Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-12
1T is ALWAYS TO LET:
An Odd Haunted House in Allegheny,
Whose Tenants Fit
IT'S VERY NICE, BUT NOBODY STAYS
For the Heighbors Tell Of Its Strange
Sights and Sounds.
GHOST STORIES, BUT THE GHOST is GONE

Whether or not spirits of the departed re-
turn to earth to haunt the places frequented
in lie, certain it is that there are queer
goings-on in house on Linden avenue,
Allegheny, if the statements ofthe neighbors
are to be credited. This house, though in
thickly settled neighborhood, is tenantless.
Its exact number need not be given, for that
might further depreciate it in the market;
but it may be trufhfully said that its per-
petual ''To Let" is not due to any structural
defect in the house, for it is of handsome
design externally and arranged within to
conform to the most exacting demands; but
it has the name of being haunted, whatever
that may mean, and if a tenant is by chance
secured for it he does not remain long.
A visit to the house last evening disclosed
nothing strange or startling; but many are
the weird stories told of the premises, by
persons residing in the neighborhood.
Althou gh tenantless, sounds as OF persons
engaged in violent quarreling are said to
issue from it almost nightly, and
LIGHTS ARE SEEN
through the tightly closed shutters. Skep-
tics are wont to ascribe these sounds and
sights to mundane agencies; but people OF
standing, living in the immediate vicinage,
people, too, possessed otherwise of more than
ordinary intelligence and good common
sense, insist that the spirits are responsible
for the manifestations. They say the house
has been examined, inside and out, by per-
sons desirous to solve the mystery but in
no instance have they found anything to in
dicate the recent presence of human beings.
The premises have been closely watched and
guarded after these visits of examination,
and in no instance has anv person been seen
entering the house. And yet the manifes-
tatlons have proceeded, and all attempts to
discover their source have tailed.
The house has been let number of times
to persons ignorant of the mystery; but in
every case the tenant has moved out before
he was fairly settled, driven out, the neigh
bors insist, by the spirits.
THEY CAN'T RENT IT.
1t has been long time now, however,
since the place has been occupied except by
such mysterious tenants as the neighbors
tell about, and, whether or not any were at
home last night. the house certainly had a
gruesome aspect when visited by a reporter.
The twilight was jus: fading into darkness,
and, although it was not exactly the hour
at which graveyards are popularity supposed
to yawp, the place and its surroundings rem
dered itNeasy to credit some of the stories Of
the neighbors. The house was examined
closely from turret to foundation stone; but
the spooks were all away from home and
had left no trace.
No reasoh.i is known why spirits should
have selected this particular house for their
nightly raills, for the sounds that issue
therefrori are as of a fight 1t was occupied
for number of years by family that was
a marvel of happiness; but shortly after
it WAS vacated, and, while it stood vacant
fora few weeks. the manifestations began,
end have continued, to the discomfort of
later tenants and loss of the owner.