125 Years Ago

Herald of July 28, 1899

A four year old Woodbury lad was instantly killed during a recent thunder-lightning storm. The small son of Daniel Stayer was assisting his father in putting some sheep in the stable. When the lightning hit the boy, his father was only a few feet away. During the same storm, Cyrus Over’s barn was struck and shattered considerably, but escaped being set afire.

A Snyder township woman was bitten twice on the right hand by a copperhead snake while picking huckleberries near her home. She was rushed to a doctor where antidotes were administered, and within five hours was ab...