Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-11-27
Cholera IncIdent---The Dead
Como to Life.

On one OF the 1tfeets running parallel
with Broadway, says the st. Louis Tines.
October 81, lived q married couple who
had not travelled together very smoothly
since they had been made one flesh. The
husband, though not a bad man. OCCASION
ally took . drop too much, and on such
occasions happiness was the exception in
the household, The wife had $1,000 in
greenbacks, which she had saved and a.
ways carried with her, and, being the
master-spirit Of the Arm. she would not
allow it to be encroached upon; but, on
the contrary, sndeavored to augment It.
The wife took the cholera, and the hus-
band, obtaining a permit, had her sent to
the city hospital. It 10 not known that
no accompanied her thither, though he
must have visited her. One morning, the
nurse being out Of the room for some time,
he returned to the bedroom Of the poor
woman, and seen her, to all appearance,
dead The doctor was called and made his
observation. No pulsation Of the heart,
no breathing. nothing to disIipate the illu-
sion and assertion that the patient was
dead, was discovered, and the disciples OF
Esculapius pronounced her-dead. She
was forthwith disrobed, placed in the
rough coffin furnished by the city, and
conveyed to the dead house. For hours
she lay, apparently q corpse, with all the
surroundings Of death. After tho shad-
ows Of night had closed in, the Waterman
took . look into the room to see that all
was right. From the inside Of one Of the
cofins . perceptible knocking was heard.
Superstition seized him ; he slammed the
door after him and went to notify other
parties Of the mysterious rapping, and
several accompanied the man to the tempo
rary receptacle Of the dead. When the
door was opened, 4 sight met the gaze Of
the party which made the roots Of their
hair tingle and caused them to feel . weak
mes, about the knees. The "corpse'
had raised the lid OF the coffin. and
was sitting bolt upright in it.
Where am II" says she. The mat
ter was explained to her briefly. Filled
with anger, illness having seemingly de.
parted, she let loose the food-gate OF
her passion at the idea Of being en-
closed in such . contemplate receptacle.
She had q thousand dollars when she wen,
to the hospital. she said, and she demanded
to know where it had gone-that amount
would have given her decent sspulture.
The attendants were unable to explain the
whereabouts Of the missing money, and
the woman demanded to DO restored to
herself once more, that she might pursue
the thief who had robbed her, and secure
to her body, II she were to die, decent
burial. The "rssurrected" one wal
helped out Of her narrow prison.house
and taken to a more genial chamber. Blu.
here another difficulty arose-her clotheI
had been destroyed. Suitable apparel,
however, was furnished. and on finding
herself once more Of the flesh and the
blood, she insisted on starting at oncs in
search Of her husband. who she thought
and perhaps correctly-wss consoling
himself with her $1,000. and the idea
that some other daughter of Eve would
console his lonely hours. The surgeon,
observing that madam was comparatively
well, and thinking that {, might do
her more harm to retain her than permi,
her departure, had the iron gate
opened for her exit. Darkness had set in
ere she reached her husbands place oil
domiciliation. She knocked at the door
and her husband opened il. With eye,
fairly starting from their sockets he gszed
words failed him-he appeared paralyz.
ed with fear at the supposed apparition.
At length the wife demanded why he had
robbed her, insisting at the same time tina,
she was not dead, a. he no doubt hoped
she was, and she had come home-he
would find it harder than that to get rid
of her. The husband was too astonished
and Mortified, to believe his eyes, and he
begged the "ghost' to leave-she nigh,
have the money, but for Gods sake to 20
away and not destroy him. At this the
man. with fear and trembling, handed her
the missing money, which she took ; bu,
she was not to be driven from her home,
and. with q push, she opened the door
and entered the house. She had no SOON
er done so than her husband, minus Goa,
and hat, rushed out Of the back door into
the yard and over the fence, and that ID
the last that either his wife or his friend,
have seen Of him.