Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-03-28

DE,ru ORA MlsER. --On SatuEd y, Hannah Hall,
a sinister, aged 66, distinguished by hit lnisetly
HABITS closed her miserable career oil Sheffield,
leaving 10 tie GltiS Charity School VI thai town
between 5000 aud G6.0OO, nlnaSSed by life Of
nenuty. IN 1879, nbUNt which tine htr father d..
ed, she received legacy Of El00undet her gEdnd-
fnthpr's will. II was immediately hltet The acqn'
SitiOn of this sum Of money that Miss Hall inst
manifested thoStI penuIiOuS habits Iof which her
subsequent life wuS remarkable, liet PERJURY led
er thus early IN her CaTeeG TO dtscaEd soap as ne.
csSSay appcndGge 10 her toilet, aud slIe b1uslei
that she IUd mol used any lUr 80 yeaE' lleF only
income was The interest OIL GlOO, AMI heF own
earnings BY making farm labotefs snOek.lfochS,
but she cUntIyed not only 10 live out Of this, but
10 save money. In CONNECTION with another wu'
man SlIe commenced II system VI leud'ng money
ont OF interest, Though the medium Of Guinea
Clabs, and this proved so Profitable, that in five
or six yeats she was able 10 commence lending Oh
mortgage OF small lois u cotInge prOpeIt'.
The shutters pfths lower rooms oil her house
was laficaleL, aud ShV lived alone in the ga'Tet
mis- Table aud wIetChcd life, but every year M
CIeuSS her habits VI pcnuEY aud hOatdSol wealth.
Goals size never bought, uGd iGeltlenly SLIT ShL lOt
days together in The depth Of wlteI, without lfe'
Miss Hall, although slls would literally SlaiSe her
self 10 death, Tn.hef than part with hgI money,
had no objection 10 good dnnet Of any OlheFPef.
Son'S expense, NMl during the iusl fifteen yeats Ol
let life she followed out s system W witch she
secuted herself good dinner and lea every day ~
the weekexcert Sunday, free VI charge. Tins rass
Of friends she ptUpilialed by promises 10 Remember
them in her will. 10 none VI these petsOus, how
ever, las she lell IRUte than clio. Her altre was
. thing Of SlrrtdS aud patcIIts.' On her feet she
usually woe pair VI cost OA man's b"ois, witch
wrre tied oTOund her HnClrS with strings. Sh!
had worn one bonnet for more than llIriY yeats.
SuniturT Ct winter slle wore pailens mud CGtlttIi
un uubrtllo, Her habits WeIe filthy Un Search
being male al the house VI lie deceased Three
wills wrle DISCOVERED, oil IN her own llnIld.wTl.
ling, and another dawn up hya Solicitor IN 1919,
III oil u which SlIr lef llcr property 10 the charity
ScOnl. Tllere wttG aIsu found mortgage deeds
Midland Railway slrEeS, hebcnlure LUnlS Vi the
ManclIeSltT, Sheffield Gnd l.lEcUlnSlfe Railway,
aud Lankets deposit LoteS, in all amounting 10
gi 900. II is believed 10y those VINO knew ltr,
that Il will ultimately 6e found That she died
worth ltUIn G,O0O to $1,000 These securities
were found hldlen in bundles oil rags, lied u. IN
old SlIrly, and some Of The uOte POTABLE UlleS,
such MS blnk deposit nOIeS--wefe packed aV ay IN
pieces OF rags, inside old sLoes, &c. IN uue hoS
she hBd accumulated between fifty and sixty pie.
crS Of Gap Of dlletenL kinds, evidently The cOn'
nUnlIUns Of lIculS onXluuS iot her sullllatA inl'
prUverneut. The intcnntnt tOUk vt ST. PhillpS
Church, nnh drew iVgv:Iu some thousands OF peO'
pIr.-LEniOR Times, FEB. 10.