, 1869-02-16
THAT 100000 HElRsHlP.
ssore Abaul sho T.xsh N1evAusL'eHae
1sact-TMo ase MIX ao-Juags Wafs
Ynlint ID. CtnlON.

61ofs Abaut sho T.xss R1evAusL 'a9ao
naacf-TMo nso MIX &Q-Juags Wafs
ru,,a' ID, ctslon.
F,on, Tho nasnnpn,t tlow*) Ntsdtie. Feb. 10.
no1uc three wnoks sgo Tho 1astttd contain
Uayenport lady iu the "Mcdlna kleven.
Irae uu Tract" situated near Ban ANTONIO,
Tcxaa, TIE parliculara Of the case were
rirt as tucy Wcrc understood bY The lady
and hrr friends. Thu article was cxtenb1yai
canied and reached Texas IN dae timo. Thu
galveston ]}h''ts.n plckh u up and comments
ia misunderstanding Of the case, as VIC shall
4 iady In Davenport, Ia hns suddenly
a,tcoycred that she is one Of tho heiEs Of
son.e larrc landholder who died In rexas
years ago, aud ste be@comes @ n Ing owner 10 an
H.. case in The hands OF lawyers who are
'roi,y III n work. to ontaln her Inheritance.
Thetc is one advantage the case possesses
aver rho great land stealing case reported
trnr, Missouri recently, aud that Is that the
| land in which she clalus 40 interest, y siilt
at thc same place, where soAe Ms sa. aa1en Ss
obtfiued The gran, rant tne[sios end thu IL Msdina M
riycT, near Castrorille, and 4 one
81 The love,lcst tracts Of land ID
the world. amounting to 50, ,00o acres. Of tbe
richest soil, With good, water, timber, &c.
It wasa eraut originally given to the mis-.
5iop of San jose, but became t1f1nSs LON:
nsT Emprcsaro IA Texas, willie the couafry
wrs nart Of Coahula aud Texas. The land
| was heated up7n, and divided up by aurreYz
tn 7sSS. and has been In litigation for years
hui never in The courts OF Judgt
Watrors The unfortunate po*scssor OF I'LL
Inherl,ancc would do well 70 consult SOM
ofhe,s thun the lawyers Of Davenport D.:
So1e she expeuds much money on the ad
venture, cut II she Is young and handsome
Il nav sid her materially In her specula
tions. but do not atteinpt to Investigate ta
case Oh the ground, urtil she has sneeeeue'
In her Schemes, as disappointment mas heFt
totore befallen others In the search ane
TcSas lands to wAsch they claimed heirahil
Two years ago man, pretending to b
,ne OF tne heirs Of Bird Lockhart, the fa1
yer Of Dcwitbs Coloay, aud who died thirt
years aco, came out - this city to looe zfls
! the Immense tracts let 70 the decease
surveyor, TO ind that als the direct ard lioe
belRs had succeeded to hts estate ano nt!as 4
f it ont years before, to tie exclusion Of Il
i orc who was now aslang RI he being only
+ fhIrty-second cousin. He rent back a WIS
| Il nat better nau SO 1t Is Akely to be "
, The Iowa ,.dy. McNu,leE' died haring.
:. family Of nia own who inheris-d NIL bis Fisl
l before been decided a4ainst hlE7i and he hs
? ! none oi it to ltav4 to hts heirs.
There are almost IS many erroaeous stat
raents in tbs above article. If It. did con
! from Texas, as there are paragraphs IA
Tbs Davenport lsdy never put her clai
into the hands OF tawyc1s. Title to Il
- lapc 1eas contested N court. belora 9ud
~ Watrous, too, WHO IVES Threatened with Il
i pcachment f9r tits dcci:lon in the case, b
z was never brought to tslsl, be having: ae
= m II retire from the bencl, which be n
ailovcdSlo do. Thu decision Of Judge ~
Y rous. con1rmlng the title OF McS1ulls
q heirs. was confirmed By the Supreme Co,
', Of III United States abouta year ago. F
- ties IN Texas, who arc acquainted with
|o fscts lr rhe case, are engaged tn attending
le the Interests o! the Davenport ladY and
- .iellow-heirs. The difficulty Is not In obta
~ itg legal title to the land hut In arraugl
10 with the pre4ent, occupauta-same Us d
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