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San Francisco Amusements

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Parent Issue
Day
7
Month
December
Year
1877
Copyright
Public Domain
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A buil líght ia San Francisco, intended to be a harmless modifloation of the Spanish sport, was unexpectedly sanguinary. A savago buil was selected for the parpóse from a herd thnt bad been running wild. Tüousands of spectators assembled. Ramon Chevama, ;i Icxioan, was the vaquero, and bis task was to rido the buil. Chevania's red divss maddened the previously infuriated beast, and for ten minutes tho former dotlgcd and the latter lunged around the arena. At length Ohevania got on the bull's back, clingiijg to a strap. At I that instant a dranken butoher jumped iato the inclosure, bont on tho feat of plticking out one of the bull's pyes. He was tossed and gored until he liiy eeriounly wounded and insensible. A dog was thrown in, and whilo the attewtion of the buil was thus diverted the butcher was rcscued. The poor dog, however, was killed.

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Old News
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