, 1877-11-15
COOI,l}AUGII.
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{(nH{FnnfN ffnH the E1lth 1fhEr.}
and then rc,rCanistt' ar.l otrnrtl again. His
hank has since continued III butIncss, tFtM1y-
ing al cnyial,c pac,, ht,h.tg observation-disclosures,
hui ti. nnwlie anil vn'ilsatlnE H,nrtc Hf ir.
Et.,IoAugil III thp;c irving tiines took frnm
him the remarkable rrr -tive Thtc! hail cnvcsrll
If. reputation, atrl left him sally dIaappnnt-
eli man.
lie has anent most Of EIs time since the ran'c
In trarel through ,ltstani ,rlntries. having tinr-
uuyhIy acquainted hfMscff with the rct'ple md
ntgatrs nf Mcxro. and but lately returned from,
4 tour in Europe.
in Mr. Coothaurf,'a earlier career will thow a1ns
lie begun life With the lltGtrst pEotnizc of fue-
,:s. n his @ 5sar wn ie,tst or Intro
II TIN. merchant princes of I1a'lc!phfa, ,--Ep,k
l'au1t wrns to that ritz tn t,erin hs h'ls sih'ss
carer. iic wa. placed by the firm tn tho charEs:
ii Their tlic( tlcfK. WIN set him. The o.,jet of
Tic iarely.o,tralcl jecr. of tl,c rity elcrx. Of
the establishment. to work moving large pile
u ctth from one es1 of the store To tue either.
Really to d" anrthing. and determined tn g." II
we'll. he carried the bolts tn tho tlcsig-
| carefully and tytsem4ttcal'v. Thu Chief
| clerk sHtne tlicn 10 view thu work. tic said hc
! had changed hi. tninl ~ want Sf,tl 10 take
that cloth back to where yn! founf g." I'll"
clerks thought this grcat iokc. hut C,,olhan9ti
took It In Frrious cartcst and REPLACED the lH'ts
carefully as l,e ad tnovcd t1'cn' In the first
plaer: The chief clerk tatne again TO SEC what
| had tcen d,nc- and. TccoEnizing Tho fidelity
with wt.fr, t orslcr. hail been t'fnyc,t, lai cd
the yu',nl. colntrv t,oy the back and said +,
him: You will DO" In two ycars Coolb1ugh
lclt the place Of chief clerk.
ONE or THE s1HIKfEU CHARACTERISTICS
[ of Sir. Coo1,a,tnt was tfc tact and eourtry hc
showed In all lhc ttlatiuls of fffc. When tic
country was startled by the ncws of the failure
the guests at the Palmer llul> IN artstocratic.
| looking En.iIkinnan and Ills wife whose funds
were entirely invested IN letters 81 credit Issued
by that lirsn. lie applied fur advances 10 ono
ccsed With great co'aness nnd .radrncss. and
for hi.n. ~ chance or lne d.revt,on
ot rome stranger he vent tn tl.c
stated the unpleasant p3e'licanrnt ii which nc:
found himself, and tho rccertion '.e lad met
With 1t the oiher hank. ~ ratd lie, ~
rould telegraph to Eu;lanl, l c9"lt provide
| my for .tspatct.n Although the gentleman
was an entire stranger to hin, a1ul Ind M ere
1entlAls Of any sort, he received him with TIC
greatcstcotirtesy ard kindness. sent Ut l'ls avn
| Cxpen.c fclegraphic Etsrss1gc To lht LunLo'
banker, nt,d ntIrance1 Kim money With Whct,
tO pay his bills. md, when the reply WIS re-
rclycd, cashct his irafts for tho entire sum he
rse s M fnd n asbe1 s If fSs asss was an1 md
Of the British Fccrare. Dy this net ot c,urtcsF
was laid the foundation Of an enduring friend
| Ahin.
Iii. Coolbaugl,. from Ills earliest manhood,
exhibited
REMARKABLE POLITICAL. AiTlTvnE,
| aud In Iowa Foun attained an influential posi-
tIun among the politicians Of tho State. lle
hatl ErrRt political ambitions, ar1tl nll the quail
ties requisite for their advancement. II ht'
business ll:.ti not en2ro..cl 80 mich NJ tllt
tituc hc would have rankct, litt.li afnong t|tt
statrsncu Of the country. He was ho:,orr'
with tl,c friendship Of SENATORS Griulcs, Doug
lns, u,ll many otlIcr OF ttit leading men. l1is
last political work was done IN bcllait VI Ch.:a
RI. II was Immediately after tho fire q
July Ii. 1871, which, following 70 closely 0!
that o! ISL excited great alnr7lt III the citv. :
t1aax-tnectfug waa caife'i. and met at Hetur
mick's Hall on the Saturday following. Atr
C.uilauEh rrcailc'i, anu ,Tas I'ade Chairman
sf lcputati0n s,t citizens ira:h Al divisions o
thu cttT to walt upon the Council aud rc4urs
That
! THE FIRE LIMITS
he made co-cxtcnslv,' With tue citv limits. Th'
appeals of the wealthy people III th,. city I'd
dressed IL the political lratlcrs hare often bccl
1narkctl hy 1l1ncntable lick 0f tuste aId ct>1Isc
q,leul Lack Of success; hut the delegation Will
ilr CDulasIgll Mt It's head accomplished tl!ut
| r,,rposc witllOut difficulty. liz distinguished
himself by the tuct with Which he presented +
the Aldermen thu wishes ut the .fthrHs, aud
was freely eonec.lcl hy tl1e tHcmecra VI t!'
Council u ting time that hts courteous Gcarsn
an,l tlite tnct had neil ~ any thing ~ tl0 wit
tile prompt compliance of the Council with til
resolutions Ut the meeting.
Sprint Hi1ndtth tn n. fafc14n tribune.
CAtnn, Nuy. l4.-TEc death OF bankrr Goo
| baltstl CREATED a decided sensation Iii bnstncs
circles to-day.