The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-07-12

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Az Cossr The ,mosk singu-
lar death by II htping is TIT Of q
young man near Fort Wayne on the
fourth, blythe name of William
Robetsan who went out hunting
ON Friday morning, did not return
as expscted, and his friends began
search for him. He was found in
the sfbsrnOon,xbout two miles from
town, lying about fifteen feet from
! large tree, which had been struck
by lightning. His head was severed
from his body, and the two were
lying some distance apart. The
verdict of the Coroner's juryis that
Robertson took shelter under the
tree with his gun upon his shoulder,
thereby drawing the electricity upon
himself - "a fIsff@ % Sfi5ea 10
DECATUR CouNrY.-An aggravated
murder took place near Greensburg
on the fourth. Two men, brothers
in-law, named William Aderholder
and George Leisure, had an old
feud between them Of years stand
ing. They we're both squirrel hunt
ing and met in the woods, and the
quarrel was renewed. Leisure drew
I knife, when Aderholder fred, kill
ing Leisure instantly. Aderholder
surrendered himself to the authori-
ties. aiea = ~ y az jas
.ELKHARr CousrY. The Review
relates the freaks Of lightning in
Elkhart in the following lively style:
The lightning made 9 business Of
striking here in the city, yesterday
morning. The first Of the two bolts
which startled every body, struck the
house Of O. b. Main, Esq tearing
the chimney to some extent, going
into the house, splitting two; posts
Of = bedstead lodging from one
room to another and finally going
out Of the house and apparently to
the well and cistern where it was
lost A neighbor's little girl was
with Mr.. Mains children at the
time, and all were in the bed room
where the fluid came, and were con-
siderably shocked. On the leg Of
the visitor . cross, with arms al
most three inches long, was imprint
ed, which was visible for. some
hours. The Congregational church
was struck at tho same. time, and
several persons were more or less
shocked. No services were being
held at the time, the pastor being
in attendance on the funeral of Eu-
gene Elmer, but . number of per-
sons were scattered about the room.
Miss Jennie Wentworth was Lean
ing against the wall, and was quite
seriously affected. Mrs. NJ. A.
Clark received shock which gave
her great annoyance. Agentleman
was also a great deal shocked,
though he soon recovered Others
were more OF. less affected. 6, The
second bolt struck the house of A
s. Pierce, on Franklin street, tear
ing the shingles from the roof and
doing some slight damage. No one
was hurt by this last visitation. q
| KNOX CouNrr-The lightning
alighted on Martin SCOTS, barn
last Friday and set it on FIRE. Fit
teen tons of clover hay, q large
quantity Of timothy hay, 400 bush
els. Of corn, about forty bushels b
wheat, arwheat drill plows, lhara
rows, and two large and valuable
mules we're burned in the barn, j.
Il
being impossible to get the poor
animals loose from their halters In
time to extricats them from a burn
ing death. There was also q COCO
buggy burned belonging to . neigh
Dor and friend. SCOTS loss viii
not fall. short of $4,000. The Vim
cennes Times adds: At the same
time, a young man named Georg,
Roberts, living in Bruceville, wal
struck BY lightning, and instantl,
killed Mr.. Roberts was engages
in binding wheat at the time Of be-
ing struck i.isa9 3 Il szsd vol
s LAroRTE CoUNm.-Thsre are Il
this county q, 788 acres Of lakes b
the chain These ought to- be pu
into the best state Of 16sh farming
The Herald says: Full three
j fourtha. of the shove area is EN-
braced in Clear, Stone and Pin'
lakes-which are one and the SAM
| chain of waters The Field Bool
thus attests that we have abundan
space for al pleasure and sporting
purposes-yachting, boating, re
4 gattaa, etc. 9s v@G msoa /
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