Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1865-10-28
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|, Considerable excitement has arisen IN jer-
T. 'sey City in consequence of groans, yells and
unearthly sounds said to emanate from a
church ip the upper part of Jersey City for
some nights past, B. The first known of these
mysterious sounds was some ten DAYS since,
when the pastor had occasion toSreturn to the
church after evening services to procure some
manuscript which he had forgotten andlh
| occasion to make use Of. The ediGce had been
closed for the night, and was III total darkness.
The New York Times says:
Con entering, he lit,a match, to guide him
along the aislej and when approaching the
altar at the rear his attention was attracted
by a low moaning sound, which gradually in
creased and at the same time drew nearer to
him, TO this he at first paid no heed, presu-
ming tito be the antics of mischieyous boys;
bYt presently the sounds changed to seeming
Fly unearthly yells, shrieks and groans, from
|innumerable Invisible beings clustering around
in close proximity to his person, until finally
his feelings were 50 wrought upon that he felt
impelled to leave the building with all posi-
BILE haste. The above are substantially the
facts Of the case as, stated by the pastor Of the
church to Chief Of Police McManus, after re-
ports were beginning to be circulated in the
neighborhood that the church was haunted,
and requesting that the matter might be kept
as quiet as possible, believing thatin a few
days at furthest he would be able to Ynravel
the mystery and satisfactorily explain the
cause of the sounds Since that time. the
church edifce has been thoroughly examined,
inside and out but without unravelling the
mystery; and meantime. these dismal and uh-
earthly yells and cries are heard almost every
night. a couple Of. nights since, Chief of
Police McManrs, accompanied by Aid Doyle
and Detective j.. IT, McWilliams, determined
to pay visit to the reported haunted church.
They accordingly procured the keys and en-
tered the ~liice shortly after midnight
"Taking their position in the centre of the
church in total darkness, they had remained
there but a short time when they heard II low
moaning sound apparently proceeding from
the vicinity of the pulpit, which gradually
grew louder and came nearer until it finally
eliminated around their heads into howls,
yells groans, &c, and then gradually died
away as it came. After few moments Of
perfect silence, Chief McManus drew. from
his pocket revolver, loaded with blank cart
ridges, and fired one charge, when almost in
stantly the edifce seemed to be filled with
thousands of infdriated demons, making the
most hSdeous noises and apparently bent of|
tearing them to pieces, The officers describe
having experienced very peculiar sensation
in the head and finally the noise became SO
hideous and unearthly that they made hasty
retreat, and apparently pursued by the infa-
rated demons to the door, which they closed
pnd locked The officers then crossed the
street to the opposite walk, and remained there
until daylight, but heard no further sounds,
and made no discoveries which would tend to
explain the mystery. The people residing in
the immediate neighborhood claim to have
been disturbed Fat all hours of the night BY
these demoniac Sounds aud number of them
have determined to leave the neighborhood.'
y COMPLEX Relationship "A correspond
:ent of 7" Harpers Monthly" is involved in
domestic difficulties. he writes " "
~ got acquainted with young widow,
who lived with hertsteb daughter in the same
house ! married the widow; my father short.
ly afterwards fell in love with the step.daugh-
ter of my wife, and married her My wife
became the mother-inlaw of my own father ;
my wife's step,daughter is my step-mother,
and | am the step father Of my mother-in-l law.
Ny step-mother, who is the step daughter OF
my wife, has boy he is naturally my step
brother, but because he is the son of my wife's
step-daughter, so is my wife the grand-mothor
of the little boy, and [ am the grand father of
my step-brother. My wife has also boy /;
my step-nother is consequently the steps
of my boy, and is also his grand mother be.