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Serious Runaway, Horses.

       On Tuesday last a team belonging to and driven by Mr. Chas. Kuhnert, became frightened and run while coming out of the alley near Hutchinson’s store. The wheels stricking the building, the pole of the wagon was broken, and the wagon struck a sign pole at the outer edge of the walk. Passing […]

Accident, Horses.

       As Francis Porter, Jr., and a mason named Tompkins, were riding up North Avenue, in this city, last Tuesday evening, their horse became frightened at some sheep that were lying by the side of the road, and turning short, upset the carriage, throwing both gentlemen to the ground. The horse started upon a […]

Horses

       A valuable horse belonging to Messre. Marr & Reid of this city narrowly escaped having a leg broken on Saturday last by jumping against a tree. The horse was not attemping suicide but suddenly frightened by a waving carpet.      On Tuesday last a horse belonging to Dr. Price became unmanageable while being […]

Miscellaneous, Wolves.

       Wolves are plentiful in the back townships of Lanark, Canada. The Perth Courier says they are increasing, and even frequently dispute the passage of horsemen on the highways. The deer have nearly all disappeared from a district where once they browsed in great numbers.

A Railroad Attacked by Wolves.

  [Paris Correspondence of the New York Evening Post]      In Paris we have only had the cold, but, as you already know, the south of France has been visited by an almost unparalleled fall of snow. A singular accident is reported to have happened to a train on the Luxembourg Railroad on the night […]

The Northwest, Buffalo

       Kansas      One hundred and twenty Englishmen will go to Kansas on a buffalo hunt next month. Buffalo Bill will have them in his charge.      Wisconsin      It is estimated that at least 1,000 sheep have been killed in Northwestern Wisconsin this season by wolves.

Wolves In France.

       Some parts of France are still infested by wolves. An exchange says: “Every now and then in Franch journals there are paragraphs inserted telling of wolves not only killing stock, but attacking people, and French sporting prints abounds with such wolfish items. A recent report on wolves issued by the French authorities estimates […]

A Pretty Tight Place.

  How John Gunn Escaped From a Pack of Wolves. Ottawa [Can.] Free Press.      Being a culler in the employ of Mc Laren and Co., on the Gatineau River, I set out on the morning of the 29th of February, in company with the Indians, to ascertain if any trespasses had been committed on […]

The Northwest, Wolves.

  Minnesota      A Norwegian, 70 years old, at White Bear Lake, had a fight with a big wolf, the most extraordinary fight on record. The varmint tackled him, and he fought, first with a club, then with a pitchfork, and finally he got a rope round the neck of the beast and therewith drew […]

The Northwest, Wolves.

  Iowa      The other evening [says the Adair County Register], Scott Ewing was riding up Wolf Hollow, when a wolf sprang toward him. Scott faced about and made tracks for home as fast as his pony could carry him, hotly pursued by the wolf for some distance. Finding that the wolf could make better […]