New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-08-19
A CHAPTER OF GHOSTS.
SOME VERY ODD OCCURRENCES
THAT ARE UNExPLAINED.
"A Boy Lifted Bodily and Carried Some
Observation-Disclosures Phiaps Pecu-
liar Rehavior-The Widow
and Her Son.

One of the most remarkable in
stances of supposed ghostly disturbance
occurred in the home of Rev, DR..
Phelps, Of Stratford, Conn, says the
Phila. Press. Upon returning from
church one day he found that all the
doors of his house, which he had care
fully locked on his departure. were
vide open and the contents of the
rooms On the first floor in the widest
confusion. Nothing had been stolen
In a room in the upper story, how
ever, eight forms were found each one
with an open bible held close to its
tace. On examination these were
found to be bundles of Clothes cum
nlngly and very skilfully arran ged to
represent living beings. Everything
was cleared away and the room locked.
but within five minutes the same scene
was repeated, although the clothing 2
mad been carefully put away
FOR seven months the house was
disturbed by extraordinary phenomena
me most unearthly noises were heard
day and night. Furniture and kitchen
utensils were mysteriously moved.
glassware and window panes were
broken by unseen hands before the
startled inmates, and once the 11-year-
old son of the doctor was lifted bodily
and carried some distance. The most
dlIlgent research discovered nothing,
and not until he applied to some spirit
uallsts IN Boston did the disturbances
cease.
One OF the best authenticated in
stances Of ghostly visitation is con-
nected with DR.. Kerner's So called See
res5 OF Provost. DR.. Kerner for MANY
years conducted an asylum for the in
sane at Weinburg, in Southern Ger
many. There came to him for treat
ment Mrs. Hauffe, a lady in delicate
health, OF great nervous irritabilitv
and with mind which was, to say the
least, not too we'll balanced Wherever
th-5 afflicted woman went, and DR..
Justlnus kerner is authority, she was
pursued by a variety OF strange noises.
Chlnaware and glassware, tables and
chairs, were mysteriously moved in
the presence Of witnesses. A medi-
cine phial rose slowly into the air and
had to be brought back by one of the
bystanders.
DR.. kerner relates countless mvs-
FERROUS phenomena which occurred in
this patients bedroom He beheld
Mrs. Hautfe's shoe pulled off by invis-
IDLE hands while she was lying almost
inanimate in trance on her bed. She
revealed secrets which. upon writing
to utterly unknown persons at a great
distance, DR.. Kerner proved to be cor
rectly stated.
There lived in Allegheny City at the
breaking out of the rebellion. saws the
New York Post, a widow by the name
OF MacDoWell. She had one son. John
by name. who lived with his mother
in a two story frame house on Robin
son street. The widow and her son
were devotedly attached to each other.
and when became home one night and
told her that he had enlisted at one of
the recruiting booths on federal street
she was inconsolable
On the afternoon of April 6, 1862.
Mrs. MacDowell sat in an easy chair
at the second story window of her
home. 1t was the first day she had
felt strong enough to leave her bed.
1t was warm and the SUN was shining
brightly. AS she sat alone with her
wan cheek resting against the pillows
she heard heavy step on the narrow
stairway. She described the succeed
ing events to the first neighbor woman
who reached her side as follows: The
instant heard the step I knew it was
John. As he reached the head of the
stairs turned towards the door and
tried to rise to meet him, but I was
too faint and, besides, there was
something in his face that drove all
the blood from nv heart He was