Lightning Pranks

LIGHTNING PRANKS

Kills Cattle and Sheep in Washtenaw County. Lightning did considerable damage in this county last Saturday. Among other places where it struck was the farm of Charles Wheeler in Webster, where it killed five cows and a steer. They stood in a field with their noses close to a barbed wire fence. Two trees along the fence on opposite sides of the cattle were struck by lightning. It is supposed the electricity ran along the wire for the cattle had fallen just as if they had been fastened in their stalls. They were insured in the Washtenaw Mutual. George Nordman, of Pittsfield, had four ewes and two lambs killed under a tree. They were also insured in the Washtenaw Mutual. Rumor has it that the barn of Mr. Backus, of Webster, was also struck and a horse belonging to a hired man was killed.