The Hickman courier., 1872-06-22
RABED DOCS.


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Twenty-Five persons Bitten.
a terrible panic was created on last
Saturday in the city of Louisville, by
tic appearance Of dogs supposed to be
mad
Just before o'clock a large white
and yellow spotted pointer dog came
iuunlug along Bortes laae, from the
direction Of Beurgrl,s creek. aud turned
into Broadway. y Mr. Beck man ; dru.
store, at the head OF Broadway, The dog
SpraDg upou little daughter OF Mr
Berkman about eight years old, and BIT
her in the arm and head severely lie
then ran down the Jefferson street ex
teDtiOu about two hundred yards aud bit
d two year-old child Of Mr. Deruck main
Que square further on lie ran into a
group Of per-ons on the sidewalk, aud
bit muu named Martin Steiuacker iu
the arm, shoulder, aud left breast
At BorIes lame he bic lady whose
name l. unknown. At Jefferson and
Cooper he bit girl Two years Old.
daughter Of Mr. Steinmerz. in the arm
The dog then went 10 Broadway. and
while on ihe way bit a negro CHILD. From
Broadway he went 10 the suburb known
as Hamburg aud bit "a daughter OF Mr.
Disenroth, aud a son of Mr Kateman. q
daughter Of Mr. Schreik, aud two little
negro children lie also bit little girl
named Leua Fitzenmeir, who lives on
Underhill street. near Phoenix Hill
Brewery; EizibeIh Shaw. a deaf and
edunb woman. who lives at the house of
o>eph SchrtIk. on Underhill between
Fayette aud Rogers a German woman
name unknown, aud Fred Neir.
The dog then lett the hill aud return
ed 10 TIE more thickly seFtled portions
of the city, In crossing the new Short
Line bridge over Beargra-> he snapped
al the watchman. John Smith, but miss
ed the flesh lie then came down Green
street, and when between Hancock abd
Madison. bit Mr.. John Lieber On the
arm lie then went out Hancock TO
Madison, and down Madison to Jackson.
where he bit Mrs. MOTTO, who wa
standing iu front OF her residence, in the
arm lie waS then Io>t sight Of but re
turned TO the residence of his owner,
Mr. w J. =. Wizard, on Broadway. be
tween the Newburg aud Bard-towu roads
on SUNDAY morning. and was immediate
ly killed 10y Mr. Ward
\ bout The same time that the dog no
tced above was on the rampage, another
dog made his appearance on Hancock
aud Jefferson. and bit boy named
Muekelbauer very severely, aud on the
same square bit an old man named John
Labber upon the arm and shoulder. The
dog then went down Hancock 10 TIE
Point. and when near Beargrass creek he
att=cked negro girl, sixteen years old
uaned Fanny Miller, aud bit her severe
ly The struggle between the mad hrute
aud the frightened Girl j described as
terrific The dog then turned back TO
the city, aud was chased 10 Noodiald
Garden and killed
Another doE supposed tc have been
rabid, made his appearance on Garden
street. aud was pursued by crowd armed
with clubs AMI pirch forks. hen near
the corner of Green aud Garden streets
q vigorous individual succeeded in dri-
Wing three proug- OF hay iork through
the animal, neck aud into the fence
thereby securing il tilI policeman fred
three pistol >hp,s into is carcass without
producing dealh Another man came
ar with we'll charged mn>het aud Killed
-ile animal The discharge of bis artil
lery produced Ihe impression in the
ueialb rhood that there had been bull
eI-ox p!osjoa close by and many psrson-
who had retired tor the night rushed to
G.eir from, doors to learn the occasion Of
so mulch noise
Do4s do uo, become mad in a day or
two, or three days even, aud The symp
toms with winch thi- di~ea-e Iaauiies:s
Itself can be easily detected by dog own
ers When the disease hegius, the ami
NAL Loses his accustomed chceriuine-s,
aui appear melaucbe'y and suilen, ire
quenry refusing food. aud always >huns
atcrand becomes stupid and sullen-
Although al, OF these symptoms may
not manifest themselves ia every case OF
hydrophobja, some one or more of them,
,pecialiy the amlinals aversion to va
ter. VIII most likely do So in 50 marked
degree a. TO leave no doubt as 10 the
nature Of his complaint.