Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1866-11-10
4 Cholera incident.

SmO0iDlS SINCE WY Nv" oN''' ~ 0''
The hush and, though not bad man, &C.
cssiopslly took drop TOD much. and 90
such occasions happiness was lhe ezcrp-
ton in The household. The wife he'd
81 900 in greenbacks. which size had
saved and always carried with her, and
being The master spril Of the firm, she
would r. oil allow il 10 be eucrosched upon.
but, on The contrary. endeavOred 10 aug
menl it.
The wife took the cholera, and the
husband obtaining permit. had her sen
10 the Cry Hospital. 1t is not known
| that lie accompanied her ,h'ther, though
he must hare visited her. One morning,
the nurse being out Of the room for some
lime, he IeIutned TO The bedside OF he
door women, and discovered her, 10 all
appearance. dead. The doctor was no'i'
fed, and made his observation. NO put
sslun of the heart, no breathing, nothing
10 dlssips,e The illusion and assertion The
patent was dead as discovered, and the
disciple OF AlsculaPius pronounced her
dead. She was forthwith dlsrobed, pla'
ced in HE rough coffin furnished by the
city. and conveyed 10 the dead house.
For hours she lay. apparently corpse
with all he surroundings OF death. Alter
the shadows Of night bad closed IN, the
Waterman took look into The room to
see Ina, all was right. From the inside
Of one OF The collins perceplible knock
ing was heard. Superstition seized hlm;
he slammed The door after him and 10 no
lily other parties Of The mysterious rap
ping, and several accompanied HE man 10
The temporary receptacle of the dead.
When HE door was opened sight mel
the gaze OF the party Which made the
roots Of their hair Jingle, and caused them
TO feel weakness about the knees. The
corpse had raised the lid of the coffin, AND
was sitting bolt uprigh. in it. "Where
am ! :" says she. The matter was ex-
planned to her briefly. Filled with anger.
illness having seemingly departed, she
let loose the tloodgs!e of her passion al
the idea Of being enclosed in such con-
lemrl be reccp!ahe.
S1e had 81 900 when she wen, TO the
, hospital, she said. and she demanded TO
know where il had gone-thal amount
ould have given her decent sepulture.
r The attendants were unable 10 explain the
Whereabouts Of he missing money, and
the woman demanded 10 be restored 10
herself once more, that she might pursue
the thief who had robbed her, and secure
to her body. il she were 10 de, decent bu-
rial. The "resurrec,ed' one was he ped
oul Of her narrow prlson.house, and taken
to a more genial chamber. But here an
other difficulty arose-her clothes had
been destroyed. Suitable apparel, how
{ ever. ss furnished, ard on finding her.
self once more Of flesh and blood. she in
sisted on s,srtlng at once in search OF her
husband, who she ,hought-snd perhaps
correc,ly-wss consuling himself with
her 81 900, and the idea tina, some other
daughter Of Eve would console his lonely
hours. The surgeon. observing that
Madam was comparatively well, and
thinking ,ha, it might do her more harm
to retain her than permit her departure.
had the iron gate opened for her exit.
Darkness had sci in ere she reached
her husbands place Of domicilIaIion. She
knocked al the door, and her husband
opened il. With eyes fairly starting
, from their sockets he gazed words failed
him: he was psrslyzed with fear al the
, supposed apparilJn. 81 length the wife
demanded why he had robbed her. insist.
. ing al the same time that she vas not
dead. as he no doubt hoped she was, and
E she had come home-he would find it
( harder than that 10 se, rid Of her. The
. husband wa, TOO as,onished, Mortified, to
Z believe mis- eyes. and he begged the ghost
J to leave; she might have The money, but,
$ for Gods sake, TO GO away and no! de-
j slroy him. At this the man, with fear
$ and trembling, handed her the missing
5 money. which she took; but she was not
D to be driven from her hone. snd with a
t push she opened the door and entered the
j house. She had no sooner done so than
1 her husband, minus coat and hat, rushed
on, Of the back door into he yard, and
over the fence. and that is the last tina;
! eituer his wife or friends have seen Of
J him.-St. LoniS Times.
ILLNESS OF GENERAL WIsE.-lt is
, with deep rcgre, tina, we learn that Cen
eFsl Henry A. Wise is lying dangerously
; sick of the cholera a, his residence. the
old Marshall House, on The corner Of
Marshall and Ninth streets. He was Ia
ken with The early stages Of the disease
on Saturday. and it has moi yet yielded
TO medical skill He is under the treat
meni OF DR.. Haxsll.-Richmond Times.
| 'Eha New York naners announce The