Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-03-10
GIFT OF A DREAM.
An Irish Lad Falls Heir tn Pro,or4 ;.
Strange Manner.

AN Irish Lad Falls Heir to Pronertv =;
a Strange Manner.
young Irish lad, living 5000 miles
away IN poor and humble circumstances
was made the heir of quite snug little
sum by decree of the superior conrt
OF this city, and it all came about
through dream-nothing but a dream.
Ihe 1acts and circumstances which 1ed
TO the extraordinary inheritance are az
follows: : ~
dhere died in this city on April G
1870, an honest, Woodworking macbin-
ISL, by the name of Patrick Shine. who
having accumulated some little WEALTH
ana knowing that his end was near a
lew weeks previous to his death decided
an OF his property to his faithful wife
Ellen, their union never having been
blessed with children. The loss of her
lie companion Frustrated the widow
anu her grief was SO great that Just two
mouths later-on June 6, 1S90-Ellen
Shlne, no longer able to bear up under
the load of sorrow breathed, her last. to
reJoln her beloved husband in another
world.
Ellen Shine died intestate and her
| property was taken charge of by Public
Administrator James C. Pennie. who at
once advertised and otherwise searched
for any unknown heirs, so that if thew
existed they could have an opportunity
| 10 present their claims. The statutory
time expired. however, and no person
appeared who on the ground of rela-
/, tlonship with Ellen Shine laid claim to
/ her estate.
In the meantime, however, Daniel
SHINE, brother of the late Patrick
Shine, and Mary Madigan and Ellen
Carey, his two sisters, filed a petition
| for distribution of the estate on the
ground that it was community proper
ty, and that Ellen Shine having left no
heirs, they were the nearest relatives.
The case was set for hearing, and on
August 26, 1891, in department. 10 of the
superior court, the petition of the
brother and sister of Patrick Shine was
granted.
The court issued decree of distribu-
ton, but the public administrator, still
hopeful that Ellen Shine might have
had some relatives living who might be
found, delayed the filing of this decree
for some weeks to gain time. This de-
| lay proved of the greatest Importance,
| as was proved by the subsequent events.
Among the people who knew Ellen
| Shine was Mrs. NJ. A. johnson, of No.
740 Fell Street, the wife of mechanic.
Mrs. Shine and Mrs. Johnson were
both natives of County Cork, Ireland,
and whenever they met they used to
| exchange "reminiscences of the days OF
their youth. When Mrs. johnson
learned through the newspapers that
her old friend had died, and that the
public administrator had charge of her
property for the lack of legal claimants,
hn Iicfrn hn "a.
ter worried her for many weeks. In
vain the good woman cudgeled her
brains in an endeavor to remember
whether she had ever heard of anyone
related to Ellen Shine. She could rec
ollect no one.
The matter occupied her mind so
much that it is not at all surprising that
one night-August 80, 1S91-after re-
firing, still much perturbed over the
fact that all that money should 60 to
strangers, Mrs. johnson had her peace
full slumbers disturbed by dream.
She dreamed of Ellen Shine as a young
girl, home in Ireland, surrounded by q
host of relatives, and conspicuous IN
that visionary picture from dreamland
was the figure of the old parish priest,
the Rev. Father James, Well-knoWn to
the dreamer.
When Mrs. johnson awoke next
morning she remembered her dream,
and thought it strange that in it Father
James should be mixed up with the
youthful days of her late friend. The
more she pondered over this to her in
explicable fact the more she become
convinced that the proper person to
apply to for information concerning the
relatives of Ellen Shine was the old
parish priest, and she resolved at once
to write to him.
Her surmise proved correct. In due
time she received a letter from Rev.
Father James, known now as Canon
Hegarty, in which he said he knew Ell
len Shine we'll, when she was still at
her Irish home, and her maiden name
was Ellen Dooley, and that her nearest
relative living was nephew by the
name of Joseph Cotter, residing in a
village near Cork, called Carrignaver.
The Canon also advised Mrs. johnson
to turn the case over to some attorney
at once. :,
Overioyed at the result of her dream,
she FASTENED to the Office of Attorney
Alexander T. Nogelsang and placed the
whole matter in his hands. Inquiries
made resulted in the corroboratlon fthe
facts as stated, and glad that the decree
giving the property to the brother ana
sister of Patrick Shine had not peen
filed, Mr.. Vogelsang repaired to the OF
fee of the public administrator, Freese,
whom he informed that he was the rep
resentative of direct heir to Ellen
Shines estate.
Mr.. Pennle, whose precaution in not
FLING the decree when 1t was issued
now became so unexpectedly justified;
was pleased to hear that so much good
had resulted from it, and assisted Mr..
Vogelsang in bringing an actlon 10 - nay aye
the former decree set aside, ana at the
same san time in fling a petition to have
the thee estate distributed to Joseph Cotter.
'n judge vI' Levy gave satisfactory jufdg g.
meut without more than the delay
1iems for the purpose of obtaining
the proofs Of Cotter's claim from Ire
land, and a few days ago the . young g
Irish lad was officially notlneu enaI lie LIE
wac wv Stroot ond another lot IN the