The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-03-02
.HERE'SA CHANGE, GIRLS.
Another Titled Foreigner Search
ing for IN American Wife,
THIS ONE lisa MILLIONAIRE
Not a Fortune Hunter, in
Which Respect lie Differs from His
Prcdcccssofs...Ho Graduated from
q Carpenter Into n Baron with n
Mlllion...IIe Is Determined to Have
n Wife and Is on u Still Hunt,

NEw YoRK, March 1.-Among the
guests at tho Fifth venue hotel 10 one
who has been moro talked about and
canvasscd during his brief sojourn there
than any guest OF recent times. He
signs his namA 'sir George Northcdgc,
B%aronct," andono month ago no was a
poor carpenter in Chicago. To-day he
is an English noble, and, what is equally
to the point, a millionaire,
George Nor!Hcdgo was a fairly good
carpenter, but ho,did not got rich at tho
business. Flo Seemed to have bad luck
and never could lay up any money. His
highest aspiration was to become n "boss
carpenter" andsct up. little shop fol-
himself. AS for becoming an English
baronet md a millionaire no never
dreamed OF such thing.
So, one night, while no WIS enjoying
tho delights Of having a good rest and
quiet smoke after n hard days work, he
was greatly surprised to receive a call
from q Toronto lawyer. All his past
misdoings flashed through his mind,
but no was somewhat treasured when
the lawyer greeted. him with tho most
profound Difference and called him "Sir
George" Flo regarded his visitor as {
mild sort Of lunatic to DO kept in q
good humor and gotten rid OF as soon as
possible.
Butihis suspicion was 500 changed
to surprise. Tho lawyer told him he
was sole heir to a title and two fortunes
one 5000, 600 and the other S25O,000, and
showed him tho document to provo it
His great grandfather, Sir William
Northedge, had Just died after outliv
ing every male member OF the family
for three generations, and George, thu
offshooto Of n OF the younger and for
gotten branches, stepped from tho car
penter's bench to a ino old estate, {
title and a fortune.
DETERMINED 10 GET MARRIED.
At first the new lord wa rather dazed
but he did not 20 to work tho next day
and presented his tools and overalls tt
the first %convcnien. tramp. Then he
called in tho best tailor in the Wind,
City and had an outfit Of the most daz
cling description built, withou. rcgart
to expense. He then took UP luxurious
quarters at the Palmer House, where h,
might have quiet to think OF what to d.
next.
After long c~ogitation he had an in
splrntion. He did not want to 90 tc
England alone and may DO have to live
in solitude in some desolate old man
sion. He would find u wife. To thi.
end he advertised far and wide. In hi
advertisement he told,just what kind o
a woman he wanted.
OF all the answers he received but on,
4 pleased him. 1t turned out to be from
fourteen-year-old Gertrude Clark, o
Winamoc, Ind. Her missiye was
charming %effusion. She told OF her as
pirations to become a titled lady ant
make things right lively in the cffet
society OF Europe. ISir George was dc
lighted and straightway visited tn
young woman and offered to marry he
then and there.
Her parents, however, objected strong
ly. They had known nothing OF he.
prank in answering the advertisement
and told the baronct that he needed al
older woman than their daughter for
wife-one old enough to take care Q
him, in FACT.
ON A STILL HUNT IN. GOTHAM.
The disconsolate sutton then drifte
to this city rs has been said, He still
has matrimonial! longings, and it vii
be no fault Of his If some New York gil
docs not become n baroness. He. is no
particular rs to height or weight, an
will conduct his search in atauiet, dig
nitied way. He mover studied tn
question Of whether marriage is
failure, and looks upon it as a luxur,.
which he can afford, and which his ag
and present standing in English societ
justify him in i%ndulging.
Sir George Is neither young nor giddy
and cannot play baccarat, but expert
ence and the nobility IAN teach him tn
latter, and to the boys at the hotel h
expresses an ability to be Just rs gidd
as tho giddiest when he gets into tn
swing. His stay in this city will b
comparatively short. His business i
marriage to some or: any lovely girl,wh
&c WILLING ~ ay,bop1n 1;foH {, M, w.