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Show Had from a Negro's Bite. 1 Oscar Hill died recently in Clay county, coun-ty, Ala., in the most intense agouy from the effect of the bite of Henry Davis, a negro. The bite was inflicted about four months ago, when the two men had a quarrel, resulting iu Davis biting Hill's linger to the bone. ' Nothing waa thought of the matter for (several days, when the finger began to swell and waa amputated. This did not . - prevent the swelling from going into the arm, however, and about ten days after the finger was taken off the arm was severed near the shoulder. This appeared to heal and no further trouble was anticipated until a few days ago, when the injured man began to show symptoms similar to those of hydrophobia, hy-drophobia, going into convulsions at the tight of water, and being possessed of superhuman strength during these paroxysms par-oxysms of pain. These convulsions became be-came more and more frequent until death relieved his sufferings. Cor. Philadelphia Phila-delphia Times. |