The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-28
Sci 90 bp ahostly Firge-s.

SIN the summer OF 1881. - said q cornpositor 70
the Cleveland World, II was rnnuiug paper
in q little backwoods town in Pennsylvania
The paper was not so metropolitan in it's make
up but that was able TO do all the work myself
with the exception OF the printing. Publication
day called in the services OF q half witted fell
low, who, under my instruction, had developed
! into an expert roller. / was the only man
within radius Of twenty miles who knew how
to set type, and if l had fallen sick the paper
would not have come out until was well again.
Naturally am not superstitious man. but an
incident occurred while l had charge of that
paper which cannot explain. and until it is
explained l shall believe that anything is
possible In the way of ghosts, spooks. wrsiths,
etc.
1T was the morning Of June TO- had locked
up my forms the night before so that could
begin printing early in the morning | was
pulling the old lever promptly at Z and at the
local list was in the postoffice. Soon after the
delivery had begun one Of the merchants of the
namlet-a very intimate friend-came into the
office.
- How did you come to hear of the death of
your brother so soong said he There was
no telegraph station within fifteen niles.
What do you mean! saidI.
Mean SAID he. You ought to know what
is in your own paper. Have you forgotten
that you heard this morning that your brother is
| deadf Have you forgotten that you set up
notice of 1t an hour or two agoy'
Are you crazyT said l. 1 swear that do
not know what you are driving at
AT this Juncture be opened the damp sheet
tnaC na0 so recently printed and tOlded and
pointed me to the following item at the bottom
of the third C 1lumn of the local page:
John Jones, brother of William Jones. was
killed at Peoria, H., at O'Clock this morning. >
My breath was fairly taken away from me.
The merchant was right. There was the notice
OF my brothers death in my own paper and
had not set it up nor heard of it.
"'You are right, said /, but this is the first
have known of it. If there ever was mys-
terry this is it,
81 went over to the form. There was the
three-line item. The moment saw the type
was more amazed than ever. 1t was tie type
bred to the printers trade 1 could tell his
work from that of thousand. He was mar
velously even spacer and he carried his taste so
| far that he always put less space after
comma.
But how were the lines put into the locked
form? No item had been taken out. l exam
| ined the form closely. Yes, there was some
more of my brothers work. To gain the space,
leads had been taken from here and there Just
stickler for good looks in a page, and was very
| fastidious as to where ne pulled his leads. 1t
struck me right away that the notice of the
death would not have been so short. would have
gone into details more, but for the fact that my
brother did not wish TO remove any of my
matter nor any lead which could not be spared
| as well as not
Though utterly skeptical about supernatural
visitations, from that moment l believed that
my brothers. dlSembodied soul had made its
way hundreds of mi lies, had entered my Office
in the early dawn. had set UP the notice of his
| death and put it in the form
Late that afternoon dispatch came to the
effect that William Jones was killed at Peoria,
ILL.,, at O'Clock that morning"