, 1877-07-21
sVPERRViElN PHENOMENA.
HOUSE, IT MARTINS FERRY, OHIO, POSSESSED
OF SPIRITS.

HOUSE IT NARrINS s FERRY, OHIO. POSSESSED
OF SPIRITS.
\ very curious phencmenon hes Just oc.
cEfred IN this community The scene OF
action Is about five miles IN the country back
of town, on a main road leading to Cadiz, at
the house of NJ Wm. McComas, a wealthy
farmer The community around Mr. Nc
Couas' sIe almost ali triends-QuaSers-
aud are not IN the habit Of producing sudden
ezcitements, hence their reports, togetle
with those Of well-known citizens of this
, place and Wheeling, stamp it with truth
About uinc o'clock Monday morning Mrs.
/ NcComas heard = noise IN the pantry, and
I on going Ia 20 learn the cause was surprised
( TO see almost everything there falling from
( the shelves 20 the floor, and On replacing
some cans Of fruit saw they would not stay.
/ but reeled abou; and fell to the flOo-. Being
( alarmed, She az once went and called the men
/ from the fields where they were at work.
On coming into the house they were struck
with amazement with what was going on
The nelghbors were sent for, many Of whom
came at once and saw sights such as to throw
the most advanced spTitGalistS far IN the
shade The cooking stove moved from one
side Of the room 10 the other 4 large piano
weighing about SOC pounds, moved ont from
the wah half way across the parlor. Two
clocks. stationary upon mantels, fell off upon
their faces IN the tooC. They were replac-
ed and did rot stop running, nor were they
injured \ feather bed IN one of the lower
rooms raised itself high Oft the beadstead
and rested On the floor, while feather bed
Up stars vas carried from one room through
another, down stars. and rested ON the hall
Hoor. Pots filled with water were thrown
oil the Stove. \ sewing machinewas thrown
almost across the room AID rested upside
down Several large Jars, containing buffers
of different kinds and weighing about forty
pounds, were turned upside down, and on be-
ing hastily hilad by the almost frantic peO-
PIE, were placed IN a tub. where they re-
NAMED bus a moment, when they raised
themselves ont, enpJyIng out their contents.
\ tea canister, filed with tea, moved across
the room IN such = position as to empty it.
self and cover the floor with the tea as a
farmer would cover the ground with gTains
the drawers from the bMe2 would slowly
move from their place out into the middle Of
the room; Several large hams were repeated
u thrown from thehUoEs to the tioor; books
from the tables and bookcase were thrown
al alpHJ the room. and, IN fact, everything
movable was during tie day thrown out q
place While the strange scene was trans
puing the Eeighbors were Hccking in and
passers-by were filing up the house. More
Uhan one hundred saw the affair, and all
speak Of it as something UHheard Of before.
j part Of the things in the pantry had in
lie III, aljiine a55,i replaced by 3lrs Nc
Comas, and while yet there explaining TO
party ot noighbocs everything she had re-
placed came tumbling down upcn their
ends. 4 batch Of eight newly baked lOaves
81 bread were torn INTO hundreds Of pieces
and CTS. about the room, several pieces OF
which were gathered up and sent to friends
The phenomena lasted all day Monday W.
I'll nighf was quiet throughout the night,
but commenced action again early Tuesday
morning and ceased about noon. Hundreds
# people baye and are sill visiting the scene
Of excitement Hacks are running from
Bridgeport ont to-day. The question in our
excited aeigsborlood H., what Is II,
Or. !. II. Todd iwellkno in Pittsburgh,
o. Br- g2port, vent cut, and after 4 Gaze
fsI ezas,.,aaJlon of al details and evidences
reports If asa mysterious ani unaceountsble
t-uth.-Pf.sBUg G,t-ete.