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Show "KNm'ii'i) Oft or Ti m k." Tho Jaily Inland 1'nijnrc, of tlie It'th inst., contains tho following; "Last evening tho operator in tho telegraph tele-graph office in tliiscity was almost knocked out of timo by the coming in on his wires of more electricity than ho had bargained for. A seyero storm was prevailing between be-tween hero and Virginia city, and tho wire was doubtless struck by lightning over in that vicinity, where they know no better than to have thunder slorius iu midwinter, and as a variety tho wires brought us a small charge, just enough to knock tho operator out of his boots. We desired to ascertain whether the storm was headed this way; but tho operator, wishing to have his socks left, thought it wise to desist de-sist from any further experiments.-' |