Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1870-06-09
A FOrlll nate Family.

There is no mistake about the fig
ures. Two hundred and fifty mil
hons OF dollars in hard gold. What
a fabulous sum to contemplate So
much money would make one con-
tinuous chain of linked gold pieces
about the world, and yet that is the
inside value OF an estate in "merry
old England about to be claimed
by a Pittsburg family, and their
prospects o! obtaining it are said to
be bright and rosy.
In the latter part of the last Gen.
tury, anl about the coming in OF the
present one, the Coward family had
made great innovations in the diet OF
many hale aud hearty Englishmen,
who were conviced that garden
truck was the only Mt food tor the
stomach. To revolutionize society
more completely on the subject, col
legcs, chnrches, school houses, ho-
tells and gardens were established
under their auspices, and communi-
ties were founded TO promulgate the
peculiar vegetarian ideas ofthc found.
ers. After the novelty Of tie ex-
pertinent had worn away, most OF
the followers OF the new philosophy
fcl. again into The way of consuming
flesh, fowls and beet, awarding veg
tables the second place on their bill
OF fair. In 1916, William Coward,
the last of the foreign line OF the
family. died in England, leaving the
vast accumulation OF real estate to be
divided III the interest of heirs whose
whereabouts he knew not. The prop
erty was placed in charge OF trustees
to await the coming OF claimants, and
through halt a century has been ac-
cumulating and growing more val
liable. Recently the English Court
of Chancery appointed ID. w. Hen
drickson, Esq, cclcbrat ID lawyer
OF NJ Monmouth county. New Jersey,
commissioner q ID trustee for heirs to
the estate who might be found in
in this country. The .property at
last valuation was assessed to be
worth f50,OO0,OOO sterling, or about
$3.50, 100000 gold coin OF the United
States. In 1867 he visited Europe
in his official capacity, and obtained
such data and information as led to
the discovery OF surviving heirs in
this country. A family OF Cowards,
in Trenton, N. J., claimed the estate,
but thus Jar have failed to trace out
their genealogy in a manner satisfac.
tory to tho requirements of the law.
Not long ago correspondence was
opened with Mr.. Robert Coward,
the well-known brickmaker Of Pitts
burg, and in very short time it was
made apparent that the united claims
of himself and brothers to the estate
were sufficiently clear and well
founded to warrant legal prosecu-
tion. Eminent attorneys IN England
were at once employed III the case,
who, acting in co operation with
lawyers OF this country, the Messrs.
Coward and Mr.. Hendrickson, Trus-
tee, have met with much success in
tracing the line of descent of the
Pittsbnrg family. to that extinct in
England. Mr.. Coward will leave
shortly for England to advance his
interests, and unless some link be
missing in tho records Of his family
to prevent his success, it is very
probable that he will come back one
OF the wcalthiest men of the country.
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"rhc London Iron Trade Circu.
lar" says: Improvement for our
local trade il likely to be stimulated
shortly by the reductions effected in
the American tariff, both on mer-
chant and pig iron. In London the
I q afEonf of tho "A m orioan fariH soIna