Morning journal and courier., 1885-11-16
A ROMANTIC STORY.
Cardinal McCloskey,s Early Love. Who Was the Niece of Queen.
 From the Chicago Iuter-Ocean1

Cardinal McC1oskey's Early Love.
 Who Was the Niece of a Queen.
 From the Chicago Inter-Ocean.l
 In the death of Mrs. Parmelia Crane, aged ninety-two, Chicago has lost most remarka- ble character. She was born at Truro, Mass, and at the age of fifteen married MT. Charles Adams, distant connection of John Quincy Adams. Her husband was captain and part owner of the Ploughboy, sailing vessel run ming between Boston and Baltimore In those days trip of such character was considered risky undertaking, and much anxiety was felt for the safety of voyagers. At the age of nineteen she was taken to Bal timore by her husband and placed in care of an old family friend, while he was to make another trip to Boston and back. While on the way terrible gale sprung up, during which the Ploughboy, with it's captain and all hands, went to the bottom. At the house in which she resided in Baltimore were quite number of young people who were fond of pleasure, and who made the house resound with their merry making. Her great sorrow at the fate she felt had befalIen her husband
 moved her to seek quieter abode, and the place selected for her by her husbands friend was none other than the residence of the mother of Cardinal McCloskey, who lived a retired widowed life with her son. The cardinal was then preparing for the priest hood. The two women became endeared to each other, and the young student, it is said, looked with favoring eyes upon the youth full widow. Being one Of the most studious of young men, his attentions to Mrs. Adams were marked by quiet but most sincere re- gard. So far did he forget for the moment his theological prospects that be proposed speaking of the affair in after time Mrs
 cad %r %Ie . >F devotion the young student evinced for her. She not being of the same faith, he intima- ted their difference in the matter of religion need be no bar, as in the event of her consent he would arrange that matter satisfactorily ESQ.," the old lady would say, "through my declination of his proposal the Catholic church gained one of it's most notable digni- tares.'
 She did not marry for seven years after the death of Captain Adams, and then welded
 Mr. Joseph Crane, of Quincy, Mass. In 1859 the family came to Illinois and settled on farm at Plato, ;n Kane county. Her second husband, though an old man at the time, went on the call to arms in the Eighth Heavy artillery, and during campaign through Kentucky in 1862 died at Bowling Green, he being sixty four years of age. The widow came to Chicago and has lived for the past twenty-three years with her daughter and son-in-law, Mrs. and MT. Edward Smith, at No. 292 Fulton street. She had been sick for about ten weeks before her death, but to the end retained full use of all her faculties.
 Her end was exceedingly peaceful, the spirit leaving the body with scarcely perceptible dutter.
 Her dea calls to mind the fact that she
 was a niece of Queen Fanny Young Kekelao- kalani, of the Sandwich Islands, Queen Fan ny being the mother of Queen Emma, who died some years ago. Her uncle, John
 ,Iov from homo when young and took to sailors life. On one voyage the ship was wrecked and the crew made their way in boats to one of the islands. Knowing the man-eating
 tendency of the inhabitants, Young hid him self in a hogshead that had foated ashore, and thus saved himself from the fate of his companions, who were sacrificed to the appe- tite of the natives. He was discovered soon,
 however, and his discoverer was the future Queen Fanny, then member of the kings
 household Young afterward married her
 and was raised to the position of the king adviser. Through Youngs influence Chris tianity was encouraged, he being the first that was able to do anything in the direction of civilizing the people, He built the first house on the island, the ruins of which are still sacredly preserved. It was made of CO., coa wood and abbey, with the aid of boat
 hatchet saved from the wreck and wooden trowel, and was whitewashed with lime made rom coral uSneO out or the Sea Dy Gno H:t- tives. Young's life so full of good works for the people that to this day they will raise their caps or kneel in front of his tomb. There are many interesting relics in the pos session of the family on Fulton street, among which are photograph of Queen Emma and one of the ruins of the old Young house. Lawyer s. F. Jones has been retained for Mr. Harbison, of Hartford, in the Corcoran assault case.
 Thomas c. Bugbee, who has so long car ried on the hardware business in Putnam, has sold out te James B. Tatem and 0. N. Allen, the latter the we'll known legislative representative from Putnam.
 Oliver D. Hart, the New Britain newsdeal- CT, has bought the plot of ground on which his building has stood for several years. It was owned by the Erwin estate and sold for about $500 per front foot. The plot is 22 feet front by 136 feet deep, and is located at the corner of Main street and the rail road.
 George H. Garfield, of South Britain, has been appointed prosecuting agent for New Haven county. MT. Garfield was for some time a student at law with William Cothren, but never offered himself for admission to the bar He was trial justiceof the peace in Southbury for number of years. For many years he has acted as counsel before iustice courts