The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-12-28
rRithmortd 1ispatrh.
observation-disclosures 20 i"'
S.o-v ,rnocny 0strom.

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Thnre IL another page to chronicle In the
,fa history Of =" Lochy Ostrom,' the Pouenn-
rnonS,e woman miser, who. 1t WIZ ne re-
mon,bered. died about four weeks az
xorth $50. 900, leaving no mex OF KIN
Vow that She is dead. scraps OF early MS
+ory have come to light. She was born III
100. and ut her death was scvcntv-se'c
wears OF age. - nors
found in her trunk may DC taken a. W.,
Icncc in the CITY Of P~OughkecpSlc Whch
,%c was scarcely fifteen wears OF age: a
feyv wears after, her lover asked hcr nana
tn marriage. was accepted by Lochy, bul,
t,rncd away by her parents. he lelt lor III
~cinnati. Ohio. Three years after, III 1911,
y. wrote her a letter from that place,
rouchnd in beautiful language. informing
hor that after he left P~oughkccpsic ne
married a pure and rirtuous woman WHO
supported every relation in HE VIII u's-
nitv and propricty,' and adding "pu IL
nlcascd Providence 10 take her from me-
and she is now happy in the etefn"i HAL
sions Of rest ~
In February 1919 he wrote her another
,ottrr EXPRESSING great anxiety i'll reference
10 Tho feeble health Of Iochy'S mother,
and. after telling iii refined language WHIT,
IN his opiuinn. n wife should be, closes IL
n,linwS :. hone YOU will yet learn that Il
rsn,,ine affection is i'll marriage the iirs'
and the last ingredient for happiness ~ -
the best marriage portion, the best "ntil;
and the finest cGuipagc. lhal Il ihailIo"
Dair ever BEGAN with, and without IL every
Thing is poverty indeed. Alter ,ie re-
CENT of this letter her temper nc:"l''
sorrad she crew avaricious and @rGsplnS-
wiser IL every sense of the word. Twen-
fv-,jy wears after the last letter spoken OF
u.rit..r IN Z. Iochy,' her old lover
yi.itcd ~Pouchkcep>ic in search oil hcr.
They met. and another offer OF marriage
WINS made, but ii was rejected. n was
,hr Inst ever heard of the lover. The IN
ra,t,ry Of her effects showed the amount
lort hrhind 10 be S21 .5j3.5i. Add to that
S1y. 900 which she is reported TO nave ie''
IN real estate. and the grand total reaches
So ,553.5i. .s
ranrn n,cre found n number of bills, re-
cnints &c. two pocket-bookS, one with 4
s;lyer half-dollar in it, $4,000 in bonds ana
mnrt cac,cs. 81 200 in United states 1ve-
twonTy common bonds, $3.50 in greenbackS,
e1nn in cold. SD in silver. 4 silver cup WITH
The monogram *. o., half a dozen silver TEA
snoous. three silver dessert spoons, one 40
zen silver tablespoons, md two SILVER salt
.nnon. In q closet were found twenty-five
nr thirty dresses. five or six OF which were
If heavy, costly silk, Of Il pattern AT least
,jrtv wears old. C~anncdtruit, preserves. N'.'
we're also found IN large quantities: I'm Il
hn,k shelf was found Il dricd-up run cahc,
hn,%ilv frosted. and ornumcntcd with a si-
',,r Cunid in the centre. All the furniture
VA. # The oldest possible description, and
nor understanding. in the old braSS-moun'-
.d nI,rraI. was made up almost entirely OF
catches. Bonds and mortgages to the
aa,nount of oversee. COO were found carefully
laid away, and in her handbook was found
-5%jn ,~1;ccnlucks; her account also show
IN that She had over $500 in the savings
hrnk. Her case i, the general toplcot con,
ycr-ation in ~Poughkecpsie. 1t is expected
thrt heirs will turn up at the proper time.