The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-24
BRUIN ON THE Cow-oATCHER.
The Boss Bear Story Of the Season
Comes From Pennsylvania.
From the Cincinnati Times-star.


From the Cincinnati Times-Stdr.
OLcUT, Pa, Nov. 2o.-On Wednesday
afternoon as the Warren accommodation
train on the Eldred and Southeast Branch
railroad was passing through Wilder's cut,
deep and narrow passage through the
rocks ten miles east Of this station, Engin-
Ger Elwood was surprised to see q bear
come into the cut at? the west 9end,
only twenty yards away. The bear ap-
peared suddenly around the edge of the
rocks and stopped on the track, facing the
engine. 1t seemed paralyzed at the sight of
the engine rushing toward 1t, and stood
motionless until the engine was almost upon
1t, when it arose on its mind feet. The train
was running about fifteen miles an hour
through the cut. The distance between the
train and the bear was too short for the
speed OF the train to be reduced, and the
pilot plowed under the bear, the sharp point
passing between the animals widespread
legs. This quickly threw the hindpart of
the bear ahead, and the animal fell with
his fore paws and upper part of his body
forward on the cowcatcher. Engineer
Elwood put on more steam, and his fireman
climbed out of the cab window and ran
along the guard rail to the front of the
engine, to see what had become of the bear
Bruin was lying on his sto mach against the
cowcatcher, his head nearly touching the
headlight. Both hind feet were safely
planted between the lower bars of the pilot
one on each side of the top, and bis forelegs
We're tightly hugging the bars at the top.
The collision had, evidently, not done any
injury to the bear 1t was plain that he
did not intend to take any chances by
getting off while the train was
in motion, and he was guarding himself
we'll against being thrown off, so the engi-
neer concluded that he would run Bruin into
Olcot and trust to luck for subsequent pro-
ceedings Station Agent Jacobs stood in
the depot door at this place when the train
came rolling lin, and the sight of bear
clinging to the cow-catcher had such an ef-
feet On him that he stood as though rooted
TO the SPOT. AS soon as the train stopped
the bear dropped off the cow-catcher and
made break for liberty. This brought him
toward the station agent, who was standing
mute and n1otjonless with amazsment AS
the bear left the engine Elwood began to
shout for somebody TO get a gun. The
advance of the bear aroused Jacobs, and
he rushed into the depot, slammed the door
shut, dashed out of the rear door and tore
up Dorr street shouting, Bear bear !
bear" at the top of his lungs. In the mean
time the bear, with Elwood and his fireman
at his heels, ran across the street, jumped
on one of the long piazzas of Longs hotel,
ran the entire length of the piazza,
turned into Cady street and hurried away
in the direction of Cadv creek. A
crowd quickly followed. The bear had
gone but short distance down Cady street
when big shepherd dog bounded ont Of
yard and boldly pitched into Bruin. There
was lively fight for minute, which re-
suited in the death Of the dog. The bear
then hurried on toward the creek, but at
the corner of Cady and Water streets Gle
Beers met him with rife The bear then
turned down q narrow alley, leading to
Gully's livery stable The alley ends at the
stable, and the bear found bis further fight
cut off. Bruin finding, that he was brought
to bay, backed himself against the barn,
raised on his launches and awaited his foes.
Beers sent two bullets into the BEARS breast.
The bear dropped to his feet and charged on
Beers. The latter managed to slip another
cartridge in his gun before the bear reached
him and sent it clean through the animals
head, killing the bear in his tracks. It
weighed 800 pounds.