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CARRIED OFF BY A PANTHER.Ah lafiaftl MutanlTaknuihwMl kVhsm tl I* RmrmAH». Mary’s, Mo, July l*-TVa km-lands of Ik* Boll Itrul* Cotton, Ifloi between IU» ran*o of hill* tm which the town realm, tod tha Mississippi rim, hare been so mmwl by water darts* the recent overflow, the 7 hare not only become nnitihabitable for man, bat all the bvaata af lb* fomta hat* bees driven to arch home* a moo* tb* rock* a»d hill*. Tha broad bottom with Inrfwampa a ad bruah patrbca hat lone been kaowa aa tha rroort of Wlldcata •ad an oeraelnaat f*other hat hem beard of area by tboar who lira Ikm,Tba territory flooded wna tha portion of the conatry where tba *renteat food supply of Hew solas 1* waa la be found. and whea they weta iJrirra aeak other nteana of llrtn*. The farm* to tha hma they went compelled to are ao lUrk that it bran* a frequent occurence for tUa farm yard ta be raid* ed. To cap tha climax, however, a twather ha a dtfto mom than to rail a bam yard and baa carried off a baby.Ileery WUUamaoa’a wife waa with her baby worhia* la tba yard of tbdr farm house, tbraa milaa aoatb of twin Uat Haturday. Kba laid tba Infant down, aad while aba waa yoia* a boat her work aba heard a aoiaa behind bar aad tuned Jnat in time to aaa a ko«e brute leap Into tha yard, leiu tha baby, jump back over tba fence aad make for tba weoda. liar ecremma broniht a nrltbbor who Head about a handmdyards away, and who, with Mra. Will-iamaoa, started la parsalt of tba braaL Tba chase was matiaacd for about half a mile, when tha animal was area eronchlo* la aame bnabea with tbachild between It* pawn. A shot fram a »un drova tba animal away a abort distance, ml Mm WilUnwa ran to tba spat to ted that her baby bad been killed by tha animal's teeth, which had barn driven into tba neck of tha Infant, *aala* probably instant death. Tba wbnle vicinity was araoard over tha orarmot. aad equads of M aUrt-ed after the animal, kill!a* it tba hum afterneoa about twa ad las from the place wham It Hied the baby.
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Macon Weekly Telegraph
Macon, Georgia, US
Wed, Jul 20, 1892
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