The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-21
a DOG WORTH $4,000.
That sum Was Bequeathed to Him,
and He Has Gone West for His
Health

From the Denver Cold Republican.
Perhaps the most distinguished party of
tourists tine Brown Palace hotel ever gave
shelter to registered there yesterday after
noon. All the members did not register
for one-and he the most distinguished of
them all, in hrs way-cannot form letter
Of the alphabet. let alone write his name
The illiterate traveller is a fox terrier. far
advanced in years, and suffering from
phthisis in its last stages.
This dog is an eminently noteworthy ami
mai because of the circumstances that
some time ago he became heir in his own
right to a fortune of $4,000. The money
was willed to him by HIS master, a wealthy
Philadelphia named Davis. He Is in Col
orado by the advice of his physician, a vet
erinarian of the Quaker City, who hoped
the mild climate and dry atmosphere
would benefit the health of the opulent ca
nine invalid.
With the fox terrier are the two Misses
Davis, daughters of the animals kind
hearted master; w. Fl. Reynolds. a. friend
OF the family, and maid whose duties
are to nurse the dog, give him his cod liver
OIL cough balsam, and other medicines
and accompany him in his daily airings.
Like many rich members of the human
family, wealth and ease have not brought
happiness to the four-footed legates of the
tty-thoussnd-dolla fortune. Day and
night the poor brute, if such a term be
properly applied to a dog with big bank
account. can be heard coughing in the most
dismal fashion. He has now been afflicted
with tuberculosis for nearly a year, and
IS steadily growing worse. Should the
balmy airs of the Rocky mountains fail
to bring him relief, il is hardly probable
though sad to contemplate that the bulk
OF his terrterShips legacy Will either go to
buy him a gravestone or resort to the state
of Pennsylvania. 1t is understood that the
fox terrier will leave no heirs. and that
Mr.. Davis of Philadelphia failed to make
other provision i'm his will for the dispo-
sition of the $4,000 than that ii should be
expended in caring for his commonplace
pet.
AS the dead mans children and other
relatives loved and revered him, his wish
es in the matter of the $50, 900 were respect
ed TO the latter, and no one thought of con-
testing the fox terriers title to his legacy.
1t has since been specifically applied to
the uses set down in the will. When he is
at home in Philadelphia the dog is under
the care of a veterinary surgeon, specially
retained to attend him. A nurse, the wo-
man who now has charge over him in
the hotel, was also engaged to attend the
fortunate little beast. She watches over
him as one might over a tender babe at
all times. anticipating his every want and
giving him the most patient tending.
Some months ago the wealthy fox ter
rier's lungs grew worse than ever and
his attending physician diagnosed the mall
ady to be pulmonary consumption. Treat
ment in Philadelphia did not much benefit
the singular patient, so removal to Colo
RADIO was prescribed The advice thus
given was acted ON, and some eight weeks
ago the Misses Davis, Mr.. Reynolds, the
fox terrier and his nurse reached Denver
A two weeks stay here showed no marked
Improvement in the dogs condition, so the
party journeyed on to a still milder ell
mate. This they found i'm Southern Cali
forna.
1t is understood that the premature set
ting in of the rainy season in that sec
ton caused the party to migrate again a
couple of days ago, and early yesterday
its members got back to this city They
engaged a suite of seven rooms on the
parlor floor, one room of the suite being
occupied by the dog and his nurse The
rooms are the best i'm the house. How
long their sojourn here this time is going
TO be win depend to a great extent on how
the prevailing weather affects the lungs
of their canine Croesus.
People in the hotel who saw the fox
terrier when he passed through Denver
two months ago say his cough is much
more severe now than it was then. He
Is also reported to have lost weight but
both these discouraging symptoms NAV be
due to his journey on the train. The ter
rier IS a very fastidious little beast. deli
cate in the matter of food and although
he is as homely as any street mongrel
that ever sported a tomato can on the
tip Of his tail, his airs and ways are prop
erly blue-blooded and aristocratic