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Horses, Runaway.

       One of the most shocking and sad casualties it has ever fallen to the lot of the Courier to chronicle occurred about five miles south of this city on last Thursday afternoon. While Mr. Henry Rohlfing and his son Charles were at work with their team, the horses took fright and ran away. […]

Serious Accident, Horses.

       A serious accident occured on the farm of John McAree, in this township last Monday. Mr. McAree was engaged in reaping grain with three horses attached to the machine. His little son, aged about ten years, was riding the lead horse, which suddenly took fright at the noise of the reel and threw […]

General News, Wolves.

       A. H. Smith, of Coleman County, Tex., is a mighty Nimrod in his particular line, which is wolves. He kills the animals by seasoning the dead cattle on the praies with strychnine,-a condiment of which the wolf is remarkably fond. He thus makes a nine-strike every time; at least we judge so from […]

Heroic Devotion of Three Russian Boys

      That is a strange story of self sacrifice that recently came across the sea from Russia. It tells of the sacrifice of three sons who, to save the life of their father, cast themselves to a pack of wolves who were in close pursuit. Here are the details of a very rare act of […]

When Wolves Were Plenty.

       Warren Scott, aged fourteen years, was torn to pieces by wolves in Newburg, N. Y., in March, 1806.

A Grand Hunt.

  Reading [Pa.] Eagle.      Bradford is now one of the largest and most populous counties in Pennsylvania. The Bucks are a ruling family here. When the Buck’s, the grandfathers of the present generation, came here the place was literally a howling wilderness. Wolves in great droves hunted almost every other living thing.      About […]

Casualties.

  Two Poor Little Red Riding Hoods. Special Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune.      Madison, Wis., Jan. 14.-A horrible story of two children in the county being devoured by wolves reached this city today. On the 12th, about 20 miles northwest of this city, and about a mile from Dane Station, in a rough country, on […]

Death Dealt By Deadly Snakes.

Published in the Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on 07/24/1896.      Two copperhead snakes crawled into Martin Drury’s house in Blair’s valley, Franklin County, Pa. Mrs. Drury and her two little children were sleeping in a room on the ground floor. The snakes crept in to the children’s bed and bit both of them. Their […]

Cattle Thrown Into The Sea.

Published in the Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on 03/19/1897.      The Beaver line steamer Lake Winnipeg, Capt. Taylor, twenty-five days out from St. John, N. B., has arrived in Liverpool. Capt. Taylor reports having had a terrible voyage, during which the vessel had such a large quantity of water in the engine room that […]

Elephant Choked To Death.

Published in The Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on 03/19/1897. Tip Strangled by Means of Block and Tackle.      Tip, a monster elephant which has been shown throughout the country for many years past, was put to death by strangulation at Bridgeport, Conn. While the brute’s feet were chained to stakes firmly driven into the […]