Browsing named entities in The Daily Dispatch: March 27, 1865., [Electronic resource]. You can also browse the collection for Virginius or search for Virginius in all documents.

Your search returned 2 results in 1 document section:

The Daily Dispatch: March 27, 1865., [Electronic resource], Interesting Chapter on circus elephants. (search)
a written expressly to display his accomplishments. He returned to the United States with Mr. Van Amburgh in '45, and subsequently traveled in all parts of the Union. He died down South from a chill received while swimming a river. Columbus, Virginius, Pizarro and Hannibal were four enormous elephants that were once driven through the streets of New York attached to a band carriage. Pizarro and Virginius were drowned while endeavoring to swim the Delaware at Camden, New Jersey. They were cVirginius were drowned while endeavoring to swim the Delaware at Camden, New Jersey. They were chained together at the time. Columbus fell through a bridge as North Adams, Massachusetts, and injured his so badly that he died in a few days. Hannibal, the largest elephant that has ever been in this country or Europe, and probably one of the largest that has ever lived, is now at the menagerie buildings in Broadway. --Although about seventy years of age, it is thought that he is still growing, and it is certain that he is in the enjoyment of a most excellent appetite. Mr. Frost estimates