Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 96, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 March 1916 — Buys Another Team to Replace That Killed by Lightning. [ARTICLE]

Buys Another Team to Replace That Killed by Lightning.

N. Osburn was down from Gillam tp. Friday and bought another team of horses to take the place of the team he had killed by lightnlfig the Tuesday night previous. He bought a good team of geldings at the Joe Cain sale, paying $420 for them. He stated that the appraisement of damage to his other horses by the lightning had not been made as yet; that they were waiting a few days to see how the animals camo out of It. There were 21 head In the barn when It was struck, and besides the two killed, several were rendered deaf, temporarily at least. He valued the pair killed at SSOO, but would get but s3oo' Insurance. One of the animals would have weighed about a ton. The last time it was weighed It tipped the scales at 1960, and he thought it had gained at least 40 pounds since that time. The barn was considerably torn up by the stroke, he stated.