Denton & Haughton Weekly News, and Audenshaw, Hooley Hill, and Dukinfield Advertiser. — 1874-10-02 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

ELD.  On Saturday afternoon, an inquest was held before Mr. Dunstan, coroner, at. the Town Hall, Macclesfield, on the body Of Jeremiah Bayley, a hawker, age* 25 years, who died in Macclesfield Workhouse on Thursday night., . The main facts as to the deceased being bitten, his taking ill on Sunday .week, and refusing food and liquid, his delirous state prior to death having. been recapitulated, Mr. J. B. Hughes, the officer of the union, was called. He said on the 17th July the deceascdieatne to him and showed him the wound the dog (alpull and terrier bitch, suckling pups) had made in his leg.. ' Deceased: was very' much afraid. Witness applied Caustic, and lia a fortnight the leg healed up; On Wednesday morning he saw deceased in the padded room of the workhouse a raving maniac. He persuaded.him to tly to swalbw a little utter. Deceased put a spoon to his mouth and " pitched " the water in, but he could not swallow it. He refused food Or  liquid of any kind, and was afterwards subject to violentitetanic spasms; in short, the severest symptoms of hydrophobia presented themselves. Deceased foamed, at ,the mouth, and on being removed into the id-aed room walked backwards, which was a sign of hydrophobia. 'Hydrophobic patients could not walk forward very well, as the air coming in contact with the chest produced the spasms, and they invariably "'walked backwards. These symptoms manifested themselves prior to deceased being removed to the workhouse. Dr;;Deas.and Lyle, of the Parkside Asylum; Dr. Doulger, the house surgeon of the Macclesfield infirmary; Messrs. Vaux, All Wood, and Somerville, surz geons, had seen the deceased, and all agreed that it was a distinct case of hydrophobia. _  The foreman, (Ir. . John Conies Pownell, silk mann-. facturer)asked whether chloral-bydrate had been given the—paien t ? Dr. Hughes: He would take nothing ; you can't get a man suffering from Hydrophobia/to take it. 'There . . never has been an authenticated mai of hydrOpholifte cured yet. - The foreman: Did he bark like a dog, as we hear some do?  Dr. Hughes: Oh, no it is a vulgar error to suppose that. The Coroner: Don't you think the mind. had something to do with the case—the fear he was in?  Dr. Hughes. Oh no; madness produced by hydrophobia is quite different to any other form of insanity. You can get a lunatic to eat and drink, The deceased could do neither, lat first coaxed him to try, and he triecrit, but could not swallow. A Juror: It is said this dog was not mad. Dr. Hughes: I know it is said so. My firm opinion is the dog must have been mad. We have not an authenticated case of anyone going mad from the bite of a dog that was not known to be mad at the time. The jury returned a verdict that the deceased died from hydrophobia.  The Liberty, training ship, which went on shore at Dartincnth has been got off, The Cambridge nomination is fixed for Saturday next,  Sixteen Roman Catholic Priests are now in confinement for infringement of the Palck laws.  Mr. Secretary Cross-Us :declined to recommend "a. remission of the capital sentenca on George Weallurn the .crieff murderer.: A legacy of £lO,OOO has-been left to Dundee In6rmary to be employed in-- the loißiovaraent.: of the nursing department.. * In Scotland, on am:Yount ôfth prodtictive= labour of convicts, £3,9362.0e.-31,._was realised and £2,145 2s. 4d, in Ireland, in the ',yearlnded March Si last. Mr.; Disradi hae written to the Provost Of Aberdeen agreeing to accept the freedom of that city, - but,expressing his present inability to Eau 'date for uecere m ony, The Rev. C. Rhodes has reigned the pastdiate of the church at Morceambarintrreceived a'unanlinobg invitation to become the miaister of the church at East Hartle' col,  CA