Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-19

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It sometimes happens thus, but not
often. This fellow was a well dressed
stranger, who it is supposed lives in
Keosauqaa, He was unused to the
quality of liquor drank in towns the
size Of this during the annual temper
ance excitement, and was victim of
misplaced cOnfidence,in that he could
not carry rs much as he could hold
This morning when the clerks at the e
b Il Q.frcight Office went to work they
found our stranger lying by the side
of the depot, which he had mistaken
for a hotel, chilled SO thoroughly that
he was at first supposed to be dead.
They are a warm hearted set of fell
lows down there; any human being
in distress always receives immediate
attention at their hands. They pick
ed this fellow up, carried him in the
Office, placed him in q chair, to which
they dashed him fast, while they built
up roaring fire in the stove, and
soon had him sweating nicely and
naturally as child. In a few mo-
ments, giving signs of returning
consciousness. he was united, and inn
mediatcly fell over again dead drunk.
It was then that the ingenuity Of the
great and good Bateman came into
play. In accordance with his sugges-
ton the boys carried the fellow out
into the freight house, and there laid
him out in style on the top of an out
side box ola burial case. George
ordered box of candles opened, and
after lighting a sufficient number
placed them at the proper distance
from their living corpse, they stood
by to see the fun when he returned to
consciousness. He ordered battal-
lion of freight wrestlers to prod the
fellow with pins which command
was duly obcycd. About the second
assault he groaned uneasily, and
muttered a few indistinct words.
Another assault was ordered and the
fellow raised himself on his elbow,
opened his eyes and looked around in
surprise. The candles first attracted
his attention, and he remarked, that
il was unusual. to burn candles in
daylight in ordinary hotels. He
then took look at the box OH which
he had been stretched out, which re-
minded him of a funeral, he said,
with the corpse on the wrong side of
the coffin. His soliloqny was anus
ing. but when Batcman began to say
Mass, the laughter of the crowd
brought the fellow to a realizing
sense of his situation, and springing
to his feet he exclaimed, drunk, by
thunder I" and out of the door he
bounded, bareheaded, and in mo-
ment was out of sight. When he gets
home he will tell how he lost his hat
out Of the car window, and people
down there will believe him.
Death Of JudSe Ciag.se Of tho Cone
satauti0n.
Hon. T. w. Ciagett, editor and pro-
prietor of the Constitution, died last
evening at twenty minutes past 6. He
was taken i'll six weeks ago last
Wednesday night. His physicians
pronounced it a case of apoplexy and
still adhere to that belief, although
there has been no paralysis, except
of the left eye lid. AT intervals he
was semi-conscious and his symptoms
were at times more favorable, but at
no time was he fully conscious of his
condition and of what was going on
arOund him. Nor has there from the
first been any encouragement to be-
lieve that he would recover. On
Thursday he commenced sinking, and
failed gradually until the moment OF
his death. He passed away peaceful.
ly and without having manifested
any indications of consciousness du-
ring the forty-eight hours previous
His physicians pronounce his ease one
of the most remarkable on record.
Judge Clagett was sixty-one years
of age. He came to Keokuk in 1851
and has resided here ever since. Ht
occupied position on the Bench fol
two years, and served one term as .
member of the Legislature. He pnr,
chased the Constitution in 1860 OF
1861, and has been its editor and pro-
prietor since that time. He was Pres,
ident of the first County Agricultural
Society, organized in the State, and
the first President of the Iowa State
Agricultural Society. lie has been s
prominent and influential citizen o.
Iowa for over twenty-five years, and
the intelligence of his death will b.
received with regret not only here il
Keokuk where he had many warn
personal friends, but all over thu
State.-Gdte City.
| A NuIsANCE.-Thc large number o
men that congrcgate on postoffic'
corner, on every fair day, has become
a nuisance. There is frequently sucl
a crowd congrcgatcd there that ladie
have to step Off the sidewalk into tn
street to get by. DO these gentle
men, who appear to spend all thei
leisure time there, realize the fac
that it does not look well to sec sucl
hearty, ablc-bodicd men thus idlin.
away their time Think of il gentle
men, and if you must have roos
establish it in some back alley wher
: you will not Inconvenience anybody
Perchapce the City Council will tax
compassion on these idlers and bull
| a roost for them on the public square
or on the disputed grounds known a
! "Wharf Grounds" Anything to &c
rid of the present nuisance.
CHANGE OF TIME.-The new tim
table on the G. b. Il Q. Road wen
) into effect to-day. No. Pacific ES
: press arrives at 10 80 p. m, and leave
going west, ten minutes later. No.
Atlantic Express arrives at 2 80 m
!. and leaves, going east, five minute
later. No. 3 Mail from the east, al
arrives at III 40 a. m, and leaves q
III so. No. 4 Mail from the ives
arrives at 4 80 p. M, and leaves at
O'Clock. No. 5 Accommodation leave
Burlington at 3 80 p. m, and arrive
here at $50 p. M; returning trai
M n accommodation laavns here n