Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-12-14
night none Interested mo more than Tho
exploits oi one l

night none Interested mo more than tho
exploits Ut one
t 4t BiLL D. .a
who used Ia live near here, the truth
Of which In we'll known In all oil the 500.
tion, 1Ie frequently took liH wife Will,
him ON hiH hunting expeditions. anu
~ she Was used to the use Of the gun
from girlhoud she was q match for the
most expert shot, and Was IN brave ~
her husband They went one day TO
explore u rough part Of the
wilderness. covered with huge
rocks and laurel underground,
from which for some time screams and
cries had been heard, which he READILY
recognized az proceeding from the
panther
They soon found the "den" aud after
watching II for some time To SOC the
panther come out llll got tired Of this
| kind of hunting and declared he would
enter the cave. Ills wife opposed him
| but he was determined and gave his
wife direction, to climb tree near by,
anil II u panther lna,le hia appearance TO
| kill him, IN he "inight be little busy
inside lust then and wanted no IN.
| ifudcra ur strangers tO Interfere,
Taking his knife IN his teeth In he went,
mud, alter exploring tho inside, which
WA covered with bones, no aeon heard
the "mcws" III very young animals
whiri we're found I" bc the yonng of
the panther. The old one was not NJ
home. llill hurrcdly pulled oil hiH
hunting shirt aud tied them IN II aud
coming out hurried home with lila
prizes Their eyes We're hardly opened
they were 40 young. lie presented two
NJ them In Col. N, ~ sutton, and
my informant remembers distinctly
seeing them nurse from the breast al
lady who waH trying Ia raise them. oh
one other occasion Bill went out alone,
oIcupt hiA faithful dog, on y hunt. lilo
shot M aud wounded n bear ahd his
dog closed IN ~ II, hut waa no match
fnr liz strength. Soon bill found hH
dog would br killed u no tai,lrd nnh yot
hc could not shoot Tor frar oi hitting
hia dnu. lie unahonlhcd hiH knife and
n hand Ia hand fight cnsnod. WI put
IN many home thruHta and saved lila
dog, hui wpH severely injured and ~
tho bear fell dead ho fainiod from loSs
ol blood and VIA revived Ivy hiH dog
licking his wounds. On attempting Ia
raise he found lc was too weak Ia do
~. Ito aaid "hr thought ho was dome
Tor lhiH time" and lay u long time thinking
about whit ~ Ia. hiH dog all the while
licking his wounds, M Till said "juHt
like human dressing his IN lutieH,' \
thought struck him. tie liod part "i
hia bloody aud torn shirt around the
dopa nook aud told him to 90. lie
started nj once aud went directly
home AMI Houn Mrs. ". VIA
at his side. II WA months before
Hill was again himself, AMI hc will carry
the mumrninrH of this fight loh his grave
lie IL Rtll living, hnd was near me- IN
Sugar Creek hunting this fall. They 10
lated M amusing anrcd"ln at
on uS,IE nIlLr.'s
farming IN ha carl lie Tie being quite
poor, without horse Ia pillow with,
although lo had The pInw and harness.,
hc directed hia wife to hitch him mp
"hnaa" fashion iolhcplow and lao would
pull II She did ~, nnd ho worked
aplcudidly until ho got into u yellow
Jackets" neat. Rnd ~ they puppnd him
~ ININlIlt NNIN''Nt INV w E'' Nv w WV
puala hr ran lila wife, who had lallcn
back, oujryod The runaway, calling "ui
Whom, whoa" Hut Uncle l'ill cleared
The field, and IN doing ~ the pluw cut
hia legs badly. which hn,od him lnr life,
Ito waa furious NJ hia wife, AMI said,
"Why the devil didn't YOU stop the
horse" She iartly replied that ahc had
tried, lat he wna such IN old, hard |
headed "iuul iuaa" that he would not |
whoa. lnrlo liilly, ~ telling II, said
"Nrlluw Jackets are II very Quirknin'
but mol u lntnin' kind III animal
dismissed my guide next morning, |
IN wished ~ travel aud explore Web. |
airr "iurugniin" went up Zig |
birch" river uu the most direct road, |
through II very wild section II rouniry,
aud arrived that evening nj
ADDISON,
the county prni 81 Webster. The town |
IL built upon rugged and stony ri"r"
III ground, which gives II rather pie
turrsluo hook, lis rhici attraction "
the famous
ESlr HirIuWsrHISu, uH "WEII'
which Ina earned hy its wonderful cures |
within year ~ i've u wide reputation, |
and ilryru one halt of the rnscs reported |
cured hr true, II still leaves IL with ~.
pltniiuu almost unparalleled for its won.
,lrrlul c,tron, aud The evidence iSHo con
elusive that there IL little room Ia doubt |
ia wonderful aud almost magical effects |
in certain linrnHrE The we'll was orig |
nally bored Tor sali, AMI into this we'll u
spring nf sui phur water cUptica, AMI u IL |
the combination oi these two mineral
waters, which thus meet and term u |
haply combination III mineral aliria
tive Substances, which are known in |
medicine "a posacEzng great Alternative |
power the sulphntrs III lime imagine
aia, magnesium iron, Sr,, together with |
the sulphurottrd hydrogen gaH, which |
piyrg the "ruttun Cgg smell which |
prChuIninnto in the sulphur water. The |
water coming from the deeper parts al
the earth through the boring mad" i"r
the anli we'll IL composed III the chln- |
ride 1T aniium common salt which "
nlwa,a more or lcsa combined with
hromIur. IN the bitter III salt iodine,
AMI perhaps fuotidr, forming lluor'do
Ui c,lrium all powerful Alternatives, aud
which can only hr u=cd ~ very small
quantities M doubt there Is irr"
III arsenic, which * mixed with lead
urrs ri the country, and IL held IN Enlu
,iuu hy the caIluun,"s. There ~ u
strange mlmlSturc oi "a" Pisrs the sui
phurcttcd. which gives the smell. and
The rarhurr,tch hydrogen, which COMES
from the deeper we'll, and burns when
n lighted match TX touched ~ bubble
~ H. n burns with flash These two
Rasra ~ dnrhi contribute greatly tn tho
n,tiyit, III the water and ncces-itateE
the drinking IT IL NJ tho spring The
pure mountain mir, rarihcd by the alti.
indr, Which IL over 1900 hct al~so
Wheeling, with It's br'etos sweeping
over milos ni unhrukcn mrcstz, con.
tributes much Ia thiR health restoring
power III Wchsicr county.
The Springs are noted i"r the cure 81
dyspepsia. With all IT It's concolnl,ant
Janus faced perulIsriiies, whether
real IN tu,aIfiupJI TuRtlSpUpES, chrome