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Show Dying. -We have to-day already recorded how heavily the hand of death has within the past two or three days been upon us. Yesterday as we visited the mortal remains of Mr. W. T. Fisk, our attention was called to the dying form of a well known oharacter, oommonly called "Grasshopper Jim-mie," Jim-mie," who was in uu adjoining room in the same building. Poor James Downs who was familiarly famil-iarly known by the above 'sobriquet,' was formerly a soldier in the war .with Mexico under general Taylor, and was attached to the first Massachusetts volunteers. He afterwards served under the famous general Wm. Walker Walk-er in Nicaragua, and more recently in the federal array during the rebellion. Poor "Jimmie" is gradually sinking from tho same disease as Mr. Fisk died from, and it is not; expected by his attendant physician (Dr. Thomson) that he will survive for many hours. Applications in both cases were made by their several friends for admission to St. Mark's hospital, but the crowded crowd-ed state of the wards precluded the possibility of their being received. From this we as a commanity may learn a lesson, which is to quickly fol low the prompts of other growing cities, and make speedy provision for the reception re-ception of thosa of our fellow beings who are suffering from acoident, sick ness, or disease. The movement now in progress for tho building of a large and commodious hospital is a movement move-ment in the right direction. Since the above was in type we learn that Mr. Downs is dead, A portion por-tion of the money subscribed for Mr. Fisk's funeral will be devoted to the burial of Mr. Downs. |