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Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-30

three feet, his right foreleg having been
broken by the fall over the ledge. Tho
farmers went around to the foot of the
rocks and found Hollywood dead and
frightfully mangled. They found his
gun in the willows, broken in two at
the stock. 1t was supposed that the
bear had rushed upon Hollywood before
he was aware of its proximity, and he
had not been able to fire more than
once before the grizzly knocked the gun
out of his hands and forced him to the
defense that had ended so disastrously.
after the tragic ending of that hunt
Old Clubfoot was not seen again for a
long time, and it was hoped by all, and
believed by many, that the wounds poor
Hollywood had inflicted on the bear had
been fatal to the grizzly. But tho hope
was baseless, for the dreaded bear put
in an appearance in the same locality
year later, and he had been having
pretty much his own way on Battle
creek, in spite Of the big price on his
head, when he was discovered one day a
few weeks ago by q trapper and hunter
named Jim Hendrix in an old stubble
field, enjoying itself hunting field mice,
o seemingly insignificant recreation for
an animal that could carry off o
yearling bull, but favorite pas
time with grizzlies. Hendrix had
probably sent more lead after and into
Old Clubfoot during all the year the
bear had run things in that region than
any other man along the creek, and he
says that he felt it in his bones that day
that he was going to bag the big beast
there and then. He crept stealthily up
in the bushes until ho was within
twenty feet Of tho club-footed bear with
out the grizzly suspecting his presence.
Hendrix took sure aim and sent bullet
plumb in the great bears right eye.
The grizzly sprang like flash to an
erect position on his hind feet, gave q
loud snort of rage and pain, and fell like
tree to the ground, and Old Clubfoots
days were numbered.
"When the news of tho killing of the
bear got around, the farmers had days
public rejoicing The five hundred dol
lars was paid to Hendrix. He found
eleven bullets of different shapes and
sizes in various parts of the bear when
he dressed it, all of them encysted,
showing that they had been carried
about by Old Clubfoot for years, The
figures they gave me as to the weight of
the bear seemed incredible to mo, but
they declared that they were true-2, 800
pounds. The largest grizzly l ever
heard of before this one weighed 1900
pounds, and was considered mammoth
in that region of mammoth grizzlies,
Manitoba."-N. Y. Sun.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-30

was covered with blood. lie was fight
ing the bear with long-bladed hunt
ing-knife. The place where the strug-
gle was going on was an unfortunate
one for Hollywood On one side of the
willows, with only space OF few feet
between it and the copse, was ledge
that dropped sheer for twenty-five feet,
while on the other side the mountain
rose abruptly. The bear was backing the
hunter directly toward the edge of the
ledge, and he did not seem to be aware
of his danger in that direction, so busy
was he trying to save himself from the
fury of the bear. Blackwell and Rice
shouted to Hollywood to warn him of
his double peril, but he either did mot
hear them or did not understand them,
for he kept working toward the ledge.
He plunged his knife every second. al
most, into the beat up to the hilt, but,
although blood poured from the wounds
thus made, the knife did not reach the
yttals, so thick was the grizzly's shield
OF hide and fat. Neither Of Holly
woods companions dared shoot at the
bear, as they were afraid of hitting the
hunter. But intent on saving the man If
possible, they ran forward to attack the
bear and draw 1T away from the i'm
periled hunter. They could not get
there in time. Hollywood, one arm
broken by a blow from the bears paw,
one side of his face torn away by the ami
malls claws, and half-blinded by blood,
seemed to discover his danger from
the ledge just as he backed to- its edge
He attempted to turn and save himself,
but it was too late. Seeing that he
must fall over the precipice, he dropped
the knife and, lcaping into the air,
threw his arm tightly around the bears
neck; Both hunter and bear went over
the rocks. When Blackwell and Rice
reached the edge of the ledge they saw
Hollywood lying in heap at the foot
of the rocks. The grizzly was limping
away toward the woods. The two farm
ers emptied their guns without any ap-
parent effect into the retreating mon
ster. He kept on his way, walking OH
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-30
ELECTRICITY In the Navy.

