Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-02-10

West Virginia girls seem to be
very "touchy" and easily offended,
and rather extreme in their meth
DDS ofrevenge when they are offend
ed. There was a dance at Key
stone the other night and during its
progress Vance Vaughan accident
ally stepped on the toes of Miss
Laura Snapp. He neglected to
stop to tender an apology, and the
girl drew small revolver from her
pocket and shot and killed him.
She was promptly arrested and
Jailed, but declared she was glad
she had done as she did.
Henry Suntmeyer, of Nashville,
ILL.,, one day last week captured a
large buzzard, the bird having walk
ed into turkey trap. The bird was
vicious and showed fight, and its
head and and neck feathers were
gray. Suspended from its neck by
a woven wire cord was a little sill
yer bell with II. K. F., 1885," en-
graved upon it. The bell was
bright from coming in contact with
the birds feathers and it tlnkled
merrily. The bird made its escape
again. Some years ago bird
answering the same description was
captured in Texas, and later heard
of in Florida.
One of the strangest cases of sus-
pended animation on record is now
exciting the curiosity of New York
physicians. On October 20, 1896,
VIM. Scott, a trunkmaksr, was as
saulted by couple of men and
badly beaten. He became uncon-
scious, and has remained so ever
since. The physician who has
had charge of him since the time of
his injury does not believe that
Scott will regain consciousness, and
says that If he does not, he will
die soon. The men who assaulted
Scott are suffering from his pecu-
liar condition, as they have been
detained all these fifteen months
awaiting the result of their victims
injuries, and should he die they
will be indicted for murder.
Instances are numerous of a per-
sons hair turning white in a few
hours through fright, but in cases
like that of Robert E. Noway, of
New York, are not so common; in
fact, are exceedingly rare. When
Noway awoke one morning recent
ly he was surprised on looking in
the glass to find that his hair,
which had been dark brown the
night before, had turned to snow
white while he had slept. He con-
suited doctor, but the latter could
give no explanation of the strange
occurrence. Noway has felt no
physical i'll effects from the sudden
change.
Although the buffalo is supposed
to b. about extinct in this country,
with the exception of a few speci-
mems in geological gardens and
public parks, down in Texas there
exists a herd Of 800 of the animals
who, though captive, live in practi-
cally the same manner IS their wild
ancestors did, for they are free to
roam over tract of 1000 acres
which has been fenced in by a
wealthy land owner for their exolu-
sive use. These buffaloes, unlike
those kept in the close confinement
and small Enclosures, breed
the herd having increased
from twenty-five few years ago to
its present number. The owner
will not allow any Of them to be
killed, and expects in few years
more to have big herd Of several
thousand.
Old Alb Drake was one ofthe "odd
sticks" that fourished in a Vernon
rural neighborhood a good many
years ago. His wife was a meek,
obedient, spiritless woman over
whom Alb tyrannized for fifty
years, when she quietly slipped out
of the world. Old Abs panegyrics
on his dead wife's virtues were loud
and long. Before the funeral he
said to one of his neighbors:
''She was the best woman on top
Of this earth. I jess thought the
world and all of her, yes l did!
always thought it, and hanged if
there want times when I come
mighty near telling her so! Yes
sir! An | would OF told her so
only I've always held, and still hold,
that it amt safe to praise anything
that wars petticoats! 'Cepting for
that | would of told Lily Ellen
what / thought of her many time,