Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-07-13

glged in business of smelling and re.
dueing lead and zinc ores in the Mis-
souri, mining districts. We wish we
had time this week to give our readers
the interesting information we got from
MIR. Lanyon, giving the character of
the mines and some idea of their i'm
portanee and the manner il which they
are carried on,
A big feature for the month of Aug
ust has been planned by the horsemen
of our city All the preliminary ar
rangements have been completed, and
on Aug 10Th and 18th, we ere to have
the biggest and most complete race
meeting ever held in these parts. All
the owners of fast horses in the county
have signiicd their intention of being
present and competing for the large
purses offered The program Of the
two days meeting has been carefully
arranged SO as 10 make all classes of
of trotters aud PAGERS eligible This
fact and the extraordinary large purses
offered are enough in the way of in
dueement 10 insure the presence of a
large number of horses and large at
tendance; and, in fact, insures the best
meeting ever held in Grant.
Governor Francis, of Missouri, paid
tribute to local newspapers as follows:
Each year the local papers give from
500 TO 5000 free lines to the commun-
ity in which it is located. No other
agency can or will do this. The editor,
in proportion to his means, does more
for his town than any other ten mon,
and in all fairness with men he ought
to be supported-not because YOU like
him, or admire his writings, but because
the local paper is the best investment a
: community can make 1t may not be
} brilliantly edited or crowded with
| thoughts, but financially it is of more
! benefit to the community than teacher
or preacher. Understand me, ] do not
. mean morally CT Intellectually, but
financially and yet on the moral ques
+ ton. you will find that most of the loca
: papers are on the right side of the ques
g ton. To-day the editors of the home
papers do the most for the least money
:, of any men on earlh =
7 Friday Afternoon, Thos Mcdonald
S John Hurley and Charley Chappcl
9 opened fire with a $50 Winchester
], repeater on what seemed to be the
9 steepe of the Catholic church in thi,
q city Investigation showed that they
were trying to bring down the Ameri
t can flag. They were not in a treason
e able mood however for the rope Il
G which the flag was hung had become
twisted in such a way that il could no
be brought down without cutting th,
! rope and the only way to do this was
to use a rifle. Thos. Mcdonald, Jr.
who handles the yard stick SO deftlJ
down on the Bank corner, was called or
to do the shooting. Now the steeple is
10 feet high and it was necessary &c
stand 80 or 100 feet from the building
in order to get an easy shot and the
rope was only as thick as an ordinary
lead pencil The first shot cut the rope
half off, the next cut off some of the
frayed ends sticking out from shot
. John Hurley took hand and his shoI
/ just glazed the rope, Charley Chapel
I made a good shot but it left no mark
John Hurley then got hold of the rcpC
$ and it broke letting the flag down
5 Next time John viii see that it is pul
$ up so that the Fourth of July won'i
} have to be extended IN order to get il
. back into safe keeping. If you ever
want any fine shooting done just cal
on Mcdonald, Hurley or Chappell
They'll fill the bill.
r Ex-County Clerk. James McBrien, is
widely known as being man Of con,
siderable experience. He has eyer
: bravely battled with tho Universities Of
I life, has dabbled in politics and success
: fully too; has Travelled extensively
Drawing the dangers that were so pre-
: yaent at one time in our more western
} states and territories. But one day last
! week he had an experience with q pet
sheep that comes near Gaping the eli
max He was engaged in setting up q
Deering binder on farm near here
and had l.. z. Reifsteck, general agent
for the same company, assisting him.
Everything was progressing nicely and
Jimmy was congratulating himself on
getting the binder in shape in short
order. He was just in the middle Of
this pleasant reYerio when be was uE-
tremendously attacked by large sized
pet sheep that evidently had engendered
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