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Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-12-15

vANDALIA, Mo-, Dec. lo.-Richard
TuggIe, q farmer living 9 miles south
of this place, while loading wood onto
g wagon this afternoon, fell and broke
his right arm.
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". L. Kent, of this city, who was
1zIied to Pike county, ARR, by the
zssious Illness of his brother, John,
rites home that he is better.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-12-15

The infant child of MI. and Mrs
<8nk Beam, IL miles north of Mex
ID, died Sunday night and was buried
z11ndav.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-12-15

<ohn Mckinley, Of Chicago, Is the
Abst Of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ].
Il Mckinley.
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Mrs. Geo. Carter, Of Pomona, Gal. I:
me guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. J. R.
owning.
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F. Corner and family and Miss
"a Corner have returned from 81.
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#Snizville, Mo-, had n big hre last
&aet and $4,000 worth Of business
n&4nttty was burned
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-12-15

Gut price on all over
coats and suits for men,
boys and children at Joe
& Vic Barth's.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-12-15

<De Levy will be pleased to bhow
the finest line OF cigars ever
ght to this city. d6t-w2t
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4Ih for the Blakemore sour mash,
s4S kIng OF all whiskies; seven and
s&a years old At Jake's saloon.
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Luther Fountain, Of Kansai
CITY, b the guest OF her mother, Mrs
GEfntIe, on Clark avenue.
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Vac Sharp, formerly of Mexico, nov
Liberal, Barton County, MO, is in
skico on business.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-12-15

when you see the grapes on the
eoor You know it is the genuine
hyperion cooking stove.
FERRIS & CAUTHoRN.
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lrs. ]. Hamilton, of Mexico, Mo-, Il
nest at the Midland Hotelin KansaI
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q. q. VOORHEES, lie home from an ex-
tended visit In Illinois. His many
H.Ends are glad to see him back.
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h kinds Of liquors and wines fol
holidays at Jake's saloon. d6t-w2l
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The finest and oldest WHISTLES to be
had IN the market can be found ct
Jake's saloon. Reasonable prices for
the holidays. dot-w2t
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-12-15

NIan Belle Fleet and Mai. Matheson
III De married on Dec. 81 at Culver,
Ind. The home of Col. Fleet.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-12-15

NIaa Margie Settle, of Howard
eanAtf ,retGrned home Tuesday after Q
VIs|I <Ith Miss Noble Settle.
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hs1lle Ellis, Of Mexico, has gone into
lid plcture framing business at Wells
vito and will succeed.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-12-15

Barney & Berry and Klipper Klnl
three grades, all sizes.
FERRIs A CAurHoRN.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-12-15

xltTes, stoves, stoves, Of every size
aad Inscription. See MS before you
1u4. FERRIS & CAUTHoRN.
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A Wing Of beauty is q joy forever.
fo0 win iind a nice selection at espec'
I<iI1 low prices at Pitchers. d2wi
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EebasOr v~andiver, of Higginsville
ia. d IN Mexico attending the In
aasi.ial Associations meetings.
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Make your wife q present OF a gen.
uine Superior cooking stove.
FEKRIs & oAuTHozE, Agents.
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10. Piekett's i2-year-oId daughter
7ery III OF spinal meningitis.
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A UssfuI Invention.

Jharles H. Chambliss, Of Kansas
City, son-in-law Of W. j. Rixey, Oh
this city, haa by his ingenuity invented
a aperfect knee-aetion developer for
horses, which, 1t Is thought, viii net
the inventor q snug little fortune.
A syndicate of Kansas Cityans, It
Is said, has taken the invention for
manufacture. Mr.. Chambliss was
First Sergeant in Company D, Fifth
Missouri.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-12-15

Iho Superior cooking stove has
sod the test for 40 years. Every
e1E guaranteed.
FERRIS & CAUrHoRN,
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J. and Mrs. j. F. Maxwell we're in
from Fayette Sunday.
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b +. Luckie is assisting Mark
her during the holidays.
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sdea Clay returned last night from
TAI business trip to Fulton.
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R FIRES LAST MIGHT.
The Kahn Hotel at the Depot seorched
AT J. Il. Pollard's-At Mrs.
Wright's.

