The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-11-27
sfoRr IN rrxn couxrH. "a.
A Good Many Bears and Deer Killed, Among
tho Latter q White Ono.

tho Latter q White Ono.
MILFORD Pa. Nov. 22.-For two or three
years past Pike county's reputation for bears
suffered not little By tho persistent refusal
OF bruln to come out and lot the hunters kill
him. and fears were beginning to be felt that
the reason he failed to put In an appearance was
because he wasn't in Pike county any more
to como out. This fall though. those fears
have been proved groundless. as the returns
from some OF the old bear haunts testify.
From the Paupac county Uncle Marcus
Killam. the oldest bear hunter in Pike county.
and the slayer OF more bears than any other
man between the Delaware and the Susque-
hanna. sends word that bears are thicker up
there than he ever knew them. On election
day he heard that there we're four bears In n
swamp UP along the Paupac Creek. He
thought no would give some OF the other
killamsa chance to get these. and he sent
word to Ed Killam Ed Killam notified Alfred
Killam. Asther killnm. Charles Killam Frank
Killam. and Philip Killam. Tho Killams are
one OF the oldest families In Pike county.
Sheriff Warren Ridgway. who is a relative OF
tho Killams. says that they got their
names because whenever they sec bears
they kill 'em. The Thursday after cleo
ton this party OF Killams started out
to get the bears. first sending word to their
kinsman. Andrew Jackson Kimble. to come
along. u no wanted to have some OF the fun.
And he went along. A good tracking snow
fell the night before The party struck tho
tracks Of the four bears. and followed Thorn
into a big laurel patch. Tho hunters wore
surrounding the swamp so as to be sure Of
Getting the bears Hs when thsy were routed put.
say" he Exclaimed Four bears has list
gone trampin, throp,gh my dooryardl Some
get the four that were In the swamp ei ilrst and
So hi hsy dan rs sse w
Sears n that were YER In the swemT they
swamp and started in tie drccton OF aSoth ae
e a ase4 fa shSs cVs mn Snp
hhe hqnt0rs took up tie trail again
the Sear hsd to ine'
SWAMP The bears were IN t Ths hunters
Farmer Williams said that he wasn't S any GS' kind
rate. They sent him into the swamp 10 bark
afew, minutes before tho bears. were heard
ind Way A out T ha whois four ee 'o Of th.@ no
pitched s;do out Of ths patch right where ErankK
swamp. and u lot OF Killams plunged in after
them. For five minutes rifles ana shotguns
field. and when the fusi!lade ceased there
was none of the four bears alive. The biggest
Green township holds the belt for tho cham
rions in OF tho whole country for having pro-
one was killed in 1855 ~ Tunis, smith and
one OF tho sights at the Smithsonian Institu-
ton. Washington. good many bears have
been killed in Green township since then, but
ago. captured one TINT comes nearer to
bear ever killed in tho township. This bear
a book aCentaround Farmer Hops $ promises.
and at last the farmer got angry He hunted
up bear trar and set it in his orchard. The
it.. He dragged tho trap and tho clog to 1t on
into the woods. where he got fast. Farmer
Hopps followed the trail and put three VIM
char wouId give up The bear ' Weighed s uS 80
pounds. and Farmer Hops traded him OH for
forty-five silver dollars.
George snyder of Lehman township shot and
Killed a 3OO-pound bear one day last week.
fellows hut the second one got az away syo 10
they got a smashing biz tive.pro pro ii buck.
Thomas Her. of Port, Jervis killed II fine buck
near Jerry GreenilnE's on Rattlesnake Creek
big. buck crossed the Eric Railway track
near NarrowsbnrG on sunday. swan tho Della
frsd Se and Huss n han MHSis
township. Friday. Last Thursday s. A.
Of Fksr Glen. in shohos nsnG o hsG
tho rare luck to kill a white deer. Several OF
these curious animals have been cd in Pike
fsounfg In rase but this Is the first one
ing pink eyes.