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Show NARROW ESCAPE FROM WILDCAT Ferocious Animal Makes Attack on Engineer and Fireman. A construction train on the Montrose Mon-trose and Tiinkhannock Itoad ca.no '.o a standstill near Kprlngvllle. pa., Monday night, owing tn tbo engine slipping an eccentric, and the engineer engi-neer and his fireman got out lo repair re-pair damages. As they were working they braid a terrific yell, and then a wildcat sprang from Iho bushea on the engineer, knocking him down. The fireman lilt the rat on the head with a wrench, and It quit the engineer en-gineer and attacked the fireman. This gave the former timet to draw his revolver, re-volver, anil be put a bullet through the brutes head, killing It II welr.hed forty pounds. Holh men were budly lacerated. l'blladolphla Inaulrcr. |