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Monthly Archives: February 2015

A Horse’s Sagacity.

Friday, February 6, 2015
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, April 3, 1875

A Correspondent of the Erie [Pa.] Dispatch writer. “Yesterday a horse, mounted by a young man, was seen to slip on the frosted street, stagger, and fall, throwing the rider to the ground. Before two seconds had elapsed the horse was up on his feet again, and the rider hanging by one foot, which was […]

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Severe On Sheep.

Friday, February 6, 2015
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, February 5, 1898

Thousands Perish from Cold and Starvation in Wyoming. Cheyenne, Wyo., Feb. 9,-Thousands of sheep are reported to have perished from cold and starvation in western Wyoming. The cold has been intense for 60 days and old-timers say that it is the hardest winter they have seen for the past ten years. Carbon county has 500.000 […]

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Dogs.

Friday, February 6, 2015
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, July 3, 1880

Cyprus is afflicted with a plague of dogs, which, it is stated, are even more numerous and useless than they are in Constantinople. They infest the various towns and their outskirts, and are at the present time a source not only of annoyance but of danger, for the cattle disease which, although diminishing, still prevails […]

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Sheep Killed By Dogs.

Friday, February 6, 2015
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, January 28, 1899

55 Animals Killed Outright Many More Wounded. Last night dogs created havoc among a large flock of sheep on the Clay farm just north of town. Fifty-five fine specimens were killed outright and a large number more were injured so badly that many will without doubt die. The loss is estimated at about $400 which […]

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