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Via Newspapers.comGhosts get notoriously snippy when earthly affairs are not arranged to their satisfaction, as this news item from the “Chester Chronicle,” January 16, 1858, will illustrate:Within one mile of Llangollen station, at a place called the Fron, there have been some strange and singular scenes. Some months ago a person named Joseph Hughes died very suddenly on his way to chapel. Unfortunately he had neglected to make a will way as to the bequeathment of his property, which consisted of a few pounds in gold, a silver watch, some household furniture, a fine pig, and a large hog of potatoes. The property has been left to be divided between three surviving sisters, two of whom reside in the neighbourhood, and one in Chester, or its vicinity.It appears that the elder one has thought she had a greater claim upon the property so left, and, in opposition to her sisters, had taken possession. This conduct made such a commotion in the family, both dead and alive, that it is said…