Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-06-12

appearance drew together crowd Of men,
He halted at the Phelps House and had Mr..
Bellows register on paper which he carried.
the hour and minute Of his arrival. The ma
per stated over the signature of a bank officer
at Cresco, Iowa, that his name was I. @.
Pierce, and that he left there June I'd under
contract 10 walk and wheel bis wheelborrow
to Dunkirk, New York, distance Of 1000
miles, within 1000 hours and he was to re-
ceiye 81 900 IL he did il. As the Young man
came unannounced and unexpected some
here thought him an imposter but he furnish.
ed evidence Of being at least worthy of all
the attention paid him here. Newspaper par
agrsphs, which upon request be showed. mott
ed that on the 18th of last month he walked
in Austin, Minnesota, fifteen miles in hours
and IL minutes, on a square heel and toe
walk, making his first mile in n .nutes. That
at Lime Spring he walked Eve miles in 3ss
minutes. winning citizens purse to do it in
81 minutes. At Winona he repeatedly walked
quarter miles agains. half miles with fast trot-
ting horses. In Rochester he walked an eighth
mile against the noted Lady Grasbeck omar.
ter mile beating her between and 10 feet.
This az alkist is now only 81 years old. Last
year in Randolph, New York, he was matched
against VIM. Hall to jump, winning at a square
jump of Is feet. 3 inches. This brought him
to the notice Of sporting men and he states
that in the Clipper Almanac for this year he
is set down as the champion amateur Jumper
of the United States He was brought TO
Portage, Wisconsin, in March last by two
sporting men to train for jumping against Bay
Ellis. the noted Iowa jumper. When Ellis
found he was to jump against Pierce the game
was broken up. While he was in Lane aster
a small purse was collected for him and he as
tonished the crowd with his jumping and walk
ing de cleared on level IL feet, II inches
and on the same ground cleared nearly the
same distance over three chairs set behind
each other. His walking made the bystand-
ers feel like getting out of the way, as il a
runaway horse or train of cars were passing
them. The feat he has undertaken is one
never accomplished Men have walked 1000
miles within 1000 hours on picked ground,
without baggage. He is to make the distance
on whatever kind of roads the geography
gives him and has to wheel a 45-pound load.
If he does il it will be the greatest feat of
the kind on record and .here Is not much
doubt of his success Platteville, Warren,
Freeport, Rockford, Elgin and Elkhart, Indi-
ana, are points the contract binds him to 20
through. He will also go through Chicago.
"A young man named Dean of Ee lnboro,
went to Platteville Monday to see the circus.
On arriving in that temperance village he
took glass Of something that had the effect
to make him very mischieveus. Under its
influence he took horse he found hitched
there and rode it around town making offers
to sell it. When he quit riding it he took it
off near the south school house and hitched
IL, far away from where he got it. After
while the owner missed it, He found out
what Dean had been doing. He found Dean
and was told where his horse was. Then he
had Dean arrested for horse stealing. The
young man had his examination yesterday,
with what result we have not heard. He
lays the trouble all to that drink he took of
whatever il was.
The eighth chapter of "Struck q Lead"
appears on first page, and there also begins
the very interesting sketch of DeTantabar
and his dismantled city on the Platte. Who
ever fails to read these papers, in Grant
county, will find his neighbors frequently con-
versing about Grant happenings that they
will be ashamed they are not familiar with.
The ST. Louis artist who came TO Ian
caster last week, Wednesday, and in the
HERALD next morning announced his pictures
for inspection at the Phelps House, sold all
he had, about 5000 worth in three days there |
after, and went away rejoicing.
james Durley, one of the very early set
tiers of Grant county, died at his home in
Platteville last Thursday. He was about
eighty years of age, and was always a much
respected citizen. Seven children, all he
ever had, are buried before. He helped open
up new country but leaves no descendeAt
to enjoy it.
A child of Henry Maxam under two years
old, in Hickory Grove, fell in the cstern
some two weeks ago, and was drowned A
servant girl saw it fall in but ran in fright TO
the men in the field and when they came it
was too late to save its life.
The fire company, Phoenix No. l, is re.
qnested to meet at the engine house on Sat-
urday evening at 7:S0, sharp, special bust.
ness. By order of JOHN STEPHENS, Foreman.