Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, May 30, 1874
A little dog belonging to a gentleman, residing near StonyBrook, Long Island, was in the habit of following his master’s wood wagon to the landing some three miles distant. One day he was set upon and roughly handled by a large dog belonging to a resident in the next village. The next day, though lame, […]
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, February 13, 1886
As the 10:20 train was coming south this morning, a number of dogs were playing upon the track, and they were struck by the engine. After the train had passed it was found that two large greyhound’s and one Newfoundland-all valuable dogs-were killed. The worthless curs got “nary a scratch.”
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, February 13, 1886
The Rockford Journal says: “It is estimated that at least 10,000 hogs have died with the cholera within a radius of fifteen miles about this city during the past season, and the disease is still prevalent. Some authorities on stock matters declare the plague to be measles instead of cholera.”
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Published in the Dixon Telegraph and Lee County Herald, Dixon, Illinois on Wednesday, November 12, 1851
The Naval and Military Sketch Book tells the following interesting story. In July, 1800, Lieutenant Jeremiah Coghlan, in the boats of the Viper, an English cutter, in the most daring manner boarded and brought out under the batteries at Port Louis, a French brig, called the Carbere, Connected with this exploit is the following, there […]
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Published in the Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, July 6, 1894
A Big Gorilla, a Small Boy, a Side Show and Some Hoosier Heroes. As the side show of the Hall Circus was being opened to the public at Butlerville, Ind. Ko-Ko-Mongo, the big gorilla, sprang against its cage door, pushed it open, grabbed a small boy, who was looking on, opened mouthed, and in an […]
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, July 4, 1885
Two monkeys sat under a tree in an Indian forest. One monkey was seen to busy himself in smearing the other with red clay earth. When he had succeeded in entirely covering his companion, he disappeared into a neighboring wood, leaving the other a mass of clay, but for two small holes through through which […]
Published in the The Evanston Index, Evanston, Illinois on Saturday, January 7, 1899
The large owl, the veteran of the Santiago campaign, that has been at Wilkerson Bros.’ grocery store, is dead. The bird escaped Spanish and American bullets only to die a violent and tragic death. Friday night last week it caught one of its feet in the wire cage, and when the store was opened Saturday […]
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Friday, December 2, 1898
At Perry, Okla., a baby was attacked by a monkey and almost killed. The monkey belonged to a show which is wintering in town and it got out of its cage, ran into the house of A. M. Patterson and attacked his two-year-old girl. The child’s face was lacerated and one arm and hand badly […]
Published in the The Evanston Index, Evanston, Illinois on Saturday, January 28, 1899
Major Laurie, who fought with Kitchener in the Soudan, says he owes his life to a spider. The spider made a nest in the top of his helmet just before the battle at Athbara. He recognised at once that the spider had chosen to constitute itself his mascot. Accordingly he left the insect undisturbed, and […]
Published in the Illinois Daily Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Thursday, March 10, 1853
On the 27th ult., (Sunday) a thunder storm passed over Sugar Grove, in Manard county. A discharge of lightning fell upon a flock of geese and killed eighteen of them. Does this prove that feathers are a non-conductor?