Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1853-06-02
Tie Npirit.rapping Xuisanee.

The Spirt-rapping Nuisance.
A number of spiritualsls in this city,
with one or two. we believe, in Chico
pee, received intimation that they must
enter a certain large and unoccupied
house. They accordingly sent for The
key Of the house, which was unSuspec;-
ed delivered to them, the holder never
dreaming of the purpose for which 1t was
to be used. They entered the house, and
there was soon heard coming from with
IN. by gentleman passing. The l.iost ter
rifle screams. He declares that it sound
ed as If some one was suffering from the
fear and pain of murderer's knife. \
female medium was taken possession of,
1t seems. by the spirit of murdered m II
whose homes were declared to be buried
In the cellar. and So she initiated his
dying agonies. The spirits finally or
derej the digging up OF the bones. and
designated d certain gentleman to use the
spade. Il is asserted though we know
not with how much truth, that The me-
dunn was taken up bodily by the spirits,
and carried 10 place on the cellar bot
of The bones. And here Oh reader! the
gentleman OF the spade stripped AMI went
to work. After digging deep hole. and
finding no bones, the pursuit wds relin,
pushed. These are the main facts as
they come TO rs. and it is proper to say
that this piece of tomfoolerv was not
enacted BY the more ignorant oc the spir-
itualists, hut the principal actors are
some Of the leading minds in this strange
deiuslon. If there is no devil as the
splritualisis affirm, there is something
that answers ali the Legitimate purposes
Of devil Sfring field Republican,
ANOTHER VICTIM. "A teiesraphic dis
patch to the Observer from Clinton, in
forms US Of the suicide near Augusta
Centre. of David Pollard. He hung him
self in his barn on the morning OF the
18th inst. and the cOroners Jury came
to the conclusion that the only apparent
cause thereof was the influence of .'spir-
iiual rappings. Jtica OJserucr.
INTERESTING RAILROAD DECISIONS. in
a recent case tried in the I. s. Circuit
Court, in Cincinnati. involving The right
of railroad company to build a bridge
across the Sandusky Bay. judge MrLedn
decided. that where the bridge was con-
s;ructed III such way as not to obstruct
navigation, 1t was not improper or lile-
gal to build it. And in this case he ex-
pressly held, that the proof showed that
The bridge (the plan of which was sub
mitted.) would not obstruct or in any
way interfere with navigation. III,
bridge is draw, which is worked on d
pivot.
LII case tried last week. in Chicago.
before the L. S. Circuit Court. Judge
Drummond presiding. tie liability OF
Railroad companies for property lost oh
the road, Was the point at issue. 1t APP
pea IS that the plaintiff. John kuier from
Pennsylvania, OH his way TO Illinois TO
reside; among various other things placed
IN large dry goods box some seventeen
hundred dollars III gold, which on his
route to Illinois, he placed in the Care OF
the agents of the Michigan Central Rail
road al Detroit. in April of last year. 10
be transported to Chicago, aud that the
box and money were lost. This SUIT Was
for the recovery of the same or compen
sation for lis loss. The Jury, under the
instructions of Judge Drummond, after
being out for very short time. returned
verdict for the plaintiff Of nineteen
hundred and ninety four dollars and six
ty-nine cents, that being the full amount
claimed by the pla inlii for TIE goods
and the gold the box contained, with in
terest from tie time Of the loss up to the
present time.