Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-10-16
Singular Case-A Corpse Sits Up in Bed
and Moves ifs Limbs.
IFrom the Houston (Te.. Times.

FROM the Houston (Tex.l Times
good deal OF talk has been excited by
tls IoIowlng singular circumstance on the
other side of the bayou,
On Thursday night. at am early bor,.
| carpenter, who had been in ill-hsaltb for
some time past, to all appearances died.
There was not sign of animation left he
was pronounced dead by the aifending
physician, was dressed in his graye-eIothes'
and laid out for burial His friends in GaI.
weston were telegraphed to come up ana
attend his funeral. 1t was about Sp. m.
when he was pronounced dead, and prepar-
atoms began for his burial About day-
daybreak yesterday morning he suddenly
rose up IN his bed, without having given,
up to that time single indication of life
He was unable to speak, pulseless, cold,
and with the exception that he was able 10
SIT upright and move his arms and hands
still appeared corpse Not the faintest
respiration could be discovered. nor did
the eyes, though open, give indication OF
anything but death. His physician was
immediately sent for, who, on entering the
the room was utterly befuddled at the sim
guar case. Restoratives stimulants, and
everything else likely to be of service. we've
applied, but the breath refused to return.
the pulse TO beat, and the, body to grow
warm. The muscular power to rise in bed
and move the limbs continued, being
exercised frequently ceased forever and the
carpenter was left as perfect specimen OF
a corpse as could possibly be.
Has such case,-aS 1t has bean related
to Us, and as we have told it to our readers.
ever been heard of before About mid
day yesterday he was buried Was he alive
when he arose in his bed? Probably not.
A TOUCH SToRY.-AIiss Mary Hurlburt
from whose body physicians have extracted
during the past ten years at least one thou
sand needles and pins, was found dead in
her bed, at Susquehanna, n. Y, last week.
She would never give any account of the
manner in which they were introduced
| whether she swallowed them or thrust
them directly into her flesh, nor did her
friends, by watching her, ever find out
| They were found at different times work
ing on the surface Of almost every part of
| her body but chiefly on the limbs A lady
who refused to believe the stories about
| then removal, states that she went to sat-
| isfy herself, and saw physician extract
nearly fifty from one arm. The Girl SEEM
| ed to be very little affected by the opera
/ ton.
| The PRIDE OF QUEEN VIcToRIA.-The pa
pers Of Switzerland complain bitterly of the
offensive pride and arrogance which Queen
Victoria and her children displayed during
! their sojOurn at Lucerne. They say that
the Oldest inhabitant cannot remember that
any Of the royal and imperial families that
ever visited Switzerland, were ever guilty
OF carrying exclusiveness and supercilous-
ness to such ridiculous extremes as the
| Queen and her children did She s11r-
rounded herself everywhere with Chinese
wall without taking the slightest notice of
the grave inconvenience which she thereby
caused to other travellers. The Swiss pa
pers intimate that return of her Majesty
to any place IN the Alpine Republic is by
/ no means desirable