Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-07-03
Local Exchanges.

Bloomington Record. We had about
as severe q storm on Monday night as
has been known for some time past.
The mill dam was swept away without
leaving 30 much as a timber 10 mark
the spot where It stood
During a storm Of last week
lightning struck the house Of Nike Mil
Ter, situated about a mile south Of Mus
coda. II came down the chimney,
burst through stove pipes and capered
about the house breaking up furniture
and SCATTERING things generally Mike
1 Miller was knocked insensiblc and John
Miller who was holding the baby on MS
/ lap was struck The bolt tore of the
baby's shoe, ran down Miller's leg
and tore of his boot and killed a dog
that was lying on the floor at his feet
Miller and the baby were burned some
but had a lucky escape. At Muscoda
shade trees were blown down and many
lights of glass were broken by the hail
Ram fell in torrents and flooded pa sture
lands along the river bottoms so that
cattle are forced to wade about in deep
water and subsist Of the foliage OF will
low trees.
Richland Centre Republican Mr.
Louis Eberle, formerly Of Boscobel, has
rented the building formerly occupied
by Mr.. William Brandt and is hitting it
up in neat and attractive manner for
temperance saloon. He viii sell ginger
ale, pop. cider and lemonade, also a full
line Of cigars, candies and nuts No
Intoxicating drinks Of am Kind win be
sold Nh Eberle viii be pleased to
wait upon customers.
Mineral II. Tribune The deslruc-
tive power OF the haii storm on Wednes-
day evening Of last week. southeast Of
this city, was great-aye astonishing.
At the Parkinson farm, adjoining the
Willow Springs church, the growing
crops were cut down by tile hail and
carried of BY the strong wind (hurri-
cane) that prevailed leaving the fields
as completely stripped as If q mower
had done the work OF the one hun
dred acres Of oats tits thought that only
bushel to the acre can be harvested
/ Other grains and corn shared like
fate. vet corn which was not far adj
yanced may develop TO some value.
Many farmers in that section suffered
] heavy damage BY the same storm. Trees
j in places were stripped Of their foliage,
and nearly twenty-fodr hours after hail
could be gathered in wagon loads from
i the piles As drifted by the fences.
i Pick and Cad Lightning struck a
herd Of cattle belonging to John March
on his farm in White Oak Springs last
Saturday evening killing six Of the
animals There were about forty head
in the field and those killed were found
close together, touching each other, one
lying with its head upon the wire OF
fence. They were insured This IS an
other evidence OF The necessity Of having
ground wires to. all wire fencing.
Milford da.) Mail 4 peculiar freak
OF nature is on exhibition at Dubuque.
II is cow belonging TO Frank Shot
miller ii Delaware county. She was
years old 'ast January, is fun blooded
Durham, As long rs an ordinary COW.
is feet inches in height, and weighs
$50 pounds Ia shape the animal re-
sembles a pig. With the COW is calf
/ month old, weighing ITO pounds. The
offspring Is much the same shape as the
mother
Warren (nl.) Sentinel.-Scott Benson
was in town over Sunday As jolly rs
ever Scott came yely near being killed
by lightning at Charles CITY, Iowa.
about three weeks ago He had been
out in storm al day. and just returned
to his hotel. congratu.ating himself up
on having escaped. just as he stepped
into the hotel wash-room the building
vas sruck by Lightning and the wash
sink torn to pieces Scott was severely
shocked and fell on his knees He al
most instantly recovered but suffered
grea, pain for fifty hours. 4 ring he
wore on the third finger of his left hand
was almost melted BY the electricity
cad his finger burned clear around 50
that it is not yet we'll Had he advanced
two steps farther into the room he
undoubtedly would have been instantly