Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-07-15
A STRANGE CASE.

A STRANGE CASE.
By request Of friends q pest mor'eH
was held yesterday by Drs. Hushsol
and Pinkham upon the remains OF D
A. C. Palmer, who died the day previous
The deceased was an old resident in the city
and his extremely emaciated appearance FOL
many years past has caused him to be gener
ally observed. and led to considerable speeu
Iot;on and conjecture as to the disease which
shonld produce such effects and yet not prove
fatal The post morten revealed Ine 1ac'
tha4 he had at the time of his death hive dis,
esses or arrangements at five distinct parts OF
Az hodv either Of which would positively
and almost Immediately prove fatal to any
nerson of only ordinary tenacity OF lite. The
innos were consumed to about one-third
their natural size and hlled with
tubercles. They were also both ex.
tensively adhered to the walls OF the chest
The left auricle and ventricle of the heart ap-
peared healthy, but the walls were almost as
thin as writing paper, and in the right ven.
tricle was fbrinous eliot about four inches
in length, which would be supposed to kill
Immediately. The stomach was extensively
liberated, and its walls were not more than
half the thickness of an ordinary healthy
stomach. The small intestine had become
intussuscepted or turned within itself tor a
distance of seven inches. This is very IN
usual occurrence, and one of the most fatal.
It is thought, from appearance ana symp-
toms, that this condition could not have ex-
listed more than twenty-four hours prior. to
his death. Below this. another portion
of the small intestine, for a distance
of about fourteen inches. showed that
a high state of inflammation had ex-
listed, followed by modification. Not.
withstanding these conditions foEnd, aud
the almost deathlike appearance which Mr.
Palmer sustained for many years past his
last illness did not occur until last Saturday.
and. when physician was sent for on that
day. and called to see him, Mr.. Palmer had
GONE down town and remained there for
hours. He was confined to his bed but two
DAYS prior to his death, and during which
time his symptoms of immediate difficulty
pointed directly, if not exclusively, to in
fiammation or disease Of the stomach.
It is an interesting fact in connection with
this case that the deceased was very small
man. OF not over five feet and one or two
inches in hight and Of slight frame, not
WEIGHING much over one hundred pounds
when in health, and probably not to exceed
eighty pounds for many years past. 1t may
also be added that. contrary to what would
naturally be- expected, he uniformly possessed
a ravepous appetite. and which was so marked
that formerly his maladY was attributed to
the presence Of q tapeworm.
METROPOLITAN THEATER.-H. S. Beals,
manager, and S. G. Mott, acting manager,
have contracted with Jarrett 4 Rice's =" Fun
on the Bristol" party to appear here on the
1Sth and 10Th instants, Monday and Tuesday
evenings next. The company is headed by
Sheridan, leading comedian and character
actor. There are thirteen members of the
party, who are declared to be acknowledged
artists. The play. the scenes of which are
located on Long Island Sound steamer, is
announced as "the funniest on record" and
it is said to have been played $50 times, from
Maine to Louisiana and from New York to
British Columbia. The management assert
that this is the most amusing musical comedy
of the age. The box-sheet opens to-day, and
no extra charge is to be made for reserved
seats.
FREIGHT BY RAIL. The following car
loads of freight were yesterday received for
parties in this city: Two of ore, IS of lum-
Der, of wheat, 1 of hogs, 5 of barley, of
machinery, of ice, of doors, 8 of iron, l of
steel rails. l of oranges, 5 of screenings, of
wood and of hay. The following carloads
were forwarded East: One of beans, of SUI
gar. 4 of salmon, Z Of barley, of hides. of
wool. of merchandise, l of coal, 2 of green
fruit, l Of tea, of vegetables, 8 of fruit, 2 of
potatoes, OF powder, 3 OF salmon, of nails,
l Of wool and tea, of coffee, ? of canned
goods and 1 of quicksilver.
FATAL INJuRIEs.-A brakeman on freight
train No. slipped and fell under his train at
Lincoln, on the Oregon division. He was
run over and his right leg cut off near the
knee. He was attended at once by Drs.
Wadley and Murry, of that place, as well as
possible, after which he was brought to the
Railroad Hospital in this city, but died
was a single man, about y years OF age, and
it is thought was q native Of Illinois.
CHANGED OCCUPANCY. - The premises
formerly occupied by the Sacramento Ice
Manufacturing Company, on K street, be-
tween Tenth and Eleventh, has been leased
by J. McNasser, proprietor of the Golden
Eagle, and will be fitted up by him for hotel
buses, carriages, etc., and with accommoda-
tions for forty head of horses He will make
this sort of headquarters for much Of his
fine stock Of horses which he recently i'm
ported from Kentucky.
Police CouRT.-No session of this Court
was held yesterday. by reason of the City AZ
torney being engaged in the Superior Court,
where the case of Feronica Miller rs. the
City of Sacramento was upon trial. The Po-
lice Court will commence its session this
morHiUg at Q o'clock, and continue until all
cases before it are disposed of. That of w.
G. Burke, upon charge of stealing the $500
from the buggy of W. D. Stalker short time
since, will be heard.
TAKEN TO MARIAN insane girl named
Rosa Yagel, about Is years of age, was taken
from this city to the Napa Asylum. She
was very violent 10 her maiady, and almost
entirely denuded herself in her cell by tear
ing her clothes. Il was with difficulty that
she could be suitably prepared TO be taken
away, and had to be secured and carefully
watched after taken upon the cars.
FRENCH ANsIvERsAEY.-The French resi-
dents in this city raised their flags yesterday
and celebrated last evening with bombs and
fireworks the anniversary of the taking of
the Bastile Good dinners were eaten and
socialities exchanged. The evening was
made quite lively by firing and display of
rockets.
ColniERcIAL.-The schooner Sacramento
arrived yesterday from San Francisco, with
lumber for the Friend & Terry Lumber Com
pany, and for w. 7. Frazsr. The steamer
c. NJ. Small departed for San Francisco.
MERCHANDISE REPoRT-The only mer-
chandise that passed Ogden on the 18th for
Sacramento was a carload Of oil for the Con.
tinental Oil and Transportation Company.
IMMIGRANTS. One hundred and ten immi.
grant passengers from the East will arrive by
overland this afternoon. including seventy
males.
The blessing of Regular Digestion
Is best appreciated By those who, having lost.
have ultimately recovered il. To form an
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