Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1859-07-22

being published in the ClearG-i H!tif-
man's J,uH1l, we copy the f1.."~ios ac-
count Of the triqmphs, in oi!cu tine, of one
DANIEL TURNER: a noted hunter AMI
early settler.
Turner is represented as remarkable
man; powerfully built, ball, dari"- and
q1ick at conceiying and carrying bis Tr j.
ee,s into execution. Iluutiug near John
Ferguz9u's, in 1913, lie was convinced
that his dog, "IIunter," had treea either
a panther or a wild cat, from the p'cu.iar
noise which lie made Proceeding in the
direction Of the noise, he soon observed
panther in a tree. rs be approached, the
beast let 90 its hold, dropped upon the
DO. and seized it Turner'S gun missing
fire, he threw it down, aud weut to the
assistance of the dog. CrasPins the pan
thcr by the tail, the animal gave up is
hold upon the dog and turned towards
Turner. Hunter, frightened by the Gr,'
encounter, refused to lay hold again. 1t
did not take Dan. long to determine wAs-
ther he or the panther were caught. Ha7-
ing great muscular strength, Dan, By
Strengthening himself w, was able to
raise the hind legs Of the panther oil tie
ground. and, keeping /: ARM length, pre-
vent doing bin any harm. His situation
was extremely critical, yet be darei no.
let % his bold, neither could he calculate
what would be the termination of the al
venture. The panther, walking on It's
fore legs, would turn towards the night to
reach its captor, when Dan would thrust
lis pcsteriors iuto It's face, causing 1t TO
take to the left, where it would meet with
similar treatment and reverse It's course
Thus Turner struggled for hear quarter
Of an hour, when bis sou, Joseph, who
had been attracted to the spot by the
shouts Of his father, relieved him from
his perilous situation by sinking a toma-
hawk into the skull Of the panther.
On another of his numerous hunting
excursions, he wounded large panther,
which took refuge in cave in the rocks.
Having short sword, which he carried
on such occasions, and which could be
screwed on to the muzzc Of his rife and
used as a bayonet, Le boldly followed the
panther into the cave aul despatched him
with this weapon. Here was courage
equal to Fu.nam's in the wolf story.
Speaking of the wolf, brings to mind a
night he passed with wolves in the Alle-
ghenies. lie had followed an elk, which
he had wounded, until evening, when be
reached it, far up in the mountains.
While dressing the dead e!E, The wolves
began 10 howl around him, and feeling
that it would be unsafe to remain on the
ground, he assembled tree Tue wolves
soon collected in large numbers. and be
gan TO deyour the elk. Turner fired away
at them until he had exhausted his stJc.:
Of bullets. al night long be was obliged
to listen to the howls Of these beasts, to
their suarls and fighting over the rcmains
( Of the elk and the crauncliu- Of the
/ bones between their jaws tod lin tco
plainly what would have been Lis fate,
had he remained on the ground. WIKI
the approach OF ligh, the wolves sku,sci
away, when he GOT down, and on hunting
around fo,>'l seven deal oucs. How I'M
nv more had been killed or wounded, h.
had no means Of ascortaiuing.
Once, when going out to a "bear wal
low" his attention was attracted by &
panther acting in strange manner. He
soon saw a large bear approaching it,
With hair erect and eyes giarinE, the pan
ther guashed his teeth, and, waiting until
Bruin came conveniently near, sgraug up
on her A mortal strrss. s.e cnsucd. Tur
ner watched with much interest the t-ht,
which lasted some ten minutes or more
At length the growls Of the fierce com
ba.ants became faint, and the struggle
ceased The panther slogly dlsengageI
hiusel: from bis dead enemy. aud took
position upon the carcass. 1t was now
Turner'S time, and raising his rife he
shot the panther in the head After eZ-
aiming it, be was Of the opinion that It
could have lived but q very few minutes
longer Nearly every bone in It's body
was broken, and its flesh was almost re-
duccd to a pulp by the blows aud Lrgs Of
the bear.
Turner died in his s0th year, anl vas
buried at Mount Pleasant lie was very
poor during the latter part oi his lite, his
main means Of subsistence being pen
sion which he received from the Govern
meut. His sons have followed him to
the grave, and but enc Of his grandson
still fingers around the spot where this
pioneer spent the latter years Of his llie.
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At a hotel table one day, ous bcarder
remarked to his neighbor, " This must be