Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-01-31
Five EEec;.d IN q Trance.

sho recovered i! wss deemed best not TO allow
her to return to school until September. Then
she found that she had fallen behind her class.
mates in her s!udecs
Feeling that she was strong, al she had spen!
| the summer st Long Bran h and Saratoga, she
began 10 spply herself diligently 10 her studies
| to make up tor lost time. She overtsxed her
brain, her heslth failed after few weeks and
she was compelled 10 withdraw from school,
Her sickness became serious, and in the latter
part OF November sho fell into trance. She
| lsy quiet in her bed, with her eyes sometimes
| "pol AID sometimes shut, but recognizing no
| ono, and mover speaking. Nosound escapes her,
and it was evident She 81 fired no pain. There
Was slight tWc6irg of the O. oids, hut little
| other movement
Dr.; WILLIAM C,Gotmsn, the family physician,
called Or. a. N. Dougerty and DR.. L. q
| Soguln, 81 this city, TO consult with him. 1t
was quickly determined that the strange disease
was lot cstslepsy. for the patients arms when
raised. fe!l back upon the bed. instead of re-
naming WHARF, placed. 1t was concluded that
sho was q victim of hysteria in an aggravated
form, resulting from overstudy. The severest
electric shocks caused not even the twitching of
q muscle After sevorLi days had passed. DR..
| O'Gorman, not knowing how long tho trance
would last. decided TO administer liquid food
artiiclslly, as the patient could not swallow.
| About New Tears Day she revived, and now
she is able 10 ride out, and seems TO BIZ restored
| 10 heslth. While she was in the trance the ply
sicans were sstls ad that ehe was con. cous, and
| proved it two or lhrce times. Once DR.. Seguin
| said for test:
| She is very pretty cir"
Immediately she blushed.
| Sho says she was conscious bu. had oaly one
| thought. aud that a terrible ole. She feared
constantly that the physicians would pronounce
her dead, and she would be buried a i've. She
| mad n physical pain, but this dread was agon-
ing In vain did she try to epesk. She could
| not m0Vn her 1ina n ia Int = ho
| tWltchirg OF her eyes was caused by her efforts
| 10 speak or give sign of life.
a physician aaid recently that he had known
or only ono other case Of hysteris that was at al
!!6e this. Within tho last month he was called
| TO SEQ lady who became widow within q week
| after her marriage. The shock to her nervous
system resulted in trance state and partial
suspension of all sense OF feeling, but after few
days che became consciously Y,Sm
AN UNBRoTHERLY FEUD.-The dotai s of o
horrible murder have boen received firm Hope,
Ark. For NOR, than year there has been i'll
telling between Samuel 3. Lemsy and Clinton
Lomay, brothers. aud prominent citz,ns CT
Lafayette county. This bitterness vas caused
| the marriage Of CLIFTON L,msv with lady
who bad been divorced from her first husband.
Tho L!mryi ptldo themselves on their blue
blood, ind wero bitterly opposed to the uron
at1i!mpg that it would DO o misaaLc, and
would disgrace and degrade the family pame
ADD position. Notwithstanding tho opposition
choice. From tho dsy OF tho wedding tho
feeling between the brothers has CROWD moro
aud more bitter Ga Thursday Light Clinton
L:may cllled at his brothers house, whcn O
sharp Dispute ebsued, ard he was ordered away.
This cnragcd him. and ho sez,d shotgun.
Sam drew revolver and fred, but without
object lie started then to leave the room, hut
Chpton raised lis gun ard poured a lold Ct
buckshot oto him. lie fell to tho floor, and
died 10 few MINUTES. CIioton mounted fleet
Torso End made his escape. He is supposed to
10 hiding 10 the cypress sWamps. Samuel g.
Len:ay. tho murdered man, Wss very wealthy
owing large. oNtton plautaiioLs ca tho Red
river. Clinton Lamay Is also rich cotton
planter Tho affair has created great txcitc-
ment not only 10 tho immediate ncighborhood
OF tho sccno OF tho crime but Throughout. tho
State, II which tho ac!crs ers we'll koowr.
locust pREDlCTGoH. Wsshiostoa dis.
patch credits Prof. Riley, the cuttm o'oeist,
with sayog that Tho II year loccsls will abound
next Juno in Marquette and Green Lake
SNHn'i~S, W tSSV'SIut III lEC Vi
WhceltCg, w. Va. and probably 10 Maryland,
virginia, urd tho Dislics Of Columbia. They
Inay also appear, ho sNs, IN the west mart Of
North Carolina, 10 Northeastern Ohio, Lauc,q.
ter couo'y, Ps.. aud Wost Chester county, N.
\. There arc Two broods OF these periodical
locus 8, ono APPEARING otc, 10 II years, and
the other orc, In Il. Both broods will apposr
his year. but not 10 tho same localities Tho
Professor efy3 that the Is year brood will prob
| ably DC seen 10 Southern IIincia. 10 all ct M
souri, except tho northwest corner, 10 Lou siana,
Arkansas, lDdan Territory, Kentucky, Tonnes.
see, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, North
Carolina ord Stu.h Carolina. The two kinds
OF lccas,s differ Very little 10 appearance.
PALMsRsToN's PoyER7Y.-How po;r he
orco was mag be gathered from III, following
authentic Incident. A friend of mine c,ed on
him by appointment. and found he was ou!-a
sudden summons to the Palace being tho
| r!sson CT his Inability to keep his engagement.
"A servant explained that my Lord would
probably be back in an hour. Very we'll said
| the visitor, who was on Ultimate terms with
Pamets!ou, nm wait. Meanwhile Git WAS
about luuoheon lims) III take glass of shorty
and l. ;cut." The s,rIant looked rather con
fused, aud cId.d by sammeIing Gu. that
neither sherry ncr biscuits wero to be had 10
tho house. Tho fac! was Lis Lorlship kept
tho key ct tho cupboard" Celia there was
evidently noro. Pamerston camo back bro
and bye, md was lsughingy iltMmsd of tho
Incident. lilo observed 10 rather dry tone,
VI shtuld thirk | did keep tho kay of my
cupboard.
EN- UNwELCoME GURsT.-Mr Richard Dor.
sey, Of Fairfax Court Housc, We. and wife ore
gucs!s at the St. Nicholas Hotel and occupy
room No. u. which is on tho parlor floor. About
o'clock Sunday morning they wero aroused
from sleep by hearing some one in their bed.
room. They discovered young maa half uu.
dressed lying across the bed. Mrs. Dorsey
cried for help and her husband aeiz,d tho in.
truder. Tho young man struggled with Mr..
Dorsey until polics officer arrested him. In
the Tombs Court tho prisoner appeared to be
creatfallen. Ho said his name was Albert Gain.
Eo ssid that on Saturday night he drank Two or
three glasses of liquor in Chatham square and
then started to go to his home in Harlem. ar
rived in front of the St. Nichols Ho.el he
thought i. was his house. He got in what he