, 1879-02-08
MADE HEIR no $4,000, 900.
To Mose frntn \ Grocery In Eow York to a
Large Estate IN EhKlaud.

~ Will HAb uHGEEu pTuUAk6 III tHE 0A!1Q-
gate's On1ce Yesterday, by which Alice Swift, IN
Irish woman. who keeps q ANAL grocery in Sec
otd avenue, hopes t'nt sho is heir to all estate
In Englanl values! nj s92,00o.0o0. Tic conlunc-
tion Of circumstances which led TO tho making
OF such q will Is only tn he made clear by the
story t'ld III behalf Ut Mrs. Swift.
About fifty years ago there lived Ia the Cuun-
" of Hampshire, In England, James Clarence
Hill. wealthy clergyman Of the Established
Church. Ills sealdcnce WAS known as Hazel
Court Castle. AMI IL a.Itl the owners surround
Ing cstates wete estimated to le worth upward
Ut t40, ,uO. Tie clergyman l,al three chill.
dren.-tso daughters, naincd Sarah md Carr
line, a,nl a son. Caroline, the second daughter,
WAS the fatlcr's tasorlte. shv was, At the time
with which th!s story Is concerned, a beautiful
and vtsnctuus uirl Ut II years uf age, tlpp
horscwoman. at!d the belle Of the 'courty. in
the clcrE.mnn's fanltly--an old and artstocratie
onemthsIe wss also s'nnnS the scrgants
held tie poaitfon Of butler. Besides hs youth
lie had good looks mud frank manners 10 recon-
mend him, attd they 1td recommend him 70 the
occurred between them. which al first fnee,,seltho
old clergyman deeply, but afterwards he married
the pair. MD he also chFtstenc,l the child which
In due titnr was horn to t'enl. The child VIVA
Hazel Court Castle until he was b years Of
age, but then difficulty arose in
regard to the manner of bis, religious
education, his parents wishing to hare him
tng that he stluu1d bc tauclit In the Church Ut
England iaitE. al,l Whclun took bis vile AMI
child ava. from 1lnzel Court aud removed to
Limerick. his native place. There the pa!r lived
were horn TO them. The oldest son, James,
lived with his parcBts 10 Limerick until he was
q years OF age. when he CAME to this city.
Shortly sttcrwurl. In 1873, thr old clergyman
al tinre fnltrt Ina aim In r.
ter Caroline, nnd, It Is said. will, In which he
bc4ucathed Ills entire estates to the oidest
CHILD Of the same daughters oldest chtil. Caro-
lIne'B brother and sister, the clcrEymana other
children. lla.i died bcture himself.
On receiving sIc E40o Whclan and bis wife,
wi.'' their o'i'er, chidreM, followed their son
james 10 America. With then. came two
of whoni the first, soon after they reached New
| York, was married tu une owen Swift, u.ti tho
second, knte, was married b.. James Whelau.
the eldest aoiE Of the Irish butler, unl the crr-
Thotnus Whclan anal his wife lived IN this city
until their deaths, which occurred very nearly
together Rbout The year 1866. dunes. The son,
s. s s Vi oc soo2sa M 1s' q tn, Il,
fatllcr's naturc, ratller than Es nluther's. liz
had only one bud habit, which was tllut he oera-
sfoua1lv took drop too much. but the habit
be remained In The employ Of the Clarsadon -
csmchtuan until Ills ieath in 1878. Ills vile
bud died some years bctorc him. lie bad b. her
two daughters. One. lfle younGcst. died before
yivcd'iitn, Though not long. She was very deli
cate. nni on ,lle death Of her mother, James
Whefan Ind asked bis sfstcr.n;taw, Mrs: swift,
to take charge OF her. She lived with Mrs,
| Swift for number OF years, anl strong atEec-
tlon catnc u exist between tic two. But, "a
said, Ahe was very dtlcatc, and sllo died last
November as lie are Of IL.
Before she died, Catherine Ann Whelau, the
1,olr fr1t ti.t,H uf ~
her ereat-grantlfather, nccordInE to lia alleged
wilt, maio herself will, which was the una Of
fere.l for probate IN tue Surrogate's office yes
ter'lay Dy IT, tsstatss be'iasatl. aer whoie
iather's will 10 her nunt. Mrs. Swift, with whoul
a',e had long lived. The aunt, tilu Alice Aiur-
phy, of cotirse, who caue over from, Limerick
mans daughter. fn 1888, IL now nbaut As years
| 0f hge. She ia not educated. but stLs has cup.
sidcraoly moro than aycFaxo tnteiltCence. For
tho past six years sae has kept with her hus'
band, Owen swift, tho small grocery q. 5a3 Seq
ord avenue, an.i has made it pay 30 well that
the couple have now a.,out 1900 snugy put
awAy. IIay!nK put 10 for pFohatc lleE niecc's
Will, By wtlich s!lo becomes hclrcss " OK. .U0.
ehe stood behind the counter ~ her well-storcd
| little stop yesterday, calmly dealing out butter,
| flour, anti codiish by The ollnre and penny's
worth. She IL robust In lguro, with ii iruns!y
curly ha'r. sfe worc a Enaa's carliean tacket
buttnhcd about her bNly tn protect hersea FROM
tho cold. for The shop IL sn,alI ant The door Is
a!way. left Open SO that thu necessary stuck
Inay have chance II rnu Over un the sidewulk
outside. Stnnlfne aln!d her crowded huns, n,ul
salt bags. MtRl potato baskets, slo ealtuly ex-
pressed lier entire faitl! thai the yast English
property was hers. Md HAT she should EGt #.
Her son, she said, pointing 10 sturdy lIttlu H.
ytar.o|d lcInw who was PLAYING tn front Of The
shop, wls her nlete's fayoriie. mud she would
ha,u named him her heir II hc lla,l bcen older.
shc aoned the aunt, kr.owing that tic money
would get to tic nephew In good time. Mrs.
Swift said that tllrre was M d1ubt that s,th 4
will A. has been described was made by thn old
etcrgyman. 6he h4h litsr.t of IL ~ u child In
Limerick. at1 it was the subject Of everyday
talk IN her stetcsa aini her own family. shs IL
| going to England next summer to ret 1t.
Tile will wl.iel, was probate4 yesterday ID Wit
petsca by NroEga Haydock, Eliza Mansry. un.!
I.izzlc Sellcrs. The 1Altur Two ato relations of
Atra. Swift. NJ. iIaydock j. a lawyer Of u
broadway, alnt lle drew up tho will AGortly br'
lorc the uc4th ut Tho testatTtx In November last.
!lt has 1ecn tu correspondence With lawyers ~
England concerning the old clereyman's Will,
but nothing 1rItnitc has been learned yet
Off NAx0S.