Skip to content

Category Archives: Cows

Cows category

A Woman Kills Twelve Wolves.

Monday, May 10, 2010
Published in the Belvidere Standard, Belvidere, Illinois on Tuesday, April 2, 1861

       We are indebted to Ephraim Brown, Esq., for the particulars of a fight which occured recently at Bridge Creek, between Mrs. T. C. Higgins and about a dozen wolves: Early in the evening, Mrs. Higgins heard an unusual noise at the calf-pen as if a dozen wolves were contemplating an attack upon the […]

Also filed in Wolves | Tagged | Comments (0)

Wolves In Russia

Monday, May 10, 2010
Published in the The Chicago Daily Tribune, Chicago, Illinois on Thursday, December 18, 1879

       In the district of Waldat, Russia, wolves are making great ravages this year, and it is feared that the losses of the peasants will surpass those of 1878. The bill of slaughter for this year alone in the above district includes 276 horses, 851 colts, 1,653 sheep, 237 cows, 740 calves, and 295 […]

Also filed in Horses, Pigs, Wolves | Tagged | Comments (0)

Big Hailstones Kill Cows.

Saturday, May 1, 2010
Published in the Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, June 26, 1903

Published in The Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on 06/26/1903.      A hailstorm covering a strip of land a mile and a quarter in width passed over eastern Allen County, Ind., for a distance of three miles and covering New Haven. In places the hail fell to a depth of two inches and crops are […]

Also filed in | Tagged | Comments (0)

Kill Cows; Carry Away Dog

Monday, March 1, 2010
Published in the The Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Tuesday, July 26, 1904

Published on August 26, 1904 in the Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois.      Three eagles attacked and killed a cow belonging to Aaron Whitsoh of Garden City, Kan. They also picked up and carried about twenty-five yards a dog that weighed thirty-five pounds.

Also filed in Dogs, Eagles | Tagged | Comments (0)