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Show I A HOUHTAIH LIOH KILLED i i la a Canyon Hoar Wajsbip, by Two Bjy Homers. ' A JU(SIHCI.T IMIMI. II Una Unj llrrn .Terror loL'llljfru. Ill llrti llxlr l.shllilleJ ut JlAhi Mrnt l"lnj. A larico nnj laacnlfU-er.t ipttlmen of Atunlcan I.lon, or Cmiitar, km tlio olject bf much intetHM Intireftt to a tlirunK of curlou. .jmlatore on Main Ut about noon tm)ir. Tlio animal naailrad, and a. Its gaunt and mucu Ivfirin VMtlntcbloutUiou a lir-l ofitratr In au olJ-raililonnd tlelRli In nlilch It lira 1 l-ii conveyed to thlt cltv, many exclamttlom of ndinlrallon and turrrlta were utlircd Ljr lli crowd. Tli.lmtl wa.meaaured and found to Ui a trltlo morelliau ei'Teu feet In lelijtli from lip In tip. When killed It weljlied una hundred arm fortj iundr. A NrmriorlcrleirniHllhatlt wai thot In Nlton'a caueont fuur milt. ealof Waidililji, on Wednesday laal, Ij a younj; man named W. It. Uirdner, of thla i llr, wholiithten p.ndlutho winter In huntliii; ami trri ping In Iho uuuntalut In tho locality named. Mr.ilardnor had tet a No. 2 ilouhlo fltliiR trap with a view to catchlmt Wulvee. Iho lion, however, watllli. tuepctllngly cauitht In.Kal, l.i.t the traj larrfeandetriMiKn. It waa waa .ally trokeii hy tho Infurlatod butt which Ilfd far Into thu nn un Ulna over privlplciM nn! thruuir.li ravlncr. It waa tracked through Ilia mow hy Mr. Uanlnrr and a i mi uk man named Archie Andenxm, until lit hhllne linen wat found. Mtialthlly tho hoy liunlert ireft up to within athortUlitanco of the oljrctuf tin Iraiarcli and Mr. U.nlotr lorolnl hit Wliirhoaler tlflo and tool. Ji lllieralo aim and then rlrcd. Tho ball entered Imnindlately telow thu heart mid pta-t il IhroiiEh the body. Tim anlnnl nial intend a aharp cry and ntlempted to iprlni at Iho huutera, hjlltaum baik lu tho auow and ixplad lu tlantly, Itmldenta nf Wanshlp an I vicinity aro M ry much .lated o er the kllllnit.at tho lait two ) cart neatly nil tue Jouni colli In tho mmintalm In that region have lieell devoured by It, Hoveral I eraona nro tald to haw teen the Hun on numerout ocraalont. Ktock men navu trailed it uphill and down butal Maa without aurevtt 'the unuiiial alio of the anlnnl haa caund nine periom to think that It l not an American lion Lut an ltnuta tlon which hat In turn, way made It. ea from aomo travetlu4 clrrua. When allot It wai very Kaunt and Imn and weli;hod much Icia than had It Utu lnuuod HcjIi. |