On Tuesday night the fire depart
ment was called out about $3.50 O'Clock
by a burning fue IN Mrs. wright's
rome ON East Jackson street.
AT NH. PoLLARD's.
About 1880 the same night Mrs..
J. NJ. Pollard detected smoke issuing
from the bedroom OF Mrs. O. O. Hall.
SIC entered the room and discovered
two or three dresses, which were
hanging on a chair near the stove, on
ere. There was no difficulty in put
ting out the flrs with the aid of some
young men who wer attending the
party given by the Misses Edmonds
next door. Mrs. Hall was asleep in
the room, although the air was heavy
with smoke. The dresses caught fire
from the stove near which they we're
hanging.
THE KAM HOTEL.
At about 1;2o O'Clock this morning
q FIRE alarm was rung in from the
Kahn Hotel, Just north Of the depot.
When the department reached the
hotel the flames were spreading from
the place where 1t caught from n ds-
fective fiue on the east side and under
the floor Of the fourth story. Some
time wal consumed In getting the
water on, bus the flames yer soor
under complete control after the
water was thrown. The damage by
fire was not great; the floor Of two
rooms and the outside Of the building
only were burned. The water did ths
greatest damage to the bedding anC
lfurnitnre.
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d. L. P. Origler is visiting friends
Louis.
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tnsst Wright Is on the FIRST chair
Hts barber shop.
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<rsin Kunkel has jest shipped a
b cattle to 81. Louis.
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,rn, to Mr.. and Mrs. O. @, wonns-
Dec. 8, q boy.
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THR KAN HOTEL.

Gut price on all over
coats and suits for men,
boys and children at Joe
g. Vic Barth's.
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HOW THEY STAND
In the voting contest for the
Doll at Brown & SMITH's.

D0A ~ LINZ wa
The one who has received the highest number
heads TIE list, the second next and 20 on.
Miss Margaret Million.
Miss Mary Potts.
Miss Annette Smith,
Miss Mary West, T;e
Bush Atchison,
Miss Maud Foster,
Miss Mary Pollard, (T;e
Miss Beth Patterson,
Miss Mabel Stewart,
Miss Mary Dood, Tire
Miss Lillian Morris,
Miss Pauline Powell,
4 yess xi.A ss ss "a HaspaEsruAist voc bay rA'
Brown s Smith.
SOUTH SIDE OF SQUARE.
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ROYAL Arch CHAPTER Officers.

Royal Arch Chapter, No. q, A. F.
& A. NJ, elected the following officers
at the regular meeting on Tuesday
evening:
W. M. Treloar, b. P.
DR.. J. r. McWilllams, K.
II. NJ. White, s.
D. o. Wright, O. H.
Juo. Abbay, P. 8.
Jno. Graham, R. A. O.
Geo. Kabrich, NJ. Sd v.
E. 8. Mcdonald, M. I'd v.
J. d. Tucker, NJ. 1st V.
.. WeImer, 8.
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.s- Kanatuar Is home from Ran
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CTidO&S AHHGS Santa Claus Headquarters and The Paradise and Wonderland fClldHuI

That craddock buys right and sells low" is demonstrated by the
large business he has built up from a very small beginning a title 81 a
ago
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.gaItiss from CSC 70 els at PHI
u d2W1
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-12-15

In Craddocks twenty years experience in selling
holiday goods he has never seen as many wise Gus
toners as this year who are buying early, thus get
ting the pick of the stock and avoiding the rush.
Craddock would respectfully urge you to call
early and avoid bad weather, bad roads, etc, which
we may have later.
remember the Big Holiday Stock, where pres
|ents for all ages can be found, from a RATHER for the
baby to a large type Bible for the old people, is at
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-05-13

