Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-10-13

I ~ without taxing ann. and BIS
nent, with a shrek e.. cgo-, --
somersault backward an G %.
river just as the great r0g-I te
sun, like a golden cannon lll. g
from behind the neig1o.ae a.
Bowie blew the smoke olt Oh.
tol, shut down the pan M
from the wiheelhOUse as i l-a
of this kind were his usual s--
before breakfast. Then DR. r
money with the young ua- 10
in spite Of their affec-
tons. for they regarded u
savior. chung about him ana ws
take him home with them
boat at Rodney, telling Che e
that he must never tOucI d I'D.
as long as he lived.
In the interest Of history I .
tice to this unusual man
explain away the Bow u..
probably originated from
he fought with the knife
name in the year 1927. T
CURED near Natchez, OF u
bank.
Bowie came on the fe
friends. gentlemen of
and so did his opponent II. r
five wounds. but killed his
long hunting dagger which
made by blacksmith 0c. OF q F.
lie. II had a double elEs and
point, and was afterward pa
manufactured Ia Philadei
this duel, unfortunately.
deadly melee Of the specta r
battle in which SIX men ~ LII.
fifteen wounded.
AS the story Travelled +. r
believed that Bowie him
tackled a score OF u.a -...I.-.
with this terrible num-caI rM
the name Of Bowl Do tl. Sou,
Southwest became a terror and d.
The plain truth is tla, J.r
not only never provoked c
his life, but prevented
He was a man OF singular modes.
sweetness of disposiu-a. w... d.
ence for woman, an eNtr-.aau
ness for children. and d D..a l.
to protect the weak il an. rI-a
ing at all OF the despera .l..
except that, whence it mHo
be needed, he had ON AMl 30
the fine phrase OF President j.
that desperate cOurcse which
one a majority"
He was born In E..i.t s.
Tenn, in 1895. of Scotch l.t -
with his brother Rein
planter in Lafourche Bayou a-
1921, then introduced the
sugar mill ever used In
Rein Bowie, being
time, lived mostly ON
But James took many o..
/ prospecting for gold aLl
1928 he became a citizen -
Another picturesQua -
life which perhaps aided p.
ing the myth that h. "aa O. .
who could fight and win against
any odds. occurred N0}eu'I
Accompanied by eight men
boys on a prospecting trp ".
camped in a small grove N..- -
dergrowth, near the san 7.
was attacked, in fact
at sunriee. by 164 Waco Toms.
Caddo lndla~s, An ali-a.
sued. In which yro whit.
forty-two Indians were L Tied
others wounded.
In the same year COlonc. i.F
N San Antonio and married
fnl Maria ursula. daughter on :
do Verimende. Two children
M. Iv rnion but in 1888 cholera
~ ~ the children and mother i'
that Bowie became rech'es3 ~ p
o oI%' eager 10 lead forlorn hopes
Two years later his great opi
I came. when the Texas reFoiu'l
forth. He joined the voiuh.
Led the advance guard or D..
With whom at daybreak on
he repulsed a force Of 600 .i'
In the following month ll D..
snicuous in the famous
and. receiving his comm
1 onel In December be Joins
Travis in the defense Oh ~, '.
There he was taken ill
was compelled 20 stay in l
% 1896. when the siege
March 6 the MeXicans cap1
and butchered every one o'
! tenders.
Bowie. lying helpless on
couch wa the last man %
cowardly Mexican dagger
pathetic end for one VINO
perado. but a true knishi
tenth century.-lllusifl,
New Resident tat FaraV
the best physician in me
High Local AutnoI,l..
hv oil means. He Us Dr'
famous man. Why peo...
ing for him from e''''
wise you to try him. r
New Resident-What
cialty? ,...horitv Gif.
-AutOpsies. l believe s'''