ENCOUNTER WITH A LIONESS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1373, 8 May 1883, Page 2

ENCOUNTER WITH A LIONESS.

A despatch from Philadelphia ap pearing in B'NewZg^^pr'staUi:—, 'V. ; «V;;i:.'iii,aWi»J ~ , Mer Marvine, an animal-trainer, was severely iajured by aJionesa J belonging to J. B. Doris's fowPocean . circus, jin the .winter quarters of the show at'Prankford, a suburb of this oity, last night..r .The, animals of the show occupy several buildings in Harrison street. -The tropical animals aw keep in a room by .themselves, The rdomis' and;Ming three of ' the walls are hwvy.iroii cages, in three tie'ra, one above tho|ther.,-The Hom, hyenas are imprisoned in the;;lower dens, Juno is the; largest; lioness of the * collection, and is five years old, Until a few months. agojhe, regarded as one of the bwWisposedj brutes of her species. ■ Last summer- she' assumed a protectorate 6ve£ two- motherless cubs iri the show,-and-since then has shown a great rage whenever her portegtt were Just paat dark last evening, Mr Marvin? gave the cube their share of, liver," and, paused a moment to fondle them. This angered Juno, and is he advanced towards her cage to pacify her he stumbled and fell against the bars.' In an instant Juno seized his right, arm above the elbow. Marvine. grasped, the, bottom of the cage with' his/)«s■h'aid); j Juno held 'his right arm with one paw, and struck through th'e bara atliisfhead with the "*' olher. A lad named 'Donohue seigg) an'iron bar and tried to make Juno .drop Marvine, but only increased her rage. All the; animals became wildly excited, and their roars apd cries could be heard blocks away. Donohue ran out shrieking for help, and a number of men started to go to Maryine's astls. tance. InthemeanttoJnnohadtorn >, the flesh from 'Marvine's wrist, struck him several terrible blows on the shoulder, and theft ftlloWdShim to drop to the ground and crawl away, Just as the rescuers reached] they heard the sound 'of crashing timber, accompanied by roars. Juno had thrown 'herself' against the bars and broken through,,, The interior of the building, no one dared venture in. Thoy heard" Juno charging about the place, and hesitated. { They supposed Marvine wwdead, He had reached the rack in which the heavy iron bars used to clean the cage* /, were kepij and, seizing one, boldly advanced on Juno,, who ;WSf crouching in a 'c6rhe ! rr''Th'e i men outside, reassured by hearing above the din the animals were making the voice of Marvine ordering the lioness back to her cage, entered* and the beast was subdued. ..After'iJnndOw'as caged it was noticed that one of a pair of blanw boks, for which Doris paid l,ooodols, was trembling like a leaf, and tears ran down the frightened animal's face. Two > minutes latent iwu'deaJl Marvine, *■ though seriously injured, will recover, and may regain the use of his arm,"