Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-03-05
DAILY DEMOCRAT
ExTRA0R0lMARY PHENOMENA.


Excieemens In London Wlsh Res
gard - NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
llng Statements or Doln0s ~
Heae. the SleAia0.
London Correspondence Of New York Times
At this moment. next 20 the ritualist
controversy, | AN inclined to think that the
most exciting topic in London eociety 10
Spiritualism. 1t has even been bsoughe
into the new philosophical society, the
Dialutlcal. which has several young lsgdo
among its members, il no elderly soap.
boilers. Making . coll On Paternoster
Ros, the other mesaisg, I net bassissss
Of cone liesrary - sSisatioe - vsa =
legal ssputstiea and eosial pssitios, VIE
tatiens 10 the preessee Of Ne. Hons. vhish
have been vitsssssl - hssdssl - oess
noble and literary and seiestiae setabili-
and which ass nors astonioAiog tAaa aay.
thing that has happened. perhaps, for
centuries. Passiog ever ths usaal 0saises-
tatiens, such ~ the rsisisg Of heavy bodies,
playing - locked phases, - % that The
keys can b seen % move without fingers,
come 10 three q four dsstaacs 0anlfeeta-
tons, the testimony to which 10 very jifi-
cult 10 get over. Ny informant 10 4 man
in every way reliable, and the ether wit.
uesses, whose names have been een6dea'
italy given me, not only belong - the
highest circles Of politics aud society. bet
are men eminently capable Of forming =
correct judgment. In several instances the
body Of Mr.. Home he's bsen elongated BY
measurement upon the wall and lying on
the foer, TO the extent Of eight o. nins
inches, and then shortened - much
making . carefully measured difference Of .
fost and half. He has bess, Ct different
times, raised into the cir from the height
Of feur feet to that Of higher ceiling. and
oil present. who have had the means Of
assuring themselves that 10 dscsp6en was
possible. He vas horizontally carried cut
Of . window in The third story Of the hsuae
Of Lord -, and brought In ct the
window Of another room, some thirty feet
distant, having bee. carried through the
air forty feet Or more from the ground.
Finally, be has, On several occasions, taken
large live coal from zeal Gre, held il in bic
hand, and laid il 10 ths hands Of ether
persons, without even the smell Of DIRE. o.
the sensation Of heat being perceived BY
them. Ny informant shovsd me whore bic
swn finger had bses burned In testing the
reality Of this manifestation. He assured
me that he had sesa NJ. Hene 70 to .
large coal Ore. and lay bic face upsa The
white hot ceals, without even singing his
hair or beard. A. this 10 . pretty stresg
story. beg to append the following. which
0nd In the Spiritual xa9Gsiss See this
month. Mr.. Hall 10 the we'll known sditer
Of the Art Jesvnal-his wife. Mrs. 8. O..
Hall, 10 we'll known % . writer, and hAs
lately received pension from the Qassa.
mo. 10 Ashley Place, Victoria street. 8.
W.-Sir state facts witheut sxplenatien
or comment. On the 9th day Of December
was sitting With nine other persons in ~
draWingreom. Mr. d. D. Hone len the
table, went to bright Ore, took thence .
lump Of living ceel, brought il 70 the
table, and placed It % my bead. Not =
hair Was singsd. ner did I sustain any
injury. The cesl remained upon my head
about . minute. Mr.. Hsme then took it
end p'@ ed it in Mrs. Hali's hand without
injury to her, and ha sftsrward placed Il 10
the hands Of two Of our guests. The gas
light and two candles we're burning in the
room. and the nine other persons present
would dspose to these facts.
"Yous ebedisnt servant,