehstard, just Inside the door,
into kidding wood. Dad broke the supply
pipe, leaving the water TO gush over the
fl ,or They split the long mshcg0ny bar
rail sud left the imps;nts Of their shoes on
every,b hing in renga
Saloon Keeper Meyer Kept et g Gisteuse
In despair fer time. bat fneiy saw his OF
portunity aud jumped op ihe horses head.
a faw Of the l,ungeFs 10 the salooU came o
bis assistance ;hen s,d the quaG!ups DIS
legs were soon tieG up with b,s OF rope.
Meyer sent cut fos u policeman then, a. he
wanted the hctse gasteu GU, Of his saloon, bat
the officer shrugged his shoulders and said
he'd have TO leave ,hs driver TO loo& out fer
his own horse. Tie ariGal meanwhile.
was lying in big pool of blood, ,Vhioh was
flowing from dozsn cute, and making 1t
decidedly uncomfortable for those of Meyers
customers who dared 70 venture Gown stairs.
1t began to lock SIS If Meyer uouid have 10
house his unRecome visitor ail night, eod
he made another effort 10 stir up be Tinon
of the law. The policeman wss fiaaily per-
suaded 10 send for ore of the big en1br-
lances belonging to the Society for the Pre-
ventiou of Cruelty 10 Animals, and al n
O'clock It arrived. Much to bic relief Meyer
saw the bo.sa windIassed Up The Stairs anc
carefully laid on bed OF straw.
Then the cowd dispersed, and Meyer sat
up the rest Of the nleht guarding his stock
of liquors, with big gap leading to the
street where the door he'd beer. He puts
his damages at $500, which Sacket & VII
helms have promised 10 pay.