The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-06-05
FIRE AT BUENA VISTA.
FOUNDRY AND OTHER BUILDINGS
OF RARIG WORKS BURNED.
Elizabeth Dowuey now Denies that Her
Father Assaulted Her-CaptaiD Opfe
Opens His Canvass at Lexington.

LEXINGTON, VA. June 4.-Special.-
A fire in the Rarig Machine Works. at
Buena Vista. to-day destroyed the foun-
dry and other small buildings. The fire
originated in the cupalo of furnace.
Loss, several thousand: probably fully
covered by insurance.
John Lavender. the burglar who robbed
the Chesapeake and Ohio safe at Buena
Vista last week. broke Jail to-day and
Is at large.
commemorative Attorney Allen. OF AL
leghany county. was here to-day. and
Elizabeth Downey. the young girl who
charges her father, George DOwney, now
confined in jail here. with having out
ragged her at Spout Springs Monday last,
in which the young woman denies the
truth OF her original story, and says her
father did not attempt an outrage. Par
ties from Allegheny say the woman is
bad and hayward anu cannot be relied
on.
The paper will be presented to the
grand jury Wednesday, and no doubt the
case Will be nolle prosecuted and the
prisoner discharged.
1HE oAaiPA O. N TgE TrNTH.
Captain John Opie, Of Augusta, launch
ed his boom here to-day for the Demo-
cratic nomination for the Tenth district
against 1Oisi tcEIldH 1AthCls Neio
a large crowd here, but his audience
was small. His speech was brief and
non-sensatiOnal, and the e1sorr TO arouse
a hight against Tucker fell fiat.
BIG BEAR STORY.
John Entsminger, a mountain farmer and
hunter OF the House Mountain neigh
borhood, some seven miles from this place,
was in town to-day and told remark
able bear story which IS vouched for as
arftt
Entsminger IS a wellknown character
In the mountains, and has a reputation
as q hunter, last winter Killing three
large bears, not to mention the other
small game Of that section. His home is
high up on the rugged sides OF the noun
tain. far from the beaten path OF travel
and the place is Isolated and wild,
He has a small fock OF sheep that are
pastured on the Grass patches OF the
mountain, and are as wild as the WIZ
variety Of the Andes. He has missed
one or two sheep during the past rev
weeks, and failed to find any trace OK
them Thursday last a nelShbor, VINO
lives miles away. came TO Entsminger
place and told him that at a certain clift
on the mountain there was a dead sheep,
and 1t must belong TO him.
now HE KILLED BRUIN.
Entsminger went to the cliff. where he
found the carcass Of partially eaten
sheep lying at the open mouth of a small
cave formed by a shelving rock. The
signs about the place told the Old hunter
that II was the work of big BEAR and
he arranged accordingly. Going home ne
brought three old-fashiOned hair-trigger
Ions Tom" rifles, which he placed In
range Of the cave. one pointing directly
to the opening and the other two at
angles. the line of range 10 form the
lower end Of a Y at the back part OF the
cave The spring traps were set and
Entsminger went home. That night the
bear was killed. He weighed nearly four
i'm the forehead by the front gun and the
two side guns had hit him al the exact
point on either side. piercing the lungs;
Either of the three shots would have killed
the animal Bruin was coming straight
TO the front gun when he hit the spring
trap. and caught all three of the loads IT
the same moment. Mr.. Entsmnger says
this bear is the largest Of It's species that
he ever saw.