“One of those ghastly stories of interment before life has become extinct, which cause an involuntary shudder of horror to pass through the reader, is current in this city to-night. The victim, so the story goes, is a young married lady of 20 years. In May of last year, three months after her marriage, the lady was taken violently ill, and after lingering for ten days, apparently died. There were certain peculiarities about the appearance of the supposed corpse, however, which caused a suspicion in the mind of the attending physician that his patient might be in a trance, but after keeping the body for four days with no signs of returning life, the remains were consigned to the grave, temporary interment being made in the family lot in an abandoned graveyard. A day or two ago the body was disinterred prior to removal to another cemetery. To the surprise of the sexton the coffin-lid showed signs of displacement, and on its being removed the grave-digger was horrified to find the remains turned face downward, the hand filled with long tufts of hair torn from the head, and the face, neck, and bosom deeply scratched and scarred, while the lining of the coffin had been torn into fragments in the desperate efforts of the entombed victim to escape from her horrible fate. Since the discovery the young husband has been prostrated, and his life is despaired of. The names are withheld.” The sequent curious case of premature interment occurred at Leipsic, a small town in the state of Ohio. A lady who was pregnant died suddenly. She was put in a coffin and placed, temporarily, to await the burial-day, in a vault. Some of her relatives, however, thought that she had been disposed of too hastily and caused her coffin to be opened. When the air struck her body, she revived. She was taken home and recovered entirely, being soon after delivered of female twins. A despatch from Woodstock, Ont., dated Jan. 18, 1886, to the _Detroit Evening News_ states:— “One year ago a girl named Collins died, as was supposed, while playing on the street. The body was moved last week from where it had been buried in the family plot, and the parents wishing to view the remains, had the coffin opened, when to their horror they discovered that a dreadful struggle must have taken place after burial. The shroud had been torn to shreds, the knees were drawn up to the chin, one arm was twisted under the head, and the features bore evidence of dreadful torture,—all unmistakable proofs that the girl had been buried alive.” The celebrated English anatomist, Winslow, is said to have been twice nearly interred alive. The Marquis D’Ourches, courageous in all other respects, had the greatest fear of premature burial. He recorded all the stories of burial alive; he believed in them, and even asserted that one of his uncles had awaked under ground.