St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-05-23
He HELD TO THE DEED
And Rounded Up a Neat Little
Fortune as the Result
Thereof.
An Agreement Of Property
Holders Concerning the
Electric Line
Whereby the Running Of
Through Cars Will be
Resumed.
The Plaintiff WOrSted in a
Suit for Damages for
an Assault.

A windfall of $4,000 is not bad
thing in its way, especially when its adj
vent has been totally unexpected. and
Frank Waltenberger, who stands an
excellent chance of being made the
possessOr of that amount of money
from totally unexpected source. is cor
respondingly elated. Waltenberger is
Il painter by trade and resides at 155
East Twelfth street. Some years ago
Francis Waltenberger, of HicksYllle.
O., father of the ST. Paul man, died and
left among other property deeds to GER
tain lands in Florida, which lands COM
prised about section and half
in Washington county in that
state, the deeds showing that the
purchase was made from the
st. Andrews Bay Railroad Land
and Mining company in consideration
of the payment of $500. The deeds were
willed together with other property to
Elliot Moore, brother of Mrs. Walten-
berger, who valued them so little that he
sold them to the present owner for $50
cash. When the deeds first came into
his possession young Waltenberger en-
deavored by correspondence to discover
if any real value was attached to the
property, but was assured by the firm of
lawyers to whom he had written that
the land was arid and worthless. AS a
result he paid no further attention to
his possessions in that quarter OF the
globe until several months ago he was In
formed by native of the state that the
county in which bis property was stu
ated was flourIShing one, and the land
doubtless worth good deal of money.
He renewed his Investigations. and sue
ceeded in securing the services OF firm
of reputable lawyers in Jacksonville, to
whom he wrote on the subject. A re-
ply was received asking that a copy of
the deed to the property be sent, and
Waltenberger'S relatives, in whose pos
session the deed nOWls, were Instructed
by him to comply with the re-
quest. A letter received from the
firm, yesterday. reads as follows:
Powell & Hicks. Attorneys at Law, jack
sonville, Fla: Frank Waltenberger, Esq, ST.
Paul. Dear Sir: We have examined records
and find that your title to section 30, town
ship 3. range. Ii west, Washington county,
this state, is unquestionably clear. The land
is partly IN the village of Fairview, flourish
ing town, and the best buildings in said will
age stand upon it. The property is worth in
the aggregate S25, 900. There should be no
particular difficulty in establishing. your
claim. and we take this opportunity of offer
ing our services i'll that regard. An I'M
mediate reply Will oblige yours, etc,
POWELL q HICKS.
Mr.. Waltenberger wrote at once au-
thorizing the firm to act as his attor-
neys, and will, as soon as possible. go to
Florida to look after his interests per-
sonally. He is a young man of good
education and gentlemanly appearance.
He has no relatives in st. Paul, but has
been working at his trade in this city
for several years, and is pretty well
known to all members of his craft. He
states that if he is successful in eStab-
fishing his right to the property he will
go to Florida to reside. There is a
story that young Waltenberger is en-
gagged to young lady en-
ployed III Seventh street re-
tail house, and that the marriage has
only been prevented of accomplishment
from desire of the young man to first
get a start in the world. Ii the
$4,000 windfall is as genuine piece
of luck as it seems to be, the trip to
Florida may be participated in by a
Mrs. Waltenberger. The heir to this
Southern section has not allowed his
seeming good fortune to affect him as
far as his everyday life is concerned.
and he goes to work every morning
just as he did before the insertion OF
the $25, 900 clause in his career.