Jasper Banner, Volume 4, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 August 1857 — Dreadful Occurrence—A Boy Eaten up by a Bear, Almost within the City Limits. [ARTICLE]

Dreadful Occurrence —A Boy Eaten up by a Bear, Almost within the City Limits.

We have succeeded with some difficulty in learning the particulars of a shocking occurrence which took place on the Hamtramck marshes on last Tuesday, in which a boy, eleven years old, was actually eaten up alive by a bear, within sight of the city. The circumstances of the case are as follows : A man named Joseph Rademacher, a German, living on Macomb street, between Rivard and Russell, went out on Tuesday morning, in company with a little brother, to pick raspberries. They carried their dinners with them, and went some five or six miles out, before commencing their day’s work. Rademacher deposited his dinner basket and coat on the ground, and employed himself for some time in picking berries, when, his attention being attracted by a noise, he looked around, and, to his intense astonishment, saw a large she bear, accompanied by three cubs, engaged in devouring his dinner. It was but the work of a moment to drop his basket of berries, and hurry, with his young brother, away from the spot. He saw two boys close to him when he left the spot, but said nothing to them. Before himself and brother had got a safe distance, they heard terrible screams in the direction they had left, which only served to accelerate their pace, and place a greater distance between them and danger. They were soon overtaken by one of the boys, who came rushr ing after them in a bewilderment of fright, screaming that the bear was eating up his brother. Rademacher received this intelligence in utter dismay, and took to his heels with a will, followed by the two boys, and deserting the sufferer to his fate. The cowardly race soon brought them to the city, when they spread the alarm, and a large party was quickly formed for the rescue, which proceeded to the scene of the disaster, accompanied by Rademacher and the father of the unfortunate boy. A long search resulted in finding the remains of the bdy, the bear having eaten up about half of the corpse, and buried the rest for a future meal. Remnants of his clothes were found scattered around, together with Rademachefs coat, torn to pieces. A general hunt was commenced with a view of finding the bear, which has been continued up to the present time without success. The boy was Irish or German, we are not certain which. His name also we have been unable to learn, but shall ascertain it to-day. His brother, a boy of thirteen, stated that they almost stumbled over the bear before they saw her at all, when she suddenly turned with a savage growl and seized the one who was nearest. A word of warning from Rademacher when he commenced his flight would saved the boy, but he was too frightened to do anything but run. The bear was a large and powerful one, and must have been excited to great hunger to commit so bold a deed. The contemplation of such an occurrence, happening almost within the limits of a city of 70,000 inhabitants, is sickening and terrible. Wild bears have become a rarity in most parts of the State, yet w* are visited in the very metropolis by one that perpetrates a deed that belongs only to the early annals of our history, It is to be hoped that such visits will be rare in future. —Detroit Free Press. A Peg too High. — A facetious gentleman, traveling in the country, on arriving at his lodging place in the evening, was met by the hostler, whom he thus addressed : “ Boy, extricate that quadruped from the vehicle, stabulate him, devote to him adequate supply of nutricious aliment, and, when the Aurora of morn shall illumine the oriental horizon, I will reward you with a pecuniary compensation for your amiable hospitality.” The boy not understanding a word ran into the housetaying: - Master, here’s a Dutchman, wants to see you.” ■ ———- , ■ - 1 - ■ ■. ■ ,M j l ," - DCT A pair of pretty eyes aretpil best mirror to share by. “ Yes,” said a crusty old bachdior, “ many a man ha* been shavetfby them.”