Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1898-08-26
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THE Dreaded Disease Reported at
bartlett and Elsewhere In the

This Dreaded Disease Reported At
BARTLETT and Elsewhere In the
About the first Ut the month al
strange grayish oolored shepherd dog
made its appearance at Bartlett. It
fought every dog it met and snapped
and bit all the live stock it encountered
-horses, COWS, pigs, and sheep.
Finally it made its way into the barn on
Andrew Thompson's place, about two
miles northwest Of Bartlett. It was
worrying the stock In the barn when
Mr.. Thompson discovered it and he
promptly picked up a pitchfork and
killed it.
So far as is known no person was bit.
ten by the dog.
MIR. Thompson has since been com
PEELED to kill a mare,a COW aud sheep,
all of which exhibited symptoms Of
what was supposed to be hydrophobia.
These animals had all been bitten by
the stray dog.
Tom Thompson, who lives In the
same vicinity, has killed q pig and q
calf for the same reason.
Another neighbor, Ole Anderson,
sent for DR.. Crewe, the state ~veterina-
rian, to come and examine a cow which
had been acting strangely. The COW
for several days had refused to eat
and, while she did not appear to pay
any attention to people, the approach
Of animals Of any kind would mako
her frantic and uncomfortable. After
a careful examination DR.. Crewe salts
fed himself that it was a we'll de-
veloped case Of hydrophobia and Or
dered her killed.
A number Of the dogs in and around
Bartlett have also commenced to act
strangely and have been promptly
killed. Among the number was an old
water spaniel, formerly the property
of County Treasurer Thorson. 1t was
a great pct Of tho children of the
village and has been noted for its play
full and friendly disposition. Lately it
commenced to exhibit vicious tenden-
cies and it was thought best to kill it
rather than take chances.
just how serious the trouble Is going
to be at Bartlett is something that no
one can foretell at this time, but the
people are fully awake to the danger
and the slightest indication of hydro
phobia on the part Of All animal will
promptly result in the animals death.
No one has any idea where the dog
came from which created all the mis-
chief.
The Bartlett neighborhood is not
alone in having a mad dog scare. Tom
Maloney, Of Cleveland township, was
in the city Tuesday and from the &C.
count which he gives of the actions of
his dog it also had hydrophobia. He
noticed that the dog was acting
strangely some three weeks ago. 1t
was fighting and biting his stock and
finally ran away and went over to Ed.
mund Burke's place, where it cou-
tinued its unusual actions. Burke
killed tho dog. Tuesday Mr.. Maloney
was compelled to kill one of his mares.
Tho animal had been bitten by the dog,
but had worked and acted as usual
until last Monday, when she developed
symptoms o fmadness. She would bite
%furiously at everything within reach
and knocked out most of her teeth at.
lacking the partitions Of the stall in
which she was confined. Before she
was killed she bit a bull and a COW
and Mr.. Maloney has since tied the
latter up to await developments. It is
possible that the same dog which was
at Bartlett is responsible for the
trouble at Mr.. Maloney's place, al.
though the latter's farm is fully twenty.
five miles from Bartlett.
1t is possible that Devils Lake will
not escape the scare, although de-
velopments up to the present time
would not indicate that anything ser
lOuS was 10 DC anticipated.
About the same time Us the trouble
commenced ut Bartlett and out at Mr.,
Maloney's place-three weeks aRo-a
strange small black dog wa noticed
out in the neighborhood Of the Deaf
school. 1t made an unsuccessful at.
tempt to bite Mrs. McCauley, accord
ing to report. 1t also attacked a num-
ber of dogs and other animals, but
whether they were bitten or not is not
known. The dog disappeared sud.
denly and has not been heard of since 3,
Robbed the Grave.
A startling incident, OF which Mr..
John Oliver Of Philadelphia, was the
subject, is narrated by him as follows:
81 was in a most dreadful condition,
My skin was almost yellow, eyes
sunken, tongue coated, pain continu-
ally in back and sides, no appetite
gradually growing weaker day by day.
Three physicians had given me up.
Fortunately, a friend advised trying
Electric Bitters'; and to my great joy
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