Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-11-20
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1ealk the executors q; bis wiil
nsae everv seEort ID ascertain her
whereabouts bur failed, and il was
noS 9a.IE 4f1er her death aer Children
t1Gad oct thai their mother haai ber1
entitled 70 Ehs large fortune of ner
siiher
Nea<sy seEessy years ago they eOm-
lsncea suit foF the property Re-
erntiy the suit has been decided IN
their favor 0aly Isaac OF al the
children Of Mary Nnsher is still nv-
iaz. Tae property now amounts 20
ms1Iioos Of dollars. Oae 6as last
week a messenger appeared IN this
city and carried The good news TO
Mr. Cornell The sid gentleman ex-
poets 10 get his large fortune soon
He IS carpeassr> oy trade. aud his
life hAs been 0oe Of constant poverty
He Is very active and lively for 0ae
Of bis age He appreciates thorough
" the good fortune tha1 las hefallen
hinl, Bat occasfonly espresso regret
TIA: il did not come To him earlier In
life. 1T might have spared the many
3 hard knock, be said, hat Il bad
been rich NAV oe I wouldn't have
lived 50 long According 10 bis
Statement. DC was born In Sehenecta
.y on Sept. /, $50. In 1878 he came
TO this part Of the State, and ouLE
many saw mills IN this county and
the adjoining eoanties. The first one
be pus ap Was at AddiSon, II Steuben
county. seventy five wears ago.
he i great smoker, bat has new
CT been addicted 10 strong drink He
SAYS that 10 his prime, On several &C
ezsio1S, he walked one hundred miles
tn twenty-foGr hoCrs, Only eating
dgriag that time 3 few crackers. and
takizg a swallow or two Of rum He
has never been sick and doesn't know
from personal experience what dis
ease Is He Is very slight physically.
his weight being only little more
than sinesy poundS, bat he Is strong
aad walks with an elastic step. He
enjoys fishing, and almost every day
goes down 10 the Chemang River and
catches Is many - any OF the boys.
his memory Is sometimes little
trsacberous, except IS TO matters fifty
or seye1ty-ave years ago, but DC pre-
serves his other faculties aaimpaired
he served aoaorably In the war Of
lsl5, ana sill talk by the hour Of
scenes and incidents which he SAVE or
took part in He il not troubled
with any apprehensloas regarding
Death. bat expects TO i've many years
yet 70 enjoy his good fortune He
has family Of eight cafletren. Mrs
j. w Evans, Mrs. Geo. {. Lee, Bing-
hampton. and SIX seas. all of whom
reside in Schenectady es Daneshurgh.
Nest Of these were in Elmira last
week with their children paying their
respect, TO their father