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Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-20

The employees of the brewing estab-
lishment Of Junk & Co.. in Eastern Free
man avenue, says the Commercial Ga
Zette, Cincinnati, o., are much exer-
'cised over the appearance of a spirit
which is a nightly visitor about the
place. About two months ago a fireman
at the brewery, Julius Suffer-, was so
badly scalded that he diea the following
day. The bottom of Il large steam YES
sci in the boiler rooms gave way and
the hot water and steam made short
work of the fireman. He was taken
from the boiler rooms and seated on a
flight of steps in an adjoining
room until he could be taken to his
home. Ever since his death it has been
rumored about the locality hat he may
be seen any night seated just in the
same position as when taken from the
room to be brought to his home. So
great is the faith placed in these stories
that but a few of the employees can be in
duced to visit that portion of the estab-
lishment in which it is claimed Suffer-
u be seen any night between IL and
i o'clock. The last persons to see the
spirit of the dead man are the engineer,
George Galbreath, and the fireman,
Frank Stumpf. Both men are compar-
atively well educated. They cannot be
shaken in their belief. 1t was last Sun
day that Galbreath a into the spirit
of Suffer seated on the steps referred to.
He spoke to it, and when he reached
out ty place his haed upon the spirits
shoulder it disappeared. Stumpf had
a slmiIar experience the following
night. The affair is the talk of the
neighborhood, which is thickly settled,
most of the buildings about the brewery
being large ~tenements, crowded from
tor tn b0ttOm.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-20
She Knew.

A Methodist Sunday school teacher in
Berea, where Eli Perkins was billed to
lecture under the auspices of Baldwin
university, was examining his Sunday
school class. Among others he asked
his class the question: "What did
Samuel say to Elf" No answer was
given for a moment; then a sweet little
girl spoke up and said: II know"
"Well," said the teacher, ''What did
Samuel say?" He said, Get there
Flip" was the prompt reply.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-20
An Electric Ghost.

Twenty miles southeast of Frankfort,
Kan, says the Kansas City journal, on
a small stream known as Goa Creek. is
n house, the owner of which will give a
span of mules valued at $500 to any per-
son or persons who will remain in it
during q single night. Several people
have already tried to win this reward,
but the mules still remain in their
owners stable, where they are likely to
stop for some time to come. This APP
~parently generous offer is made by j.
H. Ellis, who purchased the property
about five years ago, and who has lived
on it ever since. His family consists of
himself and wife and two children, a
hired man and q hired girl. They all
sleep in the same room. He says he
doesn't think the house is haunted, but
that the peculiar things hat occur
there are the result of natural causes.
The manifestations occur only in one
room, the other apartments being not
affected. Mr.. Ellis thinks that gases
from the earth, which come up through
crevices and have the appearance of
balls of fire, are responsible for the
queer things seen and heard in the
dwelling.
Several Of those who had attempted
to put in a night in the building were
SClLCu ny oohlO uiihIlo"h aSChSi ~
''tired' bodily up against the wall with
great force or roughly tossed out of the
door into the hall.
A party composed of Fl. S. Award, of
Kansas City, w. H. Wilson, of Frank
fort, Kan, w. J. Granger, of C~entralia,
w. ]. Gregg, Ed Healy and Ed Dona-
hue, of Frankfort, several days ago
visited the house with the intention of
thoroughly investigating the mystery.
There was nothing in the room in
which they were to stop at night to in
dictate that there was any cOntrivance
for the manipulation of hidden batter
les or working tricks of iugglery. For
a couple of hours in the evening every
thing went we'll with the party and
they enjoyed themselves playing cards
and smoking. Suddenly, however, the
party was scattered by some unseen and
terrific force. Alvord leaped out a win
dow and Healy followed him. The other
members were hurled in the direction
of the door, out of which they rushed
with such speed that several forgot the
stairs were so close at hand, and rolled
down them. A wild, piercing scream,
balls of fire and flashes of zigzag light
ming were what the terrified lnvesti-
gators saw and heard. They all received
a terrible electric shock in addition to
their scare and rough handling. They
carried their Investigations no further
that night, and the next morning re-
turned to their homes, as much in ig-
nOrance as ever as to the cause Of the
mysterious manifestations.
In the room in which these strange
things are seen a woman by the name
of Almira Lewis was murdered or, as
some think, committed suicide, about
sixteen years ago. Whether Almira's
ghost has anything to do with the weird
performances is not known at present,
and there are none living in the neigh
borhoOd that are anxious to find out il
they have to obtain the information by
spending a night in the noisy room.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-20

