A SHOWEK OF FLESH

Star (Christchurch), Issue 2531, 4 May 1876, Page 3

A SHOWEK OF FLESH

A speoial despatch to the Louisville Courier Journal trim Mount Sterling, K ntuckj, IM., conveyed the intelliger cc that on March 8 a most wonderful phenomenon transpired in that eection. The correspondent says tbat during the sunshine and clear sky there fell from the heavens quivering fl- eh, which came down in large quantities and filled many acres of tbe territory. Hogs and ohickens e^g^rly devoured the fWh, specimens of which were sent to New V rrk for scientific examination. A late telegram s%\ c : — After the publication of Professor J Lawrence Smith's analysis of tbe flesh which fell iv Bith County, other scientists admitted tbo plausibility of bis theory, but inolined to diff r, basing their obj ctions on the belief that Batrachian spawn contrtins no blood, traces of which were observed on scrubs and fences after the phenomenon. To-day, Proftssor Smith in an interview says j " In tho r«-mark« I previously made to the Associated Press agent I should have said that a oritical examination was made for blood corpuscles, but not the slightest evidenoe of anything of tbe kind was found. The matter obtained from the specimens waa simply unorganised and gelatinous. Tbe mere brown or reddish colour is no evidence of blood, as most all original natter in a desiccated or semi desiccated state when in contact with air assumes a more or less brown colour. The matter examined was f imply gelatinous, and as it fell from the heavens we must seek among the gelatinous products for ite origin, and as tbis is to be found in tbe spawn of certain reptiles, and as tbe spawn of tbe Batraohian speoies has been known to hwe been transported as in this case, I pee no reason for altering my original opinion.'" Tbe flesh fall continues to excite the wonder of people not only of Keiitucky but most- every* i whore. Hundreds of letters of inquiry were reoeived from all parts of the country. I THB. BASK OP THB STATE OF NEW YORK FORCED TO SUSPEND. | The Bank of tho State of New fork cloned its doors about noon on March 15. Whm | the faot was announced on the streets it oreated a good deal of surprise and excitement among bankers, brokers, and business men generally. It was an event wholly unexpected, except by the officials of tbe Clearing Houso, and tho feelinrs of the peoplo consequent upon its announcement manifested themselves in tbe nervous movements of tbe crowds in Wall and Broad streets, and in the vioinity of tbe Bank at the corner of William street and Exohange Place. When the news first circulated the suspension was attributed to injudicious loans by the bank, and to the faot tbat, by had management, overdrafts and advances on part ally worthless securities amounting to about 1,000 OOOdol. had been permitted. The loss thus sustained, it was said, bad so impaired its capita), tbat it was ruled out at ab ut 11 o'clook by the Clearing Honse, and was at onoo forced to suspend. A hasty inspection of the statements then obtainable by fragments here and there led to tbe belief that tho depositors after a time would be paid in full, and that tbe etookholdtr* would receive po'sibly 70 per c-ntof thoir investments. Tho deposits on band at the time of suspension, reaching about 2CooooOdol, ere to remain tied up until the receiver to be appointed by the Comptroller of the Currency shall have adjusted the Bank's affairs. The capital, which woe all paid up. amounted to 2,000,< 00 dolt Mr Duer, the President of the ißank, in a conversation with a personal friend yester- | day, asserted that he was totally unaware of tho approach of the trouble. Mr Patrick, the Vico President of tho Bank, Mr Isaac H. Reed, and Messrs Smith and Girvan were not to be found at their offices down town in tbe day time, nor in the evening at their residences. I Mr Girvan was not called on, as he is lying ill at his houso in Jersey City.