South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-04-21
A Great Land Claim.

The Wilmington. (N. Cl STR saws
! Among ihe many wonders which this
Centennial year of 1876 has brought 10
! light. and the many startling deyelon.
ments 1t has thus far disclosed. there
has been nothing, perhaps. that can
compare IN Importance, particularly 10
the parties Immediately connected. to a
thfee-qnalter Centennial document now
In the hands OF n citizen of Wilminctcr.
Mr.. >. Van Amringc. This is deed
Tor 409 acres OF land located in what Is
now known as West Philadelphia. exc.
cnted IN the year 1901. and COMPRISING.
as IL is understood, portion of the
! present Centennial Grounds. tho amid
| land being soil and conveyed by one
Thomas stroud, OF the city of Philadei.
/ ph'a, merchant OF the one part, to LYON
Van AmTinge Of the county OF Phiiailcl
! phii, metchan', of the other part. '.for
ahd IN consideration Of the sur OF StOS
lawful money of Penasvlvania 10 him
III hand well anti truly paid By the said
! Lyon Van Amginge NJ or before the
sealing and delivery OF these presents.
Tie receipt whereof is hereby acknowl.
edge &c. The tract OF land. which was
!
known rs Hope, situated Oh the west
side OF Little Blsh HUI, near the creek
IN Delaware township, Northampton"
&c, and which the Commonwealth of
pennsylvania by patent under the hand
OF MS Excc!lency, Thos. Mifllu. ESQ.
governor ofthe said Commonwealth. and
nuder the great seal OF the same. being
| dated the fourth day Of December. one
Thousand seven hundred and ninety.
eight, recorded in the Rolls Office for
| The State of Pennsylvania, Patent book
| No. 81, page 2S4. granted and conveyed
INTO William Gibbons in fee. IL beinp
the same tract which William Gibbons
conveyed TO Thomas Stroud by linden.
tnre, bearing date the seventh GAY Of
! March, one thousand seven hundred
and ninety.nine, recorded in the Office Of
Recorder OF DEEDS nc Easton in and for
The county Of Northampton" The
deed Is signed by Thomas Stroud and
Witnessed by William Harlem and Isaac
Lloyd. and is accompanied by a certifi.
cate from the Mayor of the city orPhiI.
ade!phia, Jos. Inkecper, before whom
The indeuture was duly acknowledged.
The property alluded to is now roughly
estimated to be worth from $4,000. 900
/ to $20,000,000. which will be snug
little fortune for the possessor of the
deed, if he can get possession OF the prop
ertY. At all events, an effort to that
end will be made, as we understand that
the case is To be placed in the hands OF
| some prominent member of the LEGAL
! fraternity in Philadelphia forthwith. with
| tile view Of seeing what can be done in
| the matter. It should have been stated
| in the proper place that the Lyon Van
Amringe alluded TO was the grandfather
of Mr.. =. Van Amringe, the poss essor
Of the deed, who is certain that the ti.
tic of the property has never legally
passed from the family.
IV~ We have 10 make our acknowl.
edgements TO Brother Longlcy, Of tue
Bellaire independent, on the subject OF
glass chimncys. We announced day
or two ago, in somewhat increduIous
tone, that his favorite mallet NOWADAYS
was glass lamp chimney. and that with
this weapon he drove nails in his board
fence this spring, when playing tie role
OF n granger on bis promises. This sor;
ofgiass. we animated, was little ahead
of tic kinl the ancients usei % make
according to Wendell PhilliPs.) the art
Of which has been lost-that is. elastic
glass. hat is elastic glass az compared
with glass lamp chimney that can be
used IS 3 boDa-hdc hammer. a specimen
Of which we actually saw Yesterday. and
for which wc are indebted @ DR.. junk.
ius OF Bcllaire? There Is no doubt n.
bout is nail driving capacity. nor about
the fact thai 10 can be thrown On the
floor and not break. More Tran that
one can stand on the bulb and not break
II. We saw all these experiments tried
The glass u very heavy and wa, apueal.
Ell iu TAGGED oil ~ COO dcgrcps orl,eaf
There is one cxpeument-the most
important one--that we ali not see
VIZ tho lamp tried az chimncy. While
the specimen wc saw would make n mas.
sable hammer. we have no Luowledge
no" u would perform "a q chimney an
GER ire. Dr.. Junkins sGys that like the
llcorew children, 10 will pass through
furnace nnscathci. Iftli3 l. So and If.
10 addition, IL will stand cold mir exuo.
sure when ON duty, and IT, furthermore.
you can sec TO read by the light Of such
thick piece Of glass, tlien tie business
Of making lamp chimneys i at an end.
Tor one set Of them will last family
forever.
Heretofore it has been the glory Of
the chimney manufacturers that they
could consume all mans weekly sur.
plus in buying their sensitive lime mix.
lures. Now, Othello-likc, their occupa.
ton will be gone. Anything that can
be used as a chimney by night. and "a
a hammer and something to stand on by
day, will render shoddy mixtures en-.
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