Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Monday, July 18, 1898
A Maryland Man Comes to the Rescue of One of the Birds Held Prisoner by the Reptile. Â Â Â Â Benjamin Rust, of Chestertown, Md., gives an interesting account of a combat between a large snapping turtle and a vast number of crows, which he witnessed a few days ago. While noted for his shyness, the crow […]
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, March 19, 1898
    Last Friday a fat porker about to be slaughtered in Salem township, created more commotion that is often found in comic opera. Mr. and Mrs. F. McKnight were at Calvin Edmundson’s and the family attempted to kill a 350 pound hog. It was shot two or three times without avail, when the hog took […]
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Wednesday, January 12, 1898
    There has been quite an excitement in this section caused by mad dogs. Geeorge Eatenger’s dog became rabid and killed seventy-five of their chickens then left and cannot be found. He passed through McHenry and had several fights with dogs in that place. The people of McHenry did not know he was mad. Mr. […]
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, March 21, 1885
[Lieut. Schwatka in St. Nicholas.] Â Â Â Â You boys who have a favorite Carlo or Nero at home may like to know something about the Esquimau dogs; asking what they have to eat, and whether, like your own favorites, they get three meals a day and any number of intermediate lunches. No doubt you will think […]
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, April 4, 1885
[Detroit Free Press.] Â Â Â Â Immediately upon a whale being harpooned, he sounds, that is, goes under water at lightning speed, as does also the line to which he is attached, making it necessary to throw water upon it to prevent it from taking fire from the friction. It has been claimed that whales can run […]
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, January 31, 1880
    Major-General Bisset, C. B., in his work entitled “Sport and War in Africa,” gives an interesting illustration of the use of these as food: “About the year 1830 some of the dispersed native tribes from the interior of Africa migrated into the Cape Colony to seek employment among the farmers. My father engaged one […]
Published in the Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, January 11, 1907
Meets Maine Youth on Forest Road and Hooks His Lamp. Â Â Â Â James Collins of Isle an Haut, Me., had a thrilling experience with a deer on a recent evening. Mr. Collins is a musician and at 7 o’clock left his home at Moore’s Harbor to go to a dance. When about halfway he saw a […]
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, December 28, 1907
    W. F. James, an Arkansas sawmillman and planter, relates a turtle story which he says occured near his home recently. Jim Gullick heard a pig squealing and upon investigation found that a large turtle had come up out of the water, had seized a pig and was dragging its victim back to the water […]
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, December 28, 1907
Antlered Animal Knocks Bicyclist Off His Wheel. Â Â Â Â Bewildered and crazed by the flaring light on an approaching bicycle ridden by Winfield B. Gorton of Sayville, N. Y., an antlered buck which was trotting peacefully along the highway near the Cutting estate halted and then charged the oncoming rider with all his strength. Young Gorton […]
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Tuesday, April 20, 1880
    Silas Reeves was killed in Pennsylvania recently by a falling tree. Silas Reeves, or “Uncle Sile.” as he was known throughout Northern Pennsylvania, was one of the most remarkkable characters in the State. He was seventy years of age, and for nearly sixty years he had been a hunter, trapper and fisherman, and claimed […]