Smyrna times., 1874-07-29

BURIED ALIvE.-The horror of being buried
alive has been lately illustrated in the case of .
young man-W. b. Lackhunt-who was buried
in the cemetery at Salt Lake on the 23d Of
last month. He was supposed to have died Of
heart disease and although the body pteser,
ted singularly life-like appearance two
days only interviewed between the supposed
death and the internent, After the burial the
anxiety of the friends led to the body teinp
exhumed, and terrible evidences We're IRE
sented, in change in the position of the BODY,
the rending of large pieces of flesh from tbe
face, the pulling out of hair tearing Of the
grave clothes and coffin lining. and the finger
nails worn to the quick in frantic efforts 10
escape, that the man had been buried dive
That such cases are of rare occurrence who
can prove? Some twenty years ago the French
government Instituted an inquiry into hasty
burial. A venerable archbishop addressed the
French Assembly earnestly in favor longer
interval being enforced between death and
interment than was customary. He said that
some fifty years before, priest vas saying
mass in the cathedral when he fell dead, an.
parently, at the altar. At his funeral, as the
lid of the coffin was being closed, the. eyes Of
the supposed dead man opened, and dsep
sigh escaped his lips. He was brought forth
from the coffin, and for half a century after
wards lived aud rose to high honors in his
he" said the old archbishop to the French
Assembly, the young priest who died for
few days was 80 nearly buried alive is the old
man who now addresses you"
There should be better evidence of the ex.
tinction of life in order to warrant interment
! than the imperceptibility Of pulsation. Some
infaliible proof Of death should be found be-.
fore that is permitted.-Bah, Sun.
LOCAL Option REsENTMENTs.-The ami.
mOsties and resentments which the Local Op-
tion contest in Eastern Maryland engendered
did not die away with the election, bot are
cherished still and crop out at every opportu.
, nifty. In Easton, the other day, a gentleman
, who had voted in favor of Local option, step
! ped into bar room and called for glass OF
beer In handing it to the customer the
! question was asked how he voted, and reply
ing that he voted against license the contents
of the glass were thrown into the street and
q the gentleman directed to go elswhere for his
drinks. La Denton no man who voted for Ln.
r cal Option can get drop of liquor from either
{ of the bars, and at one place local optiOnists
were denied access to a pump Of water which
{ had become favOrite because OF its excellence
s Numerous prescriptions in business have come
e to our knowledge, and the liquor men have
. inaugurated state of resentment and business
n and social Ostracism for all the world like the
n days of '6l3. The liquor men take their de-
c feat sorey to heart and even threaten to con
e test the elections in some Of the counties. The
hotels and saloons are still open in the dis
n tricts which voted against license, and will ST
continue until the Clerks OF the Circuit Court:
!. in the several counties shall certify the result
t. the Judges of the same, when they vii
make proclamation ordering all places wher
liquor is sold in the districts which voted 70
! Local Option to be closed.
AGUE CONQUERoR. Quinine, Arseni
d or Prisons This is strong language as Physi
e clans and Chemists have for years tried L
n compound preparation that would entire
5 cure Fever and ARue without the use of stroHI
is medicines such as Quinne, Arsenic and othe
e poisons injurious to the system. There is n
y case of Fever and Ague, Intermittant o
e Bilious Fevers, Congestive Chills, Nigh
If Sweats, Liver Complaints, &c, that the Agu
s. Conqueror will not cure at once and perma
e nently. 1t purfes the Blood, Liver, Spleen
IT and all secreatory organs so efrctualy that tn
e Chills will not return during the season, eve
1t when persons have had them for years Sol
o by j. p. Hoffecker, Smyrna, Del.