, 1877-11-01
I'FIE! CITY.


ALLEN c. LEv1s' MuytP1cEsr OFT.
The 1cnth OF Nr. Alien Z. Lcwta last 3atur-
day nj The fremont House, aud his funeral
Mons.as noon, only were worth IN item In the
newspapers. Ills will was proved yesterday in
the County Court. and It makes gtft for Ger.
tain purposes of his property which will make
bis name hsnccfoEth a household word III this
city and even State. The generosity Of the lato
Mr.. Ncwberry Will in tImo gtse Chicago
one of the best public libraries
In this country, and the munifccncc Of
hfr. 1.crls will enrich 1t in tho course OF few
fcars with one OF the beat Polytechnic Instf-
.uics, open alike for yu,,ng ntcn and yo,snE
women, specially founded for thosc who hare
not bcen blessed with wealth, hut WHO desire 10
1T themselves y .t,lAr Of The arts aud sciences
for useful positions in i'se: ny The wlll and
@ lce 5 H. sr'' says Fc,a1. t :" :e f3se'iGe r te
w'dnws' and Grphans' fulnl; 300 to the
Eighth Presbyterian Church: f4,000 each
to tho Chicago Protestant Orphan Asglnn,
llome, and Il. Lake's Free Hospital: *io,tkD e
10 10 lis niece, Hattie Harris; si5oI . hls
wlfe's sister. Gertrude Spencer; and &l,0U
Dr. '. e. Mcclure. ..
TIE WHOLE nsMA1xpEn ny MS ESTATE
+ Evcn II t,11st t9 fingh 81 W. Wts LANES II: i;
Until 1855, Or Until such time as $500 0o can !'o
realized out ot the trust estate; when tue
TRUSTEES shall thcreupon pfRccd to erect
so.t "a',e not !" over u saso%5, 5 to BE- known
az the Lewis Institute, In which shall
he established tree library, also night
schuo1 for tho free instruction Of pupils n spc.
ctsl branches or ttudcs sucl, as tclcgrapl'y and
other Acicntiflc instruction. 4 lccture-rouHl is
also to Lc built, md a cotlrse of free lectures
maintained devoted TO arts, sciences. etc., q
~ late standard newspapers, magazines, and
library furnIstctl With scientific works, aTodng
novels aud MI sensational literature. Also
school for teaching females In such branches of
best 10 enable them to gain d lyclihood from
such teaching. And also, a som as tho estate
admit Ut II, to establish and maintain
4 Tnonouon POLYTECHNIC SCHOOL.
THIS sel,uot ~ Ia he established In The most
thorough nn'! sysfcmat[c manner. with a first
class Corps Of teachers, so as " make It Quo ot
the lca'ling schools OF the country. setolarh arc
from the country at large. The wllu1c design ie
10 rlacc thorough scientific education, equal
to any that ran bc obtai incd, within Tho reach OF
pay ior IT, and also equally 10 aircr1
women an equal opportunity Tor the study Ut
the ntts and escnccs. and to learn ~ esign. 50
as to best enable then, to gain liTe'ia'ood: TIE
building Is tn he located on the tonthwest cur.
1lcr Of Union and Randolph strccts on land
owned by Mr. Lewis.
TltE PROPERTY
is estimated by MIR. Hugh 4. White, ono OF tho
e!:ct't.Ts. and aiso one Of The trustees. at
$l,0sU0, and consists mainly in ratiroad bonds.
AI'ulit s75,nN Of 1t is real estate. The
majority y tbe l,,nts s,, are .os tiose
ctu, and Clieaeo i Northwestern ltail-
roadf. Judging truIn t.asty gancc by the r..
porter oseE tl,c schedule Of these securities.
nhout t5o, ,ooo. cnnslstlnE Of some bonds Of the
IL and
Missouri roads, must ho worthless, but thc re-
,n.lner arc undoubtedly good. But crcn
allowing for shrinkage, thc estate must be worth
Ct srer leafs s e e s c Ae 1t pfaspa 'e4est st oi
It amounts to $s0O,000, 50 that. It Will
he tomc years before the Institute ear, bc
founded. Tie greatest rarc Is taken IN settling
tho details n[ the nyiec 10 that ftshall operate,
hut Inc discretion Of thu trustees Is relied ot,
IA to tue stlIcs which shall be taught III tho
Institute, the lectures which arc to he gtveu,
within tho general limits aboSc prescribed.
In vcw of the sudden nroIiilenec y which
THIS splendid devise will ralse MI. LeSls' name,
eIurt
.--, akErcu or his 1lru
nav not he a11,iss:
and was one Of live brothers. IIis parents wero
n roniurtabc circumstance, mud tl!s buys werc
bro,lght tlp' on q tarI,. They all Lett home
JnhI,, who ,lied tllrce years ngo, Henry F., and
Allen, aud oil arc, or. were In theiF lifetime,
known i'll Chicago. Mr. lt!lru e. Lewss went
IL Elgin, wllerc llc went into the drug busttisss
with Dr. VIC. Mcclure, and the acquaintance
and fr'enush!p With him has been kept up
during ins wi.ole life. in lA53 he ca.nc to Chi
eago, with na!y atout $l,000, aud went Into tue
I,a,lI ulce nnlcr E. Il. Williams, rcnnining there
until tile Chicago utlice was abolished. Pre-
vI'us to this, however. aud while Ac lived In
ElgiN, Mr. Lewis married Miss Curnela Hull
ter, by whom he l,ad une sou. Both wife anu
child aic1 f,ctore l4c game TO this ctty. After
leaving The Land Office he operated III real cs-
tats for himself, aud the bulk Ut his wealth WIS
accumulated by buying ansl.warrants an! iosat-
iuE them. Arclaton a'soiett lin konc $..o0, 600.
In lSi7, be- sola nearly NIL hls rca! estate, H.
vested the proceeds in railroad and 9th
CT bonds, aud t1lcn Travelled in Eurupo
Tor tlru years Tn Ills return tnc spinul trouble,
which subsequently was the catlse OF his death,
began 10 show itscIf, aud fur tho past two or
three years he lived at tho fremont House for
convenience IN treatment and ease in gettlnE
around. For tho ten or twelve years prtor 10
that he Ind pcen tncmbcr Of tho fatntly q Or,
Mixture, who iad rulnoyc.! iIero fru1n E:glu,
where tllcIr t1rst acquaintance anil friendship
was iorlncd Mr Lewis died SATURDAY. and was
hurled Monday In the famtly vault at lsoschlll.