Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-11-01
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THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBEE /.
The Canine Madness.

| A barehcadcd girl barking like a dog, and
| frothing at the mouth like tired and chased.
down deer, startled the usually quiet and 10.
| romantic section Of the city located at Orchard
street, between Sophia and Centre steets, ou
the north side, late yesterday afternoon Ii
was at the particular hour when there WAS quiet
along the thorauf hilre. The laborers had not
returned from !hc:r work, but the homes, hum
bic in their appearance, We're waiting lhvlE 3!
proach. Beyies OF children scampcred about the
diminutivc yards. and The whole scene was Que
akin to village simplicity. Suddenly this bare
headed thiug-a girl with face that has been
rather prcpcsses>ng at some tlmc--dasned
around the corner, her hair down to her waist,
her eyes glariug as If they had been forced from
their sockets, her mouth swapping aud her
tongue, swollen and blackened, portruding,
and startled the whole vicinity from !ts
almost Sunday quietule. The poor creature
must have been b'inded, for she staggered
against the pGlipgS. struck herself against
houses, and seemed to be endcavoing to eui
her existence by forcing herself against every
thing that came il her pathway. The sight
was one go strange and sudden that even the
men who happened to be in the vicinity shrank
back like scared harcs and locked upon the un-
fortunate aud maddened girl from behind
their window blinds, unwilling to stand in her
way.
Thus, unmocstcd, the Swapping, lrothing
maddened creature swept down tho street until
she was overtakea by Officer Scanou. lie did
not dare place himself in front OF her, but slip
ned cautiously in the rear and quickly seized
her by the arms. The efforts OF the girl to free
herself or pouDce upon her captor became pain
full. Her barking coniinucd, almost startling
and she snapped as ltroclousy Us ever DID AL
inluriatcd cur. The officer, stal%art and cour-
agcous as he was, was unnervcd, but he kept
the face from him and elutched the girl with
all the strength he possessed. Thus pressed,
she was taken to the Webster avenue station,
quite walk for An officer with maddcned hu-
man. All along the route the captive kept up
her heart rcnding bark. At the station she
Continued to rave. One would have thought
that so young and trail thlog would
by this time have been weakened down from
exhaustion, but she gave 10 evidence OF any
thiug Of the kind. She was confined 1or
about IN hour in the station, during which I!mc
efforts were made to ASCERTAIN VINO Sic
was and wherc, she came. The oihcer learned
that her name was Mary or Augusta Klein, and
that sho WAS y Germ AL girl, wAcso parents AIa
vt No. q Sullivan street Bat at what time size
was bitten or WHORE could net be sacsrtsinci
About Il week aga mad SP.Z dog, was Shot ~
An o1Icor in The vicinity wae-o SHe ives "hd u
is supposed that the same h!insl csE!c Ia contact
with hor as it WAS reported n. ..e t!fe tbs' sey
cral persons had 3ocn bitten By the dog.
Tho girl was ;raaeferro! - st. Joseph's lospl'
tai soon after her cnuture, bang linionod lLko
o victim for the scutlold. When she arrived at
tho hospital she was pu. III strait 2cAc, aod
her haad WAS bsndaged. Nr .. Paul Simon
one Of ths medical atten nd4h.a oi tlo hospital. whs
callcd in and administered IL !ho pooc girl bnt
her rawlings were 20 frantic that humorous efforts
were made before anything could bo gwen, aI1
when the remedies bad been givel they soemo>;
to havo no ctoct wh.tover. 4 Times reporter
visited the hospital III a Ito hour in the evening
after evory attention hal becn g'von The gir
both by tho physician and tho KIND S@lefs, DH!
even ~ tl;at hour. and alter HI lho attensioA,
tho girl was still tossing and barking Ike
lb aimed dog, coln mingliEg with the sound now
sn6 then shrieks which rang throughout tn"
building Tho physician w.s unable to cay any
thing definite rs to tho result at the hour WhcA
tho reporter called ard her parents, amoS-
crsa,d Sith grief, had up to the ssme limo fN'
fussi 10 see Lc.. Another paint Il fac. IN CON,
neclon WITH iho wh4l9 aif.ir is the rumor that
tha gir! eame in contact with a woman before
sbo WAS arrested, in The same vicinity and scizea
her violently BY tho a7m This rumor, however.
coul be traced IL nothing reliable -Chtc@g"
Times.
Probably the largcs! lanihoIler IL America
is cxGoy. .Abucr Coburn. Of Maine. lncrcdl-
hlc as it nav scem he is tho owaer Of not less
than G93 600 acres, divided up as follows -
Maine. $50 900 acres Canada, i35,OO0; Wis
consiu, 81, 900; Dakota, $1,000; Michigan,
%, 600; Minnesota, $1,000.
NOTICk-I hayo this day disp9Sed ,,,GN, ct sn%
WfLLiAM i, DAVIDSON, who will COZ
tinuo tho business Ut lha cl stand under the