Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-06-09
HYDR0PHOBlA RAMPANT,
Numerous Well Developed
Cases at and About
Gayyille.
Dogs, Hogs, Horses and Cattle
the Victims of the Disease
Watch Your CANNES,


; About ten or twelve days ago a mao
| dog was seen zeal Gayville which bi
and infected quite a number of Other
dogs and live stock generally. The virus
is already wide spread and it behooves
every one to guard against it. The fol
lowing facts are banded in by A. w,
Barber, who returned this afternoon from
that region.
Emery Christensen of Gayville, while
driving his cream wagon, saw a mad dog
attack his horse and bite
his nose, drawing blood. In
about q week the horse became sick and
got 80 rabld that he was taken out of
tho stable and tied by strong ropes to
posts. In his frenzy he bit the posts till
his front teeth were all broken ont and
he died on the ninth day after infection.
Hans Olsen, two miles north of Gay
vile, had a calf grow mad. It was very
crazy last Saturday, and o boy described
his actions when attacking every
one that entered the yard. The result
in this case is not stated.
MIR. Wadsworth, living at Gayville, had
a COW grow sick and then rabid after two
or three days. The COW died in terrible
commissions last Sunday. She was
dangerous and initiated the actions OF
mad dogs to ome extent. After lying
unbaried tw%enty-four hours she was
scantily covered with earth, and posi-.
bly, fresh virus may thus be impaired to
other dogs. Mr.. Wadsworth and hiss
hired man we're SO ignorant of the dis
ease as to get their hands covered with
the cow saliva in giving medicines; and
thus certain sores on their hands may
lnnoculate them also,
Yesterday Mr.. Wadsworth had a year.
ling hog attacked with commissions,
mania and all the horrid SYMPHONIC. Mr..
Barber watched the animal for some
time this forenoon. A low wire fence
was between him and the hog. Her
frantic rushes at the spectators, her
strange yelping sqReal and her frothy
mouth were evident proofs of rabies.
She fought the other four hogs and
every man who approached, Later, the
hog tore through the barbed wires and
fell in commissions in the road where she
was killed by an ak.
A Dane four miles south was attacked
by dogs two or three days ago, one APP
pearing rabld. He escaped being bitten,
got a gun and killed six dogs that be-
longed to him and his neighbors.
Sam Jaspersen, near Lincoln p. o.,
eight miles from Gayville, saw a strange
sick dog come and bite his own dog,
which IN o few days got sick. Growing
worse it attacked Mrs. Jaspersen, but
she escaped. The dog then ran to q
horse and while snapping.at it, MIR.
Jaspersen killed him with an axe.
Since that two other dogs have gone
near Lincoln and been killed. The
above is Mr.. Jaspersen's statement this
afternoon.
ohe s'0eii 10 s"iu w HaNs uled reUlo az
Meckling. A child is reported bitten
north of Vermillion, and all dogs now
living in Vermillion are said to be muz-
zled.
Gayville men turned out yesterday
and shot seven dogs. but the worst one
escaped through the country and is said
to have been killed this morning at
Meckling. Another dog was seen to
become helpless and die in rabid spasms
near Meckling.