A Mad Wolf Running A Muck

On the 7th of October, abont sevcn a. m., the peasants f rom the adjoining villao-es had collected together at a fair which was held at the settlement of Barvenkoff, district of Izume, and the male portion of the assembly had dispersed to the drinking shops, to make bargains and drink each other 8 healths, leavmg the women anu cnndren in charge of the carts. Suddenly there resounded through the square a heartrending shriek for assistance; and thcn all was quiet. ïhe peasants rushed out of tlie drinking booths into the Street, and before tlicy had time to collect their thoughts there appeared from behind a building situated on the edge of the square an enormous vvoli. Everybody rushed in gret confusión to their carts, shouting "Mad woli!" Meantime the gigantic wolf, frothing at the mouth, and, with hls tongue out, made for the carts. A dreadful tumult occurred. The horses and oxen dashed in all directions, but the majority, getting entangled, feil, overturning the carts, while the noise made by the pigs, sheep, geese, fowls, etc, added to the uproar and confusión. The wolf, when within a short distance of the first group of carts, turncd round, sprang onto a woman who was running past, and in a moment she was prostrate on the ground, lost her nose, sealp and lower part of her face. The wolf then ran further, and attacked a small lad of about seven years of age; but just at that time a pig rushecl at the wolf and bit its tail. The wolf turned on his assailant, but not before it had bitten the boy' s face and hand. Leaving me pig, the wolf ran down the main street, attackcd a woman with a baby, then two boys about f our years oí age, and, havino- bitten their heads through to the brain, rushed np the street; and, after biting several other persons, turned oft on the railroad. By this time a large crowd, headecl by the village eider, and armed with whips, guns, "scythes, etc., gave chase tothe terrible animal. They carne up with the wolf about one niile from the village, and a peasant, allowing it to aTOroach within about iifteen paces, shot the animal straight in rus open niaw. Notwithstanding the wound hfc hal receiv-ed, the wolf sprang up and attvcked the peasant. The latter did not lose lus presence of mmd, and struck the animal with the butt of his gun, which shattered at the blow, and the wolf siezed the peasant by the sido, but trwing co the man wearing threo coats, his skin was only seratched. The courageous man then flrmly gripped the animal with both hands. During this struggle between a man and a mad wolf the crowd which had come up hesitated, through fear, to attempt the reseue of tlieir comrade. Fortunately a local policeman galloped up at thia juncture, and, drawing his revolver, shot the wolf through the head. The wolf had bitten no less than twentv-five persons, ten of whom are in a dangerous state, The sufferers werö isolated from the rest of the inhabitants, and medical aid was at once adminiatered to thcm. lt is reported that the wolf carne from the settlcment of Dovgenikoff (situated about eighteen miles from Dargenkoft), where a mad ox had died, and had been tratied, but so carelessly that on the f ollowing morning his body was found scattered about.-