There is proposition before Congress
to appropriate so5o,OOo to pay the cost of
experiments to test the utility OF elec-
trio moters as applied TO the steering.
lighting and ventilating OF naval ses-
sells; for pumping and hosting and for
handling marine ordnance and ammuni-
tion, and generally to testing the eff
cheney of electrical power as applied 6
marine architecture. These experts
ments are to be conducted under the d.
rection and control OF the Secretary OF
the Navy, who is authorized to detail
officers and designate places aud vessels
for the work. American Analyst.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-30


the quality 'of the skin that gave 1t
value. Its extraordinary size was what
made me want it. The skin came off
Of what was undoubtedly the biggest
bear that was ever killed on this
continent did not see the
bear, for it had been killed
two or thrce weeks before got out
there, and rode twenty miles on horse
back to see the skin, which was about
all the people along Battle creek were
talking about just then. The head had
been cut from the skin, which reduced
Its length by two feet but as 1t was 1t
measured nearly twelve feet In length.
From tip to tip Of the outstretched paws,
the width was fifteen feet. Standing
erect on Its hind feet the bear must have
been at least seventeen feet high, and
walking on all fours he was almost five
feet tall. Such monster couldn't have
been a very pleasant object to meet in
the woods, and, as the story goes out
along Battle creek, at least FIVE men
had met that bear during its career in
the region, and never came back to toll
of it,
'The bear had a singular deformity
in regular club foot, whether from
birth or caused by accident was not
known, and had been called for twenty
years 'Uld Clubfoot' by the farmers of
Tehat1a County and other parts of
Northern California, where he had for
all these years been terror to the peo-
pie, carrying off not only swine and
sheep, but full-grown cattle. One farmer
told me that this bear had caused
loss to the amount of many thou
sands of dollars in that way in Tehama
County slonc, to say nothing of the
human lives .ho was alleged to have
taken. For ten years price had been
on his head, five hundred dollars reward
being offered by the farmers to any one
who would run Old Clubfoot down and
kill him. Itwas in trying to earn this
reward that the five men were sup
posed to have sacrificed themselves at
different times to tho grizzly terror, as
they had gone out with the intention of
killing the bear, and never returned.
ho BliDAiy uiu OubNlUGtu Jub blllua bSSu
Of tho old-timo bear-killers of that
country, and seemed to carry charmed
life. He would be seen or heard of ono
day at q certain locality, and the next
day would put in an appearance at
place fifty miles away. No traps nor
guns nor devices Of any kind seemed to
be equal to the cunning old cripple, and
he continued to scourge northern CAL
ifornia with impunity.
''Whethcr this great bear was re-
sponsible or not for the disappearance of
the FIVE men he was charged with hav-
ing killed, there was no doubt that he
did kill one of them, for he was seen to
do it by two witnesses. Trustworthy men
still iiving on Battle creek These
men arc William Blackwell and John
Rice, stock farmers. The man they
saw Old Clubfoot kill was noted bear
hunter named Hiram Hollywood. The
bear had been prowling around the
Blackwell farm for several days, and
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-30
PLANNING A CAMPAIGN.
Emigrants That Will Not Come Among
to Farm or to Build.

Emigrants That Will Not Come Among Us
to Farm or to Build.
A foreigner who proposes, if possible,
to emigrate to this country is said to have
held conference recently with one of
his race who had already been here. If
this statement is true, the people of the
United States have reason to be deeply
concerned, for these emigrants do not
come among us to farm, or to build or to
vote.
Their business is to kill, and they do
their work we'll. Their power, silent
and sure, is more deadly than that of
cannon or dynamite; they spare neither
the young nor the old; their track across
the continent is marked by black lines
OF graves.
One of the parties to this reported
conference was the vigorous young COM
ma bacillus, or cholera microbe, Prob
ably none of our readers have ever seen
this creature, or even its picture, but it
lives and moves to do deadlier work
than the tabled dragons of old times.
"My ancestors" it is reported to have
said, crossed the sea to the New World
again and again, and counted their vic
tins by thousands and tens of thousands.
What chance is there for me now? My
race has the power to reproduce itself to
an illimitable extent. If | can make
my way from Persia across Europe and
the Atlantic, can increase by the mil
lions should the conditions prove favor
able. can double the death rate in o
summer"
His companion was the microbe of the
influenza. Its picture has not been
drawn by scientific men. 1t has just fin
ished triumphant march over Europe
and this continent, leaving disease and
wasted vitality and death behind it.
Soldiers and infants, empresses and pau
pers, as we all know, were among its
victims.
THE field is ready for you in Ameri-
ca, it said. young and old there ex-
haust their vital forces by excessive
work or excessive play, by incessant
struggles to be rich, or by drink. On
the farms and in country villages little
attention Is paid to drainage; garbage,
manure heaps and other denominations
are left to tester under the hot sun. In
some of the great cities sewer gas pol
lutes the air; in Others the drinking
water is foul with corruption; in all Of
them the people listen with good-hu.
mored indifference to the warnings oi
scientific men,"
at is pure air, cleanliness and tenn
perate living that kill me-" said the
deadly microbe; "but foresee great tri
umphs yonder. / shall have thousands
of victims." and he prepared for his de
parture.
IA fable!" says the reader. mo such
conference was ever held" 1t may be
SO. but fable is story that has NOR
| al-Youth's Companion.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-30
Strange Varieties of Crabs.

