A Fatal
Stroke -- A sad accident
occurred at Courtland on Monday evening. Mr. Francis Swiss, a wealthy and
much respected farmer of that village, left home about 7 o'clock p.m. to
look for some cattle. Not returning his sons started to look for him about
ten p.m. No trace of him was discovered until early this morning, when his
body was found under a tree where he had taken shelter from a severe
thunder storm. The lightning had struck the tree, and glancing off struck
him. Death was instantaeous, as his hands were found in his pockets as he
had been standing. Deceased was an influential man in the community, and
will be much missed.
