Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-04-10
From Spookland.

The Philadelphia Inquirer recog-
nizes there are IN the country many
people, who believe IN Spookly visi-
tations, and ghostlv manifestations,
amp for the information Of Its mum
eroUs readers and patrons 1t pub
fishes spooklv data from different
parts of the country. Last week
1t published the following choice
collection of what the believer calls
supernatural manifestations
\ rocking tombstone IN grave
ward at Steeltou, No, is the wonder
Of the inhabitants Beneath it lie
the remains of the man who built the
adjoining church and once owned all
al the property thereabouts. At
night phosphurescent glare envel-
ops the tombstone, visible ut great
distance, and moves back snd forth
as the tombstone yIbrates. Some Of
the brayest visitors have grasped IL
with their haudS only to find 1t re
new its Oscilatiug motion when re-
leased The superztiti0us think II is
caused 10y the uneasy repOse Of the
old man whose spirit feels aggrieyed
at the desecration Of what ne regard
ed IL sacred ground, now being cut
up into town lots Others saw that
1t Il caused by the springy condition
of the soil, that somehow causes the
tombstone to swing to and fro by
passing footsteps. But the unnatur-
al halo lgfi.s eyr,lupgtipp
On the site Of the present camp
Of Dan O'Leary, contractor, and his
men on the Rock Greek, Ark, turn
pike, seventeen years ago an immi-
grants whole family were barbarous-
" murdered 10y q desperate, who
was hung hear the spot The ghosts
Of the victims restless IN their un-
timely graves, nov nightly haunt the
scene oi the tragedy. Strange aud
unearthly sounds advance about mid
night from the creek towards the
camp. Then follows the shrill
scream Of Il womans voice, awaken
ing the solitude aud re-ecOhing back
from the bluffs. Then child's voice
piteously pleads don't kill mamma
don't kill momma = growing fainter
and fainter and dying away in
gurEle that seems t. ningle with
the waters Of the stream. This re-
ours every night and L. AS palable as
1t Ii mysterious to all hearers.
In the outskirts Of Sandy Point,
Texas, - haunted locality known
as the johnson place" The house
il tenantlcss and partly decaycd.
Every night towards midnight a
phantom buggy Il seen t. iorsake the
turnpike q mile distant. and pass
through trees and thickets, logs aud
stumIs lik,. q shadow IN "A dir.-ct lin,
for the Euuse. The ghastly occ,. ant
ls always the same, the seInblauce Uf
n man lying back on the cushions.
DIVING or dead. with q hul, as big as
a thumb IN has forehead and slug
gish stream of blood besmearing his
breast. As the horse wheels into
the shed the house becomes eblaze
win lights of a carrc;ue hue, not
radiant like natural iliuInIT alton. but
bathing 1t IT a shroud of luminosity,
made the more ghastly by the iuten
sity Of the surrounding blackness.
No explanation has been offered of
the spectacle.
On the high authority Of Exon
gresham Henry G-mrre, Of Athens,
Tenn, James H Nixon, ChatanoOga,
and scores Of other Trustworthy peo-
pie, the most inexphc,.bIe doings
have occurred the past t,n wears al
the I'D home once owned by Charles
MetcaIe, at Mount Verd IN IcLInr
county, Tenn Il Is nightly BON
hardrG with rocks outside ana with
N hy unseen hands. and L.enacing
spirit r"PclS intrusion at q spring