A Curious Incident

The same storm that did so much damage aroumd Thomas, Metamora, Oakwood, Mt. Cíemeos, etc., gathered near fhte city, and the clouds weane very savage witfa occasiona] flashes of lightning, which were almast Winding. An incident fe related oí Mr. M. H. Alexander, who liTes in. Webster, some miles nortih of this city, that was curious, to say the least. He uvas standing In his tnarn, a ïew íeet froiu the door 'when lightning struck g large oak tree about forty rods Ülstant. It was a teriffic explosión, splimtering the tree into kindling wood, amd alfhough it ■was a thritty gnïwiing oak, it was set on fire hyt tlhe electric fluid and burned up. The 6hock did not phase Mr. Alexander a partiële, but a horse tliat was in a eta.ll a ïew feet away was knocked down flat upon the iloor, as if dead, a-nd a dog tlhat wais by his side, was picked up into the air about eigat or ten feet high, and sent wliirling end over end througli the barn door, alighting about twenty fet ia the yard, the caniue. yelping tor dear life all the time. Mr, Alexamder says that every time the dog has heard it thunder Bince, he drops nis head, commences to liowj aad ettarts on a dead run for the house. Thte incident is as unacountable as mamy told about the odd antics of tb. ecyclone in the derastated I tricts. Th barn of J. "W. !ReeTe, struck by lightnimg the same aftemoon, had simply tïie purline plate taken out, with hardly any other damage.