The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-29
GHOsTLY TRAVELLERS.
Bridgeport Man Kissed by 3 wifely
Phantom.
Eronl &c Boston GLObe.

search held Its annual meeting and It's last
gathering as purely American organiza-
ton. at the Natural History rooms, last
evening, Vice President Prof. William
James presiding.
The ciety voted to merge itself into its
English namesake.
Then Prof. James, as one of the advisory
board, introduced the essayist of the even
iug, Secretary HOdgson, who read a few
letters received from various parts Of the
country since the last meeti e.
The letter first related TO Mrs. G., residing
near Boston, and who was said to be one OF
those women who always feel that some
one is coming just before they hear the oelI
ring.
Mrs. G. went to Europe and left at home
a canary bird While abroad she dreamed
a cat had caught and eaten it, and that her
husband had purchased new one for which
he paid 3d. Upon her arrival home she
found her dream verified in every particu-
lar, even TO the price of the new bird, and
identified the cat, which was a strange one,
of peculiar color, and which she saw
going by the back window. Her mother
TOLD her the cat had not been seen before or
since the day she are the canary.
DR.. w, a Chicago physician, refined
and strong-minded man, was riding on a
horse-car, when he suddenly felt that some
thing terrible was about to happen to his
wife and son. He tried to fight the feeling
off, but to no purpose, and jumping from
tae car ran home, crying out as be entered
the house, Has anything happened to
Carrie and GeorgieW He then learned that
his wife and son had just had narrow es-
cape from being run away with while out
riding, but had been rescued from peril
Gus situation by the coachman.
FsA gentleman living in Bridgeport, Conn.
took trip to England, and one night while
in bed in his stateroom on the ocean sud
denly saw vision of his wife at the door
of the stateroom. She saw her husbands
roommate in the upper berth and heSitated,
but finally entered, kissed her husband,
Caressed him for moment and disappeared.
As she vanished he started up and found his
roommate gazing down at him from the
upper berth in astonishment The room
mate asked the husband what he meant by
having a lady visit him in that manner.
when it TRANSFERRED that both had seen the
vision with the identical details.
When the husband arrived at MS home
the wife told him that upon the very date
of his strange experience she dreamed of
walking over the ocean to a steamer, where
she visited HIM and
KISSED AND CAREssED HIM
just as in his vision. Although she had
never seen the steamer, her description of
it, as seen in her dream was said by her
husband to be perfect.
DIR. u. was awakened at night by man
who wished him to attend patient at a
certain house In the town where he resided
Tbs doctors wife begged him not to 90,
saying she knew it was plot of some kind,
as no one had lived in the house to which ne
had been called for years. He quieted her
fears and went to the house, where he was
admitted by the man who had called him.
end conducted to a chamber up one fight
where young woman was found very sick
with consumption. He saw that the case
was hopeles, but asked the man if he could
make some simple cough mixture and tenn
porar1ly relieve her suffering, and being
assured that 1t should be made at once, the
doctor wrote out prescription to be filled
IN the morning, and, placing it on the
mantel in the sick room, left the house,
promising to call again in the morning.
The next day the doctor visited the house,
and, after vainly ringing the bell for some
time, and finding a gardener at work about
the premises, informed him of his object
and his inability to get into the house. The
gardener told him the house had not been
occupied for over two years, and was en-
tirely destitute Of furnishings of every de-
scription. AS the doctor refused to believe
him the gardener unlocked the door. Every
thing was found as the gardener had stated.
The house was entirely empty, everything
was covered with dust, and the house gave
every evidence Of having been deserted for
years. The doctor went to the mantel and
found the prescription which he had placed
there the night before.
An American mother and one of her
daughters were upon the Riviera, where
the daughter was very ill. The mother had
sudden and deep conviction that some
all 1,, \ IL L
band desired her presence. So nervous did
she become that in spite of the critical con-
dition of the daughter who accompanied
her, by direction of her physician, the
mother hurried home and on meeting her
husband learned that her son had been dan
gerously i'll, but was getting better.
The above described case was considered
remarkable from the fact that the mothers
conviction of trouble at home was so in
tense as to cause her to leave a sick daugh-
ter in q strange land.
Bishop Lee, of Canada, moved into new
house and
IN THE DARK FELL DOWN STAIRS,
receiving serious injuries. He had son in
one of the western states. At the very hour
the accident happened the son was asleep in
bed He suddenly saw his father fall down
stairs, and, uttering a cry, Jumped to save
dress upon the floor. Striking a light he
looked at his watch and found it be the very
hour at which he afJerward ascertained his
father was injured. The young mans wife,
frightened by his cutlery, awoke and asked
him the cause of it. With much agitation
he told her, when she proceeded to make
light of his vision and begged him to keep
quiet and go to bed again. But he could
sleep no more that night, and was thor
oughly convinced that something serious
had happened to his father. Within a day
or two he received a letter giving the par
ticulars of the affair just as he had seen
them IN his vision.
The father died not long after from the
injuries received in his fall.
The son says that he often had similar
conviction of danger to his father during
life, and in every case such feelings were
justified by circumstances which followed
In this cese che bond of affection between
father and son is said to have been unusually
strong
A young lady on her way to her home in
the country suddenly felt convinced that
her house was on fire, and when the train
stopped sherushed into the depot left there
a large paree which she had been C lrrying,
and whichimpeded her movement Has
tening to Ter home, she ascertained that in
lighting ihe gas short time before, her
father hid accidentally set fire to fancy
hanging basket suspended over the gas
bracket and that the fire had been extin-
guished after having burned the curtains
and woodwork about the windows.