In Bermuda the soldier crab carries
heavy shells up the hills to puzzle
future geologists. Another species
climbs the mangrove trees. A shore
crab in the Cape Verde islands may 'be
seen running along like piece of paper
blown by strong wind" In Ascension
island there are crabs which 'climb up
to the top of Green mountain, and the
larger ones steal the young rabbits
from their holes and devour them. {"
The famous robber crab of the Philip
pines, that cracks and cats cocoanuts,
is itself routed out of its hole and
feasted on by the wild swine.-Chris-
tian at Work.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-30

had killed q number of young cattle.
Hollywood lived IN an adjoining coun-
ty, and Blackwell sent word for him to
come over and see whether he couldn't
be match for Old Clubfoot. 1t was in
November, six years ago. Hollywood
went to Blackwell's, and with Black
we'll and his neighbor, Farmer Rice,
started out after the big bear They
came in sight of him in "a wild and
rocky place high in the noun
tains. He entered thick growth
of willows, which hid him from
sight The two farmers were
frightened so by the awful appearance
of the enormous grizzly that they would
not 60 any nearer the spot where the
bear was hiding, and they were not yet
within gun-shot of it Hollywood went
on alone and entered the willows. The
report of his rife was soon heard, but
only once. blackwell and Rice could
hear the fierce growls and snappings of
the grizzly, and knew that Hollywood
must have been forced into hand-to-
hand ficht with tho bear. In spite of
their fear they hurried forward to be of
aid to the hunter but before they
reached the willows out came Holly
wood, retreating backward from the
bear, which was erect on its hind feet,
End lowered far above the hunter, who
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-30
Materials for Summer Millinery.

Materials for summer hats and bon.
nets are unusually varied and charming.
There are gold and silver embroidered
crepons, nets and gauze, lovely China
crepes and crepe lisses, stamped and
embroidered with shadowy Pompadour
devices, to be combined with rich bor-
dered velvets, beaded tulles and an end
less and beautiful variety OF trimming
laces. falloons, gimps and Gothic and
Vandyke bands and ornaments. A
feature OF the importation of French
flowers Is their wonderful coloring and
their very artistic branching and group
ing to accord with the new striking
color.m!xtures in recherche summer
toilets.-N Y Post.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-30
GRANDPA LIcKsHINGLE.
An Interesting Experience With Man @
Ertansiye Family.

Extensive Family.
"When was in the newspaper bust
ness at East Brady, Pa, said Grand
father Lickshingle, 81 had an odd ex-
perience which l thought you might
Wish to make note OF"
The reporter said the paper was very
much crowded these days, but Grand
father went on:
81 was sitting in the office one day,
when tall, raw-boned, rugged-looking
old man came in. He wanted to trade a
load of wood for some job work, but we
had been trading job work and sub
scriptions for wood for the past six
months and had all we wanted. Istruck
him for the job on a cash basis, and he
began to talk.
''He said he wanted a card about eight
by twelve inches With the inscription
printed on it:
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-30

The reporter wrote about expect
ant throngs' at the race course. The
intelligent compositor. aided and abet-
ted by the proof-reader. made it read
"expectorant throngs" But the ladies'
wto we're present at the races declared
that 1t was the only pager that got it
Just right Boston Transcript
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-30
HE WAS IN TROUBLE,
A Verdant Jerseyman Encounters
Benevolent Gothamite.


