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Show Eagle and Cows Battle. H A dispatch from Somorvlllo, N. J., H to tho Drovers' Journal says: A largo H gray eagle, tho first seen In this vl- H clnlty in many years, created con- H stornatlon among a herd of cattle on H tho farm of Charles Covort, near H Mount Bethel. Tho eagle flow from H tho mountains to tho lowlands where H the cattlo wcro grazing. It took Bhol- H ter In a troo, and waiting an oppor H tunlty swooped down on a calf of tho H herd. The mother of tho calf and H several cows surrounded tho eaglo and H forced it from Its prey. The eaglo at- H tacked the cows and Its onslaught was H so furious that tho animals woro H stampeded, but thoy rallied again and H circled frantically around tho calf, H thrusting at tho eaglo viciously with H their horns each tlmo it ronowed lta H attack on tho smaller animal. H Tho eaglo resorted to stratcgla H measures, by driving tho cows, ono by H ono, across the Hold. At thia Junoturo H Covert, who had beon attracted by tho H dlsturbanco among the cattlo, ap- H p eared 6n tho sceno with a gun. The H eaglo alighted on a rail fence to await H developments and a mlnuto later felt H to tho ground shot through tho head. H It is ono of tho largest specimens ovor . seen horo and Covort will havo it pro- H served. Four of Covert's cattlo had H strips of hido torn from their badios by tho eagle. M |