The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-09-01

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Special to the Scranton Tribune
Susuuehanna, Aug. 27.-With feathers
and fur flying in the air. an eagle and
a wildcat battled on the farm of Thom-
as Jenkins, of Starrucca, last evening.
Lying prostrate OH the ground was
small rabbit, the innocent cause OF the
conflict between the bird and the beast.
1t undoubtedly was hunger which
spurred on the combatants. Both
wanted the rabbit and they engaged in
deadly fight for it's possession
The eagle had first claim upon the
rabbit. From on high it swooped down
to where the rabbit was nibbling at the
herbs which line the jenkins farm. The
birds great talons clutched the rabbit
about the neck and began the ascent.
When the bird and its victim were
about five feet from the ground and
close to some jutting rocks new fac
tor appeared and the farm hands who
had watched the eagle from the time it
secured the rabbit saw what appeared
to be dog but what was in reality a
wildcat, leap at the eagle. The ami
mails claws closed around the birds leg
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released from the grasp Of the eagle,
dropped to the ground.
The eagle wanted it's prey; that was
made evident by the intensity of it's
action. Battle was given to the cat.
Hovering just over it's enemy the bird
struck out fiercely with it's foot, now
and then dartng at the cat with it's
bill. There was a spirited return on
the cats part, though it seemed to
fight a disadvantage because of hav-
ing to stay on the ground, but when it
did give blow or a bite the plumage
of the eagle was sadly ruff1ed and it's
feathers strewed the ground. The cat
was a sad looking object, as great
patches Of fur had been torn from it's
back.
For at least three minutes the fight
was prolonged. The farm hands We're
about on the point of starting for the
immediate field of conflict when the
eagle, striking viciously at the cat and
perhaps imagining that it had by this
time been placed hors de combat. made
sudden swoop for the rabbit, but as
quick as its movement was the cat was
even quicker and it caught the rabbit
in it's jaws and almost at the same
moment lodged into an aperture in the
rocks with it's prey. The eagle defeat
ed hovered for few seconds over the
\ppening and then with Shrek scared
toward the treetops and was lost to
view.
THE NEWS RECORD.
The Erie carried $4,000 people to
Shohola Glen on Sunday. The road is
doing a big excursion business.
The Republican senatorial conference
will be held at Honesdale, at a date to
be hereafter fixed.
The work of filling in the big Erie
trestle at Thompson progresses favor
ably. and it will probably be completed
by October 10.
Sixteen carloads of Susquehanna
shopmen and their families eXcurted to
Shohola Glen on Saturday last.
The Brushville Baptist church has
received letters of Incorporation.
COUNTY CONVENTIONS.
The Susquehanna County Veterans
organiza ton will hold it's annual re-
union at Montrose, Sept. 2-3.
The Susquehanna County gransers
will hold it's next quarterly meeting
with Susquehanna grange, at South
Montrose Sept. 3-4.
The Democratic county nominating
convention will be held at Montrose.
on Sept. 3. Primaries to elect dele
gates will be held August 80.
The mid-year meeting of the Susque-
hanna County Historical society will be
held at Hopbottom on Friday, Septem-
ber 10.
The Susquehanna County Teachers
association will hold a meeting at Hop
bottom, September 20.
The Susquehanna County Women's
Christian Temperance union will hold
! its annual convention in the Susque-
Zhanna Presbyterian church, September
2-3
The annual reunion of the Fiftieth
! regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, will
be held at Montrose, September 2, the
first day of the soldiers county en-
campment.
The f1fty-sixth annual exhibition and
fair of the Susquehanna County Agri-
cultural society will be held at Mont
rose, September 1917.
FAILED AS A CHARMER.
Imagining that he was strangely en-
dowed with a charm to hypnotize
snakes, Reuben Cross, young farmer
residing at Flowers, near here, reached
into barrel where big rattlesnake
was placed by party of harvesters
and held the reptile at arms length.
He made few mysterious passes
about the snakes head, but the reptile
instead of being subdued, darted it's
poisonous tanks into Cross wrist He
dropped the snake and hastened to a
physician. Despite the best medical
attention, Cross died. He was vet
eran Of the Spanish-American war.
WHOLLY INTERMEDIATES
Some of the coal operators don't
want the earth. They only want what's
under it,
This is an "open" summer-open to
objection.
A "eoal trust" is now the loan of a
bucket of "black diamonds"
IF the Gath of August be fair and