Benevolent Gothamite.
He came over from Jersey City, but
hung around the station on this side so
long that an officer finally asked if ho
was in trouble.
81 think I AMI really think | am"
was the reply. Look at this twenty
dollar bill and tell me if it is all
right"
well, take it to the ticket-window,"
replied the officer. And the bill was no
sooner presented there than the agent
said it was bad.
Coming over on the boat" said the
man, as he received the bill back, "a
young man asked me to change it, so
that he could give poor widow 1--we dol
lars. gave him four fives"
"I see"
"And it was swindle on me-"
"You bet"
"Well, it's wrong, very wrong. 1t is
absolutely without excuse. No man
with any respect for himself would do
such thing"
mo"
"And, do you know, since my suspi-
cions about the billwere confirmed, that
have an idea he went and passed off a
dollar bill on that poor widow for a five.
Probably had it folded up in his hand
and reached it out, and said how glad he
was to help her, and he hoped she would
get along all right and thus got credit
for four dollars extra. It's wrong, sir
it's against all principle, and no man
who does it can prosper. Yes, sir, III
stick to it that no man with any stand
ing in the community should thus de
mean himself. Yes, sir, it is a perni
cious example for our youth, sir, and il
ought to be stopped at once-at once!'
And he walked stiff1y away and re-
| fused to be comforted.-N. Y. Sun.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-30
He Was Imnecnninns.

Tonsorial Artist (insinuatingly)-But
your hair. sir, comes clear down to your
coat-collar
Stubborn Victim-In that case I'll
have the coat-collar cut down. DRY
Goods Chronicle.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-30

THE tired-out farm horse complains
that there never was a tired-out farm
horse put in statuary. Tho hardest.
worked farmer seldom has tombstone,
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-30

"A lady residing at Eaglevillo, tried
an experiment with eggs and gas. She
put thirteen eggs into a basket near the
stove, and in twenty-three days nine
healthy young chickens were brought
out. She changed the eggs every few
days, dipping them in water. The re-
suit shows that an incubator can be had
in every house where natural gas is
ayailahln
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-30

The Columbus Southern railroad
follows in a straight line the trail of the
Indians 100 years ago. 1t also follows
the path taken by General Andrew Jack.
son in his march to Florida in lsls. AT
that time he camped for the night at
what is now the present village OF Sas-
ser. Blazes made by him are now seen
on some OF the trees along the route.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-30

An elephant in Philadelphia died
suddenly the other day from enlarge
ment of the heart Its heart was found
to be abnormally large. 1, more than
filed washtub and weighed Zee
pounds. The big-hearted but en.or.
,Cuats animal was ~ years I'D
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-30
OLD CLUBFOOT.
Career Of the Biggest and Ugliest
Grizzly Ever Killed.

OFFERED one
hundred dollars
in cash for o
grizzly bear
skin out in
Tehama Coun-
t " G a l., a
couple Of weeks
ago." said A. G.
Joaquin, a buyer
for o New York
fur house, ''and
although the
man who owned
1t had already
received FIVE
hundred dollars
for killing the
bear that wore
the skin, he re-
fused to accept
my offer. There
was nothing in
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-10-20

New lot of vassar shirts in pleats and
embroidered, also silk, just in, at Slevin
& McGill's. Commerce and Navarro SITS.
The funeral of the late Miss Nina
Rodrigues occurred this morning at 10
o'clock from San Fernando cathedral.
Memorial mass will be sung for her at
! st. Mary's tomorrow morning.
"A fight between barber and a street
car conductor occurred on Austin street
last night. The barber was badly
smashed"
Justice Heron will render verdict
in the Muldoon inquest probably this af-
ternoon. He will say that deceased came
TO his death in collision with Colonel
Wright's horses, but fixes the response
bility on no one.
Col. Mackev's pottery and tile factory
on South Laredo Street has reached the
second story.
-Workmen have begun 'frescoing the
Menger hotel saloon.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-10-20
A Youthful Murderer.

MANHATTAN, Kan, October Co.
Charles Miller, q fifteen-year-old boy,
was brought from Leonardville, Kan,
to this city yesterday and confessed
that he is the murderer of Fish
baugher and Munson, the two young
men who were found dead in box
car near Cheyenne, wy, September
81. He says that he was beating his
way on a freight car with his two
companions, and while the latter were
asleep he killed them for their money.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-10-20
An Express Opinion.
From Issue October Goth.