When young man asks a father for his
daughters hand in marriage, if the father
is wise one he thinks of one thing equal.
ly as important as the young mans morals,
social and business standing and intelli.
gence. A young man who suffers from i'll
health has no right to marry until his health
is restored. To do so is to commit crime
against the human race. While all diseases
may not be directly inherited, the corstitu.
tional tendency to acquire them is inner.
tied. If a man is a consumptive, the
chances are that his children will have
weak, undersized lungs, and a predisposi-
ton to acquire the same disease.
The young man who suffers from bron-
chitis weak lungs, splitting of blood or any
disease Of the air rpassages which, if neg
lected leads up to consumption, may take
DR.. Pierce S Golden Medical Discovery with
almost absolute assurance of recovery 1t
cures oS per cent Of all cases when taken
in time II soothes and heals the delicate
and sensitive tissues of the air-passages and
lungs, checks the cough, facilitates expect
Grafton. drives out all impurities and dis
ease get ms from the tainted blood and
builds new and healthy tissues.
Mr. John G. Born of 1920 Liberty Ave Pitts
burpt Pa writes Some thirty months ago I
said to my wife. i don't want to keep anything
from vou must tell YOU am III the last stage
of corisu.r ption' In December So6 commenced
taking Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery.
! could then only speak i'll whispers / have
taken thirteen bottles and can say with truth
am greatly benefited. People are surprised &c
hear me speak. can halloo, and my voice has
not been as good in eight years. My stomach
was never in better condition. Formerly coulc
not eat Hirout suffering very much immediately
after, but now can eat anything.
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Don't miss it," shouted an officar
from the Hudson, and, with a smile
Bagley called back:
LET her come, its getting too hot
here for comfort
shell Burst In Their Nlidst
The line was thrown and ahont tho
sam, instant a shell burst in the varv
m ,st Of the group of men ON hoard tho
Winslow.
basley was Instantly killed and a
lew Others dropped about hirl. Half a
doz n more fell groaning OH the blood.
stained deck. One Of the dead men
pitched headlong over the side of the
boa, but his feet caught in the iron
rall and he was hauled back.
.agley lay stretched on the deck.
wit his face completely torn away,
and The upper part of his body shat.
| tered.
II was terrible moment. The tor.
pedo boat, disabled and helpless, rolled
and swayed under the fury of the fire
from the Spanish gunboats.
When the shell burst in the group on
board the Winslow, another wild shout
OF triumph went up from the Spanish
boats and batteries, and again heavy
hrr was opened on the torpedo boat.
FINALLY the Hudson succeeded in get.
ting a line OH board the Winslow aud
was towing her out Of the deadly range
wen the line parted, and again both
boats were 1T the mercy Of the Spanish
III"
At 800 p. m. the Hudson managed t
get another line on the deck Of tht
WInslow, bat there were only thre
men left to make it fast
The line was finally secured and tn
Wlnslow was towed up to Pledra
ISLAND, where she was anchored witt
her dead and wounded on her decks
There some men from the Hudson wen
Oh board the Winslow and took tn
most seriously wounded men off. Thre
were taken on board the gunboa
Machias and died shortly afterward.
At 9:l5 p. III. the Hudson with tn
dead bodies and some Of the wounded
started for Key West, arriving here o
5 n. III.
The engagement commenced at ~
p. III. and lasted for about an hou
The wounded are:
X. L. Cox, gunner's mate; ID. Nj
heon, Quartermaster; j. Patterson. mr.
man; i. Gray and Lieutenant }.
Eernadow.
All are slightly wounded except IA
, terson, whose condition is serious.
Ensign Worth Bagley was appointe
; from North Carolina on Sept. !, ls9
The Hudson shows the effect OF II
: ight. Her smokestack is punctur
with bullet holes, and her cabin al
!. decks are smashed and spAnterei.
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THE ANDERSON LAW o. K.
Minnesota Railroads Must Fay Taxes OF
Unused Lands.

