Thursday, January 3, 2013
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Thursday, August 1, 1907
Pittsburg, Aug. 1. J. William Neff, prominent in political and sporting circles, died suddenly at the finish of an exciting horse race. Neff drove his own entry in the race and just before he reached the end of the course he suddenly drew rein exclaiming “I’m done for,” and expired.
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Published in the Sangamo Journal-, Springfield,Illinois on Thursday, December 9, 1847
A correspondent in California gives us the following specimen of hunting in that region: “I have seen together in one drove [I may say in safety,] from two to three thousand elk. This was on the Joaquin Bottom. Deer are to be met with at a short distance from the dwellings in any of the […]
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Published in the Sangamo Journal-, Springfield,Illinois on Saturday, August 9, 1834
The story of the late marvelous feast of the Anaconda in the New York Museum, in swallowing a seven quarter blanket, is fully confirmed by the testimony of Mr. Peale, who avers that his snakeship does not appear to be in the least degree inconvenienced by this extraordinary supper. A still more extraordinary story is […]
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, August 18, 1906
The young son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Renehan, near Wauconda, was kicked and seriously injured recently by a colt which he had been riding. The boy had dismounted when the animal in a frolic tore out of his grasp and turning shot both heels at his head. One of the hoofs caught the […]
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Tuesday, July 31, 1906
Driver Saw Freight but Failed to Perceive Approach of Passenger. Train Leaves But The Reins In His Hands. Buggy and Man Escape Carnage but Horse id Smashed to Flinders by Passing Flier. Driving home from Waukegan at midnight last night Lee Metzendorf, of Grayslake, a barber, saw that there was a freight train along the […]
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Published in the Sangamo Journal, Springfield,Illinois on Saturday, November 24, 1832
On Saturday night, a boy of 13 or 14 years of age, who was climbing on the face of a rock, in the Grange quarry, Edinburgh, in search of a bird’s nest, fell into the deep pool below. His companions ran away calling for help and a crowd soon collected. A house carpenter who was […]
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Published in the Sangamo Journal-, Springfield,Illinois on Saturday, August 25, 1832
Mrs. Hanson, the wife of Samuel B. Hanson, of this town, aged about 23 was found eight months since to be in a declining state of health, in consequence of what was considered a deranged state of the abdominal and thoracic viscera, originating from Leucorrhoea. The symptoms were such as to warrant the presumption, and […]
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Published in the Sangamon Journal, Springfield,Illinois on Saturday, April 18, 1835
There was a terrific fire in St. Louis on Monday night of last week. It broke out at 12 o’clock, on Market Street, in the Livery Stable owned by Laveille and Morton. All efforts to save buildings were fruitless; and horrible to state, fifty-one horses are supposed to have been burnt with the building. Others […]
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Published in the Sangamon Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Saturday, July 6, 1833
Perry Point, [Miss.] Dec. 3. 1833. Mr. Editor: The wild bull inhabits the forests of Washitaw, which lie on the West side of the Mississippi river, extending from the territory of Arkansas into the state of Louisiana-three hundred miles in length, from the North to South, and one hundred miles in width, from East to […]
Published in the Sangamo Journal-, Springfield,Illinois on Saturday, June 20, 1835
The New York Gazette vouches for the following as a true statement: “A few days since, but a few miles distance in New Jersey, a large hawk, seemingly in great hunger, was discovered hovering over the barn yard of a cottage, watching his opportunity to pounce upon the poultry below. After repeating his visits for […]