New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-05
BEARS IN POCONO MOUNTAINS.
MORE NUMEROUS NOW THAN THEY HAVE BEEN
FOR YEARS.


Scranton Penn Nov 1-Throughout the Bear Creek
region of Luzcne County the Spring Brook and Lehsh
sections of this county and the PoconO Mountains OF
Monroe County bears have not been numerous in
several years as they are now. In the southern part
OF Spring Brook township one day last week. Edgar
Rice saw a bear cross Panther Creek and make Tor n
piece OF woodland. The nearest house was Jefferson
Ifercc's and Rice hurried TO 1t and told Pierce about
the bear. Rice and Pierce armed themselves with
rifles Mt once took two dogs and went in pursuit Of
the game The dogs soon ran the bear into a raylne
wheFe they brought it to bay and began to yelp
furously. The hunters ran to the spot, where they
found the bear giving battle to the dogs They called
the dogs off, and the bear started for the brush, but
two bullets quickly ended his life. The hunters then
ugged the carcass to Perces place where tipped inc
beais at 327 pounds.
In Clifton township last Tuesday Jerome Sander
sons brd-dog was scared by bear the edge OF
Round Swamp. Sanderson was hunting partridgcs, and
the first intimaton he had Of the proximity OF bear
was gwen to him by his dog, which shrank from q
thcet of aures and crouched at his masters feet in
terror While Sanderson urging the dog TO so in
bear rushed out Of the thcket and sprang at the dog
Sandcrson only few steps behind the dog, and he
filled the bears face and eyes full of No. shot, blow
ing hole in its head with his other barrel and killing
It, The bear weighed 206 pounds and was as Eat as
pig.
Whom Erastus Root, Of Tobyhanna township, began
his chores the other morning, no found every
thing clut up barn floor. He had butchercd
beef the day before, and bear had been tearing at
the neck of the carcass which hung from beam In the
barn That night Mr. Root set trap Just inside tho
barn door and left the door open. Some time in the
night he heard big rumpus In the barn, and he has
tened out with rifle and lantern. There was a bear
in the trap, and Mr. Root killed It, 1t weighed 3f3
pounds.
Enoch Crippen, Spring Brook farmer, caught
bear skudng his sheepshed one moonlight night
last month. Instead Of soaring II away Mr.. Crppen
quietly went to the house, put big charge OF bucshot
in old musket and went cunning for the bear. 1t
was still nosing the she'd and Mr. Crippen turned
The musket that way and fired. The bear short
distance and fell dead. 1t weighed 30c pounds.
An hour before daylight few mornings ago, Henry
Bush, woodcbOpper, of Lehigh township, set out for
Deacon Almon SINNERS place with his on his
shoulder lie was going 10 chop wood for the deacon
that day, and he started carly enough 10 reach there
by breakfast time When he was within a few rods
of the deacons premises, Bush heard noise over the
roadside stone wall that sounded like tho cruchng OF
bones. He hurried to the deacons house, got a Ian
tern and returned to the spot. Holding the lantern
over he wall he bear devouring a pig 80 he
set the lantern the wall seized his axe leaped over
and struck at the bear The brute made of With a
piece OF the pig. and Bush followed 10 up and hit IL
with the stunning it little Just then the deacon
up with rifle and another lantern. lie gave tho
gun to Bush who killed tho bear at the first shot.
The deacon's pen was minus pg when they went to
look