The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-08-20

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In Georgia a curious lightning stroke
also took place. A doctor OF Ohver was
summoned to the bedside of negro who
had been injured. Upon reaching the
negro, the doctor, to his astonishment,
found him doing well, with the excep-
ton of a profuse hemorrhage, issuing
from a comminuted wound of the first
or great toe of his left foot. This the
doctor was wholly unable to account for,
especially after searching in vain for
anything that might have given rise to
IL except the electric current itself.
The vamp covering the toes OF the shoe
of this foot was torn completely off.
The position of the negro at the time OF
the stroke seems to have been bending
over, with his face on his bed. He says
he had 2 presentiment of the fact
an hour or 80 before its occurrence,
and although not Spiritualist, yet the
remarkable precautions which he took
would seem to create the belief that his
presentiment was real. There were an
axe and two guns near his bed, which
he says were there and gave him no UNI
easiness during other storms, but on
this occasion he could not resist the i'm
pulse to move them, fearing the attrac-
ton of steel He rolled the axe in
blanket and put it where he thought
it would be less likely to harm him
self or his children, four of whom
were in the room with him, and
who, marvellous to relate, were not hurt,
with the exception of small boy, who
said his leg was asleep and could not
walk, from which, however, he soon re-
covered. The stocks of both guns were
torn to atoms, the tx was disrobed and
hurled III his rear, where it fell, and the
floor was shattered and driven through.
The current came through the roof, di-
rectly over his head, splitting and dis
placing several shingles, and making an
opening near two feet square. Several
boards from the gable were torn off,and,
more wonderful still, a large piece was
driven through one Of the planks under
his bed, the latter escaping entirely.
Subsequent to this in thunder storm in
Sutherford county, Tenn, one McWill-
lam was killed by lightning, four others
were struck senseless and four We're
knocked down, and still later, at Floyd,
Va, Elizabeth Bishop, aged about ID
years, was found dead in George Bish-
ops field, near the Floyd and Mont
gomery line. She was found in sight Of
the house. She was buried, and subse-
quently disinterred and an inquest held
over her body. The jury returned q
verdict of murder, though it was gener-
ally believed il the neighborhood that
she was struck by Lightning and killed.
JULY's FIRST VICTIMS.
) In July the mortality and injuries from
l lightning strokes increased. On the
? Fourth Alexander McMullen of Column
r bus, Ohio, was strucd in the back of the
) head. The bolt passed around his body
l and down his right leg, stunning and
r burning him severely. On the 9TH the
: lightning tore the siding from the house
5 OF S. NJ. Etter, at Bloomington, H.,
2 and severely shocked the inmates, and
, at Downs, H., on the same day, the
+ valuable stallion, Modoc, was killed by
an electric discharge. On the same day,
] Also at Curran, ILL.,, John Davis, Jr.,
aged about 26 years, while attending to
some stock III field near his house, was
, struck by lightning ana instantly killed.
7 At Vermillion, Iowa, Mr.. Comes was
5 struck, but finally recovered from the
5 effect of the shock In Kansas, Mr..
Weatherill had the contract for carrying
the mail from Hays City to Kirwin, via
: Stockton, and was driving the coach
when the accident occurred. 1t appears
that while riding over the divide storm
came up, when a thunder-bolt struck
him, killing him instantly. He fell
} from the coach, but the team went 90 the
l crossing OF Bone creek and stopped at a
| farm house. The inmates, seeing 10
2 driver, went back and found Mr..
2 Weatherill dead. In the same State.
r later, Mr.. Crosby and wife living two
? miles cast OF Uniontown, in this county,
t We're struck by lightning. They were
standing III the center of the room when
| the lightning struck the house, and came
, down the chimney-fue, tearing it and
the stove-pipe to pieces and striking Mr..
and Mrs. Crosby on the leg below the
, knee, coming out at the feet, iacerating
4 them in a fearful and painful manner.
2 Mrs. Crosby was also struck on the left
+ arm, and so badly injured as not yet to
: be able to use it. Their little son was
t standing III the corner of the room, and
: had the hair of his head and his eye
: brows considerably scorched.
! SAD OCCURRENCE.
5 One of the saddest cases OF death from
: lightning reported is that of an Iowa man
< whose regard for others led him into
. danger. The lightning in this instance
3 came from clear sky. On the afternoon
of July Is Mr.. J. Ii. Boyer, the Post
t master and blacksmith of Sloan, small
4 station on the Sioux City and Pacific
i, railroad, near the southern line of Wood
/ bury county, Iowa, was struck and killed
4 by lightning AT about o'clock in the
afternoon, Mt which time not cloud OBJ
{ scured the sky overhead or stood between
2 the sun and and the town, terrible fash
l of lightning, followed by doafening
D peal of thunder, struck the wires of the
| telegraph Office and set it on fire. I'M
} mediately after the stroke John H.
Boyer, who was at his shop ut the time,
Y ran out into the street toward the depot,
r where some boys had been playing. He
r approached them rapidly, and said
4 "Why, boys, 1 thought some of you
d were struck. / was quite frightened on
| account of you." He evidently had it
in his mind that the terrible shock might
have frightened his family as he started
2 toward his home Immediately. When
a within abOut fifty wards of the house