Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-08-14
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kIrTEBIoUs AFFAIR IN cUxRU TowEsnP-
lsToNsEs AND CLUBS THRowN BIZ INVISIBLE
AGENCY. II SIS
Borks County is prolific excitemouis, which are
always promptly asizSd upon by the Reading
Eagle, aud sent TO the outside world. TIE latest
is Of rather supernatual character, and according
to the Eagle Of Saturday, is az follows
A'mSstbrious affair has transpired In Cumfn
township, about miles from this city, during the
| past week, which has caused considerable excite
ment and great dcst Of speculation In the neigh
bOrhOOd. The following rs plain statement OF
| thH ocepTenee4 II id / H.
-Od Taesday last Mrs. Daniel White, her daugh-
Ter Susan White, and Mary AaIlE went . aetrlP
of woodland, on the farm OfMF VIVA shout
three-qusrteTs Of mile from kohl's mill, for
lhuoklebefneS. TheS Nbfs thSre but short time
Chen they were startled BY stones and clubs
%IE: sS%E tSfSMS %StS o 6 Ss s'SS C M
| also saw number of stones AylnR Ground ~ u
tfroWn. On Wednesday the family returned to
1 the sameplaoe to reconnoiteT, when TO their
sJrprise, some more stones were thrown. The
mlssilis were not always harmlcss, as Mrs. White
was struck severely al tie back, and Niss White
1 was hurts badly in the side by a stone a. TO
cause black Pnd blue mark. Miss HArtz did
not receive any injury, but she saw something like
/ an elf shooting through the bushes and telt II
funninR between her legs.
| Mr.. White was againa witness 70 The throwing.
and he declares that be saw moro than hundred
missiles Aylng in the cir, (suPpossd by souc 10
| nave Oeep eli-shots, arrow heAua OF MINT hnOt "
GItsl No persons could be seen In the woods, the
family were amazed, ana that night this fact Of
the mysterOOs throwing reached the ears OF the
neighbor. The following day Thursday II Of
them collected TO investigate affairs and ferret out
the 'spook." Arrying at the huckleberry patch.
a Very lonely spot covered with very close and
i thickly growing bushes. the party formed q
circle around It, and four of the ladies' Mrs. White,
Susan White, Mrs. Marks and Cathanne Good
ware direct to enter the place, welt antil they
should see the elfarTows, and then give immedi
! ate specific directions from What dirOction they
| came. They were in the bushes but very Ahorl
| time When the missiles Commenced Tying, ap-
Parentg from spot about 20 feet square The
| pAacB Gas at one surrounded aud four the braVest
men with batod breath and about four feet apart
proceeded to pass through the spot. Ere they
had come out at the other end the strange mssileS
com nenced flying fFoua AnotheE airsetton, Which
| place they also examined, though sOme OF them
especially the ladies became by that time so much
heightened that they could hardly breathe, and
their hearts thumped ana beat like trip hammers
I Nothing however, could be discovered, excepting
the flying stones and clubs, the latter supposed tC
be the full elT-aFrows the stones merely the ATroN
heads. Ii has been remarked by q few persons
that the Invisible agents are not ellis, but really
ohOuts, who, 1t is said, prey upon human bodies
that they we're throwing stones and clubs with
view to the killing Of the persons who entered th'
| woods. T-tt'
The affair will be still further investigated.