There is a religious sect in Illinois which
worships a woman Any .bashful lover knows
that there are thousands of men throughout
the country qualified for membership.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-20
S. w. Corner 18TH and Douglas st.

work. When a young man he met tho
poet Poe and submitted q poem for his
pcrusal. The author of 1.-THE Raven"
happened to be in one of his unfortu-
nate moods and roundly accused the
young bard of willful and premeditated
plagiarism. When he discovered his
unjust accusation he sent for Stoddard,
and from that time they were friends.
Mr.. Stoddard is considered by many q
severe critic, but he says his aim is to
be just and tell the truth. The "chromo
literary" set, that turns out namby-
pamby books, never meets with any
recognition from him whatever. One
of his most ardent admirers is John
Boyle O'Reilly, who never visits the
city without seeing or asking about the
grand old t~roubadour" as he calls him.
Pretty Story of the Crown Prince.
So little of what is favorable is heard
about the crown prince OF Germany,
says the Pail Mall Gazette, that the fol-
lowing little incident, published by a
German contemporary, will be read
with interest and pleasure: The other
day the crown prince was coming back
al the head of a regiment of soldiers
from drill in the well-known Tempel-
hofer field outside Berlin. At one of
the street corners, where a crowd had
collected to salute HIM, a man OF gil
gantic figure left his brewers cart to
come aud salute the Crown Prince Will
helm. Before the latter had come up
to where he stood he took off his cap
and shouted his salutation with the
rest. The crown prince had no sooner
noticed the tall figure in the leather
apron than he rode up to the man and
shook his hands with a hearty Good
morning, 1abbert. How are you, old
friend?" After a gracious invitation to
the delighted brewer to ''come and see
him some time" the crown prince rode
cheers of the crowd. 1t appears that
the brewer had served as a soldier in
the imperial body guard and IS such
had been the ordnance officer of the
Grown Prince Wilhelm.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-20
supposed to be Haunted.

The Savannah (Ga.) News says: In
t%erranean disturbances have been no.
ticed for some time in the vicinity Of the
house Of p. l.. Wise. The shaking Of
the earth still continues, and has been
supplemented recently by loud reports
like cannon crackers, after which there
is a strong smell of sulphur. The phe-
nomenon was witnessed on Tuesday by
a number of persons, and Mr.. Wise has
locked up his house and moved away,
bag and baggage. The disturbances
are not experienced elsewhere in the
country. The superstitious people in
that vicinity believe that spirits are
making the disturbances, and will not
go near the house.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-20
A Dream FULFILLED.

A Columbus (O.l dispatch to the New
York Sun says: A. f. McNeal, u we'll
known citizen of Rawson, died recently
after a short illness, and now comes a
weird story connected with this fact,
which is as fully authenticated as his
death. On the night of the 2Sth of
dreamed a dream" that he died and
went to heaven. In his dream the late
of his death, April 70, was firmly fixed
upon his mind. In 1.-The beautiful city,
whose maker and builder is God, he
dreamed that he met Mr.. Mahlon Po-
yenmire, of Ada, an old acquaintance
and friend, and asked him when he had
died and come TO the eternal world a
week before. There were other strIk-
ing circumstances in the dream, equally
Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-20

