The Portland daily press., 1878-05-21
The Exp,o;t. Of 81 Mad Dog.

The paper OF yesterday morning announced
the killing of a mad dog at Wayne. The collar
of the dog bore the name of George Libby who
resides at Lbby's Corner. This dog was Bitten
by the dog that bit Mr.. George Mcfarland who
died such terrible death from hydrophobia
last Friday This fact was not known for some
time. 1t seems that the two dogs had fight
in the spring and the Libby dog received a
pretty bad whipping. Early last week he
acted rather queerly and amused himself by
biting about all the dogs in the village. On
Wednesday, Hiram Skillings, young man
living on Douglass street was coming from the
field when he met the dog and the animal bit
him on the hand. The dog was then fastened
in the stable but succeeded in getting away and
disappeared. After the dog had left nothing
was heard from him uLtil the despatch referred
to above.
Yesterday morning Mr.. Libby received
letter from VIM. J. W. Varnum of Wayne.
speaking of the stray dog. The dog arrived
there last Friday about 5 o'clock with all the
appearance of having run mad. He killed
small dog and bit every other one that came in
his way. He was followed up and caught
about one mile from the village and shot.
!. Some of the dogs that he bit were killed and
others chained. The affair created great excite
ment and the people are very anxious to know
whether the dog was really mad or not. The
dog was traced from Auburn through Leeds to
Wayne biting every dog that came in his
way. Mr.. Varnum said that he did not seem
to care to touch persons but he bit every dog he
could find. If hs was mad he made great
many victims in that village.
The statement that the dog was mad has
made a great excitement at Libby's Corner
and the people whose dogs have been bitten are
killing them off at a great rate. County Com
missioner Stuart killed his dog Saturday and
several others have followed suit Ga Thurs
day Mr.. Theodore E. n ,rmon who has q very
large Newfoundland attempted to kill him as
it was known that he had been bitten by Mr..
Libby's dog, and the idea of such an animal
roaming about mad was not very pleasant.
The dog was taken into the stable to be ex-
lead into his body. Every shot appeared to
madden him instead of killing him and after he
had got twelve shots he made diva for the
house. The shooters pursued him and cornered
him in the parlor. Becoming dissatisfied with
the efficacy of shots thsy took an axe and
killed him right in the parlor.
1t is said that the selectmen of Deering are
to take measures to have all the dogs killed
that were known to be with Mr.. Libby's after
he was bitten. There are several persons who
have locked up their animals and refused to
either kill them or have others do the acc for
them. There are said to be a number of other
dogs at Ligonia that were bitten by Mr..
McFarland's dog.
The excitement over Mr.. Lbby's dog and the
death of Mr.. McF arland very naturally dis
turbed Mr.. Skillings' peace of mind. He
called upon q physician Thursday but there
was nothing alarming in the wound and
nothing was done. On Friday when he heard
of Mr.. Netherlands death he suddenly left for
Boston, and it is presumed for medical treat
ment.