Unused Lands.
ST. PAUL, May l2.-The supreme
court, by Chief Justice Start, has
handed down decision affirming that
OF the lower court in holding the
Anderson railroad land tax law valid.
While the law is held to be valid, as it
was properly enacted and submitted to
the people Of the state, who ratified it
as an amendment to the constitution,
the court holds that the president pro
tempore OF the senate does not Geese to
become a senator when he Lecomes
lieutenant governor by reaso" OF q
vacancy III that office.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-05-13
ONE FOR THE CONCORD.
Trading Vessel Reports the Destruction
Of Another spanish Vessel In the
Ihi1ipuiOeS.

NEW YORK, May ia Hong hong
special of this date says: \ trading
vessel from the Philippines reports hav'
ing witnessed the destruction OF q
Spanish warship by the United States
yunboat Concord at lloilo. The hsht
Is said TO have lasted two hours, at the
end Of which time the Spaniard went
down with colors flying. There were
no casualties Oh board the Concord
and no damage was done 10 the gun
boat. There are, 1t Is alleged, only TWO
other Spanish war vessels IN AslaUc
waters. and one of these Is III dryuoSh
Mt Hong Kong, while the cruiser
Boston is searching for the o'her' uiio''
orders TO engage aud sink IT.
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r,.rI.ston Not Likely to SAIL Tor 'h'
Ih,Iipp.nrs before sunday.

SAN FRANCISCO. May Is Prom pres
on, indications the cruiser harles'ol
,,.,l, u, ready for sea early OH Sunday.
Her stores are going on board an" we
supply of ammunition 1or Dewey
fleet is being rushed into her magazine
Tho Charleston Will not wait Tor ths
CITY of Peking but as a stop VIII oe
made ut Honolulu for coal. 1t Is more
.h.r n,obable that the Pacific liner VIII
oyertako her, from which pein' INC '"o
shins will proceed i'll concert.
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|Took Place Inside Cardenas
|,yIor, Whittier the Boats
Had Gone
Drive out or Capture Spanish
GuuLoatS known to BE
There.
tjre Attention Of Spaniards
Ccn,,r,l on the Little
NinSlOW.

kry WEST. Fla, May l3. When the
,el STATE, cunb "A, Hudson came
n the government dock AT a. IN.
tsi.,, j. five dead men We're lying
hty after deck. They We're the re-
n. 4. Ea>lcn W. Baglcy and four
Le crew Il the torpedo boa, Winslow,
ow,re Killed III an engagement III
klega, Ia. Dor "Wednesday afternoon.
b5i.e, were covered by the Stars
>uie-.
Ia tie cabin Of the Hudson was john
te.aaa5w Of the Winslow, who was
ELt.y jnrcd in tho left leg. and sev.
]. ether, o. the Wins,ow's crew. who
slightly wounded. The dead are:
lasgn Worth Bagley; John Var.
Es, o.ler, Josiah Tunnctt, cabin
t.; J. V Meeks, fireman; J. Daniel,
F-s4.
he ,ncagcment took place inside
aMbol ii Cardenas. The gunboat
-G!neton. the torpedo boat Winslow
(tt.e gun oat Hudson were tho only
ks.s engaged. They entered the har.
fir the purpose Of attacking somo
fil.sA cunboats which were known
te tA,re These latter, however.
F'e not discovered by the American
zee ulu! the Spaniards opened fire.
.Ae land batteries Of Care ,nas sup.
I''td the fire OF the Spanish gunboats.
Torr ne While II Lasted.
!ae battle, while it lasted was ter
-e lhe Wilmington aud the Hud'
y @ete ahead and opened fire Oh the
s4l.sa boats which were lying at th'
- The firing began nt range o'
yards.
iaw minutes later the Wlnslo"
4e up and also opened fire. In al
saAt Ii, entire attention OF th'
faA.'A punboats and land batteries
fe directed upon her. From all side
' ana she'll poured III on tho lltif
ledo boat. Tho Wilmington an'
.s1son ,''ll kept up their fire. but they
.-.9 not turn aside the terrible storm
-'e and death pouring in upon TN
I"ie'o boat. The crew Of tho WINS
H. however. never faltered for q sec
=. a' ~ 2::3o p. III. q solid shot crashed
:" the hull of the Winslow an
knocked Ont Her boilers.
an instant she began to roll ah
"' heIplessly. Then there was
'1eht and awful suspense. a herc
E, ssef OF triumph went up from IN
|li,. ral'afds on tho gunboats and III IN
s'"fles, and again u storm OF fire wa
rrnea y, upon tho helpless boat.
h.. c sunboat Hudson, which wa
i, s,s - near by. started to the asslstane
~, "e Ninslow. She ran alongside u
h "woo PEI, boat and tried to throw q In
r "c imperilled crew.
NJ y 10 this time, with tho exceptio
hon 'ne ono shot. which disabled Il
S,a' Se' OF the Winslow. the firing OF u
a. s,I'sh ~, gunboats had boon wild. o'
tho "o "inslow lay rolling III the wat'
d 'hge grew closer and shells ooSa
IAp'ode all about her.
noa Was difficult for the Hudson 10 y
w. enough to throw n line to !,
S,a SOW $ crew. 80 terrible was y
~ y alt about her.
H., "aiIy. after about 70 minutes. q
n,ao approached near enough
'row nw line.
,,,nn "s'Hh Bagley and six mon we
W"nhg III group ON tho deck OF t
hn'l leave her, heave her." shou'
IN, s'ey ,y as he looked towards the co
H." OF tho Hudson and called To-
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RY DIRECT POPULAR VOTE.

