The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1877-07-17

H"NEsDALr. Pa. July 5.-Thc
village of l.nr'iviIie. ju,t. across the
river from E1uinunk. this county,
in Delaware county. y. V. was the
scene Of 4 thrilling incident last Tues
day. \ man named l;oval Adams
Mas visiting his father in that village
with his wife and little boy. aged five
years. Monday morning he went out
fishing with his father. and on coming
back in an hour ar 81 missed his little
boy whom he had lett behind. His
wife had already missed the boy. but
supposed he was in company with his
father and grandfather. a
neisl,bors house was visited, where it
was learaed that the child had been
seen crossing u fell towards the woods
which are very dense and cOyer a
large area Of the surrounding country
- clvse is this forest that it still al.
fords protection to many species Of
wild beasts, among them the cata-
mount AMI black bear. The father
Of the Child, expecting to find him
near by. went to the woods, but after
quite I'm extended search, failed to
find any trace of him. He returned
to the village, where the alarm be-
came general, Is once before q half.
grown boy hal been lost in these
wo@is and never found, the supposition
being that he was devoured by wild
beasts. The whole village turned out
in search If the child. The hunt was
kept up all day Monday and Ill Mon
day night. During the night the most
violent storm Of rain AMI wind ever
known il that vicinity broke over the
woods. The thunder and lightning
were terrific, and the wind a perfect
gale. Tree after tree was blown
down in the woods, and lightning
struck ON every hand. There was
several narrow escapes from falling
trees and branches, but in spite Of this
and the terror born Of the phenomena
Of the storm the search for the lost
child was not interrupted. 1t was the
opinion Of a majority Of the party
that the search would he fruitless, for
it seemed that the child must have
long since fallen victim to some
one of the many perils Of the night.
About sunrise yesterday morning
MIR. Adams the father Of the missing
boy. was prosecuting the search with
y companion high upon the mountain.
two miles from LorlvilIe. He had
given up the hunt as hopeless, and
was nearly distracted. They sat down
by the side Of a stump. and were dis
cussing what had hest be done. when
they were startled by voice calling
out family. "HalIo, papa" They
jumped to their feet, and in a hollow
in the stump crouched the missing
boy. The next moment he was hang
ing about his fathers neck, and they
were both almost crazed with joy.
The little fellow said he had gone to the
woods to pick flowers. He had wan
dered about all day Monday trying to
lind his way back home and calling
for his papa. At night he crawled.
frightened and almost dead with
fatigue. into the stump in which he
had been found. He kept calling
for his papa. but a big dog, he said
came up to the stump, and, growing
Mt him, frightened him into silence.
This was. beyond doubt a bear, As was
plainly indicated bv the tracks discov-
cred. The boys flesh and clothes were
badly torn and lacerated. Within a
distance Of 100 feet three large trees
were blown dewn and one struck by
lightning. Broken branches lay all
about where the boy was found. He
says he heard strange noises all night.
AMI was so filed with terror that he
could not sleep. The boy is pros
trated with nervous fever. and he
is stiff and sore. but no serious conse-
quences are anticipated.