MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1226, 29 January 1883, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

— I- ♦ . The Nashville American has th& following narration of a ghastly *e>hearay:—"ln the gaol of Davidson, County Tene, is confined a man who is charged with mui'der, and wlnr nightly, in a fit of somnambulism, reports in pautomi/ne the crime of which he is supposed to be guilty. He rises from his bed, rfnd having peered about his cell aud into the corridor to assurer* himself that he is not observed, rolls up his bedcloths into the semblance of a man, sets t'ae figure on a chair, takes the broom from the place where it is kept, raises it to his shoulder, goes' through t!iR motion of discharging a gun, creeps stealthily up to the bundle of clothes, carries it to ene corner of the cell, scrapes at the floor as if dig- . .ging a hole, lays down the handle and' carries cut fclio form of burying it ani^ ooveving the. spot) with leaves. Hetheii'-. carefully examines his clothes, as if : looking for blood, washes his .hand&*- ; * retires to his cot, and sleeps soundly the rest of the night. In the morning] he denies all knowJedgo of the crimeand of his ghastly rehearsal of it" •: Much controversy is going onf respecting the healing powers of Mr Milner Stephen. The Poßt has invited communications from those who have been treated by him. Out of five letters sent .in four persons say_ that they did not receive any relief,; [ while the fifth winds up thus : •* Be he.. what he may, the relief from suffering . for a fortnight, which has nevor been secured before, is something to be thankful for," and that she "lias' never been so well for many years.'' Mr Stephen having mentioned that Dr Key worth had sent persons to him, has brought forth a reply from the latter in which he states that lie never sent any patients to Mr {Stephen, and farther that he has no intention of doing so.