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PECULIARLY ILL

Atlanta, March 22 – Col. A. E. Buck, United States marshal and a famous leader in the Republican party of Georgia, lies critically ill at his home. His illness is the result of a peculiar accident. While additions are being made to the government building the marshal’s office is in a building where the ceilings are low and the chandeliers hang to within five feet of the ground. Buck, who is over six feet tall, was walking along with his head down when he ran against a chandelier. The blow pained him some, but after a few minutes he had forgotten all about it. Yesterday he cane to the office and after working awhile seemed to lose his mind. He was hurried home and physicians have been with him since. His condition is critical.
Vernon Courier, (Lamar County, AL), March 27, 1890 Submitted by Veneta McKinney