Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1865-12-02
Strange Story-A Messenger from
the Celestial RegiOas-A Stone falls
from the Sky with Char &C ters Eo-
graveu Upon 1t.


from the Sky with Char acters Ea-
grnved Upon 1t.
Mr.. James Lumley, an old Rocky
Mo9n'a;n trnpper, who has been stopping
at The Everett House for several days,
makes q most remarkable statement to
u, and one which, if authenticated, vii!
produce the greatest excitement in the
scientific world
Mr.. Lum'ty states that, aoout the mid
dl- Of last September he was engaged in
trapping ia the mountains, about Is or
100 miles above tina great falls Of the Up
per Missouri, and in the nei ghhorhood of
what is known as Cadoue pass. Just AZ
ter sunset one evening he behea bright
luminous body in TIE heavens, which was
moving with srea: rapidly in an eas,ery
direction. 1t was plainly visible for q.
least five seconds, when it suddenly sepa-
rated into PARTICLES, resembling, ns Mr..
i.um'"y describes il, the bursting Of Il
sa!-c"ket IN the air u few minutes la.
tr hr heard IL heavy explosion which
jnrr'" the earth very rarcep'ibly. aud this
Was shortly after io!cw,l by u rushing
SQUAD, like turn"Lr sweeping through
The trt>t. \ strong Wind srran. ny
about The sane time. hut as SUDDENLY sub
sided. Tue AR MAS fixed with "A Irculiar
"ior .! n SUI ;hu,ous ch.ractcr.
These ;,cil"n'. wunli have made bu.
Sigh. 'nrrr~>,nn on The mind Of Mr.. Lum.
:ry, hut tor the fact that On the ensuing
'iny he discovered. At ii distance Of about
Two miles iron his camping place, that,
as lar as he could see in either direction,
path had beau cut through the forest,
several rods wids-great trees uprooted
or broken of near tho ground-,he tops
Of bills shaved utf. and The earth plowsi
up in many places. Grea, and wide spread
havoc was everywhere visible. Following
up this track Of desolaton, he soon ascer-
tanned the cause Of it in the shape of an
immense stone that had been driven into
the side Of q mountain. But uow Comes
the most remarkable part of the s'ory -
An examination. of this stone, or 81 much
Of i: as was visible, showed lat it bad
been divided into compartments, aul
that in various place j. was covered with
curious h;,roglyphic-. Mvre than tbs,
Mr.. Lumlty also discovered that fray
ments Of substance resembling glass.
n"d here anil there dark stairs as though
caused by II liquid. lie Is conf1> Mt tina,
the hieroE ylh'cs were the work Of hu-
man hands, and that the stone itself, al
though bur fragment Of an immense
body, aust have been used for some pur-
pose by animated beings.
Stra"G" as tits story appears, Nc. Lam
icy relates it with SO much sincerity that
we a'e forced to acrep il as ,rne. 1t is
cvi!en, that the stone which he discover
e4 ""s a 'ragn@"t of the meteor which
wa visible IL dis section in September
last 1t will b. remembered that il was
seen ~ Leavenwer,h, in Galena, auI in
this ciy by Col. Bonneville. A, Lnaven-
worn 1t was seen to separate in particles
Or explode.
Astronomers have long held that it is
prnhaoir th,t ,he heavenly bodies are in
hahitcI --ev,n the Comets and il may be-
that tile meteor. are ua.d as n means of
conveyance by tho Inhabitants of Other
planets, in *, lorinc space. and II NAV
b. that hereafter that =. m. future Cnum-
bus, FIR, IN Mercury ar Uranus, may hnl
ga Ia l'ianc: T., means Of u meteoric
c.nyryanrr, and take full poss rssion ,here-
Ola, dt1 the SJanish navi.a,ors OF the
new world in i49!!, and eventually drira
what Is known as The "human rase' into
a condition Of The mos. ahi-c, servitnic
Ii bias always been n favor,e theory with
many that there must +" n race superior
10 us, and this may a, some future time
lie demonstrated ia the manner we nave
Indicated. s. Louis D.mocra'
The new Presbyterian church build
in. ut Onamwa approaches completion.
Cos, 5000 so says the Courier.
Tfal-.o..n often lose their custom as
sport.m=n d, their finger by high char