LINN COUNTY, KANSAS
NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
A BRIDEGROOM’S ESCAPE
Farmer Cattrell, of Bushong, Almost Captured by Death, Not Cupid
Kansas City, Jan. 22 – With an air entirely like that of the average bridegroom to be, Mr. C. Cottrell, a farmer of Linn county, Kansas, walked into the New Albany hotel, opposite the Union station, Wednesday night, and after signing himself as “C. Cottrell, Bushong, Kan.,” asked for a room. He was shown a room on the third floor, where he at once proceeded to retire, in the customary rural fashion, not forgetting, of course, to end up by blowing out the light.
It is not a rare occurrence for gentlemen from Mr. Cottrell’s district to stop at the New Albany, and this is the cause of a rule recently made, which requires the night porter to walk through the halls at intervals during the night and see that all is well. It was about 2 o’clock Thursday morning that the porter detected a strong odor of gas issuing from the room occupied by Cottrell and he at once notified Night Clerk Walsh. The door of the room was broken open and there on the bed lay the farmer, dreaming of Elysian fields and such, while from the gas jet an invisible stream of deadly force was issuing. Mr. Cottrell had long since lost consciousness. After a half hour’s hard work, the farmer was brought around, and then he began denouncing the clerk and porter for disturbing his rest.
“Why did you blow out the gas?” said the clerk.
“Why, consar it, I wanted to get a little sleep,” answered the farmer.
This is the first chapter of the tale.
The second is of a different nature and in it grim death gives way to Cupid. Yesterday afternoon Cottrell walked into the recorder’s office, accompanied by a woman who appeared to share with him the best part of 67 years. When a license was issued to Chester Cottrell of Bushoag, Kan., and Sarah A. Burlew of Canton, O., his face lighted up with a smile and accompanied by his bride of 56 winters he departed last night for his home on the banks of the Neosho. (The Kansas Semi-Weekly Capital, January 26, 1897 – this was all of the article I could find)
CLARENCE TRIGG APPOINTED POSTMASTER
Clarence J. Trigg, of Mound City, Kansas, is one
of the few of the name that stands in with the present administration, and as a reward has been appointed postmaster.
He is one among the few lucky printers.
(Ray County Conservator, Ray county, Mo: January 30, 1890 - Submitted by Lisa Smalley)
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