Death From Hydrophobia

Mr. Elias Fiddler, of this place, who as bitten by a rabid dog on the 22d of February, died of hydrophobia on Monday, the 7th inst., having, during the three days previous to his death, past thru the various stages of that dreadful disease. Mr. F. was by birth a German, and for several years a resident of this place. Though a painter by trade he has for two or three years past kept a saloon on the south side of the square. He leaves a wife and several children. – Oskaloosa Herald

– Published in the Burlington Daily Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Thursday, April 17, 1862