MS Oe0 utteriuB Jut snTI6hS WHICH nd0
disturbed his fellow inmates.
No persuasion on the part of the on
cials could induce the trembling Hun to
return 10 the ghostly chamber, and OF
the first signs OF compulsion he again
walked the echoes with his cries. An
other cell was opened and he gladly ac-
cepted a place on the stone floor, pre-
ferring the company of its two living
inmates to that Of his would-be special
bedfellow. A released prisoner states
that the occupants Of that particular
row of cells, heretofore considered the
aristocracy Of the Jail, now spend the
critical hours Of the night in the repe-
titiou of prayers and lamentations. min
gled with an interchange of mutually
encouraging words.
A Strange spectral Ghost.
For the last week rumors have reached
town to the effect that a ghost could be
seen suspended from the identical tree
upon which Red Page had been hanged,
says the Madisonville (Tex.) Watch
man. Several parties reported that on
riding along the road, which runs with
in twenty PAGES of the tree on which
Page was hanged, they had Q hang
ing in midair, a ghost-like figure OF
least eight feet in length, and which
emitted a pale, s~ilvery light. 1t created
such an excitement that a crowd was
made up. headed by Sheriff FIN. Black,
to go down aud investigate.
Accordingly, at 9 o'clock that night
a crowd of about tw enty-five proceeded
to the place where the goblin material
lied. They rode forward and there
stood the tree upon which Page had
paid the last great penalty, but no
ghost, goblin or anything else was to be
seen. Just then some one happened to
look toward the tree. An exclamation
of surprise and horror broke from his
lips. For there, not twenty steps dis
tant hung the ghostly object.
A feeling of horror pervaded the
crowd. The blood ran chill and cold in
their veins. With blanched faces they
stood aghast. No one dared to move.
Each seemed glued to his saddle with
out the power of moving or speaning,
for all recognized at once hat they
we're in the presence of something
dreadful and mysterious, and which was
beyond the ken of mortal man. 1t
| seemed to be composed of a q grayish
white substance and was surrounded by
a faint, pale mysterious light. 1t APP
| peared to be about eight fee in length,
| with a long, skinny, shriveled neck, its
face could not be seen distinctly.
After viewing the unearthly object
| for some minutes the crowd rode Off a
| few hundred yards and a consultation
was held as to what steps should be
| taken. OF all that crowd there was not
one who would approach it, for all were
satisfied that it was not of this earth,
and no one present was anxious of form
ing n more intimate acquaintance with
| the weird visitor from the great I'M
known. The crown returned to town
| without investigating further.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-20

as strange, and the next morning, when
McNoal awoke, he reduced the details
to writing.
He was then in excellent health. His
wife found the manuscript q few days
after it was written, and it worried the
good woman a great deal, but she said
nothing to her husband concerning it.
Yesterday, April 20, McNeal died, while
Povenmire joined the silent majority
one week ago yesterday.
The case is a remarkable one, but it
can not be laughed down, for every
word of ii is true, and the substance of
McNeal's dream is in manuscript, just
as he wrote IL three months ago. 1t is
all the talk in Hancock county.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-20
No Ghosts, but Burglars.

A Wichita, Kan, special to the st.
Louis Globe, says: For some time there
have been rumors of the periodical APP
pearance of a ghost on an island in the
river in the south part of town. Several
witnesses said they had seen and heard
the visions, and no one could explain
the mystery till this morning, when the
blabbing of a prisoner now in Jail led to
an investiuation. Two officers visited
the island, and on removing some
freshly turned earth found a complete
set of burglar tools, five dark lanterns
and some stolen goods. In another spot
they found a long white robe, evidently
that ghosts apparel, and a number of
wigs and DISCUSSES. From what has
been gathered it is believed that Curry,
the prisoner who blabbed, is n member
of a gang Of thieves operating this sec
ton, and the officers say arrests may be
looked for any time.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-20
The Grand old Troubadour.

Richard Henry Stoddard, the venera-
BILE gray-haired poet, whose songs in the
autumn of life have all the mellow
beauty of his ripened genius, is gentle
and generous almost to a fault. He
goes the even tenor of his way from day
to day, says the New York Press, and
for one so far advanced in years he does
an extraordinary amount Of literary
Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-20
An Unlucky House.

A N~ewburg IN. W dispatch says:
Edward -. Kinsley, a wealthy gentle
man, was found dead in his bed yester-
day, at his home. rear West Point. He
was sixty-seven years OF age. MI. Kins-
ley was a brother-in-law of Senator
Chandler. At the time of Mr.. Kinsley's
death his wife was absent from home
visiting in New Hampshire. He was
worth owe 81 900 900, owning hundreds
of acres of valuable land adjoining the
government reservation and extending
from the river fully a mile into the
country. Mr.. Kinsley.resided in alarge
mansion on the bluff overlooking the
river, midway between Highland Falls
+ by his father years ago, and used as an
adjunct at that time to the military
academy. The rooms are filed with
guns and military paraphernalia to this
day. There seems to be a fatality
about the place. Those who reside in.
it are aver permitted to die sur
rounded by friends. Mr.. Kinsley's
father was thrown from a horse and
killed. His mother was found sitting
dead in u chair. Two sisters were
burned to death In the Henry Clay dis
aster, IA third sister vas killed by u run
away horse, IN an aged employee was
killed in the fields by a runaway Ok
team, and another was struck dead a
few years since by a stroke of lightning
from a cloudless sky. Mr.. Kinsley was
a graduate of Yale and "A lawyer by pro-
f~ession. He owned, besides his Orange
county property, large copper mines in
the Lake Superior region, a hotel st
Saratoga and two in Florida. He leaves
no children and no relatives except his
wife,
Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-20
Scared by a Murderer's Ghost.

