Show ABLE E EXISTENCE OF A GR eat eau al 01 vers vens VERV andion UN dior Dion LANCASTER PA it is awell alWell settled belief among mandof many of the most intelligent residents of lancaster pa and vicinity that there exists beneath their city and vicinity a vast cavern yern yenn the most moat plausible theory on this point seems to be kwe 1 ae the following which we clip from the scientific american the writer sa says the city is located ans within iii ill the great Il limestone meton 6 belt extending across the southeastern part of the state and of alithe geological form formations athons limestone in caverns many of which are known to bo be of vast extent in sinking wells in various bariou s parts of lancaster city the bottom crust breaks through before reaching the water and the pump is suspended from above by chains there have been several well authenticated cases in the vicinity of the city of the earth breaking and engulf engulfing in 9 farm animals in two instances me men engaged in ploughing sloughing hing saw their tea teams ins disappear beneath the surface and oni only Y a funnel shaped cavity remained t to 6 marlc marld tho the kahe spot several shocks like ilke those of an earthquake felt in lan caster last september are accounted for fot by this theory fleory fh eory eony hd of roe rock breaking from the roof of the tho cavern and falling into the depths beneath may cause such a t quaffing quaff quai Elig ing of theu the tho upper r crust and gull rumbling noise as trae that which aston astonish ish ed fhe the inhabitants of that day bu one anthia anthie o most convincing proofs of tew teg existence of ania subterranean cavity is the discovery of an eyeless catfish iu in the waters of the tho conestoga a stream flowing past the city and supposed to connect convict with the waters beneath this fish is entirely destitute of organs of sight having only small spots in place thereon thereof ina lna in a celebrated grotto in ital itai italy Y cycles eceles fish have been found it is I 1 inferred n that the eyeless fish of the conestoga must originate in a sli sif similar nilar underground locality and escape through the fissures nis fis giffes of the rocks y i iTis IT Is said sald that in manchester eug eng en g landi antias and ana its suburbs there are now 0 children who race re ceide ive lve ho instruction st velion ruction whatever |