Published in the The Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, August 12, 1882
Published in The Waukegan Gazette on 08/12/1882 Â Â Â Â An elephant belonging to Barnum’s circus refused to cross a bridge at Troy, N. Y., one night last week and, being punished, ran away. Considerable trouble followed, the animal, attracted by the strong light, dashing into the hot mills and burning it’s feet badly on the hot […]
Published in the Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, July 24, 1896
Published in the Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on 07/24/1896. Â Â Â Â During the parade of a circus at Winnipeg, Man., two of the big elephants broke from their keepers and stampeded up Main street. Winnipeg has never had a more exciting time. The elephants were recaptured with much difficulty and danger.
Published in the Lake County Independent, Libertyville,Illinois on Friday, July 13, 1900
Published in the Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on 07/13/1900. Â Â Â Â It is a fact that pipers in Highland regiments are posted to companies, and always follow them wherever they go. On one certain occasion a company of the Gordons were marching from a place called Jellunder, to Fort Kangra, situated on one of the […]
Published in the Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, September 25, 1908
Published in the Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on 09/25/1908. Â Â Â Â A sentinel in the menagerie at Paris has a curious experience with one of the largest elephants. The sentinel was very conscientious and always requested the spectators not to give the animals anything to eat, which seemed to displease the elephant in question to […]
Published in the The Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Friday, March 31, 1899
Published in The Waukegan Daily Sun on 03/31/1899. Â Â Â Â No animal will face danger more readily, at man’s bidding than the elephant. As an instance, take the following incident, which recently occured in India. A small female elephant was charged by a buffalo in high grass, and her rider in the hurry of the moment, […]
Published in the The Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Friday, October 21, 1898
Punlished in The Waukegan Daily Sun on 10/21/1898. George Dilly, a Circus Man, Beaten and Crushed to Death. Â Â Â Â At Ronevert, W. Va., George Dilly, a circus man, was killed by a female elephant. The elephant broke her chain, picked up Dilly with her trunk, and beat him upon the ground, and then crushed him […]
Published in the Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, April 29, 1904
Published in the Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on 04/29/1904. Trackmen Lift Him Back Into Car With Jack Screws And Open Traffic. Â Â Â Â An elephant en route to the world’s fair threw itself out of a boxcar in an effort to secure liberty and then stubbornly refused to go back into the car, causing a […]
Published in the Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, March 19, 1897
Published in The Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on 03/19/1897. Tip Strangled by Means of Block and Tackle. Â Â Â Â Tip, a monster elephant which has been shown throughout the country for many years past, was put to death by strangulation at Bridgeport, Conn. While the brute’s feet were chained to stakes firmly driven into the […]
Published in the The Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Friday, October 22, 1897
Published in The Waukegan Daily Sun on 10/22/1897. An Elephant that would not neglect a baby it was caring for. Â Â Â Â Marie A. Millie, in St. Nicholas, tells a number of “Stories of Elephants.” Mrs Millie says: Some time before the elephant hunt I have described my husband was at a station in Bengal. His […]
Published in the The Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Friday, August 20, 1897
 But Help Came, the Cub Was Rescued and the Boa Was Slain.     A boa constrictor will swallow anything at all when it wakes up hungry and finds that dinner is not ready. This is the story of a boa which swallowed a cub lion whole. The cub was recovered by an operation, but […]