Ste. Genevieve Herald Ste. Genevieve, Mo. Saturday, Apr. 14, 1883 (Communicated) New Offenburg, Mo. Apr. 6th, 1883 Editor Herald: Yesterday morning, at about 11 o'clock a flash of lightening struck the house of John N. DONZE, descending the chimney and demolishing the 400 bricks composing the same in such a manner as not to leave a whole one, scattering rubbish over the stove and room below. The electric bolt passed through the stovepipe and into the floor of a room on the first floor, ran along one of the joists over which Mrs. DONZE just happened to stand, tearing up the floor as it went, and, coming out the gable end of the house, tore up one of the porch posts. The plastering in the rooms on the second floor was nearly all knocked off and the whole house more or less damaged. Another stroke, which must have been almost simultaneous with the one mentioned, struck a tall pine tree that stood about 30 yards from the house. The tree was torn from the top to the very roots, the branches and splinters flying in every direction. At the time when the lightening struck the building, there were about seven persons in the house, of whom nobody was injured although Mr. DORLAC was thrown to the floor by the shock but not otherwise hurt. B.