Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Published in the Chicago Daily Tribune, Chicago, Illinois on Monday, July 28, 1879
North Branch Street And Vicinity Given Over To Them. Â Â Â Â “If you want to see the dirtest spot in Chicago,” said Mr. William Coakley, of No. 306 North Branch street, to a reporter of the Tribune yesterday, “you ought to go over to Goose Island. It is -that is, about where I live-the filthiest hole […]
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, April 24, 1875
    While Dr. Lewis’ horse was hitched on the street yesterday, three or four cows passed by, when one of the animals, probably under the mistaken impression that the doctor had refused to sign the petition to allow cows to run at large, made a dive at the horse, inserting one of its horns into his […]
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Published in the Dixon Telegraph and Lee County Harald, Dixon, Illinois on Wednesday, May 16, 1855
    Singular.-The Paw Paw Free Press mentions a singular occurrence which took place in that village last week Wednesday. That evening a cow belonging to one of the citizens there, exhibited symptums which led to the belief that she had been bitten by a massaga, [a small species of rattlesnake,] and in order the more […]
Published in the Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, September 23, 1910
Escapes From Butcher Shop and Flies in Horses Face to Avoid Capture. Â Â Â Â A game rooster of the Philipino breed ran amuck from a local butcher shop, this morning and the fact that there are no fatalities is deemed a miracle. This game rooster was to be placed on the guillotine today and not being […]
Published in the Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, July 28, 1905
    Statistics published in Spain state that during 1904 nearly 12,000 bulls were killed in Bull fights. The bulls killed about 10,000 horses. The best and most valuable bulls of the arena are raised on the vast estates of the Duke of Veragun, who has made a fortune out of his bussiness.
Published in the Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, September 7, 1906
Infuriated, Attacks Horse Tearing Open Abdomen-Animal Dies Almost Instantly. Â Â Â Â A horse belonging to John Suydam, who lives northwest of Libertyville about two miles, was gored to death last week by a ferocious bull which attacked it upon the highway. Mr. Suydam had turned the horse loose upon the road. A neighbor, Joe Beckler, had […]
Published in the Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, July 20, 1894
    No country in the world offers greater facility for stock breeding than does Argentina, in South America, and in no place is breeding carried on more extensively. The late droughts there, however, have played havoc with the herds, and reports from a single province show how great has been the destruction. This is the […]
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Friday, May 13, 1904
    A cat and a horse were found unhurt under ruins of a big storage warehouse burned in New York. The cat was on the horse’s back and the latter knee deep in water.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, January 2, 1875
    In Paris, a bull dog, supposed to be mad jumped upon a horse which a gentleman was riding, but lost his hold, and the horse started at a desperate gallop, with the dog behind him. At first the gentleman tried to stop the horse, but subsequently urged him forward, judging apparantly, that is was […]
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, July 30, 1881
    A singular encounter between a dog and a donkey occurred recently in Blackpool, England. The dog rushed at the donkey as he was standing in a field, and fastened on his nose. The donkey shook him off, bit him about the head and shoulders, and tossed him wildly about. The dog again seized the […]