Show nearly strangled M the ogden herald says that 4 on sunday da brinson branson a porter at the juniou D despot ot hotel went to syracuse to take lake a bath he saw his bis citi aits P porting 0 r tn themselves in various ways swimming 1 1 i gin floating and otherwise he ed to float on his back it seemed so easy but millor tune atine his head got lower down than the other end of of him and he nearly drowned he was almost str strangled anglea by the water and was only rescued by friends J wt t as he be was going down the third mo time e ince the occurrence branson has been very ill andl andi has been fering from he hemorrhage or ol of the lungs his condition ha has been precarious but it ts Is tho hei he is now improving a little dr powers who ia 18 attending him says his complaint is dlearo pneumonia brought ou on through swallowing such suca a large quantity of salt water |