Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-07-17
Here's the slo," said Cosgrove, pulling

Here's the tl0." said CosgrOve, pulling
the amount from his wallet.
The lawyer took the money, paid the judg-
ment and kept the balance for his fec. Meet.
ing Cosgrove some time aiterwarda, tho lat
ter asked how the case was coming on
"Oh, said the lawyer, " you Will never
he troubled again with that case
Bedad, 1 knew tho certiorari would fix
it, said tho happy client
On another occasion Cosgrove got OIL q
good Joke on his attorney. Meeting him and
looking at bin with apparent admiration no
said
"Mr Reigart, you are the be-tpreserved
man of your age that ever saw"
"Do YOU think so," said Mr.. Reigart,
smiling and Strengthening himself up.
ayes, for though you DO as ouid man
rs meseli, ! can't sc" gray hair ON yer
head"
MIR. Reigart wore awig when IL was re-
moved, his pate was as bald as gourd!
ms PERSONAL APPEARANCE.
MIR. Cosgrove was himself a well-preserved
old man. Those who remember him In his
later years describe him as n compactly built,
broad -shoulderod, deep.oh estcd, heavy
limbed man, OF about medium height and lit
tie stopped. Histrame showed him 10 be a man
OF great strength, and his quaint Irish face
almost always wore smile. He never
walked the streets without carrying with him
a heavy cane and his constant companion In
his walks, was big bulldog that could
whip any other dog IN town and u IL said
by some of the "old uns" that the Washing
ton hotel was more than once the scene OF
some holly contested "proiessonai dog
fights, the proprietor having weakness Tor
that kind Of sport
Mr.. Cosgrove was annually licensed from
about 1882 to 1859, In which year ne uieo.
His wife carried on tho business for q SNORT
time afterwards, but being RoOu onriS.'h
woman she did not like II aud decaiileu 10
have the tavern license reneweu. one coh
"a l,atl
isSO, a year before her death, when becoming
old and feeble she WAS removed To tho homo
OF her daughter, Mrs. John Malone, where
she died August ], 1881. .,,.,
For about nine years past James smith,
shoemaker, occupied q part Of the building
with his family, and when Mrs. Cosgrove
finally removed from II the other part was
occupied 10y John Craig, colored and when
these ten ants left it the dilapdated ranch was
torn down and n new hotel Will arise Phoenix
like from its ashes.
OTHER GooD STORIES.
"like the flowers that bloom in the spring,
ira la" tho following anecdote, "has nothing
to do with the case" but the name Of "Tip"
Dugan recalls it Tip was once a famous
quarryman, but having been struck on the
head by a rock while following his rather
dangerous occupation, he pecame DAT, aud
addicted TO drunkenness. Most OF his time
was spent In Jail and when he was not there,
his queer sayings and doings on the street
caused the boys to- poke fun at HIM. ON on
occasion he turned upon his tormentors and
stoned them, striking ono or more OF them.
For this he was arrested tried and convicted
before tho recorders court, presided over
by the late Capt. John X. Findlay. In pro-
nouncing sentence Judge Findlsy said
"COrnelius Dugan, stand up"
Tip WAS on his feet in an instant.
"You have been tried and convicted by a
jury OF your peers, of the ofienses with
which you stand indicted. The verdict ~ a
righteous one and the court has carefully
considered tho matter of your sentence. As
you have spent most of your time IN Jail, the
sentence of the court Is that you remain out
side the iail tor the space of three months"
"Thsnk Yer honor" said Tip, as he has
tened from the court room.
Cosgrove's fighting dog had reputation
for wonderful sagacity, aud the following IN
Cident is vouched for ON no less authority
than the late Dr. John l.. Atlee. DR.. Atlee
was Mr.. Cosgrove's family physician, and
the dog had repeatedly seen him binding up
the wounds that the children had received in
their plays (or their fights, As the case may
have been.) one day the doctor was not a
little astonished to see tossy's dog at his
office door. saying az plainly as a dog could
say, "open the door you're wanted.' On
opening the door the doctor saw another dog
outside that had a broken leg. Cossy's dog
had brought it there for treatment. The
doctor set the broken limb and the dog
limped oil rejoicing.
1t il related of Mr.. Cosgrove that he was
somewhat annoyed one " holy 'evo" by the
boys throwing sheled corn against his win
dows, Just IA they throw II against other
peoples windows. He took satisfaction v
next morning by opening his poultry yard
and driving down street his large flock oi
ducks, allowing them to go slow enough to
pick up the corn that had been thrown on his
neighbors' pavements, and then driving
them slowly home again.