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Show Yct-y Ictuliar Conduct. Sai.isa, June 15, 1S!J. 1 jsi Tuesday evening ex-Marshal Ireland Ire-land brought into Salina one of his employes, a young man named Oliver Gcrbtr, wlio ira sulferlng frm a severe throat di-iase, ami took him to the residence of Dr. I Madscn. The doctor King ?bttnt, he told Mr Madsvn he tad a sick Iwy witli him, whom he wished to leave there to Iiave triatul for a sore tlncat, adding that he (Ireland) had endeavored to cure the Iwy for the last four days without success. In atisHcrlo Mrs. M.' question as to the condition of the Imy's threat. Mr. Ireland said tliat he liail white lilh-ters on each side. The doctor's wife look the answer into consideration, consider-ation, aud then judging from the looks of the young man, insisted that he had diphtheria; but Ireland said he knew Utter, as he had had experience with diphtheria iu his own family, and mttld, therefore, easily detect it. "Why did you not leave him up at your plan-?' said Mrs. M. to the ex marshal. -i!e-cause.'- he replied, "I dM nut wish to exiioselhe other folks." Mr. Ireland then itrove to the hotel, and oy telling the lady of the house that the boy had only a soro throats and not diphtheria, sun-ted-1 ed in getting him iu. For s-Jme reason, known sitlvely only to Ireland, he left ttieyoung nmu there a ud took quarters himself at a private house. The selertmau ami lmard of health Iiaving been notified of what had hapii.ed, accordingly U-gan to In-vntigate. In-vntigate. in tiie absence of the quarantine physician, a young doctor, here over fiom the" iust. wascallediiiandbeinguineiitiaiiited with tlie nature ef tiiseasts iuthe west, pronounced It nA diphlheiia. HiAiever, Mr. Knighton, proprietor pro-prietor of the hotel, gave the ex-m-irsiial to understand tliat he wanted him to move that i-:rk nan immediately, and acconlingly Ireland otieyeil. Ho next took lil man to Mr. (Jerry (Jer-ry Gat sand told him Mint the loy was sick, but the doctor said he had no itintagious disease. Although .Mr. dates lias a ramify or small children, through compascslon for the young man he took him In through Mr. Ireland's guaranUe to hire a man to ualt uuri him. The next ilay Ireland went lotk to his ranch, and if he hired any one to stay with the sick man, the lrty must have broken Ins agreement, agree-ment, for all the work fellun Mrs. Gates, as the huslnud went away to the aiiyou the day following. Mrs. !. becoming alarmed as the young man grew worse, asked for further l:ivi-.tigatinn. and thl- time the young doitor rurjcui.ml It diphtheria. From that time the Isierd of health took the matter in hand and did all in their power to relieve the sullercr. but in spite of their elfuiLs h succumbed to the destroyer soon alter! o'clock Saturday evening, and was buried Iw.'orc sunrise Sunday Sun-day morning. Although great precautious were taken alter the true character of the di-ease was ili-covered. some have lieen cxpo-ed,and there will lieixi thanks due Mr. IrelHint if very serious results do not folluw. One case has already made Its appearance, appear-ance, but we trust there will be no more. The people of all cliss-es are nearly unanimous in denouncing the course Mr. Ireland took iu ridding rid-ding himself of a plarur, at the prolahle exinse uf a numU-r of tile Salina iienpleV lives. We think tiiat if the ex-marslial had any regaid for the principle contained in the "golden rule" be would at least have tried to secure an emity houso for the acrommo-dation acrommo-dation of the siek man. in-li-ad of thniwlnghim into a public house, or even into a private family where there w ere little ehildren. Of course we admit that In the last Instance he was partially justified bv the decision de-cision of tiie doctor. The parents of thedecea-cd reside atAshley's Fork,aniI hence it will,be two or three dayslnfore they n-ceive tiie sad news. The people of Salina extend their sincere synictliy to the iiertavnl family au'i wish Hiem to know that all was done that could Is; for their departed one, under the circumstances, and tliat while his iHtermeut was sudden, it was done in acconlance witli the doctor's advice ad-vice for the welfare of our tople. Itcra'd. |