The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-02-03
A CASE FOB DOCTORS.
Is IT uYsTERlA OR WHAT is lT'
Strange PhspOmsRA Attending tbs Illns''
Of AarShAll COunty Glrl-suPsEhumsn
strength and Supernatural VlsiOuS
Ut a Child Causing Wonder.

strength and Supernatural RtAinnS
Ut a Child Causing Wonder.
Tie residents Of the neighborhOod OF
Sand Hill, a village in Marshall county,
are stirred up by series Of sensational
events which as described byeye-witnesses
are inexplicab!e. The case is an interest
ing one to physicians as well as to the gen.
eral public, and allowing for the neighbors
lack Of special qualifications for arriving at
an explanation, and for the influence Of
imagination also, there is certainly aoms-
thing about the occurrences worthy OF In
Vestigation. The facts were given to an
INTELLIGRScRR man laht evening by
we'll known resident Of the
vicinity referred TO, who claims
to have seen much that he uarrates, The
mysterious occurrences have been in
progress Tor some length Of time, Two
weeks ago little girl, aged eleven years,
daughter Of Mr.. Nj, j. HUFF, was taken
sick at her fathers residence, two miles
from Sand Hill, on Turkey run. She was
at frat supposed to have some affection OF
tho threat, Two physicians were sum
noned, but after studying the case several
days, they admitted that they did not IN
derstand the case, She is still i'll, and 1t ia
one Of the peculiar symptoms, or perhaps
results, OF the disease which has caused
and is causing the excitement,
AN UNIQUE CASE.
The case, as described to the reporter,
il an unique one. The child, when attack.
ed by one Of the intermittent spells OF the
disease, will shortly Hink into q death.like
trance, and lie 60 sometimes for from four
To six hours ut u time. During this
trance, she is to all appearances
dead, and the hst 1T she took
alarmed the family, who believed the 1T
tie ons really dead. Alter this stage
passes oil, series Of strong commissions
seize the Childs frame, and her arms are
thrown wildly about with a strength which
strong men have been unable 10 over
come, When these spasms become
genller, an inetiabls smile OvGrspTeads the
little girls isCe, and she raises her hand
and extends ii as II to shake hands with q
friend, and her fingers clasp and unClasp
% II she really felt the grasp Of hand Of
flesh.
This is followed by embraceA us II she
object OF her affection is kissed repeatedly.
Aiter this she laughs softly 10 herself, AS
though In conversation with invisible
friends, or gazing upon some pleasing
scene, The sight OF one OF these spells,
all oil which arc mole or less alike, ia de.
scribed as affecting In the extreme, and
the numerous visitors who have been at-
tracted to Mr., Hua's house out OF Curios-
Ivy leave awesLIiCken and amazed.
Occasionally, instead Of coming to after
ono Of these strange spells, the child be-.
comea calm, seeming about TO recover,
and partially opens her eyes, which are
unusually bright and clear; but only 10
sink again iLto Comatose state, upon
tho conclusion Of which the same strange
and pathetic slghiB are Witnessed,
THE GEORGIA. WONDER" oUrDoNR.
Though, rs before stated, over two
weeks have elapsed since the Chlld's first
conVulSion or trance, she has in that time
eaten scarcely anything. She takes a
drink of milk or little solid food when
resting in the intervals between the at
taCks, but her appetite seems appOaaed by
morsel. And the strangest part ia to
relate. Since her fourth year the child
has been cripple, and Of feeble health.
Yet now she Ia unusually strong, her
muscles seeming as hard as iron. Some
times near the conclusion OF an attack
she will straighten out into q rigid posi-
ton with surn force az to propel her body
upward until Il comes in contact with the
ceiling. At these times she shrieks In an
nneaitlEly tone: Catch them oh, catch
themw
On one OF Lhese occasions her father
asked, "Whom do you want me 10 catch 2"
"rhoSe people !" she said. "Those PEG.
Pile Don't you SEQ them?"
mo, dear, " said Mr.. HUFF.
"Why,,I see them with my eyes shut.
They are good people there, Pa, and am
going there, too. Won't you and mother
come there, tool"
This last sentence she often repeats.
There IL no reason TO suspeCtothe child
ofdeliberately aCtinga part. That hypoth.
esis Is nntenable. She canuot read, and
being q cripple has gone from home but
little II ataii, since she was four years old.
Her parents are not especially religious;
certainly she has never had an example OF
insanity from religious enthusiasm. These
facts are all vouChed for by the INTEL.
LldENcER's informant, who Is Trustworthy.
tNypBn,ut 4, on, Z. M pu,N,sra
There are reports, however, which the
gentleman quoted does not vouCh for,
AMPLY giving them as current rumor In
the neighborhood. 0ne Of these is story
that the child was one day asked, when
she spoke Of seeing people, II she knew
any oil them. She named several persons
who had died, some OF whom she knew,
while others sho had simply heard OF.
Being asked to tell what they looked like,
she correctly described the appearance
and clothing OF burial Of all, though she
had never seen corpse prepared Tor the
grave and her parents declare that she
never heard any OF these people spoken
Of. These reports, III themselves incredS
Bile, arc accepted as true by many Of
the neighborB, and naturally the case has
caused an Unprecedented excitement
among the people Of Sand Hill and viCin.
ity. The fame Of the occurrences has
spread far and wide, aud the house iB daily
crowded with visitors from morning till
night Whatever the truth Is, a marvel Is
made Of II by the people, and exaggerated
accounts Of II are more or less widely cir.
culated. What Is narrated above was OBJ.
tanned from gentleman Of standing, with
much more for which he was not willing
10 be responsible. On the face Of It, the
case 10 certainly worthy Of careful investi.
CATION.
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