He Shot An Elk

William Wacker, of Freedom, recently had shipped to him from Oregon, the horns of an elk which he killed in that state, near Albany, about a year ago. The horns arrived in Ann Arbor a few days ago, and are temporarily in the possession of Charles Binder, sr., of this city. They measure four feet in length and weigh 23 pounds. After bringing down his prize with a rifle ball, Mr. Wacker thought to preserve the head and neck of the animal, which he struck off and attempted to drag home, but found, after hauling it a considerable distance, that he was "winded." Thereupon he left the head in the woods, and returned the next day to find that a bear had eaten away the face of the elk and destroyed it for taxidermical purposes. So he knocked off the horns, which still attest the prowess of the owner and will become the pride of his posterity-