Mower County transcript., 1889-10-23
SPOOKS IN ONTARIO.

SPOoKS IN ONTARIO.
The Peaceful Lilo Of Farmer Dagg Great.
ly Dtaturbed.
OTTAWA, Ont. Oct. 1&-The neighDor.
hood OF Clarendon has been thrown into q
great state Of excitement over the doinga
OF some hidden, and it is believed super
natural, hand The mysterious agency has
Wreaked the full force Of ito vengeance
upon tho household OF George Dagg A
fow days ago q boy named Dean
was discharged from the Dag9
family, and in taking his depart
ure invoked the vengeance of the spirits
upon tho household of his late employer.
Shortly after his departure the window
sa hes commenced to shake and nearly
every pane OF glass In the house was
broken. MIR Dagg states that his first i'm
precision was that an earthquake was pass.
Ing, but on going into the gable end of the
house he discovered 1t to be on fire. This
tire was extihguished That night afte.
the family had retired Mrs. Dagg was
awakened to find her bed on fire. This was
put out when it was found another fire had
just been started down-stairs, which was
also put out The strangest part of the
affair, Mr. Dagg states is the miraou-
lous removal of articles from one
part OF the house 70 another spinning
wheel upstairs was taken apart and the
portions placed In opposite corners Of
the room An ink bottle locked in q
cupboard changed It's location and
was found on table in an out
house. 1t was restored to it's place In
the cupboard, and although the latter was
guarded closely by one of the parties
presently the bottle took wings and
again transported ltsslf to tho clubhouse
The boy Dean was taken into custody,
charged with being the author of the mis-
chief, but the evening of his arrest Mr.
Dagg returned from Plumb Hollow,
whore he had been consulting an old
woman known as the witch of Plum
Hollow, from whom he had learned suf1l-
c1ent to convince him that young Dean was
innocent He accordingly appe ared before
the magistrate and withdrew the charge.
The boy says he has not been near DagR's
dnco the tricks began, but has during tho
interval since been engaged with Mr.. Olm-
stead, of Ltchdeld DaQg says he was told
by the old lady at Plum Hollow that tho
mischief was being done by woman and
her two children through the medium OF
'blaok art" and that 1t is to cease in No
vember
THE FiFTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
Reported d Interview with Secretary Blaine
The Tariff Question Paramount
WASHINGTON, Oct l6-The Washington
Press, the only Republican paper now
printed here, says that Mr.. Blaine Is re-
ported to have said to q friend that the
first thing the Republicans in Congress
will undertake at the coming session would
be the passage of tariff bill
This friend, in the course of a CONVERSE
ton with the Secretary Of State, asked him
If there was likelihood of the Republic
ans passing Federal election law with q
view to stopping the frauds on the ballot
and suppression OF the negro vote In the
South
Mr.. Blaine said the tariff question ought
to receive attention first; that it had been
the issue Of the late campaign, and there
was no reason why the Republicans should
allow themselves now to be turned aside
from dealing with it. The passage OF q
Federal election law could wait
This is especially significant taken In con.
necrlon with the remark the Presi-
dent is quoted Us making to . SEN
ator who was complaining of the
slowness in removing Democratic internal
revenue officers in his State.
WELL the President said, ''there's no
use bt taering me about them; they will be
legislated out Of office this winter"
The most inter esting feature Of this
prognostication ia thav it points clearly to
antagonism by the administration of Ma
Reeds aspirations to the Speakership. Mr.
Reed is from Mr. BIainc's State, but they
are not friends, and it has always been re-
garded as good politics to have the Speaker
of the House in sympathy with the Admin
istration when possible.
Revenue Legislation Is not the only mat
ter that will occupy the time Of Congress.
There are some international questions
which may be proposed, and it would
be more agreeable to Mr.: Blaine to
have a Speaker with whom he could
talk over the situation from time to
time. Having had experience through
three Congresses OF Speaker, he thinks he
knows what would be most advantageous
to the Administration, now that he sits al
the right OF the President in Cabinet ses-