Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 112, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 October 1909 — More About the Death of Mrs. Samuel W. Pass. [ARTICLE]

More About the Death of Mrs. Samuel W. Pass.

More of the particulars of the death of Mrs. Samuel W. Pass were learned from relatives and old friends who attended the funeral at the Gillam church. Wednesday. She was bitten in August by a four-months-old pup which they owned. At about the same time Mr. and Mrs. William Lizenley were also bitten and several head of horses and cows were bitten. The pup was killed but it was not thought at the time that it had the rabies. The place where Mrs. Pass was bitten on the arm did not heal and last Friday she was taken sick and when a doctor was called he made inquiries about the wound on the arm and when informed that it was a dog bite he expressed the fear that she was suffering from hydrophobia. In a short time Mrs. Pass went into spasms, during which she barked like a dog, and these paroxisms continued until Monday, when she was relieved by death. Mr. and Mrs. Lizenley went to Chicago for treatment as soon as Mrs. Pass was taken sick. None of the stock bitten by the dog has shown any signs of the disease. Mrs. Pass was buried in the Brown cemetery in Gillam township. She was a half sister of Mrs. Hester Grayson Ellis and of James German, of Rensselaer. ' - J"" Daniel Woods and daughter and son Roy arrived here last night from Lisbon, N. Dak., and this morning went to their home at Fair Oaks. Roy worked up there all year and Mr. Woods was there for the past two months, running a separator for “Bud” Hammond, who had out about 1,500 acres of grain this year. His wheat did not turn out exceptionally well, but averaged about 15 bushels to the acre. He has out about 200 acres of flax which is not yet threshed. North Dakota got its first touch of cold weather at the same time we did, and they had a little snow, but coming through Minnesota and Wisconsin Dan reports that he saw about three inches of snow.