St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-21
Fifty Thousand Dollars Per
Annum and as Many Broad
Acres.
He Has Retained English Law.
yers to Head or Chaneery
Proceedings.
Such a Snap as This Is Well
Worth Making a Fight
For.

Lowry, as he is more Familiarity known
in this city, has during the past three
days blown in something like 5000 for
cablegrams, and is still keeping the
wires hot. The cause Of hIr. LOwry's
recently developed penchant for cab
ling is to be found in the difference be-
tween 10000 per annum and the finest
estates in Cumberland and $50 per month
as all auctioneer in small way in st.
Paul. The comparison first suggested
itself to Lowry when on reading q
sOiled and battered copy Of the Carlisle,
England. Patriot, he glanced at
the. advertisements for next of kin
and saw the name OF John
acres of the Lowry. "Away went Will
kin. and away went Wilkins hat and
wig" for ne does wear wig, the result
of recent attack of fever. The tail end
of the advertisement was thunderbOlt
in the shape of an announcement that
the Lowry estates would pass into the
court of chancery unless claimed prior
to May q. A message to .'Stay pro-
ceedIngS at once; l am alive. and don't
you forget it," addressed to MeSsrS.
Dobinson & Watson, attorneys Of
Carlisle, and signed John Wilkin
Lowry, was sent over the wires,
0uu UOuUtlSSo oul pIlSCu tHC III VI at
torneys, as John Wilkin Lowry's let
terS to friends on the other side have
been few and far between, Mr.. Lowry
has the geneO logical tree of the Lowry
family
DOWN TO A SPLINTER
and there seems to be no room for doubt
that he is heir to. tile estates mentioned
and is destined to essay in the near fut.
ure, the role of country gentleman as
well as to succeed to the rent roll of the
Lowrys. both of which tasks he is emf.
nently well qualified to perform.
Jack Lowry was about as we'll known
in London as he is in this city, but, be
it said, in somewhat different line Of
business. The gang at the ThrOgmor-
ton street exchange will remember the
plunge he made 10 the tune of 9S, 900.
He lost it all. except about e100. with
which he bought ticket for st. Johns,
N. B.. strayed from there to Harvey, a
small town III the vicinity, and, with
out saying word to any one, COM
menced chOpping cOrdwOOd at Sl.25 per
[ cord. That sort of amusement, how
ever, went somewhat against the grain
with man used to more exciting Occu-
pations, and Lowry eventually came
West to st. Paul, arriving in the Saint
ly City two years ago. Shortly after
wards be entered the employ of San
some Il Co. as auctioneer and salesman,
and is still in the employ of the firm,
pending the arrival of further partic-
ulars from England concerning his
streak of good fortune.
A GLOBE reporter yesterday inter-
viewed MIR. Lowry as to his intentions
for the future. He said: sit is true
that received notice that the estates
the Lowry family were about to be
THROWN INTO CHANCERY.
"When last / heard of the estates
there were three persons, all conf
paratively young and healthy. between
me and them. These were Mary Anne
Lowry, distant relative of mine who
was at that time in possession, and a
niece, whose name forget, who was
her nearest relative and lived with her.
Mary Anne Lowry died in 1872, and the
and held sway at the ancestral mansion.
or course my father was ahead of me in
the line, and was heir in the event of
the death of my much-remOved
cousin. She didn't appear at all
inclined to die, however. A few years
ago my father, John Lowry, of the pro-
bate division of the high court of JUS
tice, fell ill and died, which. of course,
left me next of kin. Now Cousin Jane
has winged her fight to the great un-
known, and fail to see why my claim
is not valid one. have cable Dobin-
son q Watson, attorneys of Carlisle, to
bring pressure to bear on Chief Justice
Chitty in order that the estates may be
are investigated. Of course / expect to
have trouble in establishing my claim,
but think shall be successful. have
not kept up regular correspondence,
and my whereabouts was unknown
until recently except by few people
in England.
The Lowry estates are perhaps as ex-
tensive as any to be found in the county
of Cumberland. The Lowry mOOrs have
for centuries been the
MECCA OF SNIPE HUNTERS,
the shooting on these east moors being
the finest in the country, and these are
crowded in the shooting season, when
the true sportsman filngS broadclOth to
the winds and dOns the fore and aft cap
and abbreviated breeches of Britain.
The LOwryS have been, since the early
history of the family, enthusiasts in
sheep breeding, and many thousands of
descendants of the long-haired herd
first introduced to the Lowry
downs are still to be seen there
on. The old hall was built
in the earlier half of the eighteenth
century. Tnickiy matted ivy hides the
grey stone walls, and is carefully
clipped from the latticed windows. For
the interior, take description of any
English country house of ancient date.
The crowds of visitors, however, who
come from the cities with the approach
of each succeeding summer to revel in
the beauties of the Lowry downs, and
shoot over the Lowry turnlDS and
through the copse. viii take care that
the future occupant of the quaint old
hall does not suffer from ennui, or lack
of friendly calls, and from the testimony
of the many friends OF the lucky
"Jack," who have known him in this
city, he will know how to entertain his
friends in manner befitting one of the
LOwrys of Lowry hall.