The Portland daily press., 1874-05-02
Neurology.

Andrew Archibald Patton, the English author
and Oriental traveller, died last month at Ka-
gusa, in Austria in the sixty-sixth year OF his
age He was quite voluminous writer, and
first made himself place in literature by the
publication of "The Modern Syrians," a book
of travels purporting to ae written by an ORR
entail student This was followed by a volume
on Seryia. by ''The Islands of the Adriatie and
the Goth and Hun" In later years he brought
out "The Bulgarian, the Turk and the Ger
man. "History of the Egyptian Revolution"
and 'Melusina, new Arabian Nights Enter
tainment."
George Derbyshire, the English poet, died in
Dunstable on Good Friday, aged 80 years. He
will be chiefly remembered for his "Natiye
Scenes" which contain some fine descriptions
of Derbyshire scenery. His "Invasion of Brit
ain by Julius Caesar, more ambitious work, is
now quite forgotten.
M. Sarrans, an eminent French journalist
died recently at the age of eighty-four years
He was principal editor of the Semaine. He
was in his youth an officer of the First Empire,
and then gathered materials for his life of
Bernadotte Later he Published history of
the Revolution of 1880.
John III Griscom NJ. D., died in New York
on the 2Sth ult., aged 65 years. He was grad
uate of the University of Pennsylvania in the
class of 1882, andwas for long time professor of
chemistry in the New York College of Phar-
| macy. He was the author OF large number
of Medical books and essays, among which
were "Animal Mechanism and Physiology"
''The Sanitary condition of the laboring classes
of New York." The uses and abuses o. air and
the ventilation of Buildings" He was mem.
| Der of the Society OF Friends.
| A GHosTLY BoMBARDMENT-The Greenville
| South Aabamian has a correspondent who
writes in this style: 'On the 18th day of De-
cember last, about four o'clock P. NJ, Mrs,
| Ward, an old lady living with her son. being in
the house alone, was surprised to stalks,
sticks, barks, etc.. strike the door-shutter and
| fall on the floor. She arose, went to the door,
but seeing no one she became alarmed. and
| called her daughter-in-law, who was some PAGES
from the house in the field, saying to her to
run there, for an evil spirit was there-or the
| DEVIL to use her own words. Mrs. Ward on
| reaching the house and witnessing the phe-
| nomenon, was SO much frightened that she was
| Immediately seized with an agae. Mr. Ward,
| another man, at work, were sent for. Pieces of
| wood, bark, corn stalks, and light wood (pine)
striking against the door-shutter still continued
| He sent for several of his neighbors, who wit
messed it through Sunday, Monday, and Tues
| day, till eight nine o'clock, when it ceased
| Pieces of wood eighteen or twenty inches in
length and two or three inches in diameter,
were brought FROM the woods, distance of one
| hundred yards or more. Wood placed near the
| fire for lighting purposes for the family was
| taken up in their presence aud spirited to the
| same door shutter. Mr.. Wards daughter, who
| was washing the tableware, had all the tea
| spoons forced from her hands by this unseen
| power and forced to the same place. A carpen-
| ter's chsel was found, which Mr. Ward says is
| not his, and no owner in the community can be
| found. A rumbling noise ON the house-top att
| tracted their attention, and on examination,ia Ia
bushel or more of dirt, or earth, was found
there, which had the appearance of having
been burned in the fire. Some of the earth is
| still on the house. Mr.. Editor, if curiosity
should carry you there soon, you can see it A
| large bar-plOw, weighing fifteen or eighteen
pounds. was seen by some of the family to rise
Dip and settle on the top of the house, and you
can see it there when you go after the earth. 1t
stands living witness to all the other in3i-
dents recorded, for no man could throw it where
is