New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-03
TEUER BEARS ~ PENNSTLVANTA.
THE MILD WEATHER TEMPTS THEM TO PLACES
WHERE Guns ARE HANDY

Scranton Penn. Jan. I.-On "Wednesday OF last week
Harry and Edward Whtney aged tcen years twin sons
81 IT. whitney. ~ Noth Mountain sullivan County.
,srd young bear out q brush heap at the foot Of Bald
Peak The startled bear Immediately speng into ths
tangled underbu-h - haste get o sight and the
lad, rhg.cl and pcrd L. "lh stuck, and stores. Tie
bear I'D them lively chase over los. through briets
ac,. brook and into an old windfal. where they lost
tk 81 IT, Then Tho BOYS went soarohinl 0r the youig
hear intending Nil q: Il tnoy found H. When they had
climbed fallen and through dead ucetops for
,eN,ral Minutes they heard cracking ~ the brush rght
IT, front OF ia .n. noise sudden
halt snrch, All tho next moment big shr-belr
sloIchcd toward them showed teeth and glOwd The
bears open mouth took all 81 the courage ont
the youths and ty on: ~ the wincia
Itte lcg- could carry tfcn. They lan
Lrty hslf mite without stopping IMAGINING that the OLD
bear following them and no, daring to look lack Just
the hill ard Lopez Greek mile aud hall from
the wndall the frightened adj Alfred X Wilcox and
Narcu- Gro,s his hired settling IRE TO Ntumls They
tod the about the oil bear aud an impronptu hunt
result. Mr wilcox hurried to Ia, house a. once
and h rib ready and Gross down 10 Jerry Mason
place and borrowed a gun. When cross returned TO VIII
Wilcox had everything readiness. and with the
lad. lad them the spot where the hear had been seen
the farmer and his hired and tie fam dog set 'ut IN
Of bear. L. nearly SUNSET when they
reached the wndt and they sent the dog into the brush
hustle the out The boys climbed tree to SO
he sport and the kept together close u the edge =
the wndal The dog rsnsackcd the brush and barkcd ~
though had got Of the zane add IN less than
nnue> h. ycpnc out OF the wnigll with the bear
almost him. Both fred at her the Instant her
boadsd showed In sight ana She Keed over Just a. -ne
to pounce upon D.: dog Another shot finished
her She tipE%f the steel, 81 pounds when
II -n luggc|i the carcass 20 W.lco,'> place.
one dav last week Miles Crosby o; Hungry HI. went
bear Scrub OAK Ridge in Coolbaugh Township
HIS hound continued "a bay In one spot Tor nearly ha an
hour afternoon and Crosby made his mind that
the dog eltlrr cornerd bear or driven wildcat up
big hickory when he approached the spot wh'r
the hound giving he found that IL had brought
boar to bay The hound was worrying the bear by
nppnr IL in the nank jumping away, aud the bear wa
frantic efforts IN Gun the hound But the hound
was cunning enough Keep In the rear OF the bear and
Crosby when had watched the interesting SLIGHT foT
minutes pulled up and fired at the bears head
HE bullet ii lei tho bear. and Crosby met with great
surprise he made the dscovcry that the bears left
hind foot Ia "a trap Investigation showed that the
bear ucd trap from the foot OF the rds" three
quarter, Of away and that the trap had been set
tle dly brfor by Howard l.. Gleason. OF Pocono Summit
c0son got the bear which weighed 1916 pounds ana h"
gave one OF the hindquar,ers To Crosby
The DAY before Christmas bear crossed the old Drnker
Turnppc near big rock between Uncle Jacob GreS>s
plsro and Dacvilc IN clifton Township this county.
Lorenzo X Bennett OF TOBY hanna Township WIS going
aon. the turnpike horsebak when the bear crossed IT,
Henctts bulldog tottlng behind the horse and he
picked up his and gave chase 10 the bear lie
sp.efy drove the bear Into an open Held. and Bennett
eaprd his horse the fence and followed Inc bear
egycd II for the up and toNan Lake Henry and the dog
Don
that stood alone la field While IL making Tor the
top Bennett shots at IL from his revolver One Of
N, bullet stung bear In the right hip and a. soon a.
Il got 10 the crotch reached around and went
20 mining at wounded spot Bennett told the dog u
tay al the tree then H. his hors" 10 Charles ol-
brooks place borrowed Winchester rifle. and rode back
IN. bear was still IN tree 10 was licking ~ wound
and Bennett hltchod his hore ard fired bullet AT The
hear's middle clung TO limb for dear ie and
H,nnett bazed away again aiming at the bruteS head
Iu.,antly hold the limb and went end
over end to ground clstsnc" of siNtyhNc rect The
hear was dead struck ana Bennett got liolbooh
ovs To- cart IL fathers place where he weighed
and skinned u. The carcass tipped the beam at 1913
pounds ,,,
On 4 moonlight night last month Calvin Hichheh OF
poot Hollow Wyoming County, ashcd bear almost 10
,.,,h with a blackslatc whip. Highfeld had put out
,i ,, and was going toward the house" when he heard
nj, sa..iiny lie ran TO the yard Just III
tm. 20 ,-e . lear Climb the fence with pig in its
mouth Hahned began 10 lash tho bear over It's head
With all his and the bear dropped the pig and ran Tor
IT, ne Ie angry farmer cut IL terribly with his whip
hs,dcd II of and kept lodging back aud forth While
he was furnishing the bold pig thief his son Merr In
a piece steel ,lelgn >hoe lnhueu the
bar over head with IT, and finally crushed It's skull