Show SALINA BECOMES EXCITED ExMarshal Ireland TaUea a Diphtheria Victim Into the Town SALINA Juno 15 1890 Special correspondence corres-pondence to THE HKKALD Last Tuesday evening exMarshal Ireland brought into Salina one of his employees a young man named Oliver Gurbcr who was suffering from a severe throat disease and took him to tho residence of Dr Madsen Tho doctor being absent he told Mrs Madson that ho had a sick boy with him whom he wished to leave there to have treated for a sore throat adding that he Ireland had endeavored to cure the boy for the past four days without success In answer to Mrs Ms question as to the condition of the boys throat Mr Ireland said that he had white blisters on each side Tho doctors wife took the answer into consideration and then judging from tho looks of the young man insisted that he had diphtheria but Ireland said ho knew better as ho had had experience with diphtheria in his own family and could therefore easily detect it Why did you not leave him up at your place 1 said Mrs M to the exmarshal Because ho replied re-plied I did not wish to expose the other folks Mr Ireland than drovo to the hotel and by telling tho laity of the house that tho boy had only a sore throat and not diphtheria diph-theria succeeded in getting him in For some reason known positively only to Iro I land ho left tho young Ian there and took quarters Inmsflf at a private house The selectman and board of health hav ing been l notified of what had happened accordingly began to investigate In the I absence of the quarantine physician noun j n-oun doctor here on a visit from the oast was called in and being unacquainted with the nature of diseases in tim west pronounced pro-nounced it not diptucria However Mr Ktiighton proprietor of the hotel gave the exmarshal to understand tayo I stand that he wanted him lo move that sickinau immediately and accordingly lan1 obeyed He next took his man to Mr Gerry Gates and told that suntleajan thai the boy vss sick but the doctor Skid ha Lad no contagious contagi-ous disease Although Mr Gates has a family of small children through compas sion for tho young man he took him in I upon 11 Irelands guarantee to libra a man to wait upon him t 1 The next day Ireland went back to his ranch and if ho hired any one to stay with the sick man the party must have broken his agreement for all the work fell upon i Mrs Gates as the husband went away to the caflon the day following Mrs th becoming alarmed as the young man grew worse asked for further investigation inves-tigation and this time the young doctor pronounced it diphtheria From that time the board of health took tmo te the matter in hand and did all in their power to relieve the sufferer but in spite lor their efforts he succumbed to the destroyer de-stroyer soon after oclockSnturday evening even-ing and was buried before sunrise Sunday morning Although great precautions were taken after the true character of the disease was discovered some have been exposed and there will be no thanks duo Mr Ireland if very serious results do not follow One case has already made its appeariucc but wo trust there will bo no more The people of all classes are nearly unanimous in denouncing the course 11 Ireland took in ridding himself of a pligue at the probable expense of a number of the Salina peoples liverf Wo think that if tile exinarshil had any regard for the principle contained in the golden rule hit would at least have tried to secure an empty house for the accommodation accommo-dation of the sick man instead of throwing him into a public house or even into a private vate family whore there wore little children chil-dren Of courso we admit that in the lust instance he was partially justified by the decision of the doctor The parents of the deceased reside at Ashleys Fork and hence it will bo two or three days before they receive the sad news Tha people of Salina extend their sincere sympathy to the bereaved family and wish them to know that all was done that could be for their departed one under the circumstances and that while his interment Inter-ment was sudden i was done in accordance accord-ance with the doctors advice for the welfare wel-fare of out people HAn |