uousc Favors y Change in the Manner ot
Electing Senators.
WASHINGTON, May l3.-After refus-
;nV. by a vote of AZ to 80, to consider
tho senate bill restricting immigration,
the house took up and devoted the Sos
sion to the resolution to submit to the
states proposition to amend the con-
stitution SO as to provide for the cleo
ton of senators by a direct vote. The
resolution was passed.
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Locomotive engineers in session.

ST. Louis, May 10 About 600 dele
gates were present here when Grahu
Chief Arthur called the third biennial
convention of the brotherhood OF Loco
motive Engineers to order Tor the 'hree
weeks session There are also present
about 200 visitors, who are mos'iy
members of the ladies' auxiliary.
NOT READY lET.
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...rmnny Feels the Effects Of Wav.

LONDON, May l3.-German export
houses. says dispatch from Berlin to
The Times, are suffering severely IN
consequences Of the absence on with.
drawal of orders from the United
States. Already the loss to Germany
ia estimated ut many millions Of marks
The National tribune., 1898-09-08

y, but an ord1flary HoueTI
nav be proud to carry in his
The National tribune., 1898-09-08

WIS ItVe1O
"scrap" from start to fnish-stayed there
all night; and if the comrade will take the
trouble to inform himself from the records
he Will discover that the little old Second
Brigade stood just as firmly and lost as
heavily as the First his Christian y prefix
to the contrary Notwithstanding. 81. 2. Ross.
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20
through the orchard in the rear One OF the
Michigan BOYS sang out:
set ont of here; the country Is alive with
Johnnies. +"
Waiting on 10 Sukey (my hoFse). and
takin. that ham up in my arms in a loving
embrace. / was soon ont or the main road.
Everything WIS making for the rear III
double-Quick time. Just at this time my
attention WAS called to 4 small group of men
on one side of tine read and ] saw we had
cobbled general officer. His distinguished
appearance caused me to Hit for a moment
30 take a good look at him. There was no
mistaking him for genuine soldier, from his
boots mp Dressed III tine uniform OF gray,
well trimmed with gold lace. with q shining
star on his collar, superbly mounted on
dapple-gray horse, he certainly was As fine
looking officer as | had ever seen. 1t was
Gen. W. h. f. Lee, quartered in the house
we had Just left.
Other officers were in the house, but escaped,
and / suppose those / saw were some of them.
N s,,fas lnr1
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Gen. Force has probably read-with the
aid of that punctured right eye-this mis-
statement. and will bear me out in saying
that the ball entered his cheek, instead of
The National tribune., 1898-09-08