The speech of Mr.. Franklin at Krsch
hall is proof-if any additional proof
were needed-that the fight of the law
yers not so much against any man as
against the San Antonio and Arkansas
Pass railway. 1t is perhaps unnecessary
to call the attention of the people to the
fact that the lawyer is consumer and
not producer; that his labor is prob
ably of less advantage to community
than the labor of almost any man in IL,
and that, so far as benefits to the town
and country are concerned, one mile Of
the Arkansas Pass is worth more than a
cowpen full of members of the litigious
profession. 1t is hard to forget the
services of the Arkansas Pass to San An
tonic, more especially during the dull
season of three years ago. Speaking
without exaggeration, it saved the city,
while the lawyers were flying around
for more causes to advocate-for pay.
Consequently, when the lawyers abuse
the Arkansas Pass, the people hear them
with an inner sense that there is some
thing ridiculous in progress.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-10-20
The Trust Enioined.

NEW YORK, October 20.-A tenn
porary injunction was granted yes
terdsy by Judge Pratt, in the Su-
preme court, Brooklyn, against the
trustees of the Sugar Trust, Messrs.
Kidder, Peabody & Co., the Central
Trust company and others, to enjoin
them from proceeding further with
the pending organization of the trus-
tees and from parting with any of the
assets or stock certificates of the COM
pany. A receiver is also applied for,
and the hearing of the motion to
make the Injunction permanent is set
down for Monday next.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-10-20
Seals Growing Scarce.

SAN FRANCISCO. October lS.-The
revenue cutter Richard Rush arrived
yesterday, four days from Port Town
send. Capt. Onlson said: We have
not seen 100 seals this season between
Ounalaska and the islands, going to
and fro, and the rocks are deserted.
The fact that the Northwestern Conn
mercial Company has taken only 20,
600 odd out of 10000, goes far toward
sustaining the assertion that seals
are declining in numbers. We saw
only five vessels the entire season in
the sea, and If they were at work
they did it entirely to the westward.
We saw no appearance on board the
craft that they were engaged In ill
egal work, but we warned them OF.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-10-20
Tbe Jews DENY the Charges.

WASHINGTON, October 1S.-Secre-
tary Blaine has been informed by the
minister of the United States at st.
Petersburg in regard to the various
reports of the alleged persecution by
the Russian government of the He
brews living in that country, that
upon thorough investigation iC is q
source of special qualification to be
able to present not only the denial of
the Russian government, but Of the
Hebrews themselves, and confirma-
tory testimony that those injurious
allegations are baseless.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-10-20
Bat Cave Cuttings.

There was an increase in the number of
cases before the recorder today, there be-
ing twenty and bringing Sl54 in fines.
One. Thos. Hall, was fined S25 and 20
days for being caught with pistol on
his person. while the,case of Jesus Reyes,
for carrying a butcher knife, was contin-
ned.
Jas. Conner and Louis Espinosa were
fined for raising row about two colored
women.
An old sinner and regular customer of
the bat cave, who seldom gets beyond the
times month. was let loose last Satur-
day after serving fine and locked up
for threatening to carve a man with
pruning shears. He was fined SIS.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-10-20
Too Sweeping in His Charge.

Editor Farmer in his speech Saturday
night charged that the press was bought
and muzzled in the interest of corpora
tions. He likewise said a great many
individuals were with the people in heart
and sympathy, but that their interests
compelled their silence. There is great
deal of truth in what Mr.. Farmer says
about the people and the press being muz-
zled. But the people who claim to be free
and untrampled, are much to blame for
this state of affairs. Why do they not
support and uphold free press, as well
as free people. As to Mr.. Farmers
charge in reference to the press, the
LIGHT can speak for itself. 1t has always
been fighting the strong combinations,
and most times got on the losing side. No
corporation, railroad, land boomers. or
political bosses of any faction owns sin
gle dollar of stock in the paper, and 1t
does not have to dance when some other
fellow pulls the string. No Doodle has
yet been dropped into the LIGHTS mis-
Sionary box, not even the pitiful sum due
for printing and advertising the tickets
for either combination has been paid, as
vet