The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-01-07
The. CASE OF HYDRopuoD1A FnoM A

The. CASE OF HYDRopuoD1A FROM a
OATs sBrTE-SlNGULAR DEATH 1t WAS
mentioned recently that Mr.. James
Raymond, of Brooklyn. n. Y, had .licd
OF hydrophobia from tho bite of u cat.
The New York Sun says:
Six months ago, while stroking the
bsoi of cat, the treacherous creature
suddenly turned aud bit him severely
On the hand. The wound was dressed,
and Mr.. Raymond experienced 10 Sc.
rious Inconvenience FROM it until the
3Olh ut. About noon Of that day, he
became sick at his place Of bus,Assy,
Maiden lane aud Water street. He dis
covered an obstruction in his breathing,
mud had severe pains III the hsad. For
u time. he was unwilling to believe that
anything serious ailed him, but he was
compelled to quit his work and GO home,
where he arrived at 1 O'clock. ii. san;
for physician, who decided that tho
aliment was congestion Of the left lung.
and prescribed for the patient with that
view. The next morning, however,
when the doctor called. Mr.. Raymond
was much worse, nnd his Symphonic
could not ho accounted for on the
hypothesis OF congestion o. tho lungs
Inquiry elected the fact about the ca,
bite, nnd tho ductor was then satisfied
that he had a Case of hydruphobia to
treat.
This conclusion received fearful con
firmation about II O'clock. Mr.. I.y
mond had taeu ii terr.ble pa!oxysm
lastlng more than au hour, in which h.
frothed at til. mou'h expressed til.
greatest horror at Everything liquid
and required the services Of six strong
men to preveut his iarn,ing himself tr
others. This p,rnxysm was succeeded
ny others, nIur uf which were SO
violent. At one time he begged his mt.
tendants to release him for few min
utes, and, as he Was then com nplratively
quiet, they did 81. IL. seized she on.
p"rtnni.y to rush to IL close. where
there Was Il U0,t.c q. iaudan,l,n He
got the bo.t'. IN l.,, hands, but it WAS
tuEen ir.iE h!EI D.iUrr nc co.Iii III ,k,
any us:: III Il. Six phSsicitus wer,
with him on Wednesday evening and
night. They kept him inhalins ctoro.
form. and injected morphine eplsi.rmi,
casiy. Ills treatment seemed 10 allie
vlute his snneriDgs, and for two or tilrct
hours before life was extinct, he was
comparatively calm. After mldnigh,
AN Episcopal minister baptized him aud
ADMINISTERED the sacrament, the dying
man being able to make tho proper re-.
sponses. His last moments were unit.
peaceful. Shortly before he expired he
suid that he would prefer death thou
sand times to the agony Of another
paroxysn. Mr.. Rlyuoud hui been
married about two years. AMI leaves d,
Young wife and child. He was twenty.
two years and five months old.
UNITED STATES CouEr.-The January
term OF the United S.ates District Conri
was opened in Charleston, on Monday,
by Judge Bryan. Only fourteen of the
grand aud ten OF the petit and pleas
jurors answering t. their names, the
marshal was ordered to summon u suf-
fcent number of persons from the by-
| stacaers, to-day, to complete the panels.
In the case OF NC assignees OF l. S. X.
Bennett rS. the First National and Peo.
pies National Banks and G. L. Bennett,
!. :sas ordered that the sale of pro.
perty, ordered in March, be extended to
the 2lst February, 1874, AMI that 2. L.
Oieapor and his wife be made PARTIES
defendants. and that Tho bin filed by
ehoA "So'not tuc CotlpiNluautS SlnnQ hS
their answer. and that tho Case be re.
ferred to Register Carpenter. TO take
evidence, &c.
Joseph ". Barnwell, Esq was up.
POINTED assignee of L. NJ. Seabrook, 10
place OF Louis McLail. removed.
An examination was ordered to be
made before Registrar Clawson, touch
ing the disposition Of the property ol
Henry Whitmire, bankrupt. Similar
examinations were ordered in the cases
OF Geo. F. Towbes and Stephen March.
bank. bankrupts. Geo. w. Leo, oi
Sumtor, was finally discharged iu bank
ruptcy.
Tho assignee Of Wm. G. Whilden,
bankrupt, was ordered to pay costs in
the case rs taxed by tho Registrar.
The time for moving for fiual dis
charge in bankruptcy of Gaillard & Mi
mott was extended to tho l7th instant.
Claims in favor of +. W. Kerchnel
against benjamin S. Ellis, bankrupt
amounting to S7,4SO.lS. were cstab.
lished, and the assignee was ordered tc
sell property, pay costs and bold pro
ceeds, subject TO the order OF the Court
also. to call on lien creditors to prove
claims before February /, 1871
The Injunction against the assignee o
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