Washington Star
One Of the boys stood in the front door
crying.
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Tor L knew 70 III h''u Il loe VI HuhSiy poyS,
and ii was a woodchuck case. / soon found,
In fact, that we had run against Stuarts
,rhola CaVairv Germs and now the question
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Further on he says: The First Brigade
were the only troops left on Forces (or Leg
gett's) Hin which the Johnnies seemed deter
The National tribune., 1898-09-08

stem-winder and stem-setter, hi
art. The case is nickel. 1t is
The cuts show the correct sh
watch which will last for yes
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No She says my brother and L must
Stuhv our lessons -
The National tribune., 1898-09-08

playmate in the yard Won't your mother
lie. YOU play fighting the Spanish any more ?"
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~NMMV EH(T -

Y %SNV5&
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wing all the modern appliance
two inches in diameter and th:
ape. Remember this is no tt
RS, and one which any person !
The National tribune., 1898-09-08
often Keeps Better Time than any c


s known to the WatchmakcT
'ee-quarters Of an inch thick.
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Y. NXIz&
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-12-11

Lively Fight In Widow Sohneffcr's Yard-A
Township Hunting n Benr.

MILFORD, Pa. Dec. 10.-The most exciting
bear fight OF the season In Pike county took
place on Wednesday In Westfall township.
Bruin was knocked out by a goat as he was
about to annihilate n dog, and the contest
ended with an aged woman's splitting open the
bears head with an axe. Mrs. Schaeffer, q
widow. who lives on the mountain road two
miles back Of Mill Rift. is the owner OF a COW. o
large mastiff and a goat. While taking down
some clothes from the line In the garden In the
rear OF her house on Wednesday, she was as
tonished to see n black boar come ambling over
the garden wall toward her. She was fright
ened and ran screaming into the house. The
mastif, hearing the cries OF his mistress. run
to the rescue. The bear Immediately
started for the dog to chew him up
and the mastiff pitched into Bruin. The
bear rose on his launches for q second
attack. when Mrs. schacffer's billy goat
came upon the scene and. taking in the situa-
ton. made a rush for the beast, landing square
on his back and knocking him over. The bear
clung to the dog. and would have worsted him
attack. this time buttinG the bear in the ribs
with such force as to cause him to. release his
tagonist by the throat, and bear, dog and goat
we're getting badly mixed up, when Mrs;
with a weli-Gdeiivered blow split the bears 'headd
open. She will have the skin dressed as q
trophy s:r y ThG sef nv Weighed sSasnIo daI q T9 Fmdsv G,,n,,
at Llama, Newfoundland township. on Tuesday
night. killing one Of the farmers bestsheep and
making a meal off the carcass. Gilpin and some
OF his neighbors started in pursuit OF the
marauder. tracking him across the old North
and South turnpike into tho West woods. The
bear made a big circle through the laurel
swamps and came back TO Sampson swamp to
rest overnight. The crowd Of men and boys in
the chase caught sight Of the beast several
times and fired a number OF shots without any
apparent effect. The chase is still being kent up.
All the crossings at the public roads are
guarded. The bear. nevertheless. manages to
cross the country in every direction, missing all
the bullets and buckshot aimed at him. A num-
berof sheep have been killed. 1t is believed. by
this same bear.
Ira Arnst, who resides at the Notch. not far
from the entrance to the Blooming Grove Park.
on Tuesday scared a bear up a tree. causing
the animal to disappear in. tho hollow trunk
He ran to his nearest neighbor. Hiram Rake.
and the two returned, to the spot with an axe
and proceeded TO cut the tree down.. when the
animal came out of the hole and rap down to
the ground. Arnst shot the animal through
the brain.
The largest bear killed in Pike county this
season was shot by Tunis Smith. 1t weighed
over three hundred pounds.