Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-07-24
MACEDONIA, KY.

JULY ~, 80.
In my last communication | referr-
cd to serious accident that happen
ed to Mr.. Joe Halle, of Caldwell
county, while trying to ride young
mule belonging TO his brother, Mr..
}. ID. Hale, of this vicinity. The
young mans right foot was almost
severed from the ankle, all the flesh
and leaders being torn from one side;
the ligaments OF the joint were sew
cred and the end of the leg bone
stuck in the ground. Not realizing
the dangers of such wound, neither
the young man nor his friends would
submit TO amputation. Everything
else, however, was done to save the
young man from an untimely grave,
but to no avail. Gangrene made its
appearance aud his friends began to
realize that the only chance lay in
amputalion. On Friday the Bird inst.
DR.. Pool, Of Scottsburgh, and Drs.
Miller and Maxwell, of Princeton,
met at Mr.. llaile's to investigate the
matter and finding his pulse ranging
from l2j to 100, went to work to pre-
pare the system for the operation.
BY Monday the pulse was reduced
to 81, and at 3 o'clock Monday even
ing they completed the job of ampu-
tation taking the leg off just below
the knee. The patient only survived
the operation an hour and twenty
minutes. Joe was an honest, hard
working boy and the only immediate
help of his aged father. lie was in
his 18th year and enjoyed the res
pcct and confidence of ali who knew
him.
1t is believed by great many peo-
pie that the II. & G. Railroad COM
pauy could find a route for their
road equally as cheap and better
than the route just surveyed. This
popular opinion is founded upon va
rious grounds. In the first place the
route just surveyed runs almost par
allel with the st. Louis branch of
l.. Il N. road never leaving it over
six miles at any place until within
four or five miles of the &. " o.,
With the exception Of small skirt
of timber right about the mouth of
Sandlick, nearly all the timber on
the route just surveyed has been eX-
haustcd by saw mills, shingle ma
chimes, &c. 1t is so near the l.. Il n.
that the competition in the tie bust
ness would cause the H. & G. COM
pany to pay at least l0cts. apiece
more than they would cost on a route
) or miles farther west. Some sug-
gest that the road follow the Carmel
ridge after its summit is reached and
cross the Sandlick road at Macedo-
mia church, . mile east of this place,
drop into a kind of second bottom
just back of Fuller's store and have a
good route 70 Murray's old mill, OH
rradewater, some3 miles southeast
of Dawson; while others suggest the
proposed route to Cadiz be followed
to Sinking Fork or Belleview thence
by cambridge and cross the Carmel
ridge at the Hawkins Gap, thence
with Clifty Greek to the Polly Eli
Gap and through Eli Gap to Trade
water at Murray's old mill, which i
within . or 3 miles Of the e. Il q
This route would not be miles far
ther than the one surveyed, is mucl
better route and would pass through
ID miles of the finest timber in tn
State where there has never been
saw mill, shinglc machine or any
thing Of the kind. cambridge an,
Macedonia would be two importan
stations on this route, while on tn
other route there is not suitabl
place for station between Harmon
Grove near Sinking Fork and tn
c. & o. road.
The firm of White & Murphy hav
paid on meal alone over two hundre
dollars freight within the last 81
months and it cost $50 to have tina
meal moved from the depot, the ex
pense of hauling their goods frol
and produce to the railroad wi
amount to over $500 this year. Til
people of Macedonia can better aflor
to give 81, 900 than to do without lh
road. Small as this may seem | ca
go among farmers along the line an,
buy with that amount timber enOug
to tie the road from Hopkinsville I
the G. n o., and only take timbe
that would otherwise 90 to vast,
| hope the company will considC
this matter, and build the road nc
only where it is most needed, wi
be most appreciated and where tn
citizens will help TO build it, bu
where it will pay best after it is bull
There are hundreds of car loads O
timber that would be cut for tn
market, the best farming land W
have remains in the woods becaus
the people say it is worth it
remove the timber. Now, ifthe pal
ties interested in the building of thi
road do not believe what | say abou
the matter letter or postal address
ed to p. M. will reach the writer an
| will have a man meet anyone c
the party at cambridge and sho'
him through this route.
ROUGH AND READY.