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Show BEAK OX THE COTTCATCJIEC A PA3SENQKR TRAIX TICKS CI- AH INDIVIDUAL HO WAS C- USU) TO 1 HAVEL. One afternoon ss tire Warren accommodation ac-commodation train on lire KUrxtl nJSouthiattHnncIi ItallroaU was passing through Willi's Cut, ra., deep au J narrow parage through the rocks 10 niilm cat of tola IntioD, Engineer Dan Klnrooil was surprised to str a hear comu Into trie cut at the u ret end, ouly 20 yard away The bear apiienri.nl suddenly around tho edge of tho rucks, and itot fed on the track facing tho ex-glne. ex-glne. Itacemcd palaljznl at the lght of tlio 1ccuuijIiu rush) 11 toward It, and itccd niotlonIc-a uu til the engine was a!ruot upon It, when It arose oil 1U hind fret. Ttie train was running a tout IS miles an hour through the cut, turd iiutuutly .u ttuurrtue bear ou thu track the .uciLttr dhul dou n tteam. '1 he distance- letueen the train and tho lear wes too thort for the pted of the train to hcreduceJ much, au J tiro pilot ploughed under un-der the bear, the sharp poiut passiur; between the animM'a widefrrcsd legs. This rjuickly threw the lilm! .art of the Lear ahead, and the ininial fell with his f re jiawu and upper part of his body forward on Uiecow-caUrhtr. Engineer i:iuooiI put on !earu gain, and lib fireman climbed out rUiecabuicdon and ran along be guard rail to the front of ths eu-irwarid eu-irwarid (erd arcund toMtr what kail beco-ne of the bear. Jliuin was lying on his stomach aaiut the cowcatcher, his head nearly tcuch-rng tcuch-rng the htaullht. Uotli hind feet rire ralcly planted between th oner bars of tne pilot, ono on each ide of tl e tip. ami hii fore !eu were tightly hugglug the Lars at the up. li.u cullbiuii Had OMilenUj jot done any Injury to the bear. It ras plain that he did not Intend tt uku any chancer Iy oIur.tnrlh jetting oil the cowcatcher while the rain wss lu motion, and ho ua larding hiimeir well ablest Leini hrown of!; to tho engineer con-icilid con-icilid that ho woul i run Jlmin In o Olcut anil tmt to luik for tin BUUMmieut nrnotrtlnir. oitiuu Aeut Ulck Jacobs Stood n the di Jl doer at this place v heii he train came rolling In, and tin ight of a Uar clinging to the cow-aleliir cow-aleliir liadruch an clTect on him that he slocd as though rooted to the jot, gazing with open muutii anu ytsatthe txtraordiiJiry sjx.rtacie s toon as the train Mot ped tin ear taw that lis opportunity to es ape tafely from its perilous joitlo: lad come, ar.d it dropped cfTthi cou catcher and msde n break fot liberty. This brought him towaru be tpot where the ttntion ugcut t landing mute and mcllonln nit) imnrement. As the beer left the engine Dan Elwecd began to thont or somebody to get a e,un. The .td anceofthebeararcustil JacoLs to he-situation, arid ho ruhcd into the Irpot, slammed tho doer tl.uL lathed out of the rear door ar.d tnre up Dorridrett, Utouting 'Tcai! Leai! Lcai!" nt the tup el Ills Ijijci. In tho mefcutime thebicr, wlli Dan El wood and his Unman at hii ue!, ranncrw? the street, jiirEjct. in one end of the long piazza ot Long's Hotel, ran the entire lengt f the piazza, turned into C'adj -trett, and iiurriol away In the di rictiou of Cady ('reck, whleh rum-along rum-along t he eastern edge of the vllkige A. crowd quickly gathered and rolloned the bear, yelling and cll ng the ir.r auiiLst with ttor e Tlie Uar had gone but a short df aucedown Cady Mrtet u 1 en Join Cameron's big i.'icj herd i'o Ixucd el cut of the yard and boldh pitched Into Ilruln. Tliere wns a .uuu arid lively llbt for n minute tthlth reiultcd In the death of the Jcg. The bear then hurried cr toward the creek, but at the ccrmi nf Cnilvncd Water ttrrcts Jjawvcr Giles Lletrs met hint with a double-barrelled double-barrelled rifle. The lar turned en bsingcjnfrjLted by Beers asd t) e gun, anJ ran down the iiirrowclley IcidlDg to Gully's livery ttablc. The alKy ends at the stable, and the bear found lib further flightsudden-ly flightsudden-ly cut oil. lievrs fulbwed tho bear donu the alley, and the yelling crowd followed llct is. Ilruiu, finding find-ing that he was brought to Lav, backed hln.felf against the barn, ral-e d ou hi" haunches, anjawai'ed his foe?. liters cent two lullelbj Into Hit animal's Lnr.it. Tho bear droj pet, to his feet and charged on l!eer and tLo crowd, blood pouring from bis wounds In streams. The crowd scurried lack through the alh-y, and in the ruth John Carmody, li 3 car old, was thrown down and trampled on, ono cf lib legs being broken. Ikcrs managed to slip another cartridge cart-ridge In I1I3 gun before Hie bear reached him, anu scut It clean through the animsl's head, killing tho Lear in its tracks. The bear weighed SOO pound. It was not until the bear h:d been killed that Engineer Dan j.lwood and his. fireman remembered that a train lead of past cngers were at the depot waiting for them to carry them the rest of their Journey. The two railroad men wire in at the death of tho bear they had brought In on their cowcatcher, lut as the train was held nearly u minutes at the station while the chaec was going go-ing on, thecliances are that the bear bunt will lie a dear one to the engineer en-gineer and fireman. .Vet? VvriSai. |