Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-26
HE souANDERED MILLIONS.
The Romantic Career of "a man VINO haH
just Been Buried in Nashville.
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NASHVILLE, June 21.-A man with
history was buried here yesterday. Before
the war one of the richest, if not the rich
est, planters in the South was "Harry"
Hill. He was known all along the Mis-
sissippi and Ohio rivers from New Orleans
to Pittsburg. His plantations extended
for miles along the river and were titled
by thousands of slaves. When he died
his estate was worth about 100000. His
only son inherited this vast wealth. Like
all young men Ofthat day who had rich
fathers he was given the benefit OF Eu-
ropean education, and for years travelled
the continent with "A private tutor. He
had been bountifully supplied .withmoney,
but when his fathers death threw all his
wealth into his possession his eXtraVa-
QauCe knew no bounds. The scion OF
rich Southerner, he had carried letters
which placed him on terms of intimacy
with the nobility. Few men oftite could
boast as ample Il fortune and none could
excel him in laYishness. 1t was in the
theatrical world, however, that, he at
tractcd most attention. The leading
lights of the Partisan stage were eager to
claim his friendship, for it meant valua-
BILE presents. Costly gifts of diamonds
and jewelry to some favored artists We're
q common thing, while his eXtravaUant
dinners astOnished even the gay French
capital. One supper in particular, which
he gave to the art world Of Paris, is said
to have cost between $4,000 and 10000.
With PATTI and other famous singers he
was on terms of familiarity, and in his
later days nothing gave him more pleas
ure than to recount anecdotes of his so
cial intercourse with them. Few men
We're more competent as critics in matters
of music and art.
Even his colossal fortune could not
stand such drains, and when the war came
II swept away the remnants. From a
millionaire Mai. Jimmie Dick Hill de-
seconded to dependent ON his relatives
for the absolute necessities Of life. In his
wild career of extravaganza he met and
married an actress, an Italian lady. The
union was not happy one. She was a
Catholic, and about three years ago insti-
tuted proceedings in New York for a
separation. The case attracted great at
tentiOn at the time, and column after col
umn of the daily press was filled with ac-
counts of Maj. HIPS romantic life. He
became writer for the papers, particu-
larry those OF sporting prOcliyities. His
nom de plume, Climax" in the IUrf,
Fjeld and Farm, made him familiar to
turtmen all over the country.
Nearly two years ago he received one
day a telegram stating that a gentleman
had died suddenly in Memphis and left
him his sole heir. This proved to be his
old tutor on whom he had spent thou
sands while in Europe. The beQuest
amounted to about $4,000 in property in
this country and in England aud
placed him again in comfortable circum-
stances.
Mai. Hill was a familiar figure on the
streets Of Nashville and was exceedingly
interesting in conversation. He would
never express a regret that he bad squau-
dered his millions, but was exceedingly
bitter when speaking Of friends in his
prosperity who had deserted him when
his money was gone.