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Cruel Chicagoans Abandon Dying Horse By Road.

     Two unknown parties driving from Chicago to Long Grove left a horse to die by the roadside near the Hanson farm, about three and one-half miles from Libertyville, Thursday.      The horse had been driven until it dropped in the harness and the men who were driving did nothing more than secure a new […]

Boy’s Head is Pulled Off.

     Oconto Falls, Wis., Aug. 19.-Fred Schiller, the son of Gottried Schiller, a farmer, while leading a horse was dragged by the animal for many rods. The chain which held the horse wound round the lad’s head and tore it from the body.

Man And Beast In Combat; Man Wins By Twisting Brute’s Head From Body.

      Attacked by a monstrous tramp dog, streaming blood from four wounds inflicked by the cur’s teeth. Joe Kautenberg of Marion street this morning fought off the ferocious beast and finally twisted its head from its body, leaving the gory mess near the Forty Steps while he sought a physician to attend to his injuries. […]

Almost Eaten Up by Mosquitoes.

     Bridget Collins, eighty years old, who wondered from her home in the Bronx, New York city, was found in a swamp ten miles away half buried in mud and almost eaten alive by mosquitoes. Mounted Policeman Flynt was riding past the swamp when some boys called his attention to what appeared to be a […]

Has Long Record of Slaughter.

Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois, on 01/16/1906.      Although 53 years old Earl De Gray still ranks as the greatest game butcher in England, perhaps in the world. He has killed more game than any other living sportsman-amounting, when last computed-to 216,699 head. Comprised in this list were 11,900 pheasants, 89,400 partridges, 45,500 […]

Horse Kills itself.

     Just because the young colt of a horse belonging to Mr. Christensen, of Millburn, got scared at the thunder last Friday and started running down the street the mother fearing her colt was in danger, broke loose and with her mate tore wildly down Westerfield place and ran into a telephone pole crushing her […]

Kicked by a Horse.

     James Cole, of Benton, was kicked in the face by a vicious mare this week, and his jaw bone shattered; broken in several places. The accident was not a great surprise as the animal has a bad reputation. The most painful and serious injury which the unfortunate man received was the fracture of his lower […]

Distressing Accident in Fremont.

     Mr. Steven E. Pain of Fremont Center met with a frightful accident on Monday afternoon while at work in a field with one of Manny’s reapers. It seems that the horses attached to the reaper became frightened, when Mr. Pain endeavored to catch the leading horses by the bits for the purpose of stopping […]

Horses Killed.

     We are informed that the morning Express train from Milwaukee, on Monday morning last, ran into a drove of six horses, owned by Mr. N. Landon, of Benton, killing three and wounding the others badly.

Horses.

     A team of horses became frightened and ran away in Chicago this week, and ran into the river where a bridge was open. The driver escaped and was pulled ashore by a policeman who stood upon the bank. The team was drowned, and the carriage highly perfumed.