The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-06-03
AN AUBURN MIRACLE.
An Act of 'Heroism is Followed by
Dire Results.
Edward Donuelly Saves a Life Almost
ut the Cost of His own-Atter Years
of Suffering He is Restored to
Health-His Story us told to a Re-
porter OF the Auburn Bulletin.

the foot Of East Eighth street, new
York, and when all efforts to rescue
him had failed, Edward Donnelly, al
the risk OF his own life, plunged into
the water and, when himself nearly OK
hausted, saved the boy from drowning
1t was q humane and self s~ariicing
deed and received deserved commenda'
ton in all the many newspapers that
made mention OF it, Edward Donnelly
was then a resident Of New York city
but his wife was Amanda Grammar, Of
Auburn, and his sister was Mrs. Samuel
D. Cory, OF No. II Moravia street.
which gave a local interest to the Incl
dent. All this was come time ago, and
both it and Mr.. Donnelly have passed
out OF the mind Of your correspondent
until, a few days ago, while in Saratoga,
he was shown u letter to q friend from
which he was permitted to make the
following extract;
AUBURN, N. W Oct 20, 'o2,
lam taking DR.. Williams' Pink Pills.
They have cured me Of that terrible
disease, Locomotor Ataxla. When ]
commenced taking them, l was wholly
unable to work aud nearly helpless, !
am now improved go much that | have
been picking apples and wheeling them
to the barn on q wheelbarrow.
Yours truly, EDWARD DoNNELLY,
II Moravia at, Albany, N. Y.
Immediately on reaching Auburn,
your correspondent called at the above
address and found Mr.. Donnelly out In
a barn whero he was grinding apples
and making cider with u hand press
and he seemed we'll and cheerful and
happy.
And then later, in the presence Of his
wife and Mrs. CORY and Mrs. Taylor,
who all confirmed his statement, he
told your correspondent the story OF
his sickness and OF his restoration to
health by the use Of DR.. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People.
II was born in Albany, N. Y, and am
40 years old. The greatest portion Of
my life, l have lived in Now York City.
/ was general foreman there Of the +.
A. Mulgrew Saw Mills, foot Of Eighth
street on the East river. 1t was on tho
Goth Of April, 1889, that the boy fell
into the river and l rescued him from
drowning, but in saving his life, l cor.
tracted a disease, which nearly cost me
myown. Why, sir, | am sure l should
have died long ago, ii Pink Pills had
not saved my life,
"You see whenI saved the boy, / was
in the water SO long that / was taken
with u deathly chill and soon became so
s~tiffened up and weak that l could
neither WORK nor walk. For some time
l was under treatment of DR.. George
Mcdonald. He finally said he could do
nothing more for mo and that l had
better 90 into the country. On the Let
of last June, t1902) my wife and | came
up to Auburn. I was then in great
pain. almost helpless, the disease vas
growing upon mo and l felt that / had
come to the home Of my wife and Of her
sister to die.
"When tho disease first came upon
me the numbness began in my heels
and pretty soon the whole OF both my
feet became afflicted. There was q cold
feeling across the small of my back and
downwards aud q sense OF soreness and
u tight pressure on the chest. The
'numbness gradually extended up both
legs and into the lower part of my
body. l felt that death was creeping up
to my yitals and | must say ! loDged for
the hour when it should relieve me OF
my pain and misery. l was still taking
medicine ('fIt was fodide Of Potassium,
said his wife, and was being rubbed aud
having p%lasters put all owe my body,
but with no benefit.
1.-THE latter part OF last June l learned
Of a case cured by the use of DR.. Will.
Jams Pink Pills for Pale People. l had
never heard OF those blessed pills before,
but | thought if they could cure ono
man OF the same disease with which /
was afflicted, perhaps they would also
cure me. So sent to the Chas. II. Sugar
Company, the popular Auburn drug.
gists and chemists ut 100 aud III.
Genesee street, and got three boxes Of
tho Pink Pills and began taking them
at once. In three weeks time | was so
improved that from being helpless, l
was able to help myself and to get up
and go to work and to walk every day
from No. "a Walnut street, whore I
then lived, to 0sborne's new Irvine fac:
tory, Seymour and Cottage streets
More than d mile) where / was then
employed, but oil the while / was talk.
ing Pink Pills.
"Then DR.. Patchon, Of Wisconsin,
uncle Of my wife, and who wal hore on
a visit, began to poo.poo at me for tax.
ing Pink Pills and finally persuaded
me to stop taking them and to let him
treat mo, When he returned TO the
west he left q prescription with DR..
Hyatt, OF Auburn, who also treated Inc,
But their treatment did me no good,
aud after q while tho old trouble re-.
turned and / WINS getting bad again.
Then l began again TO take Pink Pills;
have taken them ever since, am taking
them now; have taken In all about
twenty boxes, at an entire cost OF less
than $40 90 (my other treatment cost
me o pile Of money! and again / am
we'll and able to work.
In New York Dr.. Mcdonald said nv
disoase was Locomoter Ataxia. He
treated me by striking me on the knees
without giving me pain by having mo
try to walk with my eyes closed; by
trying to stand first on ono foot and
then on tho other, but / couldn't do it,
and so after awhile he anid / had Loco.
motor Ataxia and was incurablo, and
that ] had bettor 60 into the country
among my friends, who would make
tho fcw remaining days OF my life as
comfortable as possible and give me
kind attendance: Woll, l camo, or
rather was brought from New York
into tho country but instead Of dying,
! attn u vol man, nearly as vol ~ ever
before In my lilo. Pink Pills did II,
II | was able ! would at my own OK.