Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-10-20

E IN a I61c way 10 recover, anu CUS uucXpcC,
ed announcement of Ter death has cause
mourning among large circle of friends
Her body will be brought to T.ancaste
for interment, the funeral to take plac
from the residence of her mother, Mrs. I
c. Porter, North Shipper street, On Fri
day afternoon at 4 o'clock.
HIS BRIDES MACsOLEUM.
The Memorial Church Erected by Pennsy
vania's Iron King.
Almost Finishing . Costly Mansion for He
the GrOund-The Conservation
Ceremonies.
Lebanon Dispatch to New York Sun.
A new church edifice, the princely gif
| of a Pennsylvania iron king, was conse
Grated in this quiet back country borough
to-day. There is quite romantic chapte
of love and sorrow connected with it. Tht
new edifice cost very large sum o.
money, and it is generally known thai
every dollar was paid by Mr.. Robert Cole
man, one of the leading members of tine
"house of Cornwall" founded upon three
mountains of iron ore here in Lebanon
county, about 140 miles west of New
York. The church is in the borough
proper. Cornwall, few miles distant, is
the home of the Colemans, the richest
iron family in the state. Monday, being
the festival Of st. Luke, was chosen for
the conservation of the magnificent edifice
and it was dedicated with all the rites and
ceremonies of the Episcopal church.
Several years ago Mr.. Robert Coleman
met young lady Of very prepossessins ae-
pearance in tour he made Of New Eng
land. She was the daughter of a respect
able family of Connecticut in moderate cir
cumstances. A mutual attachment fol-
lowed, and not long afterward the couple
were married. A short time after the
marriage the young bride was suddenly
taken i'll, and a trip on the continent was
arranged by her husband. 1t was thought
that tho climate of the south of France,
Italy, or Spain would he best for her. All
that love and boundless wealth could give
was furnished with most liberal hand.
The husband was compelled to re-
main at home by business engagements.
1t was confidently believed that the
bride would soon be restored to good
health, and very soon after her departure
the husband set about preparing a sur
prise to her. He supposed that she would
he abroad about year, and he determined
to erect one of the most costly residences
she had ever seen and have it all finished
and furnished in time for her arrival home.
She was to know nothing about it until
the carriage should drive her to the door
from tho railway station. Mr.. Powell. a
Philadelphia architect. was instructed to
prepare the plans. The structure was to
he in the Scottish baronial style, and Mr..
Coleman cared very little about the cost.
A fine site was chosen, broad and level and
elevated, with commanding view of a
long stretch of the beautiful Lebanon val
ley.
The Coleman estate comprises about five
thousand acres. In one part of it is
brown stable. containing some thirty thor
Oughbred horses. The most valuable ami
mails are quartercd in rooms having mir
rors OH the walls and Brussels carpet on
portions of the floor. Five monstrous fur
naces are smelling ore night and day on
the estate. Three hills contain an inexEau 8
tible supply of ore. These furnaces have
made millionaires of dozen families Or
more. Robert Coleman is the youngest
of the iron kings Of the present line of
owners. Interested parties and heirs are
scattered in many climes, but Mr.. Cole
man remains in complete charge of the vast
CSa".Os ISCl NOuuuCGCu Al
. y'e. Every employee lives on the place,
rent free. The cottages are models of neat
a ,ss, cleanliness and convenience. A
church, store, Sunday school and other
necessary wants are fully supp iod. The
great farm supplies employees with wheat,
corn, potatoes and vegetables at far below
market price. Splendid family mansions
occupy prominent places. Tally-ho coacE-
es, drawn by four-in-h hands, convey the
of the Coleman family and their
many visitors to the neighboring
towns and railway stations. Hence
the new mansion that was to be
erected by Mr.. Robert Coleman as
surprise to his bride. it can readily he i'm
agined, was to be something: exceedingly
grand. The foundations were massive and
built of granite and limestone. The
divisions werc commodious
and finished in the most modern style. A |
hard cement floor was laid. The frames |
Of the bay windows Tor the first floor
weighed several tons apiece. The SUPER |
was to have been of marble, iron
Ind granite. The work was proceeding
'plendidly and some fifty men were
'teadily employed. Car after car load of
material was arriving and being put
n place. All efforts were made to
apidly push on the completion
# the work. Every detail Of fur
liturc and upholstery had been decided
lpon. The gardener had received his
pecial instructions. In fact, everything
lad been fully arranged looking to the
apid completion of the mansion, when
elegram same over the sea that the young
ride was very ill in Paris. Quickly fol-
owed another despatch that she was dead.
very tool in the new house was dropped
he young husband, stricken with grief,
7as for time not to be consoled. He
rdered the wOrkmen on the new mansion
, 20 to the Office and draw their pay, and
Zen remoqs their tools and other prop
rty. In a few days orders were given to
l the excavations, and plough the place
YER. All that remained Of what was to .
ave been palace was ordered to be OBJ |
terated. ;
The construction of tho beautiful church
edicated here to-day concludes the story.
he remains of the dead bride were en-
aimed and brought back to America, and
ere then placed in vault until the con-
ruction of the church walls had been suf-
GENTLY advanced to receive them. The :
sw edifice is cruciform, 96 by Is feet. The
oor is of Spanish tile from Va ;;
ncia. The woodwork is :of oiled
TX. A massive tower, twenty four feet
luare rises one hundred feet in :
10 air. The structure is of gray stone,
zen to the window sills. A hydraulic en-
me in the basement supplies the air for 4.
le organ. The style of finish is old Eng
sh, with massive granite columns. The =,