The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1880-12-04
Of GENERAL INTEREST.
HydrOphObI,s's Horrors.

down with symptoms OF hydiuphubiu. On |
Tuesday the disease was clearly 'lclincl. Tho
Child is nine years old, ana had been bitten. MS
nearly as his parents could learn. some three
weeks before by a cur on the street. All Of
the more violent symptoms Of hydrophobia set
in. His commissions produced the choking
noise that Is sometimes likcncdto The snappi z
OF dog. and there was the attendant foamin.
at the mouth. While his father and mother
were tending him Ike bit them both. and it
being impossible to care for him ut home he
was sent to the Rhode Island Hospital.
Last evening Mrs. MolyncauX. the mother,
without the slightest prcmOniton eXccptnga
feeling OF iassitudc, was suddenly convuscd.
She was sitting at the time with some friend,
at her residence On Ship street. The spasms
became more violent; frothiny ut the mouth
and other symptoms that had been noticed in
the boy were observed. 1t was impossible for
the friends to control her. They say she
snapped at them whenever they approached,
and that this action caused them to remember
that she had been bitten by the little boy
Harry. Mr.. Molyneaux was away, and tho
police were therefore notified. An officer
cautiously entered the room and approached
| the bed on which Mrs. Molyneaux was lying.
| She seemed to have gone there in a moment
of temporary relief, but the moment she saw
the officer she sprang at him. The officer
| for few minutes hal a terrible strug-
gle. He could have mastered the
| woman easily, but he feared that in the
struggle that would. be necessary she
| might bite him. He seized the bctlclothes and
wound them in great bunch around his arms,
AMI thus protected himself. He also shouted
! for help, and shortly three officers arrived,
Mrs. MOlyneaux's house being but Il short dis.
lance from the station. The officer then, using
| the bedclOthes to protect himself, forced Mrs.
MolyneauX rs gently Is possible back to the
| bed, and threw the blankets quickly over her
| face In second the other officers, with the
police surgeon, who had arrived with an am.
bulancc had secured Mrs. Molyncaux. and she
was taken to the hospital. Sergeant Runkin,
Of the police, says he never saw more terri
bic sight than was this woman's condition
when they were binding her. He describes
her utteranccS as almost perfect limitations Of
the growing of a dog. and says she would set
her teeth and snap IS dogs do. The most pain
full part Of 1t all was that Mrs. MoIyneaux
seemed fully conscious, and her mental suf-
ferings were greater than the physical.
Mr. Molyneaux, the husband, who was also
bitten by his son. was ut his place Of bust.
ness, being employed in some capacity at
night in the s,cam-mills. He did not know
this morning Of his wifc's condition, and the
officers of the mill were anxious to keep the
fact from him.
Some years ago, when there was what might
almost be termed an epidemic OF hydrophO-
bia in the Connecticut Valley, IA man in The
last paroXysms bit his attendant The physi.
clans watched the attendant for some months,
| intending to make Il careful study Of the
disease, but the attendant was never the
worse for the bite.
Incident of the Nova Scotia Mine DisasteR
STELLARTON IN. 81 dispatches Of the Eth
relate the following incidents in connection
with the recent explosion in the coal mine ut
that place:
Tie miner who escaped unframed states
that, in trying to get to the shaft, he stumbled
across the PROSTATE form Of an old man. lie
stopped, and calling some others running by
to his assistance, got him into the cage to 90
tothe surface, AMI then looked about. He
found a little boy, apparently dead. He was
only insensiblc, and he got the little fellow
and the Old man to the surface, and then
found he had rescued his own son AMI his poor
! old father. A brother was still below.
William Dunbar is in bed in scmi-uncOn.
| sciOus condition. He Is the only rescued man
who was seriously injured. He was Il lamp
cleaner, and had II cabin at the bottom of the
pit. He is unable to speak long enough to tell
his story, but his wife says that as fur as she
! o0u l,op frnu WI k,n SaiI ho ~
cabin at the time Of the explosion. lie saw
the fire burst in the back doc: and he rushed
out the front and Tell on his face. His oil
soaked clothing had, however. caught fire and
was burning when his SON, in coming to the
pit bottom, found him. and distinguishing
his garments, with some assistance got him to
the surface. The old man is badly burnt Oh
the back and the right side. and on the
chest and nose. One arm was 50 badly burned
that the skin peeled down over his hand. lie
did not complain Of suffering much, which is
considered bad sign. He has frequent
periods of delirium. His recovery is consd-
cred doubtful. He is seventy-two years old,
and has been in the mining business forty
seven years. IL had two sons in tho mine
with him. One is lost.
All the other rescued men are out Of danger
and able to converse about their escape. All
tell the same tale. They had been suddenly
struck down. and know nothing of the cause.
Some OF the escapes were very marrow. Tnlcc
little boys working near the entrance to the
south side were jammcl in a heap agans. an
arch by u coa-bOx, and were found there in
sensible; while horse close by was killed
and completely roasted. The body Of the
horse and coal-box had kept the force
of the explosion from the lads The
flame. which was but mcntarily seen,
jumped several yards insid OF the south en-
trance, right across the pit bottom, and killed
and roasted u number OF horses several yards
inside of the north gallery; yet there are no
marks Of fire between these two points.
There is great mourning uOny the cottages.
The blinds are down in every third or fourth
place. Those suddcnly-madc widows have
large families Of young children. and II gem
eral Ass stance is not extended them, their
sutlerings this winter will be great, indeed.
Curlous Election lBets.
TIE loser in a Memphis bet is to stand on
his head five minutes, in u public square,
with Garfield banner suspended from his
feet.
In Oswcgo, n. y, groccryman bet his store
agains. u neighbours meat market that Han.
cock would be elected. He turned over has
wager like Il man, but the butcher declined to
acccptit.
In Ogtlcnsburr, n. Y, William Algcr bet his
mustache against a. A. Babcock's whiskcrs
that Garfield would not bcclccted. The other
morning he had his mustachc cut off and sent
to Mr. BabcUck
George Z. knOwls, of Racine, Wis.,, won from
Edwin Childs, Of Dakota. one section Of good
farm land six hundred and forty acres Tae
be. was s3,OU against Il certain described
section that New York State would give Gar
field from lOD to 500 Republican majority.
a combination bet was made y ten Demo
Gratis and ten Republicans in Houston, Tex
The losers were to harness themselves 10 q