Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-12-09
sT.KYLlNG STORIES FROM RUSSIA,


tendent of one of the largest estates in that
'.On the other side of o little river flow
ing by the estate # Beresina he some villa
yes and the forest of Solki. In the fields
between the latter and the village of Poole
a few women were working separately to-
wards evening, when suddenly an unusually
large wolf sprang out OF the forest and IN a
few minutes had torn one OF the women 10
pieces. The other women, seeing this
event from the distance, hurried to the vii
LACE for aid, but before the men returned
the wolf had disappeared. The body Of
the unfortunate woman presented horrl-
BILE Appearance. The eldest of the peas
ants Immediately informed the police OF
the occurrence, and placed six men IN
the neighborhood of the body to watch
over il until the officials came. fo- corpse
cannot be removed in Russia before the ar
rival of the police. A few hours later, as
the men we're lying around fire, the wolf
again appeared, and the peasants made the
best of their way to a neighboring house on
the edge of forest One Of the party, a
strong peas ant, was left behind by his
COMPANIONS, and was overtaken by the
animal and quickly torn to pieces. I'm
mediately afterward the owner OF the little
house. n forest watcher, who was return
ing to his home, was seized by the wolf,
and only reached his dwelling half dead.
The brute then went to the village of
Poole and Ptoranie, attacked a peasant
farmhouse, penetrated the dwelling room,
(which on account Of the smoke was usually
left open) and wounded men anu animals.
The wolf then sprang upon the village
green, injured three laborers and a number
of horses, and thence went to the estate OF
Beresina, where he lacerated the horses to
fearful extent
Altogether the beast wounded ten ami
mails, and as the servants hurried to the
spot, he sprang upon them, wounded the
head of one, the hand of another, and the
neck and thigh of the servant girl of a for.
est watcher named Mankiewicz, whose
horse she was tending. The wolf then left,
and went toward the villages of Chonytony
and Makanynienka. killing woman in one,
wounding dogs, msn and cattle, and then
disappearing in the neighboring forest Ii
the course of few hours the brute had
killed three human beings, more or less
wounded thirty-one grown-up persons, and
fifty-four head Of cattle.
But this by no means describes the in
Jury done, for to all appearances the VOL
was affected with hydrophobia- All the
wounded persons agree that the animal had
foam upon his mouth, and the tail was
hanging down. Only wnen attacking any
one did he raise the latter, and sprang up
on the hind legs, always aiming at the
head The strength Of the spring may be
inferred from the case of a young peasant,
who had five teeth knocked in by the jaws
of the wolf. 1t is very suspicious cir
cumstance that the wolf did not eat the
bodies, but fell upon them from pure mad
ness All this happened in the night; the
people were seized perfectly unawares, and
could do but little in their own defence.
True, one peasant managed to shoot the
wolf through one of the hind legs, and an
other to drive a shoemaker's awl into his
carcass during an attack, and though Meth
er of the wounds were fatal, they contribu-
ted much to the weakening of the beast.
which was killed on the following day, in q
remarkable manner.
"a great hunt was arranged, and peas
ants from all the surrounding neighbor-
hood streamed toward the rendezvous near
the forest of Solki Not far from this place,
in the middle of the fields, there is a small
patch Of forest, called the Dombrowa. In
order approach this, division of peas.
ants spt amid the young frs, endeavor-
ing approach without being seen. Sud
deniy one of the peasants thought that
another of his companions had seized him
by his furs from behind. Without having
the slightest idea of the wolf, he put his
hand behind him in mechanical way, and
seized the brute accidentally by the throat.
simultaneously, he saw one of the fore
paws at his side. grasped this, and knew
that he had to DO with the dreaded mon
ster. He managed to press the brute't
back against the trunk of fir tree, and
held him there until his fellow-peasants-
who in the first fright had run away-came
to his assistance, and killed the animal with
their hay and manure-forks-
s'The dead wolf was found to be of extra
ordinary size, and light in color. The awl
with which be was stabbed the night be-
fore was found embedded in his carcass,
proving that it was the same animal that
had already committed such havoc. The
peasant whom the wolf had last seized was
only slightly wounded in the back. Child.
rem, fortunately, had not been bitten, for
at the late hour when the wolf made his
appearance, and sprang into the houses,
they were all asleep in their accustomed
places-on the top of the great ovens. A
number of other wolves were seen in the
neighborhood at the same time, but their
pursuit proved without result. AS soon as
the authorities were informed of the &C.
currence, the chief Of police and q
number of doctors came upon the
scene. The wounded were taken into
the school-house, where their wounds were
examined and treated The means applied
against the hydrophobia were those of a
so-called "wonder DOCTOR" whose specific
for this disease is said previously to have
always been successful. The dogs and
swine which had been bitten in the villages
were Immediately shot. Cattle and horses
are now under veterinary treatment One
horse was shot on the day following the
wound, and six others on the day succeed
ing that, after showing distinct signs of
hydrophobia- The greatest excitement
prevails among the entire population. No
body viii venture into the fields or in the
forest in the neighborhood where the mis-.
fortune occurred. Nobody will tend the
cattle. God grant that the misfortune may
not become greater, but that the poor
wounded human beings may be restored to
health!'
TERRIBLE FIRE.
A second fearful item of news from the
Russian press is the burning of the town
of Jeniseisk, Eastern Siberia, on the 8th of
September. The fire originated in q turf
moor, which had been smouldering for
some years, and during violent storm
burst out into O sea of flames, which seized
the nea est house about eleven o'clock in
the forenoon, thence spreading quickly
over the whole city. At eight o'clock in
evening, 1,300 houses (mostly wooden, but
thirty five of great size), six churches. two
cloisters, all the stores, and an immense
amount Of grain (about two million pounds)
were destroyed The fearful rapidity with
which the flames spread prevented the peo-
pie in nearly every case from preserving
their goods. Over one bundled corpses
were found charred in the streets, and as
many more are said to have been drowned
in the water. Many of the inhabitants fed
to the vessels in the harbor. but these too
we're caught up by the flames. The city is
now desolate; and its former residents are
sire wn around in the neighboring villages
and the various cities of the government