Show drom FROM OUR OGDEN CORRES A remarkable AILMENT OGDEN CITY diet utah feb 28 1881 editor deserea about one week since a dark spot appeared on the right foot f oot of mr john hall of west weber what it really was or what caused its appearance neither mr nir hall nor his friends could tell ina lna in a few dats days it became worse gave him both pain faid caused much alarm the strange disease grew in extent covered the foot and extended up the leg the flesh of which ra rapidly edl edi I 1 decayed mor mortified titled and by a wt little aly e pressure of the hand land could be removed from the bone it also emitted an odor that became very offensive nothing that the family could do availed to stop the spread of or cure the affliction dr T E mitchell was called in to examine the wasting limb when he found that the only thing that cou could id be done was to amputate the leg this was necessary to save the patients life yesterday wednesday the operation was performed by ir dr mitchell assisted by dr mead the leg was am amputated mutated at the upper lipper third of that kimt limb the patient who iw ia seventy years old lacking about two months underwent the surg surgical leal leai performance with great fortitude acx and today to day he feels remarkably well under the circumstances cum stances how it will terminate cannot for the present be ascertained but it is considered very certain that il if the leg had not been taken off the patient could not have survived more than forty eight hours as the malady was advancing upwards with remarkable rapidity towards the vitals on reaching which it would have proved fatal suffering RING FROM HERNIA mr james martin of harrisville is suffering severely from the effects of hernia several years since he met with an accident which caused a bad rupture in the bowels A tumor formed which has never been thoroughly thoro ugly healed ile he Is now in a dangerous condition surgical aid has been called in to assist him and there has been some talk of the patient having baying to undergo an operation would be delicate to perform and would render his bis condition very critical in the meantime all that can be done will bp be done for him it is hoped that fever and inflammation may be kept down and that a cure may be effected without any resort to the use of the scalpel 1 WEATHER we have delightful weather here the roads and the land are drying and preparations are being made to put in the early garden stuff and other crops ae soon as practicable preparations are also being continued and measures adopted to prevent damage from high water |