Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2014 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ =========================================================================== Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== EAST SHORE NEWS PENTWATER, OCEANA Co., MICH. VOL. I, NO. 25 Friday, 7 July 1871 - A correspondent of the Clarksburg (W. Va.) Conservative says: "A fatal accident happened on Leading Creek, last week. Captain Ford happened near Mr. Jessie Hornett's home with a panther skin, and seeing a little boy, about 12 or 14 years of age, a son of Mr. Hornett, in a skirt of woods near the house, donned the skin with the intention of frightening the little fellow, but as soon as the boy saw what he supposed to be a panther, he ran to the house and took down his father's rifle, and went in pursuit of the panther. He did not have to go far before he espied him. The boy rested the rifle on the fence and fired. The man-panther gave a dying shriek, and with a convulsive spasm fell over, mortally wounded. The little fellow did not see his mistake until he went up to the wounded man. Ford lingered two days and then died." =========================================================================== If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other files for Harrison County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/harrison/ ===========================================================================