HEARD GHOSTS IN OSBORN GAP GHOSTLY EXPERIENCE OF TWO TEAMSTERS THROUGH SCENE OF MURDER FREELING, VA., Dec. 14 -(Special)- Nelson Ratcliff and Isaac Willis (?), of this place, recently came across Cumberland mountain after nightfall, and they tell a story of a ghostly occurrence on the way. Many murders are known to have been committed by bordermen in the vicinity of Osborne’s Gap, a pass through which the road leads. One of their victims was Dick Hall, a noted desperado, who was killed a few hundred yards down the north side of the mountain. It was quite dark when they reached this spot and all bedlam seemed to be turned loose in the darkness, they heard the rattling of chains, the ringing of bells, the groaning and growls of - they knew not what. They stood not upon the order of their going, but went at once. The noise followed them for some distance, but gradually subsided as they left the spot where the ghost of the murdered outlaw holds his nightly revels. A COLD BLOODED MURDER IN DICKENSON COUNTY CLINTWOOD, VA., July 9 - Last Thursday Jacob Holifield, a young man of about 18 years, shot John Baker, the wound proving fatal. The particulars of the affair were about as follows: John Baker, John R. Vanover and Jake Holifield left Baker’s house on Thursday morning to go to Eli Phipp’s, a distance of four or five miles. Holifield insisted on taking Baker’s pistol and fired, the ball taking effect in Baker’s body, from which he died of about 10 o’clock next day. So far as I have learned no cause is assigned for the perpetration of this rash deed. Baker is said to have been an upright citizen. He leaves a family. Holifield it is said, has left the Commonwealth, and so far as I know, there is no effort made to arrest him. DICKENSON A CITIZEN MURDERED BY A NEIGHBOR - THE MURDERER STILL AT LARGE CLINTWOOD, VA., July 9 - A sad affair occurred in “the mountain”, a distance of three or four miles from here on last Thursday. The particulars as I have obtained them, being about as follows:On Thursday morning, John Baker, John R. Vanover and Jake Holifield, left the former’s house to go to Eli Phipp’s, about four miles. So far as I can learn, they were all on good terms with each other, but when within a short distance of Phipp’s, Holifield drew a pistol and shot Baker, the ball taking effect in his body, after which he ran to Phipp’s house, falling as he reached the door. He died about 10 o’clock next day, and leaves a family to mourn his loss. the shooting was done with Baker’s pistol. When they were leaving the former’s house, Holifield insisted on taking the pistol which he carried. He is about 18 years of age. No cause is assigned for the perpetration of this rash deed. DICKENSON MARRIAGES CLINTWOOD, VA., June 18 - There have been quite a number of marriages in the county within the past week, among whom I will mention, Mr. Ira Vanover to a Miss Parsons, of Wise county. Two of our young townsmen, R. E. Chase and F. P. Phipps, have returned from the National Normal University of Lebanon, Ohio, where they have been taking a law course. They did not stay the full term, and consequently did not get diplomas. They express themselves as being highly pleased with the school and surrounding country. They were frequently amused at the old Professor Alfred Holbrook, whom they describe as an eccentric old man of about 80 years. THE DEAD BODY OF M. F. KENNEDY FOUND IN THE ROAD CHATHAM, VA., August 30 - Special- The dead body of M. F. Kennedy, was found in a woods near Greenpond Church about twelve miles northwest of Chatham, Saturday evening. Kennedy came here several weeks ago from Bedford Alum Springs and stopped at Hotel Chatham. He represented himself as an insurance agent, though when here he mingled with some acquaintances made at the Springs and attended no business. After a stay of perhaps a week he left town and spent several days, returning under theinfluence of liquor. He became boisterous and disorderly and was arrested by Officer Graves.Some friends secured his release and he left again the next morning and has since been in different parts of the county and in Danville. He has been seen in the neighborhood in which his body was found quite often in the last ten days.A well-known grocer states that he met him very early last Tuesday morning on upper Main Street he was coming down to open his store.The last time he was seen was Tuesday afternoon when a colored man saw him pass along the road in the neighborhood of Greenpond Church from where body was found. The colored man says Kennedy inquired the way to Mr. C. W. Anderson’s andseemed in a very bad condition from the effects of excessive drinking. He acted like a wild man. The body when found was in such a state of decomposition that it could not be lifted about. It seems that no inquest was held, but the remains were taken up with shovels, placed in a box and buried. There is a diversity of opinion as the whether or not he was murdered. He had many rights in the county in different placed and a report was received this morning that at Museville Saturday a week he whipped five men after which he was terribly beaten by two men whose names are Myers and McCrickard, and that the dispute was not settled. CLINTWOOD NEWS MAD DOGS AND A WOMAN PREACHES IN DICKENSON Correspondence of the news. Clintwood, Va., July 8 - Your correspondent learns that several dogs have gone mad in the vicinity of Stratton, this county. The people there are very alarmed over the affair. It is reported that one man has been bitten and that cattle and hogs are frequently bitten by them. There has been Rev. Mrs. Osborne holding forth in the McClure Creek section of the county, lately in the capacity of a preacher. This is a novelty which Dickenson county never enjoyed before. She is said to be a fluent speaker, and is of the Methodist persuasion.