Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-09-20
THE HOME OF sPooKs,
Ralr Halsing Tale Of an Old
HOUSE.
MYSTERIOUS KNOCKS AND MOSES.
Uneathly Creams and Strange uanifsst,-
lions Midnight rrolics Of Goblins
A Negro Servants
Experience.

this place are the ruins Of . large house.
Workmen are busy removing brick, and
soon nothing will be left 10 tell that G
house once stood there. The farmer driv.
ing by locks over wonderingly, and the
gentleman "from town" who has been
coming at rapid gait slackens up. aud his
gaze, too, becomes riveted upon the ruin.
OF the old house.
II You are gstrsuSsr in these part, you
will probably begin to wonder what can b
the attraction, and the farmer. driving
along in his ponderous wagon, having In.
vi,ed you to Jump in snd ride" will be
only too glad to tell YOU about "the
haunted house, and at the same time ask
you where you "hail from" not knowing
the history Of the Shosily mansion being
enough to convince him that you are not Q
resident Of the vicinity. You will then be
entertained with hair.raisiny tale OF the
house and
Its Spectral Tenants.
"A man by the name OF McGlory," the
good farmer tells you, owned the place.
He built the finest house in Union county,
il being Of brick and two stories high, with
several roomy apartments. The average
house then was a log cabin, and frame
was great luxury, 10 that the new brick
was the wonder ot the community. Hat
the unfortunate McGlory, who revelled In
all this rural Splendor, Was not happy, and
so one day, at the end Of q stout rope, he
made q leap into eternity, and his corpse.
cold and stin, was cut down in the barn
where il was found. He left q will pro-
viding for the distribution OF the property.
which, II is said, Was iSnoIed by the widow
and by the heirs. lie that as IL may, there
was never any peace in the McGlory man
sion after, and IL became known far and
wide as the haunted house There was
not more famous place in nion county.
Just before aud during the war his ghost.
ship fair y rcyeilsd in
MIGnigLt Froltrs Tn the old Mauston.
No doors could he kept shut nor window
prnes whole To bolt and lock door
against the gEostly visitant would do no
more good thnn To set up q barn door 10
siOp the course OF cyclone. IL would
have taken two ordinary hardware stores
10 keep the upstairs windows In glass, -
the spirits seemed 10 take especial delight
in knocking out window panes,'
The story goes that the upper story Of
the house finally became untensbie. and
the one family who have already occupied
the place were forced TO live on the first
floor.
To add to its terrors mysterious knocks
were heard st intervals, apparently pro-
ceeding from the solid wall the ceiling or
The floor. Hired men could not be found
who would sleep at the house. They had
heard the stories and were afraid. onos .
negro, q stranger in the community, was
employed. He was given the up stAirs
room, where the spooks most delight 10
rerel. The first night nothing happened
TO disturb the negro's slumber. Shortly
after midnight on the second evening Q
Leighbor heard
Terrible Thamping
at the door, and upon opening IL found Q
colored man wearing nothing bat his
trousers, standing at the door trembling
all over and his eyes bulgng out With
fright. He was standing In the snow In
his bare feet and begged 10 be allowed 10
come in. He then related the most terri.
Die tale ever told OF the haunted house."
He said that he had been sle~ping bat .
short time when he heard curious sounds,
TO which he paid no attention. Finally
they became worse. Doors commenced TO
open and shut, and windows rattle. A
pane Of glass cracked 10 pieces without any
visible agent, and he could hear unearthly
groans. Next IL seemed n II q man was
running backward and forward across the
room hauling n huge chain afte. him,
" hich changed and rattle and made the
most dismal and horrible noise imagi ginabls.
Terror stricken. he had pulled the covers
over his head and tried 10 shut out the
awful nOie. Suddenly there was q cold
blast OF wind snd the bsdclothes were
" whsked of and landed in the middle cf
the room. lie grabbed his trousers and
broke down the stairs, making the whole
fight a. two jumps the goblins set.
sirP up
4 Di.DnI and sepsJcisSHl Laugh
over his retreat, srd apparently indulging
iu war dHnc".
The n.ighbor took the fellow In and hs
1T by the Gro The rest OF the night The
next morning he could not even be induced
10 enter the house 10 get his clothing. and
!, was sent 10 him. The pooT fellow I'M
msdiately left the neighborhood, saying
rhst he could not stsy around place in.
l. habibd by demons. The inG;stes OF the
/ uuse claimed they besrd noth!3s bat the
ordinations OF the frightened aegto and
his hIrrisd tumbling down the Stairs, re-
tbst he must have heen dreaming.
up stairs. ard II was poiptsd out from the
road. The windows Ia this room were
broken, and tbero we're no curtains, while
the other windows were intact, and tasty
cur'sins could be seen before them. A
young school teacher, who had taken the
winter school" closs by, ofisrsd 70 slssp
in the room one night and was granted the
privilege. He vent 10 bed, he said, With .
arm belief that Il wn oil nonsense. and
soon was slumbering.
Ho Wa Awakened
by the door, which he had shut, opening
with bang. He got mp and closed II. but
WAS no sooner In bed than II asw open
sgain. A third time ne shut II, and placed
q chair before IL 70 l0ld II shut. He hsd
scarcely crauled in bed again until the
chair tum blsd across the room snd the door
few violently open. Arising. he struck .
match and lighted . candle. but the wick
was barely ablszs when u Was mystsrious.
light Ii, he agsin laid dosn and left the
door opsn. Al u resentiny this lack Of st.
tention. IL slammed shut and couunusd
until morning 70 bang 10 and fro ct ~
pleaslre, while the walls creaksd a1d
grosnsd and slrange rumbiing wss hoard
undos The bed. The ssLoolmastsr wss pot.
se.. I'd Of Q great deai Of courage sed as
detsrIninsd 70 stsy the night out aud solve
tho nystsry II be oonld. Wbsu the rnmb,
ling wn heard uno1f Dis coucp, peing ube.
bis TO get . light. hs csswied under eo1
csmmenosd 70 fssl arospd. He laid hia
Aand on
ssns4hisg Gold. Leg asa SnsSsh,
which seemed tsr eli the weird iiks the
face OF corpse. IL vss In FitchJ dark.
ness; ls could not - thing. snd Sith {
cold, slsmny sweat on bis bros. he quiet.
ly backed out and sflsied into bed, wbers
he remained aWsts hstening v The dis
cord OF nolIss until daylight.
Bot the old harTscks have gone nor.
and the "oldsst inhshitanta IN yeAss "a
come win simply poiat eut The plsos n
the location a the haantsd house.
Death sf sa Es.4sesssaSy % the nsv1
HAEryoss, Coxs., esptsmbef i9.-Hoo
Wtp. Faxon, Assistant Secretary q W
Navy under Gideon WslIss, died suddsniy
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