The herald., 1897-06-29
MoNRovIA

MONROvIA, June 2S.-(Regular Corre-
spondence.) Rudolph and Jewett. two
Monrovia men, have been camping in the
mountains north of town for several
months past employed in developing water
just across the divide at the head Of Fish
canyon, and last Friday they had an ex-
perience in the capture of big game that
they will not soon forget. S. M. Sewer,
who also has an interest in the water
claim, has band of burros pasturing in
the mountains. About four months ago
two of the burros were missing and
search being made for them it was found
that they had been killed and partly eaten
and the remainder buried.
From the tracks in the vicinity the kill
ing and burying of the animals was sup
posed to have been the work of bear
Last Friday morning two of the burros
returned to camp with their hides con-
siderably scratched. Concluding that
there was another bear in the vicinity
the two men secured their Winchesters
and ammunition and started out on a hunt
About 2.3O o'clock, while in a small can.
yon they came upon three mounds which
they rightly supposed were the graves"
of q like number of burros. AS the earth
had recently been removed the bear could
not be very far distant The men sep
arated and kept their eyes peeled for
bar" 1t was not long before Rudolph
down about forty feet distant apparently
asleep after his work of killing and bury
ing the three burroS. Rudolph drew his
rifle and fired. The ball it was found after
ward had entered the flank and passed
entirely through the length of the body,
lodging under the skin at the shoulder.
In the attempt to reload the marksman
fell off little bluff into the ferns and
water below. With a fierce growl the bear
started toward the point whence the
sound of the rifle came, but seeing no one
he turned, walked up the side of the can
yon a little distance and again lay down,
apparently very much injured by the shot.
Jewett, hearing the rifle shot, came up
and found the brute again in a sitting
posture, and uttering fierce growls. TAX
ing deliberate aim, Jewett shot and the
bear fell dead. The ball had struck Just
behind the ear and entered the brain. The
bear was a male of the grizzly variety,
very rare in Southern California noun
tains at the present time, and was esti-
mated by several men who afterward saw
II to weigh at least seven hundred pounds.
Messrs. Rudolph and Jewett were very
proud of their capture. The bear was
skinned and next day Joe Combs. Alex Nc
Alonan and e. Combs assisted In bringing
the meat to town. where it was divided
among friends and the balance sold.
Miss McClung of Los Angeles is visit
Ing her cousin, MISS Bacon, Duarte.
Saturday Mrs. r. M. Baker and daugh-
ter. Miss Edna who have been spending
several weeks in Chicago, returned to
their home here.
Messrs. Sawyer & Arthur, the enter
prising bridge builders of this place. were
successful in securing the contract for the
ironwork of the annex to the Hotel Green.
Pasadena. Their bid was $29, 1884, Sunday
Mr.. Sawyer left for Pittsburg, Pa. to
order the iron. 1t will require six hum
dred tons and will take over fifty cars to
haul 1t. This firm has also secured the
contract for the ironwork of an addition
to the Chino sugar factory.
Henry Kirkenschlager's new brick build
ing on Myrtle avenue will be completed this
week.
Miss Helen Matthewson left Friday for
Visalia, where she will visit her sister.
Mrs. M s. Monroe
Thursday evening Miss Denslow enter
tained number of young people in honor
of her guest, Miss Ethel Hardy of Los
Angeles.
Last Saturday evening the High School
tlumni held its annual meeting at the
operahouse.