Show female bear slaters Sl avers last week MM marston during the absence of her husband was doing the weeks family washing in he the back kitchen of their home near galena wood river when she icard heard a great noise among the pigs in the yard opening the door she saw a large black bear trying to walk off with one of the pigs the other p pigs had climbed out of the pen ien al and scattered in every diorec ion tion and two large dogs that had been seen out on several bear hunts stood at a safe distance perfectly cowed mrs marston then thera rushed for the boiler af Wf pf scalding witter ter which she emptied upon the lead head of ortho the bear was trying to retain a hold upon the pig her ifer daughter da eghte r attacked with the ax and th he e two dogs camo came to their support mrs M does not know how it occurred but in five minutes the bear was dead with a dozen deep gashes from rom the ax in its shoulders and lead head liftee nearly peeled off by the scald scalding in water both ef of its eyes scald scalded elfand and closed and tho the dogs langing hanging to the bear that night the he old roan man was asked if he lie would have lave pork chop or bear steaks and make it out until the avs described he ile now says that h he e will match his wife and laughter daughter against anyone as bear tillers wood river times timm |