ANOTHER GHOST STORY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1289, 29 January 1883, Page 2

ANOTHER GHOST STORY.

Anotherveiy circumstantial' ghost story is disturbing the mind of New York, The editor of the New York World vouches for the good faith of his informant—a professional man of high repute. The house in which the manifestations occur is a new one, and is yet out in flats. The following are a few occurrences as told by an eye Witness who went sceptical, but soon found that something more than ordinary was up. First of all there was much knocking at the front door. It was watched, opened and closed, before and behind, but the knocking still came, always in four strokes, sounding like blows struck with billets of wood. Then came bellringing in all parts of the house, Tap. pings were heard onthe glass of the Windows, the coats of the boarders fell down from the hat-rack eaoh falling a yard apart. The plush cover of i round table standing in the hall'gracefully floated on to the floor. A clothes-prop was hurled oyer the top of a portiere; the walking-sticks standing in. the hall were flung up in different ■ directions, a.nd, before the scared'resident had recovered, a leaf from an oak dining-table ; was hurled through the hall for 20 feet, striking the wall and coming down i with; a. fearful crash... Another .table took a series of/ ; somersau)ts.'/; Such violent goings-on had suoh a'bM'etot' to think of retiring, when suddenly ;a frightful Bhriek echoed throughout jthe whole dwelling, .piercing, and 1 evidently coming from nohuman throat,. following' 1 by" "'soft, 1 - insinuating ! whistles, In the evening " it" tried'a. few note in arpeggio, and was successful in keeping time and tunewith the piano, The tone of a whistle was sometimes that of a fog-horn ; at other times sounding like the "blowingin the neck

of a bottle." All this is said to be $ " plain, truthful, state-meat 6f facts," substantiated by Bevies of policeman have searched iii Vain, and a curious English detective has been baffled. :