Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-11-07

RSDAY, NOVEMBER :
A GHOST SENSATION.
a Most Wonderful story of Supcrnatu
ra1 Visttattons-lmpvtnt of u Hand
Itepniri"g by a Ghost-A Frci%S,
Train Rum Through Invisible SmSvv
From tho st. Paul Pioneer.
RANDALL STATION ACCIDENT.
Our readers will all remember the
terrible accident which took place in a
binding snow storm at Randall Sta
tlon, on the main line of the s. Paul
and Pacific Road, in March last. which
caused the death of several persons.
Among the victims of that terrible nc
cldent was section foremen named
Connelly. This man was very much
great pride in keeping everytllingright
ana tidy, as lar as his supervision ex-
tended. Although his station was 10.
Gated, at that time, in a sparsely set
tied section of the country-on a tree
less waste, so to speak, where especial
~ there was nothing to break the force
OF the wind which at times swept over
the bleak prairies with the force of a
hurricane, yet SO great was Connelly's
attachment to his section that he re.
fused several more lucrative positions
which were offered to him.
| THE DEAD MANS SUCCESSOR.
Upon his death by the accident above
referred to, the Randall Station was
gwen to another man, whose name is
Connolly. The latter has been en-
Ployed on the road for long time, and
is known to be a sober, Industrious.
and intelligent man, enc in whose fideli.
ty the company has the most implicit
confidence, and the last man, almost.
that any one who knows him would
suspect OF being tinctured in the slight
est degree with superstitious notions,
For some time after assuming charge of
the division everything went along
satisfactorily. This state of things wa9
not to last, however. For some time
past Mr.. Connolly has complained that
he could not sleep nights! He AYERS
that he is visited at all hours of the
night by the
APPARIT1oN OF HIS DEAD PREDECESSOR.
The ghostly form appears at his bed.
side, and vainly endeavors to tell tale
by unealthly motions, at times apparent
" entneating and anon with every ap.
pearance of anger and revenge. Sew
eral times Mr.. Connolly has been
thrown from his bed with great vio-
lence, and his arms and other portions
Of his body show the marks of rough
handling. The imprint of hand and
tinger-nails are plainly visible, which
he asserts have been left there ,v hia
ghostly visitor. To such an extent has
this most mysterious visitation been
carried, that Mr.. Connolly has petit
TONED to be removed to another Sec
tlon, or granted permission to erect
another house on a different portion of
tho section. He says it is not only
these visitations which disturb him.
but
THE SPIRIT OF THE DEAD NAN
prevents him from performing his dn-
ties, both day and. night. He has seen
the awaful spectacle in the daytime
while at his labors, and the shadow
form has, by unmistakable motions, or.
dered him away.
For a long time Mr.. Connolly re-
Trained from mentioning anything
about these mysterious appearances.
knowing that he would not be belleved'
and in all probability would be laugh
ed at, but for an occurrence Which took
place a short time ago.
One evening as the labors of the dav
had closed, and Mr.. Connolly and the
men under his charge were eating their
supper, the door of the house opened
noislessly. and in the doorway, in the
full gaze of all who were present, :: :. -. -.
STOOD THE AWFUL APPARrr1oN
of the dead man. The shadow re-.
mained long enough to make q
number of demonstrations of q re-
vengeful character, and then disap.
peared, apparently melting into space.
An awful feeling of terror fell upon
that small party of men, and for time
they were speechless, gazing into each
others faces with eyes distended with
horror. They were not men easily
frightened, and some Of them had
looked death in the face without finch.
ing. But this
UNEARTHLY SUPERNATURAL v1sITAT1oN
which was recognized ut once by all as
the spirit of the man they had all well
known while living, was more than
they could stand. When their moment.
ary terror had subsidized they commence
ed in awe-stricken tones to tell each
other what they had seen. It was then
that MIR. Connolly related his expe.
rience, and it is needless to say he was
not laughed at or disbelieved.. The
sight had been too real and too palpa-
ble to all to admit of dispute. Thev
had seen the veritable ghost of their
former fellow.workman.
Since that time they have been
MANY MYSTERIOUS OCCURRENCES
taking place at that lonely station on
the prairie. Several tools, which are
known to have been put away, are
missing, and various other things have
taken place to hinder Mr.. Connolly and
his crew of men from performing their
work.
Nor is this all. The engineer on one
of the freight trains AYERS that several
times he has seen the apparition in the
night engaged to work upon the track,
the same as when the dead man was
living. At ono time it will be engaged
with a crowbar, raising the rails, and
making motions as though giving direc-
tions to a gang Of men.
DANGER-UNEARTuLY SNOW.
Again he has seen it standing upon
the track in advance of his engine, with
both arms stretched out as if to give
warning of danger ahead, and the en-
gineer says that at such times his en-
CINE acts as if plowing it's way through
drifting snow, and although he pulls
his engine "wide open," the speed of
the train is sensibly decreased until it
reaches certain point, when it will
plunge ahead as though just relieved
from some obstruction.
OFFICIALS OF THE ROAD NOTIFIED.
We understand that these most mys-
terious doings have been reported to
the officials, but they, of course, are
inclined to doubt the truth of the state
ments; but SO serious has the matter
become that steps have been taken to
have some of the employees of the road
stay ut the station house u number of
nights and have thn mnttnr tI,OrOnrh1v