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Show Ogden Items. Sunday afternoon a man in a very Intoxicated condition attempted to alight from a wagon In front of OeorgeSchraumu's cigar store on Twenty fifth Street. The inebriate caught his root on the side or the vehicle ve-hicle and fell into thettreet, striking squarely on his head. Parties ran to the man's assistanceand carried him Into McXutt's dtug store, where It was discovered that he had not tuf-fered tuf-fered any serious injury, although the fall, combined Kith tlie amount of alcohol he had aboard, bad rendered ren-dered him partially unconscious. He was removed to his home in a hack. About ten days ago William Roberts bad tho third finger ot his lift hand ail by a circular saw, while at work In Snow A Corces saw mllL Roberts was engaged In sawing lumber Into narrow strips, ani in some manner his glsve caucbt In the teeth or the raw In Jurlng him In themanuer described. Uron examination It was discovers ed that the saw had cut through the bone or the first Joint of the Auger, lacerating the flesh In a terrible manner. The Injured man was attended at-tended by Dr. Hand, who tliaubt that amputation was not nectssar. After several days of suffering the patient discovered that mortification mortifica-tion had set In au 1 asked to bare the finger taken off. Tbe attending physician thought thai tlie ruemscrcould be saved and refused! to ampuUte it. Roberts suflcred along until last Saturday when the pain from tlie Injured hand became Unbearable, and he applied to Dr. Powers for admission to the City hospital. Tho doctor examined Ihe hand, and concluded that the finger had to como of!. Sunday morning ether waa administered admini-stered to tbe patient, and tbe finger, then in an advanced state of mortification, morti-fication, taken off at the knuckle Joint. When seen a few hours after the operation, Robert was suffering considerable pain, and the band was badly swollen. No serious results are reared however, although It Is a wonder gangrene had not set in on the whjle hand SUtndarxL |