Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Published in the Illinois State Journal, Springfield,Illinois on Thursday, November 8, 1855
This morning a steer broke loose at Tinsley’s slaughter house, and started for the city at railroad speed, scattering the boys, frightening the girls, and upsetting shanghais without ceremony. John Wheelan “took a horn,” which broke his collar bone, and bruised him otherwise; and John Rouke becoming exalted from the same cause, saw stars at […]
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Published in the Illinois State Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Thursday, February 15, 1855
A grand fight between a bear and a jackass was advertised to come off at Mokelamme Hill, California, on Sunday Dec. 10th; Admission $1.50. This is cheering evidence of the progress of civilization on the Pacific slope.
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Published in the Illinois State Journal, Springfield,Illinois on Friday, November 16, 1855
From the Hartford Courant. We noticed the systematic attack made by rats in New Haven, on some children, each singling out his victim, and jumping with a simultaneous squeal upon the little girls playing in a yard. A little boy of two years was caught by the knee, and held until the child’s grandfather went […]
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Published in the Illinois State Journal, Springfield,Illinois on Thursday, August 2, 1855
A large mastiff dog was carried over the Genesee Falls, at Rochester, on Friday. He emerged in safety, and was very soon seen wagging his tail on the flats in exultation. The height is 92 feet.
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Published in the Illinois State Journal, Springfield,Illinois on Saturday, August 18, 1855
Stories about sea serpents, both of fresh and salt water, are remarkably plentiful the present season. We are afraid they are more plentiful than the serpents themselves. The Californians are determined that the waters of the Pacific shall be honored with the visits of their majesties as well as those of the Atlantic; and the […]
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Published in the Illinois State Journal, Springfield,Illinois on Wednesday, August 29, 1855
The train of cars on the Chicago, Alton and St. Louis road, going south, on Thursday evening last ran into a flock of sheep about one mile and a half from Joliet, belonging to R. Zarley, killing and injuring about two hundred. The sheep were lying about the track near a curve, and consequently could […]
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Published in the Illinois State Journal, Springfield,Illinois on Thursday, October 18, 1855
The following account of the exploits of a dog in the Crimea, translated from the Gazette of Trieste, surpasses everything heretofore recorded of the devotion and bravery of this noble animal: “A great sensation has been caused in the camp of the Allies, by the heroic deeds of a dog belonging to Col. Metmann, of […]
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Published in the Illinois State Journal, Springfield,Illinois on Thursday, October 25, 1855
On the 20th of September there were two parties of hunters organized at Defiance, Ohio, for a squirrel hunt; one party headed by A. L. Down and the other by Mr. Boffinger. The whole number of squirrels killed was 815, averaging over forty each. Down himself killed one hundred and fifty.
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Published in the Illinois State Journal, Springfield,Illinois on Tuesday, November 27, 1855
A deplorable accident occurred at Florence, in Pike county, on last Sunday morning. A German emigrant, with a wife and six children, was crossing the river in the ferry boat, when the oxen attached to his wagon became unruly and jumped overboard, at the same time knocking the German overboard, whereby he drowned. His body […]