Show IN Till MOtPiTUNS A Ihnnter orm n een frol1l the oot of colt 11111 Tho e who noticed particular the thunder storm of last Sunday night could not help seeing that the vicinity of the head waters of Cit Creek was getting its full share of the thunder lightning anil ruin A > alty of pampers who hid taken their stand at tho foot of Scott Hill near the head of lliocation witnessed some of Iho terrors of lightning coming too close Shortly before dark Hie sk was covered with black clouds rolling up from tho West in such masses that it soon seemed like night Thcro vvas one clear spot left in tire HaRt 1 through which dilight could ho seen but before long this too wascloudcd over mill tile idditionii ilirk ness of night coming on left tho placo perfectly l black For pomo limo it was so dark thit one iicrson could not sco another a foot avvaj and tho cm on remained i in this state of l d l irk ness during the whole night except when Iho lightning would for an Instant it a time throw a Ihostly flash over tho surrounding tees and mountains Tho force of Iho storm seemed to bo 1 centered cen-tered in the apex of colt Hill mil each Hash of lightning disclosed tlio ict f that this pcik w is literal eiu eloped in masses of coil black vuirer rho thunder sounded like the boom of several bittcncs of artillery firing imhscritmnitcl into the heavens above the little cimp Insh after flash of sheet lightning had civ en them all a chance to sco tho grandeur and terror of their i surroundings when Iho first sticik of Ilio forked kind tamo crashing through the trees at i point not more than half a mile ibovo them Shorll iftcrvvird a feirful splash In the creek accompanied hy the flash of lightning light-ning mil followed instmtaneously b the crish of I thunder told tint something m tho creek hid been struck At about this timo the rain began be-gan to pour down in torrents and while the wero making ever effort to keep 1 srrik drj the I siw a fork of lightning 1 1 strike near the summit of tho mountain and run like a Bcrpcnt clou n the steep incline Tins was followed b tho usinl peal of thunder und us tint died out they could plainly heal tho crash of timber m the direction where tlio lightning had struck itcr in tho night tlio storm clc ircd uway and in tho morning ever Hung looked brighter and fresher that ever Two of the gentlemen went m search of tho places where the lighting had struck Nothing tmusuil could be Been m tho placo where tho w itcr had been slislied but 1 tlio mirks fIN fork which I struck on tho mountain wero jilamlj visible vis-ible It hid evident struck i rock and glancing from that had undo for itself u trail for several hunched irds down the mount un breaking down ever thing th it tamo in its vva Several largo trees hid been felled ind the pllth i WaS otherwise perfect well delined |