The Montana post., 1868-03-07

laffA fCHAf1kR ON Et4AoSTs.--Ehere 0rt
good old time beliefs in the supernatural: who
sneer at the well authenticated facts that goblins
damned and spirits i'll at ease beyond the gray and
gmpses Of the moon, and exercise their perturbed
spirits In the witchng hours Of night to the annoy
snce OF even sedsts awelleFs % eaFfh the intense
horror ofall people who have nervss ard the indie
scrioable terror Of lone sleeping ehildrsn and an
cient maidens- II would be useless 10 combat such
Ridiculous stupidity. They had ghosts in the days
Of Saul; witches in the land OF Macbeth and the
| Puritans; spooks when certain people we all know
were being trotted the knees Of spectaced gran
dams and there is no good reason why we shouldn az
have rhem now.T Even Andrew .Johpeou has not
declared they are unconstitutional Although they
are kind of reconstructed representatives of peo-
| pie But we have better evidence Ghosts have
been seen, here in Virginia City, frequently, and
within the last forty hours Owing to the fact
oft being Lent they now mortify the hesh and aP.
pear in their bones although we make no bones Of
relating the mortifying fact. 1t is enthusiastically
proven that six feet OF solid ground won't Keep
win :. the sings and arrows Of Outrageous Fortune"
| keep down the spirits of live one. Our present
ghost has its headquarters at recently abandoned
tenement house Cover street in the Fourth Ward.
We have not space TO relate the many and wonder
full occurrences that have recently transpired there
except what occurred on Monday night, and it is
certainly Withouf a parallel in the annals of the SUI
Pernatursl At the exact hour when graveyards
yswn, the spirit, clad in white muslin cheap at
20 cents yard appeared in or near the door Of the
house fired four shots from Colts revolver, and
mmsdhtclyT was Invisible Thb we have from
Ralph Bradley who was passing at the time. The
fact that he kept right 10 Wisconsin creek, made
the best time record and lost fifteen pounds fash
in twelve hours. does not damage the statement.fA
hundred good citizens sprang from hundred beds;
and hundred pairs Of knees in fnli Highland cos.
tune shook with the hrst chili breath of March,
Officers Williams and Ptomy rushed to the vicinity,
and ignorant of the cause of alarm, entered the
cabin Of an irreproachable young man named Will
liam Deascy, and attempted to arrest him The
charge Of disturbing the peace. William however
WI n bed. and he fact of mis-
boots on by saying he liked them boots and al
ways slept with them" Satisfied that he iuno-
cent as man could be, they consulted and conclu-
ded that as the shots were fred from Colt" they
would likely ascertain something about il at Cul-
yer's Horse Stable and then would report to the
Mayor Entering the sleeping apartment they ar
rested three apparently nice young a there
are anywhere. Namely, as Acknowledgements w.
Hurst City Marshal George Hynson. the man
that can hgure ont more sbstruse problems than
Barnum's tightening Calculator and John Culver.
Alderman. These men, although tax payers were
sIres:ed- They asked 'on what charger For
dischargng apistol They then set up the plea that
they should be discharged too This the relentless
myrmidions Of law refused. The officers said they
could produce fifty men who would swear they
heard the shots fired The prisoners offered to pro-
duce twice that number who would swear they did |
not hear aay shots fired and the monsters still re-
fused TO release them. although the prisoners stood
treat. On examination their revOlyers were found
with empty barrels bat as they make practice of
emptyiDg barrels, no importance attached 70 |
the matter George Hynson then offered II they |
would release them from arrest that they might |
have rest they would come mp to Court in the \
morning and prove an aLibi that they had not been
in town for month Williams said that se /
bye George" They then seized on their clothing, |
but ascertainng there money in the pockets,
generously restored all but pair of shirts and ta
king the ball Of the only bucket on the premises
departed There is not doubt that the pistol fr-
ing was the work of spirits, and these unusual ar
ssid Hurst and Culver win haVe Wris Of quo war
ranto taken out against the officers TO kpSw why
they retain possession of the shirts soon as the
Muniy giving il as his opinion thst "only one Of
them things could be got out az time Desscey and
Hynson sent memorial to the City Council stating
hat unless two more efficient policemen were put
Dn the Fourth Ward they could not longer remain !
n IL, and would probably leave the city. The |
Council at once unanimously decided not to put on
my other police, and will be happy to receive
1ther memorials. There conflicting rumOrs
l1Oat-some say Fourth Ward property is going
iOWn. Others that ''the whole Ward 70 gOue up. /
\ ~ -. From Tn ursdsyis Tri-weekIy.0 |,
ANOTHER FATAL AccIDENT-A terri
Die and fatal accident occurred yesterday in the
miner, and Hugh t. Patton were working IN a I
lnft opening Blake g. Co.'S bed rock fume and
tIS lst as they wers S quitting for the day having
ng, the top caved, breaking down a set and a half
Z umbers and filling up some feet of the
nit was struc on the arm with piece Of smiling
nd kuocked backward, just escaping the falling
arth. Daytwss next TO the face. Patton thought |
e was suueh Win tne cap ana terereiy injured II
OF killed. The ground here about 30 feet Deep
ad all been worked over and came down ike
uick sand The drift is in about 120 feet. Patton
ot out, gave the alarm, and half dozen
rifters at once went in to reach the bu ried man.
lille hundreds Of friends and citizens crowded
bout the mouth of the drft, inquiring anxiously
ne result of their labors- The men worked un-
saSingly and strained every nerve to reach him |
oping against hope that he might be rescued. At Z
alf past eleven last night they reached him. but .
was quite dead had evidently died almost in n
anty. Ihe body was in a crouching position, B
lie breast and shoulders bruised and the pick had
1tirely crushed the skull above the left ear. Mr.
ay was aged about So and SINGLE HIS people, e
ghly respectable. reside in Shullsburg, Wiscon il
n He came 20 Colorado in 80 thence to Califor- 81
a, and came to Montana in 65 since which time a
has mined in this gulch and had acquired we b
e informed, a competence. He was very highly Ie
teemed by a large circle of friends and his un- L
nelly death is sincerely mouTued. DIR. Cornell | n
's summoned cOronsr's jury at o'clock this f
oruing. NJ j. -..lIl[I 10. VI il
ADDRESS By THE GovERNoR.-TheT n.
lowing correspondence explains itself The y
ocessiOn Of the Brotherhood will be formed in "a
evada and march to Virginia, where the address ~
III be delivered al time and place TO be herea -
designated: m an
, HIS E1osteney Green Clay Snih, Goveynor of Al
The undersigned COMMITTEES appointed bv tbe "a -
mnett Circle. B, of Nevada. most respectfully x-
quest you TO deliver address before the mem. %,
rs of said Circle on the 18th day of March A u ~
6s, at Virginia City. ~
JIM RYAN, IN
McEvILY, nv
Virginia City, March I'd. Ices. w "
ra.~H- .r vRsrIA CITY. MFR 70
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