the young ladies receive a shock from a LiCht lightening ening bolt on thursday evening about 6 5 0 clock a bole of lightening descended from tho the heavens and spent most of its force in driving a holo hole in the ground at tho the corner of the peoples leopla s mercantile company building A drizzling rain was falling at tho the time but it seemed to boa bo a well troll behaved und and undemonstrative storm until this little chunk of electricity escaped and camo came down to shako shake things up in less timo than it takes to think about it this bolt had bad reached tho the cluff hotel sitting and standing on tho the steps that lead up to tho hall and the porch at tho the foot were congregated a party consisting of miss lilian C cluff cufr miss edith wilson miss maud bracken miss ella fisher miss fol lio oluff cluff tho latter holding mrs williard smiths baby in lier her arms mr ed beaubien was also with the party miss maud bracken was loaning leaning against the railing to tho the tit fairway airway and tho the current of electricity came down this railing and she received the full charge she fell asif a if dead striking against miss bliss ella fisher and communicating ta the shock to hor her tho report was like that of a p pistol astol I 1 and for a few moments those present thought a gun had bad been discharged in their midst miss bracken was completely paralyzed by the shock and lay like ono dead and miss fisher soon sank in a swoon in an in instant ho however waver choso present regained their composure and hastened to tho the of the stricken girls mr W W cluff was at the time sitting a in the hol hotel bel reading ho he ran out to see what was the matter and taking in the situation picked up the prostrate girl and carried her to a lounge in the hotel in a few moments miss aliss bracken brachen began asking who had bad shot her ber abo choro ro bho was what was the iho matter etc and it was somo time before sho she could understand what lind had happened tho the chock to miss fisher was not so severe mrs george edgington Edging tou hastened to the scene and began n applying in remedies to restore tho the patients they were placed in bod bed and a physician immediately sent for and soon made comfortable they are now comfortably tucked in bed at the hotel and no serious results aro are anticipated miss bracken is visiting her aunt 1 3 arg duff the parents of tho the pa tient reside cesido at st georgo and they wore oro immediately noti notified flod of the ho LICO by telegraph and also that tho the girl was in ic no danger these two wore were tho the only ones of the party who folt tho shock to any ox tont tent A n groat many saw the hash flash in ai fact for a or two to it to illuminate illuminat the antiro city in describing it many havo told us it resembled rosem blod a hugh ball of firo fire with two long stringers atta attached hod li certainly did a land office business for a brief timo time and created considerable consider ablo fright aud and commotion nio tion Coal villo times