The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-03-19

a BTwtI'nrd thtnt y-H",se. Cow,
Dog and Cat hiIIed-A Man Mar.
r"w'y Escapes wIIh hiss Life.
Tue locality OF the coucurreuces re-
lated below 10y a correspondent of tle
Salem Times - a valley in Roanoke
county about three miles from Salem,
called The Bend"
As we stood sdmlrlng the beautiful
scrLery induIglng "reminiscences Of the
past, repeating the "sweet sprits" which
we're zen recalled To- us, our attention
WAS d reUted 10 the coming OF a maB on
horseback, nis pockets turned wrOng
-.de out, and with loud, clear voice
mtkIug the hills resound TO the tune OF
'Oi Hundred" " Upon his arrival we
iqured into the cause Of his peculiar
appearance, when excitedly he told Tie
10 ward of the witches, and for Goa :
sake tempt not the valley, for lower
down lhey had possessed entire tami.
lies, and all the powers could not expel
Inem,
D.-regardng, however, the kindly
cIuuon- given bv our rnio-m ant (Sho
pvj i-nl.y nti Ins.jIlei int am the pI.
rttoicd Il p r.t which pervaied MAvs4-
c.u,-t in 1867 we spurred on and
tturi tue mas savings u be bat to .
lrl-, a. witness the Fl 81 object Intt met
our ,ze.
Mr. Hypes, with little less clothing
on than served to hide the nakedaess o.
our mother Evt, standing on the top.
most 50u-h % an apple ,ree, praylug 2
most ,arues'ly that the tiends OF hell
night be m .de TO come ont of her
About two nuudred yard farther on, in
dfl-rent irnce Corners, on beaded knees
and wuh loui wallings, Mr.. E lis and
another mau were iOund begging tor
,ivene-s tor their sins OF the la-t aud
,-ctpe from tie evil ones which had
taken posses .ion of their neighh"rS.
C,nvinced by these sights there wa
mystery TO br solved, We al oUce pro-
ceeded To the house o. Ellis peighhor
one Mr. Mangu7, and found the cau-e
which had .Iveu rise 10 50 much excite
mept throughout the settlement to have
ORIGINATED ~ tni-: Mangus, on the
fav preyou-, had very sick horse
wr;Ch ne was p oceeilug TO drencn,
when E Is, hapcnmg 10 come by, told
nln TIE HOr-r was nnI sick hut spelled
bv q witch, the which he had power to
"IIurr GU OF MIN.
~ cOHrs- Mtngus was delighted, and
E..:- a . x Commenced with the mum
u.r~ aHi signs 10 effect u cure. These
he continued several hours, the horse
90 the me.rume growing worse aid
ynr-e; hraliy he, 10 despair, informed
VI gI- that silver bullet was the
81 AMI most effective remedy to rld
rue an. m Il Or lt- tOrmentOr QnCk'y
ore VA molIded, puI INTO a rifle and
rir,l At lhe nOr-e, which fell dead -
>upakei AT the result, f lis declared
ne hal seen & come uut aud enter Ine
rDv gnlcn vas 5taHilng III the same
.ari; lhereupJn it, 100, was killed, and
su .cr-siyeIs dJL, ho,, and cat; hul
IJrrloIr IL relate, upon expulsion from
III a.Ima.s Ma gus 'eIt II enter nlm-
-rit. aud was taken suddenly i'll
+ Is Was now seDz'd ty Mangus :
-. : aud securely bound hand aud loot
- ron Ann ,hey swrre they would ex-
,racl with a 81 yer ball the wiic, which
n,,d caused 80 great q calamity 10 be
visited upon them Feeling that h I
nUur mad come, Ellis 80 improve the
,me aurins which the bullet was being
uouIdrc - to persuade and couvnc,
them ,ual % draw u sketch OF hrm anc
H.. the uu,let through II would reclty
a. jnng~, even 10 restoring the dead
.'uai, 10 lite, but IN Oraer to test lie
ir,acy he must be loosed and placed
.n ,r.c woods, 80 mat the witch mlgh'
not ( able u find MIN, but upon ex, n
-ror w,uld be medialely hanished tne
-rulrmcut rLe plan WAS adopted, the
ali Wa fired through his supposed
.arue-s but with unsatisfactory results;
vu-r-1uou immediate searcn vas ma ie
.Jr Z IL, VINO a. mgut have been eN'
a...,d. WAS louud-mis-ipg