Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-07-10
SOMEWHAT STRANGE.
ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS OF
EVERYDAY LIFE.
Queer Episodes and Thrilling Adven-
lures Which Show that Truth 10
Stranger than Fiction.

lures Which Show that Truth IL
Stranger than Fiction.
MISS HnDEGARDE WHIrTLEBoRN, q
most excellent and highly esteemed young
lady of Davenport, Iowa, is suffering from
an affection of most extraordinary ma
ture, and which is pronounced by the
medical authorities who have seen her to
be unique. About year and half age
Miss Whittleborn began to notice that the
tips of her fingers and soles of her feet
were slightly discolored but paid no par
ticular attention to it until the discolors-
ton deepened from faint yellow, hardly
more than sallowncss, to a saffron tint,
which began to spread slowly but GER
tainly, until her limbs and the greater
part of her body are covered with the
stain. 1t is of rich copper color, which
is growing darker perceptibly from day
to day, and spreading with alarming rap
idity. The young lady's face, which had
hitherto escaped, has become infected,
one ear and part of one cheek being
already discolored, and it is apparently
only question of time until the entire
surface of her body becomes of the same
dark tint. The physicians are much
puzzled over the case, and, while ascrib-
ing it to some change in the coloring pig
ment of the skin, are at loss to account
for that change. The health of the
young lady prior to this strange alteration
of her color was fairly good, and since it
has been going on has become exception
ally so. There seems to be no disease of
the skin, which remains satin smooth
and performs its several functions as
usual, and, indeed, were it not for the
singularity of her appearance, owing to
the contrast presented to the dark places
by those which have as yet retained their
natural color, the dark olive hue of her
skin is far from being ugly or repulsive,
and, doubtless, by the time it has entirely
enyeloped her she will find herself as
comely an Indian girl as she was as type
of fair American.
OLD inhabitants have identified a
Ihackled skeleton uncovered at Pueblo,
Col 1t belonged to Alexander Colmenly,
known as "Big Tex" lynched on April
IL, 1867. The man was a lawyer, by
profession, from Tennessee, and during
the war commanded company of Union
rangers. He fought at the battle of Mill
Springs, and claimed to have killed
General Zollikoffer. After the surrender
at Appomatox he came West and organ
lied one of the largest and most desper-
ate bands of horse and cattle thieves ever
known on the Dry Cimmaron, in New
Mexico. On one occasion he killed two
Mexicans and ran off with 5000 sheep.
The daring deeds of the gang at last
attracted the attention of the United
States Government, and the 18th Cavalry
and 14th Infantry were detailed to look
the matter up. ''Big Tex murdered a
Sergeant Barrett, of the cavalry, in a
cowardly way, and was afterward cap
tured and brought to Pueblo. His inn
mense strength, proportioned to his
height of six feet four inches, was well
known, and TO prevent his escape they
handcuffed and shackled him. Three
days after his arrival he was taken out of
the frame hut where he had been kept,
and hanged. He was buried with the
shackles, and the next night resurrected
and his head cut of The skull is now
in possession Of the insane asylum
authorities.
A DIREFUL accident to six men on a
hsndcar near East Helena, Mon, short
time ago was only averted by the intelli
gence of dog A large Newfoundland
dog was in the habit of following the
men on their daily trip down the road,
and like all dogs it was ambitious to keep
up with its masters. One evening when
the men were returning from work the
dog took the lead and there was spirit
ed race. The animal was only short
distance ahead, and instead of leaving
the track and falling in the rear, kept GO
ing at great speed. The men never
thought Of danger till the car rounded
curve and came suddenly upon long
trestle with the dog not more than twenty
feet ahead. He did not realize the dan
ger until he came to the trestle. The
men were horror-stricken and expected
to be thrown from the track and perhaps
killed. The intelligent dog knew the
danger instantly. 1t fattened itself be-
tween the ties, and the cars passed safely
over without ruffling hair. 1t was the
most remarkable piece of intelligence
ever exhibited by a dumb animal. 1t
could not go forward; to stand still was
death to the dog as well as men. 1t was
too late to jump, so the intelligent ami
NAL crouched, and saved its own life as
well as the men on the car.
ANNA HOPKINS became the wife of F.
W. Brown, young shoemaker, who was
in business at Cincinnati, Ohio,
and the outlook for the young couple
seemed bright. One week after the mar
rage young Brown became insane, and
proceeded to lock his wife up in her
bedroom in her mothers house. From
this room the poor woman never stepped
until eight weeks had passed. Her
mother, terrified by her son-in-law. was
afraid to report him, and so the wretched
family lived on. Brown in the main was
not abusive, and contented himself with
keeping his wife locked up. One day he
told her she was fat enough and he
would kill her. He sharpened his knife
In the presence of the terrified woman,
and when all was ready went for pitcher
Of water to wash up the blood. While
ha xvas in the rear ward the oir1 and her