Southern Illinois Journal

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THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR.
A DOG STORY.
A Harrcwirg tall ? of Misdirected Energy. -^
KILLED THE WRONG DCG.
TbU UoK'H tall will WBs no the Vrlromo Mound af aiBntcr'n Voire.
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'Btjuire Peak's coort w«b tbs scene of a Uerce legiil battie on Uooday morning, in which Street Hnperintendent 'Al Brown K)U|;ht to recover, and as a matter of fact did recover from City Mavshul Wta. Porter ton dollars aa port compcn- Ration for the l0!s of a valuable dag.
The circumstances as developed by the evidence adduced nt tho hearing seems to have been abont as follows: A dog which was making hia bome at tho residence of Al Bryant had sntlered an injury which totally incapacitated liim from the per formance of the ordinary nscful funetioos ot a well rcjulalcd dot; snd Marshal Porter was re'iuestcd to oaU ut the resi¬ dence of the ceitnin ufoiobald Al Brjant (."Pettit") and snmmarily despatch tho aforesaid canine, wilh a pun or other weapon aud remove his caroaas and bave the same interred in a anitable place, or cremated or otherwise disposed of in ac- oordstice with the rfgulatlon of tbe Boird of Health nn.l to miivttiin 'hu pe:ict; unJ dignitv of the eity Now the city marsh ill is sciue vh:it itiiicc iiav in bit aim with * gjn, -»» a mat!or of fuel has been kn >wn to mis* a tew tiute^, 4iid laekine tti;d coplUlence In his own prowo