Show A local nimrod butte liate abe I 1 had terrible band to hand with a wild animal of unknown species this morning bei tween butte and t I 1 belloni 1 louse the animal leisurely crossed tho road in front of mr buggy and frightened his horse so that a dunavi a was prevented by the rarest good tile mr heyman being armed alighted from the buggy arid advancing upon the strange brute fired six shots at it within a distance of three feet it Is believed that one of tile shots took effect for the animal calmly gurnei over and died from tit effects ot tho it Is believed it would have died anyhony as it was Pal ready lame and injured and starved to death bar apparently I 1 eyman 4 after the bloody blau g liter had beca dond continued to the road house and had an iron cage into which on his return the body of the animal was placed so as to Is escape in CASO it WAS only feigning death The caravan then TO tidied to the city followed b Y a cu rious crowal and tile prey f ill 0 hunter was exposed to view in front of mr heymans store to be a muskrat though it ling all tile ferocious aspect and forbidding ap pe aranco of a full grown jack rabbit an autopsy will be held to ascertain succeeded in hitting it with lite pistol or whether t died a natural deal I 1 i |