Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-08-25
A Terrific Bear Fight--A Nan Torn 70
Pieoes

Pieces.
w. n. Bycrs,of the Dencvcr News, gives tho
annexed account Of bear fight that rcccntlv
occurred near Hot Springs, Middle Park, in
tue Rocky Mountains
"Rucky Mountain Jim," nm old mountain
eer, who has been all adventurous w.nderer
among the mountains since 1912. living us
the sAvapes do, upon what he could fluid
AMONG the beasts OF the lcli aud the birds of
. the air, having strange encouutcrs now and
then with both, escaping pcris by fluod md
lire, Tic claws Ui buars and the teeth OF hyc.
uus, u,et in the year lo7 more than his match
i'll MS adventurous field, aud fell Il lacerated
! vlctlu before liz terrible angcr lille ON
un excursion a few days siuce to Grand Lake,
ut tue mouth Of the south fork Of Grand riy.
or, he splcd soule deer.
| Having no arlns save one navy revolver, he
cUdcavorrd to stealhily step to Let noar
euuugh to kill one Ncaiwhlle his faithful
dog went sklrnShlng umong the underbrush
Ec"r ~ h"nd and suon came out with ycp,
tu.luw>d d by an immcnse cinnamon bear, in
towering iaee at having the abode ot her
Suung aud ttrlyiug cubs thus ruduly invad-
eli Making for jim with flushing eyes, ex.
tended ar,ns anl gnasing teeth, Jim turned
from his pursuit OF the deer to his irate enc.
!
cu,i.c, eject aud trrlble, miuding bullets nu
,nulc th.u If tnry were pebbles thrown hy
gentle l,a,,,i>, ou aud on, until ,scnpc was i'm
ws>ltr Sclzins J,,n Ly his lett am. she
ciu>ucl it 1T II blow. Another fl .sh lon'the
r,,ul. and another ball went into her pro Ii
.l,u> b dy Thcn came tie final Struggle
BHuiu next blow fell upon his hcnd. tearing
hiI the sc,lp cic'n tIun the skull, anu cut
tug Il lclfu g,sh under the ear One cye
MIS- torn coapirtcly trnm its sockct and de
s,i"yei lis trrast was crushed III, fingers
OF 10th hands chnwcd Jtf. feet triyhttuiy
| ccratcd by the close contest with feet armed
wltu .cSlst!css claws.
At las! the poor old nount,inccr yielded
the vlr,ory Biccang from every pore,
nc,vrcSs and inscusiblc, he sank to the
grtu:,d in pool OF blond tho bear falling
h"vlI, upon him. How long he lay there
ne knsw not, but on recovering his senscs,
f nud Brun gone and himself putilnted
eek. Cra"llmg slowly to his Nurse, which
h'rpIly was near by, he mounted, rnde awhile,
anl fell to the ground unconscious. Awak-
Ing iron this after some hours, he agnin noun
It'd, aud after long aud painful ride, he
r,'chrd the springs, where he was taken IN
AID cared Tor Dr. Pollock. of Georgetown,
h pprnrd to be there, dressed his wounds, and
wnlc the chances are against him, his iron
constitution my bring hin out jim snys
hr has had manya fight with bars" black,
innanon aud grizzly. but this is the first that
ever got tho best OF him.
- Th,t "babe IN the house," which was
"a vel srrny Of pleasure" is deal The
s"n nt Martin FArquhnr Iupper WAS lately
killed, near Cape Gulony eli route to the da-
IN md fcs, where he hoped to m Ike Il for
'unc lie was only twenty four, and is rcr.
resented as u very promising yourg man.
= The three white men charged with Ku
kluxing negro nnmed George Wright,
nerr GoG!srsvile last June, have just been
irica aid convictra Of murder :ihs sBartow YSn-
peiior Court The jury recommended that
they be confined for life in tho pcnitcntiary.
y Paris workman, n few Days ngo,
r'mr upon large "trcasurc trove" While
c caring away so:nc building stones in one of
III" streets, he fund nnder n stone 81 .O40,.
DO supposed have been stolen tro II tho
F,enci, treasury by one Of the Communists.
- The proverhial freaks Of lightning are
"vn more re,nnrkabiu in Canpds th N ia the
U"trd States According to a Quebec
l''nrnal, the electric fluid l,teIy killed a Cat
Wing in the lap of gill, without injuring
he girl in the least.
= They are intending to build horse car
r,ilrOnds at Frankfort on the Main Iermnnv