The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-30
Thirty-Two Persons Stricken Down
With Rabies From Eating
Diseased Pork.
A Wild Race for Life Between q Mad Mulo
and His Unfortunate Owner
Saved by Miracle,
Queer Animal Food Furnished to the
Negroes on an Alabama
Plantation
Hydrophobta FIX raordmary.

EuFALA, AN, August 2o,-'lhc pco-
pie in this ncighDorhood arc In u state of
tremendous excitement over the whole
sale spread of hydrophobia on the pIanta-
ton of Punch Doughtic. DR.. Il, b,
johnson has ust returned from Mr..
Doughtie's plantation, where he had been
summoned. lie found thrty-two per-
sous suffering with disease which he at
once pronounced hydrophobia In mild
form. All the sufferers are negroes,
Three of them are desperately sick, Que
being IL the throeS of dcllrlum and so low
that the doctor says he IL liable to die
ut any moment More than three
weeks ago u hog bitten by dog died on
Mr.. DOughtie's plantation, and the car
cass was given to the negroes to be con
yerted into soap grease. Instead OF utll-
izing it for this purpose, thlrty.two ne
grocs on the place and In the neighbour
hood ate the flesh of the hog. Mr.
Doughtc says that on July 2, one Of his
dogs went mad and bit mule and Sow
cral hogs. On August IS tho first hog
died, and was eaten by the negroes. Two
more died on August Is, one on August
20 and one on August u, and all were
eaten except the last, when the par
takers OF the poisoned flesh be-
came sick. The mule exhibited signs
OF madness OH the nineteenth day after
being bitten. Eleven days after the first
hog was eaten ten of the negroes were
taken. Two days ago another dog was
discovered to be mad, and was Killed al
ter having bitten mule. Another dog
on the lot Is now housed, and Will be
experimental with for cure, The dog
that bit the mule and hogs disappeared,
and the whole neighborhood Is in terror
lest he went am NJ cattle and hogs
throughout the place before dying.
dozen out of the thirty-two cat
ers of the affected hogs are
seriously sick, and the developments
among the others are awaited with the
greatest interest. DR.. Johnston, an able
physician, says it Is n terrible case and
that he fears the worst. lie says that 1t
would not surprise him If the greater
number of the thirty.two persons should
die. A few days ago Mr.. Doughtlc rode
out, at the request Of Il field hand, to In
spect the condition OF one OF
his mules, which was acting
strangely. On reaching the pas
ture where dozen mules were, the
animal which Mr. Doughtie was riding
ncighed, which attracted tn attention OF
the other animals, ana the SICK par
ticuiarIy, which Immediately rushed on
the mule and rider, and seized the saddle
of the animal with his teeth. MIR.
Doughtic dismountcd and succ cded In
ooscung the mad mules mold; but no
sooner was Thu, done than the lufurlatcd
beast turned upon his owner, who
fled for his life, pursued by the
mule. There was desperate race
of quarter OF mie throu h
underground, and Mr. DoughtIo ony
saved himself by lodging around sap
iings, A small stretch OF clearing Inter
vened between the WOODS aud the house,
and the terrified man t ok II HE and
death chance on making It,. Before lcav-
ing the woods the mule had bitten out Il
piece of Mr. Doughtie's coat, and while
manUvering around the tree the animal
bit himself savagey In several places,
tearing out a mouthful of flesh each
time. The race for the house was
a close one, and just as
Mr. Doughtie reached the top of the
fence, the mule overlook him, but IN
stead of reaching his victim, struck his
head against fence post in the wild rush
and was Knocked senseess The mu c
was afterwards killed by Mr.. Doughtie.
1t is now reported that the whole herd OF
mules are affected, Many of them have
leaped the fences and will doubtless
spread the disease among other animals
in the nelghborhood. The community Is
at d loss no W to arrest the disease.