A Wilkesbarre tPa.) dispatch to the
Pittsburg Times says: Every inmate of
the Jail was awakened at midnight re-
Gently by a piercing shrek. The night
Waterman hurriedly made the rounds,
and found a Hungarian, who occupied
the cell which was the last abode of
Adam VOlkavitch, the executed MUIR
derer, crouching in a corner. With
many distrustful Chances around the
narrow cell, he told the following
strange story:
Aroused by some unknown cause from
a slumber, he had a few minutes before
observe a form approach and darken the
grated opening to his cell door. Think
ing il the jailer on his rounds who thus
shut out the dim quivering moonlight,
he thought nothing of the appearance
until, to his amazement, the form glided
into his chamber, as easily and
noiselessly as if the door stood wide
open instead Of having its heavy iron
frame locked and bolted. With amazed
c~ountenance and bristling hair he gazed
upon the intruder, who with two strides
reached his bedside. With bated breath
and chilled blood he saw a gaunt hand
Outstretched as if to grasp the covering
OF the cot. 1t was as the burning gaze
of the spectre lighted up, in recogni-
ton OF his presence, that heleaped from
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-22

men. c; committee 10 Investigate the
method of the geGsrsl offer. This &c
ion Was taken after e GOO deaf ci de
bate, and then the stiil more tr1rhJe5one
QUESTION sro5e az to wac saoaIG appoint
tRe committee. P1WdeTlY be!zE one (
thcae 81o would be Investigated, relust L
to take the responsibility. Il Wss sug~
gested thst he appoint cne, thst smother
be anpointe' byW I Lewis CT Miune-
spG.is assembly, sag is regarded ss Pow
dsrly's chief opponent, and Inst the third
member &c selected by there Two, but the
suggestion was not &dop,sd A remark
that Barry eppoias the committee c8ased
some laugnter, ba. was 70! considered
further. This inv s;igstirg comuieiee
will be appointed, out the Method @. the
app ointment has not yet been decided on.
The committee On law brought IN re.
port OF various nstters Of interest 10 the
order, GENERALLY aivirg ady=rea sdylce on
proposals handed il, and ta3 report was
edOptGd.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-22
DECASUR

40 Est G. lag e2r' emsnt carried oot tn the
Lettsr-Jadgs sBtie.son 0usLfiss.
-pec;nl 81 tee Gazette.
DECATUR. TKx, NV. 81 1t VS.:
aereed between JoeB OItler, Republican,
acc ]. ". Sparrow, Democrat, that the
defeated msn should take SACK of fcur
and csrry it CT his shoulder to the resi-
dence CT the victor List night the reWly
organic "a Decatur Brass BaGd appeared,
i,s css time, in front OF J. W. SeTell's
grocery store, rendered few pieces il
good style attracting 3 large crowd CT
eecple. After the music Mr.. Sparrow ap-
pesg=d Win s5ck Of -four on his seoul.
der cGVarcd With GtaIs Ind stripes,
puIei eff his lat, cried out
tas-t c]eeEs for Clavelhad, and the boys
1GspoEcsd IL grsnd shape. Mr.. Sparrow
t.ea tcok the -four and delivered 1t as
sgIesd.
Judge j. W. Patterson has quslified
un5er the governors appointment. sid
hls first act as judge Of the Eottg -ihlEd
di8t:iot YVES TO gran: 81 Injunction in q
Parker county case.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-22

worth, Ind, sItusted on the Ohio river,
$50 miles shove this city, and At the foot
Of high cliff OF rocks, lie in great danger
of destruction by reason OF the falling OF
immense &c cks from the CLIFF. The resi-
dents are r. high state OF excitement.
and many realizing tleir danger have re-
moved their Is niles and goods out OF the
line Of danger. Mr.. Scott Gays that on
Sunday last In the forenoon while the
people were attending service, almost G
usDic occurred smopg the worshippars bJ
being interrupted by & sudden shock
followed By IN sl8rmining noise Of the
crushing Of timber, as if caused by e
cyclone apd earthquake combined. Rash.
ire from the church they Witnessed 3
sight which caused additional excite
ment During the past few weeks
residents have noticad that 6 great de&l
nt rock had become loos9ned and fallen
WIN = Crash al the foot n2 the Gift, ont SIS
no damsge YES doTe nothing Wos tdought
Of 1t. Ga Sunday, however, their mtnds
1ere suddenly changed as they saw the
Csu7e of the tronb!a. 4 huge mss ci
rock fully twenty-five feet square, which
had partially projected from the upper
portion CT the cliff, had fallen and wss
crushing everything in It's way, Until j.
struck g ClUmp OF trees against which 4:
lodged. Another immense rock which
nrojscted from the top Of the cliff, and
Immediately over the county vi, Is nov
in shskY position and is ready TO fall
The cause of the sudden danger is said to
be the result Of the recent frosts and con
slant heavy rains, which has carried The
loose earth from about the rocks.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-22
TERRELL,

