The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-11-30
srARrLIHG sroRIEs FRoM Russ1.

A Mad Wolf Attacking q V,llngc-A
Town RnRnod and Lives Loss
The Russian papers publish an al
most incredible story from Russian
Llthuanla. The following account ID
from the superintendent Of ono Of Che
largest estates In that region:
ION the other side OF a little river
flowing by the estate OF Beresina lIe
some villages and the forest OF Solki,
In the fields between the latter and me-
village Of Poole n few women were
working separately towards evening
when suddenly an unusually lRr9e
wolfe sprang .out OF the forest and In q
lew minutes had torn one Of the women
to pieces. The other women, seeing
this event from the distance, hurried ID
the village for aid, but before The men
returned tho wolf had disappeared,
The body Of the unfortunate woman
presented q horrible appearance, THE
eldest OF tho peasants Immediately In.
formed the police OF the occurrence.
and placed six men In the neighbor.
hood OF the body 10 watch over Il until
the officials came, for a corpse cannot
be removed In Russia before the arrival
OF the police. A few hours later, as me
mon were lying around fire, the wolf
again appeared, and the peasants made
the best OF their way to neiphborInp
house on the edge OF the forest. One Of
The party, a strong peasant, was left
behind by bis companions, and was
overtaken by the animal and quickly
torn TO pieces. Immediately at,erward
the owner OF the little house, a. forest
watcher, who was returning. TO his
home, was seized by the wolf, and only
reached his dwelling half dead, The
brute then went to the villages Of Poole
and Proranie, attacked q peasant farm.
house, penetrated the dwelling room
which on account Of the smoke Wns
usually len openl and wounded men
and animals. The wolf theuf sprRnH
upon the village green, injured three
laboreTS and number OF horses, and
thence went to the estate Of Beresina.
where he lacerated the horses 10 fear
ful extent.
Altogether the beast wounded ten
animals, and as the servants hurried
to the spot. he sprRng upon them,
wounded the head OF one, the hand OF
another, and the neck and thigh OF
The servant girl OF q forest watcher
named Manklewiez, whose horse she
was tending. The wolf then left, and
went towards the Villages Of Chonv-
tony and MakHnynienka, killing a
women In one, wUundlng dogs, men
and cattle, and then disappearing In
The neIghporinK forest. In the course
OF few hours the brute had killed
three human beings, more or less
wounded thirty>one grown up persons,
and tiGty-four head OF cattle.
But this by no means describes the
Injury done. for to all appearances the
wolf was affected with hydrophobin.
All the wounded persons agree that the
animal had foam upon his mouth, and
the tall was hanging down. Only
when attacking any one did he raise
the latter, and spranR upon the hind
legs, always aiming at the throat, Tht
atrength OF the spring may be inferred
from the case Of u young peasant, WhC
had i've teeth knocked In by the Jaws
OF the wolf. 1t IL very Suspicious
circumstance that the wolf did dot eaI
the bodies, but fell upon them from
pure madness. All this happened IL
the night; the people were asiaed per,
tectly unawares, and could do bat little
In their own defencn True, one peas
ant managed u shout the wolf through
one OF the hind legs, and another L
drive shoemaker's aw; into his car
cass during AN attack, and though
neither OF tho wounds were fatal, They
contributed much 10 the weakening Of
the beast, which WAS killed on the fol.
lowing day, In a remarkable manner
"A great hunt was arranged, ant
peasants from all the surrounding
neiRhborh0od streRmed toward tht
rendeZvouse near the forest of Solki
Not FAR from this place, In the middle
OF the fields, there IL u small patch O
forest, called the DombroWu. In order
10 approach this, q division OF Inc pea.
SAINTS crept amid the young fra. en-.
deavorlng to approach without beInp
seen. Suddenly one of the peasants
thought that another OF his companions
had seized him by his furs from behind
Without having the slightest Idea 81
the wolf, he pat his hand behind him
In mechanical way, and seized the
brute accidentally by the throat
simultaneously, he saw one OF the fore.
paws.at bis side, grasped this, and knew
that he had TODD With the dreaded
He. managed 10 press Inc
brute's back against the trunk of a Oh
tree. and held him there until bis fel.
low peasants-who In the first fright
had run away-came to his assistance,
and killed the animal with their nav
and manure, forks. EI[|F| =
1.-THE dead wolf was found 10 be of ex-
traordinary size, and light In color. The
awl With which he was stabbed The
night befote! was found EN- bedded In
his carcass, proving that II was the
same animal that had already. cons
,initted- such havoc. The peasant whom
the wolf had last seized was only
slightly wounded In the back. Chill
dren, fortunately, had not been bitten,
for at the late hour when the wolf made
bis appearance, and sprAng into the
houses, they were all asleep In their
accustomed plhces-on top OF the great
ovens. A number OF other wolves were
seen In The neighborhoOd III the same
time, but their pursuit. proved without
result. As soon as theauthorItieS were
Informed OF the occurIencesthe chief OF
police and q number OF doctors came
upon the acene. The wounded were
taken Into the school. house, where theII
wounds were examined and treated,
The means applied against tile hydro.
phodla were those OF q so-called won
'der-doctor,' whose specific for this dis.
ease 10 said preViously 10 have always
been successful. The dogs and swine
which had been bitten In the Villages
were Immediately shot. Cattle and
hofaea re now under veterinary treat.
ment. One horae was shot on the day
following the wound, and SIX others or
the day succeeding that, after showing
distinct sigma Of lhydrophobla. The
greatest excitement prevails among the
entire population. Nobody will ven
ture Into the fields or In the forest Ii
the neighborhood where the misfortune
occurred. Nobody will tend the cattle
God grant that the misfortune may no
become greater, but that the poo
wounded human beings may be re-
stored TO healthi'
ATIRR1nLE FIRE.
A second fearful Item OF news from
the Russian pr0ss Is the burning OF liz
town Of Jenlseisk, Eastern Siberia, OF
the 9Th Of September. The fire oriRina
ted In a turf moor, which had beef
smouldering for some years, and dur
Ing q violent storm burst out into q seI
OF flames, which seized the neares
house about eleven o'clock In the fore
noon. thence gnfaaIlInU nnICkIv oyo