The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1863-01-29

crcWos with them ROW ell points OF the com
pass and all sorts of people, upon every var
. iety of business. S, to Hnl every boav
from every place it is only necessary to 90 {,
the Depot House and watch them tan,liny
out of the cars. 1t is hence favor;te resor
OF our very diligent and per rat !, local re-
porter. On Tuesday he vas rswarde, =.
weproceaa to relate in his own cr,nb;. ,na
sls'slcs' 'sngi's' with an incident. The
first suggestion Of an item WA. Of cours.
made by woman Asa nstur., cheeseman's,
ne was on the qns vioe A woman we s.y
came sanntering along from the buff. which
with its beautiful cottages looks down ,,o,
the busy world about the D,p,t. not a,o,.
as james s"lit'rv horsernan ALWAYS was
but leading small child. and accompanies
by another fair sex. A trunk wa. settin,
on the Platform where trunks d., .it
and no sooner did the eyes of the woman
Just above mentioned spy 1t, (who it should
D" osservei is our heroine) then she pounc-
Ell npo' it with the starting exclamation
used ny the feilov'who stuck his head out
Ola window in old classic Athens, Eureka
have found it, my stars IL here Amt my
trunk, aud at ence drawing key from her
picket, she prncee led deliberately to I'M.
lock it, and finding almost the fret tbin- !.
certain srticl. of ladies' apparel, to-wt: a
ca!aco dress, a.. tn,s it out, and tore il
In manner m 'st shocking to behold, and
indicating clearly that something was up
At this juacturs, Narsh,ll, tn. attentive
clerk Of those digginys. who. asa capital
clerk AZ he is. is aud should b. every where
present and cognizsnt particularly Of all
who approache toward trunks Carpet Sacks
&c At this particular junction, We say, Mar
shall intsrposed and essaysd to remove the
trunk to place of greater seclusion, re-
marking with sauvty, that there was a mis-
take; that the trunk belonged to Gentle.
man and Lady up stairs who were going on
the train. Gentleman and La3y up stairs |!
indeed. Exclaimed our indignant heroine.
nersistcntly holding on to he other end of
the trunk, the gcntlemsn you speak of is
Th"ophelus niggs Esq from D.s Mo;nes,
nv lawful husband, and the said Lalyi is
the woman be is running away with" up
stairs. did you say" Just !eai the wav. 7
would see this Gentleman and Laly. of
whom you speak" Marshall Of course led
the way as well as his liru Is, trembling with
apprsh.nsions Of an impending tragedy,
would per nit. to ths upper region. and us,
harei the now boiling and Infatuated Mrs.
Digs into the prcscnc, oc the truant and
very wicked T. Digg's Esq, and the fsir
fail one with whom he was holding dial.
lance most vile. Thsreupon followed a
scene. so stfec,ins,and moving. that'we ind
oursclf inadequate to the DESCRIPTION, and
Marshall will never beablc 20 help US out, f,n
tia. modest clerk can't command two con Sc
cusvc ideas in rels,on TO that scene. TIE
pp-hnt of tho mater was tn, coils Of the
ia l>e woman were speedily broken from
sround Tia too snccsp,iha heart Of NJ
nigss, and she was hustled off in double
arck to snnthe7 parlo-, All lock,l in,
while Mrs. Digs proceeded Ieasurely to
c,nyet hsr n Nv rec ,v.rs 10 Il to a re,liz
ing s,nss of his pr,ssnt,,c litloa, al! fu.
ture prospectsi in which laudable employment
we leave them fora time and discend to the
lower departments where we find an ndigaa'
ton meeting in fu ] blast, canYsIed for ,,the
purpose Of expressing sympathy for Mrs.
Digys, OF Des Moincs, and dealing with ths
gentleman OF that name as his reprehensible
conduct most richly deserved. On molten
of T. Harkin, Esq, Col. Schenck, OF Bur
iington, was chosen committee of one, ia
proceed to parlor No. 6, and communicate
to.Nr u. and Lady TIE resolves Of .he meet.
ing, to wit /: that 20 lsshcs be administered
to Mr. d.. and sympathy profound express
ed for his beautiful, injured, and justly in.
dignant spouse in this her hour Of afilction.
This duty thus devolved upon hun by
the public spirited and virtuous habitues OF
the Depot House, the bsst conducted Hotel,
BY the way, in..the West, was performed in
the most able and delicate manner by Mr.
Schegck, but strange to tell, no sooner was
the subject Of the 20 lashes communicated to
Mr.. I. Diggs, in the presence Of Mrs ID. who
ought to have seconded the administration
Of so just an infection. Mrs. D. fared up
and declared that she would permit no such
impertinont interference with hi domestic
affairs, that she could attend to Mr.. d. her
self, Mr.. ID. in the meantime crying like q
BOBBY, as he doubtless is.
Upon this denoument the Chairman of the
committee, Mr.. Schcnck, OF the Barrett house,
iessayed 10 change his base and fall back for
reintorcements, mollifringly remarking that
he would use his influence to have the num-
Der Of lashes reduced to ten. This not hav-
ing the desired effect, Schsnck retreated in
disorder, Mrs d. closely in the rear. The
meeting adjournel before the Chairman had
time to make his report. and the afternoon
train carried Mrs. D. and her repentant and
now submissive lord Westward, the other
female taking the first through train East.
P.S. Being unable to learn the names OF
the interesting couple from Des Msines, we
have presumed from close resemblance to
many descriptions Of Thcophelus Diggs,
Esq, and his interesting family, in the State
Register, that this must be the name. Will