Show siao ions acts HE CAUSES SUSPICION by searching for ghosts and preaching about his breakfast I 1 special to ane may 26 rev dr araua tua francis one of the most prominent clergymen of the of england who lias written numerous in defonas of the protestant faith and whose writings haye regularly appeared iu the church papers fur over twenty years wae midah taken to a private at frame on an order master in lunacy mclean aa the result of an inquiry or dared by the lord chancellor for nine mouths the divine has been symptoms of aberration of mind beginning with eccentricities and wind ing up demonstrations that made manifest his loss of mind at one time he dressed himself in a emans coat strapped a bulls eye lantern to the belt and searched his church all for ghosts at the morning service list christmas day he prefaced his aarmon hv telline the congregation what be had had for breakfast and ufa discourse was BO rambling as to be un he was the rector of the charch of whitwick a wealthy country town in of late he has been in the habit of of ferine a special prayer to a large ring which he wore on hie left hand lately also he hag been in tha habit of commencing his services by standing in front of the communion table and blowing a large emans whistle for five or ten minutes the climax came howey sr on the third sunday in april last when the bishop held a confirmation service in the parish church of hugelet cote an adjoining town dr gollem etche bad been requested to assist in the service but when the bishop reached the chuick the eccentric minister was discovered sitting among the nirl candi dated there he remained throughout the service he left the building jost before the congregation dismissed and tock hie seat in a dog cart just out aide the doors here he patiently waited until the bishop and the assisting divines made their appearance when he proceeded to deftly flick off their hata with a whip ania was too much tor the bishop ani at bis instance the lord chancellor ordered the inquire the eccentric dicine made a strong firsht claiming that he wad buffering from produced by alcohol but the jury found that he was of un pound mind and incapable of managing hia own an tirs he is reputed to be worth in the neighborhood of a quarter of a million bollara do llara |