The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-24
A FORTUNE GOING BEGGING.

THE STORY OF TWO NORTHUMBERLAND A.
KINNILLYs wILL-HAs THE K1NNILLY CLAN
PERSISTED?
Nearly 1ity years ago two brothers, William and Ed.
ward Kinniy, ran away from their home In Amherst
burg, Lower Canada, TO seek their fortunes after tho
approved fashion of tho story books somewhere tho
world They were the children of Irish sergeant
in the Sixty-eighth regiment OF foot, British army
and had accompanied their father to the various sta
tons whittier his regiment sent from the time Of
his enlistment as private at Castcbar, Ireland in
1877 ill he was ordered from Amhcrsburg to Quebec
in 1898. Some years before his enlistment he had
married at rppcrary, ireland, q young Irish girl
named Mary Finn, and his wife, the mother
OF these two boys, had gone along with
her husband wherever his regiment was
ordered, making the best, such women do, Of tho
inevitable hardshps incident TO their wandering htc
She seems to cared for the children kindly
enough till the timo OF tho regiments removal to
Quebec, when, probably thinking that tho boys wcro
old enough TO shift for themselves, the parents
marched away with tho old Sixty eighth without even
taking the trouble to bid Inst edieu the boys they
lett behind them. kind priest, Father Fluett, took
upon himself the charge Of the deserted lads and they
remained with him and were well tcd clothed and
taught TIL becoming weary or tho monotonous lie OF
the quiet Canadian town. they ran away. boon
said. Al that time, In 1880 they vol grown youths
Of nineteen and seventeen respectively, and
they had quite we'll defined ideas of what
paths in life best suited to their tastes,
They parted from each Other bear the border line
between Canada and the United States one going 10
the south aud the other 10 the West The cidcr
brother, William A. KinnIIly, this city, and
beginning at the foot OF the ladder by his indus
try 10 position OF alucncc, dying respected mcr-
chant Ia 1865 Tho younger Edward KinDilly, or KIM
neatly, as he was accustomed To spell his name went
10 Ann Arbor, Mich, 1t is thought and obtaining
homestead grant, settled down his land as an inde-
pendent farmer. No correspondence was kept up be-
tween tho brothers, and the elder his death eight
years ago. dii not know whether his brother
Edward was still living.
WILLIAM KISSILLys WILL
William Kinny married. and in default
OF direct heirs. made Will leaving the bulk OF his
property trust for the establish Of an orphans
home this city Twelve orphan girls were TO
ccied by the trustees OF this supposed institution
from among the deserving poor OF The city, being
taken That they should be OF than average prom
and intelligence, and that their early training
have been received from honest parents These
and altho ugh the iestator bimse devout Caho.
lc It expressly wed that tho religious training
should be scctarIan. Ia addition to this chara-
bic endowment, IL was further wcd that any
surplus accruiDg should be devoted to the sup
port and education OF SIX destitute boys who
might be taken from among the poor OF tho city,
from those strangers who should come to IL he the
tcsator) had come forty years BEFORE The remainder
OF his property wcd away In various bcquests,
Edward or TO mis- heirs his brother not then
living The provisions OF the will wore carefully car
rcd out by Tho executors and the legatccs received
their requests, with tho important exceptions Of tho
Orphans Homo and the missing brother Edward. Tho
trust establishing tho Orphans Homo was adjudged