The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-28

The Famous Mail Dog Said 10 Have B-ss
Killed Near Syracuse.

Prom thu Urea Observer.
il is reported that the men employee j. ,hT t-
hany Post ofice have received ,v.-aart rl.r
owney. the United StHtcs mail dos. We. E.r-
near Syracuse e few days aeo while chan. :
cars. Many times in The past few YEAR t-ts -pr
has been believed TO be dead, but be nvG-..a =
came TO life again, and !; Would hg ,,-rl
that he had been of OF some long lrp !nsqc,t-.s
the mail service.
owuey's history is worth telling. II has been
written in several Of The magazines Au1 Illus
traied papers, hut often with too much o: tAs
romantic and unreal about j. lie was a plain.
homelylool!uG cur. a cross between Irish and
Scotch terriers, 10 years oiG, A.. vct-hine about
th.-;y-fve pounds, Tom QruuIuIua d cls-
Irritating clerk ~ the Albany Pos once, miro
dUceC pwucy 10 the Office AMI named him. This
postal clerks running u there mad, friends with
the dog, ana finally the vEp began 10 take IN
interest III the GrrivG! and departure Of tHs
pouches. Then hc commenced jumping
depot, One DAY a clerk in q u.a.
found the dos sleeping on some o. ~. snoAs
after the train had len Albany. When Doe -.,"'' 4
ltlca he decided 10 SEND tie COS nD.t. Hs he ~
leved some ONE IN the Post ur., mast own
hi9, But whs9 he went 70 i2os 10y ne ape he
had disappeared, Iwodaysta after ;, rgamed Aoa-
chalanLy into The basement -! a., Ips' utans
a asS. CURED I, W Il = rI.r o, elHr.! ".a. a.-'
AFTER that he took regular voluntary u.p. %
through the State.
In December, 1892, he took Us f~st Ions $50,
South. ana travelled from Florida To SIN Fs.a-
cisco and back 10 Albany 10y tAc canadian d
lines, having touched AlaskR OF As way, iI.a "
Oh through Canada, The Posi- one, Aarhl..r
al over the ! Glied STATES UAlfr- ~ pUr =
honor 70 the dng ar Il tTlenc Of tht U~aHrIuau, q, n-
rated him with TAGS o. al SORTS, ua- where 'H.rr
was a kennel hsroulhLlou ~ IL utl-AHJraua 80.
any city he rehr he'd They suw IaAl b. vas ~" -
nized AZ an extraordinary visitor. with pa, grs-t
that seven mcdAls have been presented Dr. rir-r
kennel clubs. The last one .t 80 was on lie
18Th o: December l6st, when lht b4tr.".y h"r.H
Club OF. Grand Rapids, Mich, d, tlr.! how
awarded him h hg s-Nt! media wt.-GfH- *
ounces, with an aTpropriEi, .A~Hs r-.- SANG
that II Was presented 10 uVu,y, Lg SOB. trot-
ting dos by the club"
In lSa3 OWney one day found A.r.sHss IT,
coma, W ash, and noticing II II'.'rr 90. mai
bags for Aslhiic ports htinF carried ah0lrt IS
where those mai. bag went 20. ~, wen, hrusr.,
and when next heard Of De wac AaNlu. h gpo4
tiult with the hlkAuo OF Japan, Whu entertained
him TO the fullest CN'cul Of Japanese c~uGr'"gy.
From there hc r~hIll.-4 INTO CHINA. visited Hong
Kong, 100 Chow, and O.hrr u.i4Hs. and went part
O! the route 70 FcGiH, h4t tau-.Al ptIicr Or
with dog in the s,rt'ts of Hong Kong ma other
cities, u. which the American tourist Invariably
cG!ne out shcae OF tie Mo-. -ulta hrGlr.,
lie neNi visited Toxic, Jai"a, HuG from here
tOUk n Alglcra. whore hu ntft.utt Wa. Ur4n %
hssassluAie lin because b. t..c4 e -naa aug ..
longing 10 AZ Officer OF lie French Aa.....
which hhgk"d at LIN while be was st"o-.,-
AROUND The city,
lie lbs. louk in Malta, C.u..'r.r and a.
c!Acs worth seeing on tine &na.tc~raneal
continuing on Als WAY raa.a t.# H.'.H Pei.
] Tacoma, " ash, aE1lL IN NEla.l..l .sS.A .r
Crc!el the globe H. 49, Gays.
II Wa hui "a icw weeks ago fa.' NHrrrr Wa.
HE c!iy on "a Visit 60 Transfer ..rn . -..-r
lie vlSt'ru The D,SSruT aI.. .n. .... .... .a
Il trll north, stopping no 90. .r-'.r- art 1H.
lone, lt ALSO iout d .nn.i 'N.. .F.r .a'g sah-b.
lie h4Nuy- Lad A. ~ftlrnl. love .aI .t- Na.rs'yT
mail sAIks, Tor iA,4 DrC lnaI' o. yrtii1 good
linen, He tavorilC route HarJs- tie Ailanaa
was BY The North GernAI LAayd steAIaera