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Show Strange lMncovery In a Mormon Village. A singular discovery was made near Nauvoo, Bis., by laborers in excavating near "French Fort," a relic of Mormon days, and later noted as the spot where Cabel and his Icarians made a settlement. settle-ment. A large outhouse on the premises of the Catholic convent was being removed. re-moved. While the wflrkmen were engaged, part of the flooring sank out of sight, and investigation revealed an old well, thought to be fully 1,0(10 feet deep. This discovery goes to strengthen the supposition supposi-tion that during the Mormon regime many hidden wells and subterranean passages existed in the city, whose uses have never been wholly accounted for. |