Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Thursday, April 29, 1880
    A Race-Horse ran against a post at the Upper Sandusky [O.] track the other day, tearing a hole in his side from which his entrails protruded. He ran fifty rods in this condition, and was finally overtaken and shot.
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, May 22, 1880
    Near the village of Dubno, province of Vladimir, Russia, a number of dogs attacked a woman and tore her to pieces. A peasant happened to see the woman struggling with the infuriated dogs, and who tried to save her, was nearly killed himself. He was rescued by the combined efforts of seven peasants. These dogs belong to a rich man who takes barbaric pleasure in keeping the peasants in dread of them.
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, May 29, 1880
    A young fox taken from a litter was placed with a litter of kittens at Watkinsville, Ga., a few days ago. The mother cat at once adopted it, and now evinces a much greater interest in it than in any of the rest of her family.
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, May 29, 1880
    During the year 1879, 10,281 horses, 529 asses and 26 mules, giving 4,135,700 pounds of meat, were sold for consumption in Paris; and on the 1st of January last seventy-eight butchers shops for the sale of that article of food were in full operation.
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, May 29, 1880
  It was found necessaryn Sunday last to repair the polar bear water tank at the zoo, and for the purpose the brown bears were driven into the right compartments, so that their pit could be occupied by the white bears temporarily. One of the iron doors of the compartment not being fully closed, one of the small brown bears discovered what he considered intruders in his family’s domain. Everytime one of the visitors passed this opening he rammed one paw through and tried to give him a swipe. Finally the male polar, when the paw was struck out, grasped it and dragged its owner through the narrow opening into the pit. The fight was terrific. The contestants were unevenly matched, but nevertheless the little brown bear stood up to the work with admirable pluck. Up and down the pit they went in the deadly struggle, the little fellow scoring the first point by bringing  blood from the polar’s head, for which he received a rap that made his teeth rattle and knocked him about ten feet. They came together again like a flash, and quicker than thought the polar rose on its hind legs with his enemy in his embrace. As the pressure was applied the bones could be heard to crack. Presently the hug relaxed, and a dying bear dropped to the pavement. The polar now for the first time seemed to be fully enraged, and with great leaps jumped up and down on the prostrate foe, uttering deep, hoarse growls that called forth an answering chorus from all the animals surrounding. He at last held the carcass down with one paw and commenced rending the bear with his teeth. The keeper, who had opened the doors, making a passage way through to the polar quarters, now went to work with long pointed iron rod, and succeeded in driving the polars back to their quarters.-Cincinnati Commercial.
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Wednesday, November 17, 1897
    Story of the Strange and Unpleasant Experience of an English Vessel.
    When a vessel recently arrived in Liverpool with a cargo of logwood, everybody on board, from captain down to cook rushed frantically ashore, as through pursued by some unseen enemy. As a matter of fact, the vessel was literally swarming with hordes of hungry Jamaica ants, says a London witness.
    The little pests had invaded the lockers and dived headlong into the sugar barrels. After finishing the contents of these, they proceeded to bore holes through the supply of hardtack, and ate everything before them, until it was feared that the stock of provisions on board would run short. There was a cessation from the attack, when the vessel was caught in a West India hurricane which flooded the cabin and drenched everything below. It was supposed that the intruders had all drowned, but after the storm had passed away they began again with renewed energy.
    The captain who commands the vessel stated that there are millions of the insects still on board, and he thought that the cargo must have come from the vicinity of ant hills for which Jamaica is noted. He stated that the ants were in all parts of the vessel, and that in all his experience at sea he had never before met with an attack like the newcomers waged against him.
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, June 11, 1898
    As mentioned exclusively in Friday night’s Sun, trainer James Anderson who had charge of the elephants with the Wallace circus met a terrible death yesterday morning at Racine by being trampled and gored by one of his charges. As a large crowd was near when the accident occured it is a miracle that no other lives were lost in the excitement, as people were fleeing in every direction as soon as the elephants became frantic.
    The elephants were being watered when in trying to reprimand one by jabbing it with the hook, Anderson was grabbed and hurled to the pavement. The animal then trampled upon him and started to walk away. Men hurriedly went to the injured man’s assistance but no sooner did the frenzied animals see their actions than they returned. One of them picked the man up and threw him against a fence, following this the animal dropped upon the helpless fellow with his knees, crushing his internals out. The frenzied beasts then chased about the street as through mad, people jumped into rigs, upon bicycles and riding for dear life, managed to escape, nobody being injured.
    Considerable difficulty was encountered in capturing the elephants, the entire force of the show being brought into service. Finnally after laying various traps they were taken into the car where it is probable they will remain for some time.
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, July 23, 1898
    One of New York’s “four hundred” had a $3000 bull dog killed by a Maltese cat in a fight the other day. No wonder the poor dog got killed with such a terrible amount of money as that on his head. The cat probably was worth about fifty cents.
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, July 23, 1898
    Prince, the largest elephant of the Wallace circus died Wednesday night from lockjaw at Wabaska, Minn. It will be remembered that this beast is the one which a short time ago killed its keeper, James Anderson while the show was at Racine. Since its terrable rampage there it had been kept heavily chained. This, it is supposed, produced blood poisoning, resulting in lockjaw. The skeleton will be sent to the National museum at Washington and the hide preserved.
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, January 17, 1885
[Fannie B. Ward’s Mexico Letter.]
    They tell us that here, and all along the southern coasts of Mexico people have a habit of inoculating themselves with the virus of the rattlesnakes or adder, which renders them forever afterwards absolutely safe from the bite or sting of any reptile, however poisonous. The truth of the statement I cannot vouch for, but “will tell the tale as ’twas told to me.” The person to be thus vaccinated is pricked with the fang of the serpent, on the tongue, in both arms, and on various parts of the body, and the venom is thoroughly introduced into the wounds. Immediately an erruption comes out, which continues a few days, accompanied by fever, after which the skin flakes off in scales, something as in leprosy.
    But now comes the unbelievable part of the story. Not only can an inoculated person handle the most poisonous serpents with impunity-making them come at will, fondling and caressing them-but the bite of these persons themselves is considered as fatal as that of a rattlesnake! The reader is scarcely expected to swallow this; but, nevertheless, we have the testimony of several gentlemen, both Mexican and American, whose word is unimpeachable-on other subjects.
    A well-known merchant of Tampico [English] tells me that he has been vainly endeavoring to make up his mind to submit to the operation, as he is obliged to be traveling up and down the coast a great deal, and is, therefore, in constant danger. He is always accompanied on these expeditions by his servant, an inoculated negro, and when he receives a bite or sting, the servant immediately cures him by sucking the wound. He says that this negro, not long since, cured a white boy who hade been bitten by an inoculated young Indian, with whom he had been fighting and who exhibited every symptom of having been bitten by an adder, and would undoubtedly have died without this timely assistance.