The Jersey City news., 1891-08-12
A QUEER MISER.
Her Peculiar Weakness Was House.
hold Goods and Clothing.


EGG HARBoE CITY, Aug. l2, 1s91.-Mrs.
Mary Durand. n Frenehwoman. seventy
five years Of age, was buried from her
home In his city yesterday afternoon.
She was the most peculiar miser ever
known. She lived amid the proverbial
filth and dirt OF miserly people, but her
weakness was not money. She was given
to boarding household aud personal ar
ticles of all sorts. Nothing in that line
came amiss TO her.
the house was literally packed with tons
of all kinds of household and personal
effects. She was a miser, who hoard ed
mp every penny and button she could lay
her long slim fingers on.
A correspondent was shown through
the house by Mayor Benson. who
now has the premise in his official keep
ing Down in the cellar stood barrels
upon barr els OF all kinds of preserves,
which had not been touched for fourteen
years On the FIR st floor, 10 the best room,
there was hardly room enough for one
to move about. for the imm ense lot Of all
kinds of household and personal effects
Back in the kitchen there stood small
cook stove. which had been In use for
several years. Around the walls were
bags, barrels and tubs, which contained
groceries, snch as coffee, sugar and lard.
enough 10 Keep a large AhliillN LuE q luAk.
FEMALE CLOTHING GALORE
Up in the second floor It was a queer
sight. In each room was a bedstead, and
under each mattress was a large. heavy.
and most beautiful Brussels carpet Upon
the mattresses. bed clothing and femal
uuderclothing was packed 10 the ceiling.
Without the least doubt there was not
less than half ton OF female under
clothing untouched from the day il was
bought.
The room adjoining was also pack ed
in the same way. Only In the north cor
per stood two large dry goods cases filed
with silverware, which had also been un-
touched.
The third story was packed more or less
with an innumerabie number OF old
French relics aud rubbish. A ruBk full
of very handsome and valuable satins,
silks and laces was found. These goods
were OF the English pattern, long out Of
existence.
There Is a good sized freight car full Of
trunks, yalises, barrels and boxes which
have not been used. 1t is supposed they
contain furs. silverware and the like. A
TRUNK full Of gold jewelry has been de-
posted in the Egg Harbor City CONNER
cial Bank for safe keeping.
FAMOUS FRENCH FAMILY.
Mrs. DuraDd Is a sister Of General Dur
and, the French general Mrs. Durapd's
method of gaining possession OF this i'm
mense lot Of gold and silver was TO 60
begging on the streets of Baltimore,
where she was a resident Of that city,
with bogus order signed by some well
known clergyman, asking for donation
of some gold or silver article for church
fair, With the promise ;hat u sTscid DC re-
turned IL so desired
Among the valuable papers found tn
the bureau drawers were forty one shares
OF stock Of the Schuvlkill Valley Railroad,
and also twenty-one shares OF the Central
Transportation Company, and an innu-
merable number of deeds.
Mayor Benson. who IS a physician, said
the woman died almost OF starvation.
hardly taking any nourishnent what
ever. She died without relative this
side of California.
Only SLIP In cash was found in the
house. but she Is reputed 70 possess
French estate worth IS, 900, 900.