The Red Cloud chief., 1882-09-08

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he s~eSxhhorhcod of frin;inx Aeass
sgusre & sssrs . ssxnisraars gaiss sor-
esEu "a iss esymoior. IN ths siapis
ac<pessios a the word means eoiy Z
man hcsssed by the MAJOR to espsurs
dogs found unmaxxled ca the ssr~~'s
during the summer rnonfhs. The dog
ssseAsag isdussry s psrsnei by virtue Il
municipal ordinance. prorsdinS
sg.inss The dagger II hydrophobls
from the bite of . mad dog. Il pro-
vides thss . license NJ fh. cost Il 81
shall Be taken out for every of
these animals kept within the cisy
hmits. and shs; they shall be securely
mu1rled and sccompsnied by SONS ose
responsible for their good behavior
whenever they appear upon the s,rrst~
The o~niiuance also empowers The Mayor
10 emp,oy n sufficient numher OF dog
caiehers. who shall be designated by .
badge. 20 te worn in sone Conspicuous
place. and provided with proper sppt-
ancrs for capturing and eonycyiny the
animals. without injury. 10 the pound
The dog-cs;eher's outfit consists prin-
cipslly Of . horse and covered wayon.
incfosed % as 10 prevent the escape ui the
csptives. and provided with vessel Ut
fresh water. The catcher also mast
have chains and collars and n net very
much like the Instrument used for
catching crabs The net however. IL
no, popular with the skiilfnl catcher.
who usually pkks up his victim Il be be
= small one. or claps a collar around bis
neck before the brute IL aware of has
danger. The catcher Usually employs
. driver. thus leaving himself free 10
beat up the game on either side of the
When . load has been procured he
20 the pound and delivers the
prey 10 the Superintendent. who credits
with eighty cents n head The
.aichers declare that the pay Is entirely
small. and have been irving To have
increased. They say that the OUTLAY
IS considerable. and the expense os
keeping their horses and hiring adj
fiiional help. as well as replacing lost
Articles. scarcely leaves q far return for
heir labor. When the system was frs;
Dui into operation n few years ago the
,rop of dogs was Sd abundant that zach
m. was good for fifty or sixty q day,
Md the ca,chers had what they called
! picnic all summer. but now twenty
is q good days harvest" In
Of increasing the pay. however.
he Mayor has decreased the number II
.,atehers. So hat now there are only
even who have licenses. whereas in tho
,ood old times when dogs were easy the
numbered n many n thirty.
The good etlectso the ordinance may
e c in every quarter of the city. but
specially in the reports from the hos
itals. Several years z the papers
ere full Of the horrible details III death
hydrophobia. and the various
tor curing the bite Of q mad dog.
ON soaring with q red hot iron TO the
lore popular rene " of getting para
were familiar 10 the most care
,ss student Of materia medica. The
hout of Mad dog was sufficient 10
end wsak-minded persons into conyul-
ons. often rs fatal as the venolnoua
'liva. and many q poor brute was
and beaten 10 death IL he were
enough To escape being
rot by q policeman for some simple
ntic which brought down upon him the
ark suspicious Of mankind. Last year
nly two or three eases of bydrophobia
the bite Of = dog were reported. =
so far this year there has not been !
single instance.-N. y. Truth.