Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 2, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 September 1858 — Combat Between a Tragedian and an Eagle. [ARTICLE]

Combat Between a Tragedian and an Eagle.

A Cincinnati paper gives an amusing account of a combat between Murdoch, the tragedian now living on his furm near Loreland, on the Mirmi river, and a monstrous eagle, in which the“heavy tragedy man” had to Beat a hasty and inglorious retreat. It appears that on Sunday morning last, Murdoch, hearing a terrible noise in his barn yard, sallied out and found an enormous eagle had fastened his talons on a very young calf, had plucked out its eyes, and was endeavoring to raise will its struggling victim. Murdoch made charge on the imperial bird, but was finally compelled to beat a hasty retreat to secure his gun. The eagle’s triu.mph was of short duration; for James Murdoch, the tragedian’s son, an intrepid little boy, o.nly nine'anda half years old, appeared upon the scene with a double barreled gun, and at the first disbarge brought his imperial majesty to the ground. He measured six feet two inches from tip to tip of his wings, and will be preserved as a momen to of Master James’ prowess.