The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-02-07
Grizzly Bears in Montana.

0rlZZlV Bears In Montana.
A correspondent of the Forest and
Stream says:
An unusual habit of the grizzly
bear recently came to my knowledge.
and seems worthy Of record. 1t Q
we'll known that male hears will not
inirequentlv kill AMI eat cub If they
have good opportunity t" do SO. but
that a female should do this when not
pressed by hunger must be a very un-
common occurrence.
Early in October I, with two
friends. was hunting mountain sheep
in rugged AMI precipitous canon IN
the Big Horn Mountains. This canon
| is difficult Of access and known tn but
few persons, and probably had not
been entered by hunters for some
years. and. as Il consequence, game
Was very abundant.
Well-wOrn trails wound here and
there wherever the nature of the
ground would permit, ana the abund
ance of sheep. elk. null, deer. ard
even of "white tails" was ut once
seen hy their characteristic tracks.
Cautiously and slowly proceeding
down the canon, our field glasses in
constant Use (f1r no animal il more
difficult to see than = big horn lying
among rocks. We had separated, +.
taking one side of the canon, l.. AMI
[ the other. We were a short dis
lance above the stream that Howed
rapidly down the bottom. but paid
little attention to anything below US.
rs the game was usually above. 1t
was on this account that without
knowing it We approached within
twenty yar.ls Of large grizzly that
was lying quietly q little below the
trail we were following and
just i'm advance Of Ia. With
out uttering the usual hoarse
grunt she charged directly At us. and
we fired almost simultaneously when
she WAS not more than ten yards
away. Both bullets took effect, one
passing close to the he.rt. the other
breaking fore leg Losing her foot.
hold among the loose stones, The bear
rolled heavily down into the stream,
hitting her head with such FORE
against a sharp rock ~ to fracture
the skull. as we found afterwarh.
She still showed fight. but another
ball quieted her forever. On going
forward few steps We came io large
rock imbed.led In the si,le of the CAN
IN; Just above this WAS smooth.
bare patch of earth and n rough
mound. On scraping away the earth
over this, expecting Ia find the buried
remains of a sheep ar a deer. We were
much surprised to find the torn skin
of a Gun bear m"st of the fish had
been eaten, and the skull WAS broken
and the brains licked out. 1t had
been dead about three DAYS. and the
mother had evidently laid down and
',u lrded it. "a in their common Gus
{ m. The female was very:fat AMI ev-
identity was not pressed for fo''d. ii Is
barely possible that thi- cub may
have been ii AMI p ,riia ] ca ell by
a mountain lion during the absence
of the mother, but think this is very
improbable I'm view of the abundance
of deer and sheep in the immediate
vicinity.
A Cheerful Breach Of Promise
Chicago Tribune.
A very lively breach Of promise,
case, with damages claimed at s. GOO
came up for trial before Judge NJ ran
this morning. the complainant, Marie
Horn. being a f.shy Bavarisn.
forty-four years Of age, and the de-
PENDANT, Albert koup. q tall. white
headed German farmer. living near,
Asan Park. aged 7s. After claiming
repeatedly that Koop promised to
marry her and take her on a visit To
the old country, Marie. through an in
terpreter, said: He gave me whole
handful of S. gold pieces rs present.
He bought me q wedding -uit. lie
told me he had made out his will and
[ would be his wife and have all his
property"
John Wineker. a Sherman street
grocerymsn; John Miller, saloon.
keeper at 1884 Suuth Clark street. and
George Miller, q neighbpr. said old
Mr.. Koop had called the plaintiff
my Mary and said he was going to
marry her.
"Koop told me. said George Miller.
"if Mary takes good care of me she'll
get 81 900 in my will. two lots and =
house. and all there's in it.r
aT am 6il veara old said the