Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-02-24
IAN AUBURN MIRACLE
An Act Of Heroism Is Followed BY
Dire Results.
Edward DonneDly Saves Life Almost ~
tho Cost of His Own---After Years
OF Suffering He IL Restored to
HesItfI--IJis story as Told
to 70 Reporter of the
Auburn bulletin.

Auburn. IN. W Bulletin: 1t Is on
record that upon chilly April day,
few years ago, an year old boy fell
into the East river n. the foot OF East
Eighth street, New York, and when all
efforts to rescue him had failed, Ed
ward Donnelly, at risk of his own life,
plunged into the water and. when
himself nearly exhausted, saved the
boy from drowning. 1t was q humane
and self sacrificing deed, and received
deserved commendation in all tho
newspapers
There Is sequel to this accident,
however, which thus far has not been
published. Ii is to the effect that DON
nelly was paralyzed as IA result of tho
cold plunge and came near dying. Au-
burn people have known the family
since his wife was Amanda Grantman
and his sister Mrs ;. ID. Cory OF 2l
Moravia street. Donnelly himself
describes the rescue aud the result:
81 was general foreman of the r. A.
Mulgrew saw mills, foot of Eighth
street, New York, on the East river.
1t was on the Goth Of April, 1889, that
tho boy fell into the river and res
cued him from drowning. At that
time was IN the water SO long that
was taken with deathly chill, and
soon became SO stiifened up and weak
that could neither work nor walk.
For some time was under treatmen.
of DIR. George Mcdonald who said I
had locomotor atnxia. lie finally gr-S
me up. and on the lst OF juno. 1892,
my wife and | came To Auburn.
When the disease first came upon
me the nunbness began in my heels,
and soon the whole of both my feet be.
came affected. There was n cold feel.
ing across the small of my back and
downwards. and a sense of soreness and
a tight pressure on the chest. The
numbness gradually extended up both
legs and into the lower part of my
body. felt that death was creeping
up To my vitals was still taking the
medicine Ut was iodide of potassium,
said his wife), and was being rubbed
and having plasters put all over my
body but with no benefit.
81 sent TO the Charles II. Sagar com.
pany, the popular Auburn druggists
and chemists, ut l09 and Ill Genesee
street, and got three boxes of DIR. Will
liams' Pink Pills and began taking
them. In three weeks time was SO
improved that from being helpless, I
was able 20 help myself and TO get up
and go To work, and TO walk every day
from No. "a Walnut street where
then lived, to Osborne's new twine fac
tory, Seymour and Cottage streets
more than n mile--where was then
employed, but all the while was talk
ing Pink Pills
"Then DIR. Patchen of Wisconsin un-
al nf fa nd taA h.r
visit, began To poo.hoo at me for taking
Pink Pills, and finally persuaded me To
stop taking them and let him treat me.
When he returned TO the west he left
prescription with DIR. Hyatt of Auburn.
VINO also treated me. But their treat
ment did me no good. and after while
the old trouble returned and | was get
ting bad again Then began to take
Pink Pills; have taken them ever since.
am taking them now: have taken in all
nearly twenty boxes at an entire cost
Of not less than $40 (my other treat
ment cost me pile of money! and
again am well aud able TO work.
"If was able. | would at my own
expense. publish the virtues of DIR.
Williams Pink Pills to the whole world
and especially in New York city where I
hil Inucli DeblcT KNOWN tnhl am mere.
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