Indications of an Increase ia the Number
Of Homo Seekers thiI Year.
Special to the Gazette.
TERRELL, TEX, Nov. 21.-E Migrants
who have Just arrived predio. e good in
f1w from other states during tne next
month or SO. So far those arriving are
well to do farmers, the clemens needed
above every other. Raj estate msn yiu
probably opeG much OF their wild lands
for cultivation. The rsw lands this year
have been very productive, in many Ia
stances sod crops exceeding old lsud, The
wet weather during the winter and spring
being eSptc iElly fAYora5ly to the sod
farmer.
The material for the creamery hiss nsan
ordered aId ss soon as it Is 81 hand work
will commence. The superintendent is
here and rushing things so SIS to pa. IL In
shape for business IS soon as possible.
The rosds are in very bad fix from the
recent heavy rains and farmers ara long,
faced over the matter.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-22

'quet in honor of the ex-empress' birth
day. TIE city Of Hamburg Is gailY
decorated with fags in honor of the &C
c2slon.
The Borsea Z3itung SAYS Empero.
Williams speecn Will. cIesriy show that
the government viii Los be remiss
in safe guarding Gsrn&n Interests il E st
Atri;a The paper Gdds Garnsn troops
will occupy the customs stations and col
lect revenue 10 cover their expenses.
They Will thus be inda 2endenI Of tie
sultsn. The EIst Africa Company will In
the meantime be Recognized, and viii
gradually scquiEe colonial force OF rs
OWE. for defense.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-22

the Grsmpus on tie morning Of tire Is h,
,bout tcTsP Jlfs kouIEeags 81 Cls,pAn.
The Juer'a mate 81G t6lE fei.cr tgsIle
lie Grc,o2us ia'e-G,sE 10 gcTE Ec. 10,
huE Inc ns.e gSYs up ard re.
turned = :ha JU,p, lasYi1g the
sesmAn CT e021I. IL WAS determined to
get TIE Fesiai 70 per, ani ID DOT be
induced 10 leave her. Sic has ba5n drift
ins about .Gc sou.a sidAs ct NSnGgcka;
and Msrt5a's Vineyard leland The Gas.
three days, snd t1slly reached point OF
Gay HeSd this morning. When resched
by the tug she had colors OF distress f,ys
Inc, and the seSmsn Ess anxious 70 be
taken of
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-22
CONFERENCE ar HUN esVnLE.

annual Ttxas Gov fseence Of tha NJ. Z
Church soutn.
Special tc the Gazette.
HUNTSVILLE, TEX, NV, 2l.-The On
nual Texas Conference OF the NJ. Z
Church South convened here 20 -day
Blsacp ". ". Duncan, presiding AID
R.v. I. V. Phiipo', Eecretn-y. The f.s'
I.y'g gasslon wss spent IL
mirute work, examination Of chbr.
sc;er, roll csn, etc, tnere beiEg
sb,us loo ministers IN attendsnce
Tae conference Will last several dsys
The new Methodist church not osi5e
completed, the meetings will De held IL
the opaEa house. o. account Ct the ex
tramejy Dad weather only scCu! three
fourGas OF the members Of the conference
are expected TO be present aG this session
Rsv I. G. John, secretary Of t5e bosro
Ct mias.oEs, Nashville, Tern, Gtlivecs d
Sn Interesting address tonight d: ~
opera house.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-22

litical gossip me News this evening says;
''Is is the confident belief CT intimate
friends of Chairman Huston OF the Re"
puolicsn state committee, thst he will &c
Iudians's representative in the cabinet
They of3r, IS reasons for their hope, TIE
most Important services he has rendered
President Harrison. 1t is claimed he did
more than any other person to secure
Harrison's nomination, and no man In
Indiana did go much to carry tie state
for the Republicans st the recent election
Besides 1t is asserted that General Hsr-
rison has indicated warmer friendship
for him than for sny OF the other p!cmi-
nent Republicans Of the state, and that
be has good reasons for expecting an
exalted position under the sdmiris.ra.
tiCn,