Taylor County GaArchives News.....HORRORS OF HYDROPHOBIA (Harvey) February 7, 1895 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Harris Hill http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00011.html#0002514 April 26, 2005, 7:56 am The Schley County News Thursday, February 7, 1895 No. 6 February 7, 1895 HORRORS OF HYDROPHOBIA The Blood Shoot Eyes and Foaming Mouth of a Mad Dog Causes Much Excitement---A Little Girl Terribly Bitten. A mad dog "seeking whom he might devour" created consternation on the streets Friday, and did a great deal of dammage before he was stopped in his mad career. Three hogs on Mr. Dixon's place were bitten, and although the animal was fired on several times he continued tearing around town, attacking everything that crossed his path. A valuable pointer dog belonging to Mr. Jim Williams was killed and a number of chickens in Mrs. Scarborough's yard were literally torn to pieces. Mrs. Thornton also lost several. Several persons on the streets were chased around and frightened almost out of their wits. Bailey Clark secured a pistol and followed the dog but he managed to keep out of reach of the shots and rushed out to Mrs. Eason's where he bit a fine cow belonging to a colored man. Just over in Taylor county he savagedly attacked a little daughter of Mr. Harvey, making terrible wounds on her face and tearing out two of her front teeth. It was only after a fierce struggle with the brute that the father of the child suceeded in rescuing her from her perilous position. A mad stone was applied to the lacrated flesh and evrything is being done to prevent the development of rabies. Mr. Steve Collins informs us that about 25 dogs in the vicinity of Murray's X roads have been killed, so great is the fear of hydrophobia. It is certain that no dog is safe that dares to walk the streets of Ellaville, for the war of extermination has begun in earnest. If you are the owner of a valuable canine keep him tied up in the back yard until the scare is over. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/taylor/newspapers/horrorso2110nw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb