Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1867-11-23
TOWN. JEFFERSON COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. SATURDAY, NOV % 1867

bu, can't be caught. They hsve been
fired al frequently, and blood " as found
in the yard on one morning afterwards.
A party of students from the University
went oui there W ednesday night.
An Exchange says: Pilisburg Pennsyl-
vania has a ghost, by whose agency car.
pets are nightly torn up from the floors Of
The haunted dOmici,e, neatly rolled and
stacked in corners; slleboards are visited
and tables covered with dishes. as il in
preparation Tor a feast. The covers are
rudely tom trcn the beds Of sleepers, and
many other pranhs ere played.
The Lynchburs News b's the follos.
ing account Of The AibemaEle ghosr. II
says
They have Ghost or something in
AlbemarIe, which appears to he decidedly
a rum IN" His -hos,,h;p is imreryi-
oUs to minnies, pistol balls and such, and
regards them no more than il they we're
fired into the ihin all. instead of at his
"spirii majesty" The theatre Of his
operations s the dwelling house Of Mr.
John s Moon, prominent citizen, llv.
ing uear ScOusyilC, and The slofy goes
that the Ghost has visited The premises
for upw ards OF thirty consecutive nights.
up to last Wednesday, the latest accounts
we have from him The house has been
under strong armed guard for the most
Of this time, and yet the Ghost eludeS
them, and passes into tue building either
through The door. or The windows IS may
suit his fancy. a. We have sI.ied, IT re-
gard. not tuIIe's, having hecn repeatedly
fred al without effect, with the muzzlcs
ef The guns almost touching ITS breast.
Amid storm of balls tie Ghost walks a.
bout as uncOnrernediy as If there were no
other person beside himself in the world,
visits all paris Of the house, and when he
is satisfied, walks away. His ghostsh.P,
il appears, is not above handling csrnal
weapons, for on Monday or Tuesday
night Of last week. Miss Ghompkins,
an inmate of the house, fred twice at him
with pistol, and tie fire was returned,
Miss +. being struck in The forehead with
the ball from his weapon, bui not much
hurt. His ghoslship has been seen by
numbers beside Nr, Moon and his family
nearly all OF. whom have had ,hol at
him, but Intellectually he is described
as a large man well dressed and black.
Our last bulletin from the scene Of the
perambulalons Of this visitor from the
spirit land was up to Wednesday night.
The neighbUrhood was then IN bigh
state Of excitement, and the house Of Mr.
Moon was guarded inside and out by
dozen or more armed men who had deter
mined to capture the Ghost al all hazards.
Whether they have succeeded we are
not prepared 10 say.
LATEST FROM TIE GHosT- The Char.
IouesvlIIe Chronicle Of Nov. 5lh, Las the
following. The excilementis increasing.
1t says
The remarkable visits TO the house Of
John s. Moon, Esq, near Scollsvil!e, are
still going on. Sunday night, the power
ful light SO frequently seen flooded he
passage Of The house, and was subsequent
Iy seen from the upper windows Lighting
up the night. These visits have beer
going on now for four monthS. The
house has been entered certainly ten or
fifteen lines, and probably much oiIener.
For the first two months the visits aver
aged once in ten days; for the last two
months, they have averaged several times
week. Mr.. Moons house has been
guarded now for, perhaps, a month, but II
seems impossible to capture the mysie
rious strangers, who enter the house night
in tie midst Of the circle OF pickeis. The
parties GIis supposed there are three Of
them carry false keys, and open out
doors and in doors; they have also sbrrll
whistle which has been repeatedly heard;
and they have a very remarkable lantern
which is often seen.