Show A bear hect on ahe blue kidy BLUE RIDGE SUMMIT MD auy 19 special A big black bear has been frightening women and children summering at the resorts on the mountain 8 hereabouts an exciting chase and a final killing of the beast haa afforded the guests of the hotels gossip for a month to come the bear was first seen by a couple of boys early yesterday morning and one of the little fellows nearly went into spasms from fright since the establishment of a summer resort and observatory on the top of the blue mountains a bear has been in that vicinity and the lads excited and breathless reached the hotel and told their story there aras general consternation amone the guests frightened lotheia collected their children around them and would not permit them to leave the house until long after the report of the killing of the bear had reached them last night much uneasiness was felt by the timid who feared the bear might have a mate roaming about the mountains that would carry off their little ones the bear was in the neighborhood of the cliff house at the summit of the mountain hen discovered and was making ilia way in the diorec tion of the blue mountain house A large body of men armed themselves with guns pistols and what weapon of defense they could get hold of and started in pursuit the search was kept up all day saturday and was not relinquished until darkness rendered it impossible to continue the pursuit over a precipitous rocks the launt was resumed early sunday morning with hounds and about 12 came up with th e bear on echo mountain the dogs brought him to bay and kept him occupied until the hunters approached and opened firo it is not known how many bullets found a lodging place in his huge carcass but one man with a rise said that he had hit the bear with six bullets the bear tied pounds and a wacon had to be sent from the hotel to take him down the mountain |