Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-08-08
gESTERN NEWS ITEMS.
~ Dr.. YandsrpOOl Cured a Boy
Bitten BY a aattlssnase.
r,,1ERIous MURDER IN owynEr'
"a. yo,orlous Deser,.Lake; Reports
.,It. Extent Much Exaggerated;
Tic water Is Now subsiding.

noYa, fOrcgon) Chronio'e-Tho case
| .,We.ley Howard, who wan bitten BY
.stti,snakc, cut on Iygh Ridge last
- and cured by DR.. Nnnderpool by
s',S,iermlc injections " diluted cat.
~, add. deserves notice. The bite
~ an the back Of the hand IL
neariy seven hours after its occur.
&c belofu the doctor arrived and 10y
ihat time the boy was crazy ana lroth'
w. Al the mouth. and sometimes 20
Talent were his rpasms that u TOOK
/ ,bree or four strong men 10 hold MN
"a led. Between tho spasns his pulse
Add away and pfoAtratiOn Get IN a
though the heart beats were about 70
,ssp forever. The doctor Injected III
M. arm, few inches above thr wound,
,weniy drops Of solution of carbolic
,ell and water, containing niuciy.
4, drops II water 10 far Of the
"a. An hour and n half later he
,sfea,sd the treatment, and an hour
IN half still further on he adminis'
isfrd the last Injection. The last,
bovoyrr, was ninety i've parts wntcr-
- Ave Of acid. Aflor the first treat.
m,nt the arm turned red, and oOutin.
aei to get rcdder TN the boy fell
,siecp. The acid had decidedly soda
uye effect, aud the spasmUiic action
continued to get weaker anu weaker
unlll, three hours after the frst injcc.
tlon, the hoy asked Tor something tD'
"a, A. he sank into a quiet sleep that
l,sted till L. o'clOdk, when he sat UP
In led and ate heartily Of chicken anu
lnih. Again hc fell asleep AMI slept
Nm three, when he called for food. Al
The usual hour " the morning lao sat
Al the breakfast table IA II nothing hal
happened. We may mention that the
d,ciGr tried whisky, but could not get
The boy to retain 1t on his stomach,
Next day the boys arm prcscntcd a
normal appearance, and what WINS re-
mafkablc 10 the doctor not \ sign Of
fus was 10 he FFen about the needle
iunclutc, only small red speck.
Orgaeo AvdiaHcao-At three O'Clock
GA Wednesday morning a number Of
teonlc In town heard three reports
ipm pistol nc short Intervals, then
alter longer interval two more re.
pJr., fired moro rapidly; but as such
hiugs have occurred frequently nnd
have been traced % f1wdi,s out on a
lik, no further notice was taken Of
them Mt tho time. At 1--WE O'Clock In
the morning Joseph Hunt, the brewer,
i0und the dead body of Daniel Girls.
man lying facp downward In the
Alley between the small building
where Cflsmnn slept aud tho brewery
mloon. what adds 10 the mystery Of
this affair IL the fact that no motive
can be found 10 prompt the c0waTdly
deed Mr. Crirmnu was honest, quiet
and never meddles1me orquarrel-Om ,.
II Is not '.nown that he had an enemy.
Daniel Trimble Chrisman was born
December Doth, lsaS, In Boone Co,
Ind. He camc hero a wid0wer, July
18th, 1875, with his son, Vino IL now
tb1ut tweniy.ono years OF age, and
still rusides here. for several ye,rs
Iasi he has been employed by tho
CITIZENS as night Waterman, and was
10 discharge Of this duty when
UsAsslnaled.
Loi Angoics Erprep. has
teen much fuss made over thc new
lake IN the desert, which h never.
ihets- a small matter. Manager Dur
tfow, Of the Salt works, says the sal.
Ton lake Ia but ten miles long by three
vide, with an average depth OF about
two and half feet. The water Is ac.
lually hot near the shore, showing u
temperature OF 100 degrees In shallow
pacel. The lake covers the old marsh,
which was formerly a. much water NJ
mud, and which has been similarly
flooded nj other times from the effects
otcloudhursts. The latest information
j. that the lake has ceased 10 rise, and
that the iutinX frnut thg EniDrnun hy
way OF New River, IL about counter.
balanced by evaporation, Soon the
lake will have been dlssipslod.