The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-06-30
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Ills Latest Role rs Fortune Hunter.
New Yo,k Timss, JunS2s.
Ex.Goy. W. F. NJ. Army, Of New
Mexico, his arrived in this city on bis
way to England, bringing with him proofs
Of his kinship with the Hyde brothers,
whose immense property has for so many
years been bone Of contention between
the rightiul heirs and the British Grown.
The Lerd- High Chancellor Of England
rendered a decision this year in reference
TO the Hyde estate, that 1t Is the nature OF
personal property and not real estate, and
hence properly falls 10 the descendants in.
stead Of reyerting 10 the Grown. Ex.Gov.
Army has turned up twenty-five heirs be.
sides himself, and instead Of trying TO
limit the number by maintaining q good
deal OF secrecy about the matter, an.
nounces that lie will endeavor to secure
an equal division among all descend.
ants who come forward and clearly
prove their titles The value Of this pros
peCtve windiall Is triHe Of $4,000 900
the accumulation OF scores OF years OF in
terest and iudiCious investment by the
Bank Of England. What little Is known
OF the original amount and Its history Is
embraced in the brief statement that
Thomas, John and Humphrey Hyde,
great-great unCles OF the Ex-Governor,
made fortunes as East India merchants,
deposited them In the Bank OF England,
and died. BY some means or other all
Clew to the bonanza was lost, but was re-
Chancellor Walwortl undertook to trace
the genealogy Of the Hyde family, and
brought out az the results OF his labors two |
large volumes OF 1000 pages The de.
scendants were found to be scattered all
over the United States from Maine to New |
Mexico. Those who can prove their re-
lationship, and are therefore interested in
the ancestral estate, are residents OF Ohio,
Mississippi, Maine, New Mexico and Nova
Scotia.
Part OF the evidence which ex-Gov Ar.
ny has TO support his claim Is the old fam
lily Bible, which is nearly 100 years old,
and contains the original record OF the
marriage OF Elizabeth Hyde with Joseph
Army, as well as the entry OF the dates Of
the births OF the children OF that marriage,
the Ex-Governor being the eldest son. He
speaks as contidentlyot the result OF his
mission to England as II he already held
bis shaEC in the palm OF his hand. Every.
body who has known him wishes him
success in his efforts to secure the treas
ure.
Ex-Governor Army is in his 9th year,
and is remarkably well-preserved gem
tleman. lie proudly claims the honor OF
having shaken hands with every Presi-
dent OF the United States from James
Monroe down. He is native OF George.
town. b. c., but since his 25th year has
made his home on the Western frontier,
and in the heart OF the Indian country in
he Southwest.
This is mistake, as Army was at least
IS years old when he left Brooke county
about the year lS5O.-EDs. INTEL.]
President Lincoln appointed him Gov.
ernor OF New Mexico, to fill Kit Carson's
place, in the early years Of the Rebellion,
and General Grant reappointed him when
he was elected President. He is farmer,
miner, geologist and antiquarian, and is
deeply interested in the welfare OF the
Territory which he has made his home for
many years. Whenever he makes trip
to the East he brings with him rare col
lection OF mineral and vegetable curiosi.
ties OF New Mexico. On his trip he added
to his list, and, opening his valise, he ex-
hiblted horned frog, which has been in
his possession for six months has been {
fed literally on nothing but air and water, !
and is as lively as the specimen which
Mark Twain has immortalized. A drop
Of water was placed on his tail and it
started him on quick pace up the leg OF
the chair, near which he had been doing
in the petrifed shell Of an oyster which
the Ex-Governor hadIpiCked up at the top Of
one Of the Rocky mountain peaks. THAT
animal is going TO England with me" said
the Ex-Governor, picking him up and
placing him in his valise beside an i'm
mense bowie.kniie. The bowie.knife,
when opened, displayed blade ten
inches in length, and is what is known as
a five pound bowie" 1t weighs but a
few ounces less than five pounds. 1t is
destined for the Smithsonian Institute
and has a history. When Nicaragua Wal.
ker, I'thegray-eyed,man OF destiny" wasa
student at Bethany Colley, Virginia, ex-
Governor Army was Secretary Of the :
Board of Trustees. His hen-roost was
robbed by Walker and several Chums one
night, and they used this knife, which
belonged to Walker, in chopping off the
chickens heads. Walker forgot to take it
when they left, the scene Of slaughter, and
it was found by the Secretary, who has
ever since preserved it. Walker was after
ward convicted of the theft, and was ex-
PEELED FROM the college.
Another historical relic which ex.Gov-
ernor Army has just given to the State
Historical Society Of Kansas is revolver
which John Brown carried in the turbu.
lent days OF 1855 in Kansas.
Among his mineral curioslties are speci.
mems OF sulphurets OF silver, gold, copper,
lead and iron, strips of mica as large and
as clear as ordinary panes OF window
glass, pertrilied shells, amelia or native
washing soap, from which, he explained
iaCetiousIy, can be made lather that will
raise the hair on the baldest head. Coli
fornia diamonds, better known as garnets,
opals, emeralds and quantities Of turquois
which has been collected among the spurs