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BUFFALO BILL'S DONKEY.

A Lively Performance at Beardsley's
Livery Stable.

Buffalo Bill and his "Prairie Waif" combination reached Chicago yesterday, and with them came that specially-announced member of the troupe "Jerry, the trained donkey." Bill went to the Tremont House, and Jerry registered at J. H. Beardsley's livery stable on Randolph Street, between Dearborn and Clark. At this place last night Jerry gave a special performance to a select audience of about a dozen of the stable hands, two of whom paid dearly for the entertainment. This donkey is a gray-haired and demure-looking specimen of the long-eared tribe, and is very diminutive in figure, appearing not much heavier than a large Newfoundland dog. He may be a "trained donkey," as advertised, but his training has evidently been of a vicious character, as the sequel will show.

The performance last night opened at a rather late hour - about 10 o'clock - and lasted only some thirty minutes. Jerry had been [?] a basement stall, and was thought [?] been securely tied. Only a short time [?] had rung for oats
and a pitcher [?] and when these were furnished him [?] to settle down for the
night. the [?] all up-stairs. Suddenly a terrible rattle was heard in the basement, and
the next moment Jerry came, tearing up-stairs with the speed of a locomotive. His ears were thrown straight back a foot or two toward the stationary end of his tail
and his eye glared like the locomotive already alluded to in the first act. Jerry's appearance was greeted with a cheer. One of the audience wanted to bet $1 that if the halter had not slipped off the animal would have dragged the basement up-stairs with him. No one would take him up. But everybody tried to take the donkey down. The latter shot across the floor toward the office, but was headed off by a boy,
who jumped on his back. The donkey then tore down the stairs again, and in the descent brushed off his burden by rubbing up against a post. This ended another act. The hands all rushed down stairs now and

MADE FOR THE DONKEY.

He threw his ears back another foot and made for them. He let fly his heels and tipped two of the men over, and then waltzed up stairs again. Once he was driven down, and finally two men got near enough to get hold of his head. One of these men was Jum Killoan, whose left arm Jerry suddenly took into his maw with a vise-like grip. Jim yelled bloody murder, and with his right hand tried to pull out one of the donkey's ears; but it stuck fast, and the harder it was pulled the harder Jerry bit and chawed. Every man in the stable armed himself with a club at this point, and commenced belaboring the animal on the head and ribs. It only to tickle him, and his battery in the rear was continually at work. Suddenly Jerry let go his hold of Jim and made a jump at Pat Houlihan, the night-watchman, who had joined in the scrimmage. Pat's arm got into exactly the same place that Jim's had been, and Pat being a very light weight and Jerry just commencing to get down to work, the man was dragged in the most violent manner across the stable floor. Things
were now looking serious, and the crowd determined to do something. Heavier clubs were procured, and also a rope provided with a slip noose. Jerry, observing these preparations, inadvertently opened his mouth to smile, and Pat took advantage of the opportunity to draw out his arm. At the same moment the slip noose was slipped over Jerry's head and hauled up so tight that the donkey's tongue actually protruded. The other end of the rope was tied to the nearest stall, and with this

THE PERFORMANCE CLOSED.

Houlihan's arm was lacerated in a most frightful manner, adn bled profusely. The loss of blood, together with the shock, so weakened him that he was unable to stand. Dr. C. S. Eldridge was summoned, who, after dressing the wound, and pronouncing it quite serious and not unlikely to cause lockjaw, had the man conveyed to his home at the corner of Wright and Maxwell streets. Killoan's arm
was also badly cut by the animal's teeth, and had to be carefully dressed. The owner will not be able to use it for some time.

BUFFALO BILL'S DONKEY.

A Lively Performance at Beardsley's
Livery Stable.

Buffalo Bill and his "Prairie Waif" combination reached Chicago yesterday, and with them came that specially-announced member of the troupe "Jerry, the trained donkey." Bill went to the Tremont House, and Jerry registered at J. H. Beardsley's livery stable on Randolph Street, between Dearborn and Clark. At this place last night Jerry gave a special performance to a select audience of about a dozen of the stable hands, two of whom paid dearly for the entertainment. This donkey is a gray-haired and demure-looking specimen of the long-eared tribe, and is very diminutive in figure, appearing not much heavier than a large Newfoundland dog. He may be a "trained donkey," as advertised, but his training has evidently been of a vicious character, as the sequel will show.

The performance last night opened at a rather late hour - about 10 o'clock - and lasted only some thirty minutes. Jerry had been [?] a basement stall, and was thought [?] been securely tied. Only a short time [?] had rung for oats
and a pitcher [?] and when these were furnished him [?] to settle down for the
night. the [?] all up-stairs. Suddenly a terrible rattle was heard in the basement, and
the next moment Jerry came, tearing up-stairs with the speed of a locomotive. His ears were thrown straight back a foot or two toward the stationary end of his tail
and his eye glared like the locomotive already alluded to in the first act. Jerry's appearance was greeted with a cheer. One of the audience wanted to bet $1 that if the halter had not slipped off the animal would have dragged the basement up-stairs with him. No one would take him up. But everybody tried to take the donkey down. The latter shot across the floor toward the office, but was headed off by a boy,
who jumped on his back. The donkey then tore down the stairs again, and in the descent brushed off his burden by rubbing up against a post. This ended another act. The hands all rushed down stairs now and

MADE FOR THE DONKEY.

He threw his ears back another foot and made for them. He let fly his heels and tipped two of the men over, and then waltzed up stairs again. Once he was driven down, and finally two men got near enough to get hold of his head. One of these men was Jum Killoan, whose left arm Jerry suddenly took into his maw with a vise-like grip. Jim yelled bloody murder, and with his right hand tried to pull out one of the donkey's ears; but it stuck fast, and the harder it was pulled the harder Jerry bit and chawed. Every man in the stable armed himself with a club at this point, and commenced belaboring the animal on the head and ribs. It only to tickle him, and his battery in the rear was continually at work. Suddenly Jerry let go his hold of Jim and made a jump at Pat Houlihan, the night-watchman, who had joined in the scrimmage. Pat's arm got into exactly the same place that Jim's had been, and Pat being a very light weight and Jerry just commencing to get down to work, the man was dragged in the most violent manner across the stable floor. Things
were now looking serious, and the crowd determined to do something. Heavier clubs were procured, and also a rope provided with a slip noose. Jerry, observing these preparations, inadvertently opened his mouth to smile, and Pat took advantage of the opportunity to draw out his arm. At the same moment the slip noose was slipped over Jerry's head and hauled up so tight that the donkey's tongue actually protruded. The other end of the rope was tied to the nearest stall, and with this

THE PERFORMANCE CLOSED.

Houlihan's arm was lacerated in a most frightful manner, adn bled profusely. The loss of blood, together with the shock, so weakened him that he was unable to stand. Dr. C. S. Eldridge was summoned, who, after dressing the wound, and pronouncing it quite serious and not unlikely to cause lockjaw, had the man conveyed to his home at the corner of Wright and Maxwell streets. Killoan's arm
was also badly cut by the animal's teeth, and had to be carefully dressed. The owner will not be able to use it for some time.