The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1867-01-25

tUtoW n, fto hin nv sAdasi eui ~ loS, q SpS'eiJ
lpiece of lace. Z He hastened to deliver
tthis fresh booty in to the. hands of the
Ichief, who again burst into peal Of
llsrhter when he. sbeheld the despairing
lcountenance of the honest thief. aI /
I The necessary measures were infme+
!diately- taken. Two dozen, detectives
we're made, aoqusiptedr with the form of
1.-THE cap and, simultaneously, at preci-
|sely tie same hour, every possessor of
1.-THE. sigu was placed in dnrance vile. |
lrruoiir5 Tt'fs1 iylrs T77FTiI f7E ,lu4
Fl : Heirs OF sAnneke Jams .be
The Upper ssandusky papers publish a
icard calling meeting Of the heirs Of aAn-
nsFslgsag gl4tt6e YlfpeIs House oattPs 29tA
of January. The following humorous ac-
count Of the fabulous fortunes she is suppos-
ed Is have 1eft *ssEUiip frou, she Rochester
s0" ~xsozmAs AsslsslsAssq" g.
| Who was Wyntie Sybrants Who struck
Billy Patterson Anneke Jams was Dutch
Iess from HOLLAND, swho came to New, York
Iabout $50 wears sago-this Fswas during The
childhood Of Gideon Weles, aud before
George Washington fsthcr bought him the
Ratchet who couldn't tell lie. 1t was pre-
hsiions to The adve6t OF Batnu,u and the Sia-
mese Twins, who.afe not heirs Of Anneke' s.
Rip Van Wrinkle might have been cousin,
but of that there-is uncertainty. Very few
of the preself inhabitants 7ofSNew York re-
member Anneke, none above Forty seventh
.treet-those WHO do recall heras a promis-
ing young lady in good society, little too
jstont, and little Teutonic, perhaps, with a
| fiue Set of artificial teeth, glass eye, and q
4 lI'Governmeptl leg, (Biy's patent.) a3iwhich
we're bequeathed her By King William. ol
IHolland- About the year 1884 tEv.
ilBosardus, youdg clergyman a graduate Of
Columbia COLLEGE, who boarded at the Fifth
lAyenue Hotel preached in the Tabernacle,
and hIpched at Crook & Duffs became en-
suelledof Anpeke anil offered her his hand
which she accented, after briefconsultatioD
with her ffafber-in-iaw, fainiliarly called
.'Old Jams of1Fahou Market <Bogardus,
who preyfonsS TO the marriage had pretty
much "gone to grass, now lin clover.
aud was supplied by Anneke with the where
! With topay, his tailor's aud sundry other lit.
lttle bills, ipeluding his dues at tha German
aCIub. and for lack of which he had eeeen
ssaposted''t and, ,threste with ex 1ulsioB..l
Bogarius also descended from King Wal
tliap. as did aiso his brother Stephen Begar-
du., who used himself up in Harlem stock
These brothers we're ofsseven eBor and date,
lin other words, were, of the same age, They
however, were not twins, although brothers,
u riaiid Both ibbYs;;,p they we're ssightss and
tfefts, " aud could not readily trace their de-
scent TO King William. There appeared to
be "a break" somewhere-probably at Bush.
" " 5tsasEs asf Nv @sb5eI VII KaasiS Jans
grandmother and was also descended. from
King William, as appeared from a straw ber-
sfry mark onsher arm. She was much Older
i than Anneke JAMS, and of dffsrent build =
1She had aistoop in her shoulders, aud a
iplantegrade walk, where she spent much o.
Iher time. She was near-sigbtc1, and fond
fof eleven o'clock lunches OF rye and cro'on.
/ Anneke JAMS was rossed of much "stamps;
land thesesShe had iavesiel in land lying
-talong the ~est side ofBroadway; contagious
Ito the Astpr House, which was the uppest
1of the up-fown hotels at that esfly day, and
Iiust out ofreaca of the eomnibus6rivers, w6n
fwere also descended from Kpg William Of
tHollaud. In the course of a few years, more
( OF less, the land increased muchly in value,
land the hsiss of Trinity Church leased a'por-
-Etion of it, Which they aow claiH ss their own;
4 but whiclfthe ieirs Of Anneke Jams, so far a
heard frou, dispute the claim and Join issue
! iassead Of ioisiuqethe chareh--whieh, they
! should do s4nthe year tsf7; -Anneke Bdgar:
dusI IRee ,Jans) took, down her waterfall and
slept with bsr fathers. who, were also de-
scendants Of King William Of Holland. Ah.
lneke left property which had been constantly
increasing in value until IL is supposed tc
have reached at this time The enormous sitn
of twenty or fifty M lions but "commenta-
tors differ" as to whether twenty or fifty mil;
lions is o many dollars or only intended tc
represent the number of heirs claiming tC
/ share the property-and who are also de-
scended from King William of Holland. A
proposition, has been made to dispose of thi'
vast aggregation of property on the elf
Concert plan, Something Of the kipd vii
have to be done at once in order TO tprestal
! the Board Of Aldermen, who are also descend
ed from King William of Holland, and wht
are supposed to be moving TO, add the estat,
+ TO the sConiingent Fund" which otherwise
is liable TO be overdrawu, en- account of tht
|. enormous prices now demanded for muncI
pal suppers at DelmoDico's and other first
class restaurants. - 70 t9a4 81 70 14s1
}. It is reported, also, that the railroad com
pany. which i /, also descended from. Kins
i William of Holland is acoyertly making ar
= rangements to lay double track, about fou
O'Clock on Christmas, morning, through th'
entire property, = To prevent this some o
Anpeke's heirs have made propositions 4
Vanderbilt to run the Hudson river cars int
Il and issue convertible bonds 10 al, the un,
}, convertible heirs. - - - 20
What the end Of this will be it is difficul
Ito fdfessa. "a great many babies are now be
sardus me . o. .a "
Liam lam of II Hsl'and having recently decide,
that ibis isnot an infringement Of the spirit
Of the law nor 10 violation OF any Of It
snend mems ans ,nftoet ,to sramsn snsr s sgsI = ~
nS%ber. Of enterprising ysupg men are ad
, vertising for situations as heirs, with speci
men Of which We goncluufde. the, the, present artl
. tcle: 9@' - y, .il1,. v5,se9 :. Z
a,, - lssn,,,ssJ H, - ,,: Dr., - !, :
me- e..bls conSsct;ons Pfatestan,
Of fine @ personal appearance and constitution
ally opposed to earning his bread by .'th'
sweat OF his brow. IS des,rous OF obtaining % ~ q
,tua.lo9 a. one S ., sne ns das.snded from Kin,
n villa :, q II Holland. no objection TO goipi
into the country or elsewhere lexsept t
Buffalo, provided there are stamps IN IL ,s
aesseai itr"saed HUasd se te Il. are fs5os parti
eular. % whether the es,st amount of sspelter'
: a. ....xt : & millions aYhe host of re-