Hydrophobia Increasing

" It is hard that a strong and healthy man should have to go for a dog," said Mr. Buckland, of Chicopeo, as líe was dying of hydrophobia Ltst week. His death and that of three othcr strcmg and healthy men in Massachusetts and Oonnectiout, within a short time, from hydrophobia, have alarmed many people. Two of the dogs that bit two oí' the men have escapea, and how many more deaths will result therefrom remains to be seen. In the Conneoticut valley it is feared that rabies has been widely coinmunicated. Even valuablo horses and other animáis have died of it, and there is a strong feeling in favor of killing every dog within a circuit of thirty miles. The Connecticut Legislature ís considering a proposition to impose a tax of $20 on every dog, with stringent penalties for non-payment. Six deathJ irom this disease, ie various parts of the country, have been reported within a month - an inrrease that calis for decisive steps toprevent its further spread. - New York Sun. The most gigantic forgeries of modern times, in England at least, have been punished, Frederick Dimsdale, a Loudon solicitor, and Charles Durrel! Moore, a clerk, having pleaded gnilty. By means of forged leases and documenta purporting to dispose of the "rights"of a servant girl, Dimsdale's son's mistress, in valuable property in London, about L300,000 were obtSHiec from capitalista.