Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-17
GEORGE wiLLIAM NoRrnEpcE

tAbit1E WILLIAM NbkIHEHGk
mans Kit to put some shingles on a barn
for Mrs. Ball Of 3,2.6 La Sale street.
\ There was knock, and presently entered
very English and Iawyerlike gentleman,
who announced himself rs Queens Counsel
| j. ". Gilchrist, OF Toronto With no sort
OF ceremony he said substantially this;
Mr.. Northedge, ! am very glad to have
found you at last Allow me to place in
your hands the vouchers and legal docu-
ments for your fortune OF $3.50, 7S1 in stocks,
bonds and other securities, the estate OF
your grandfather in England"
"Ah, indeed, Said Mr.. George William
Northedgc, and after a few more words he
directed his attorney to take the proper
steps and then proceeded to his work Of
shingling Mrs. Balls barn But the re-
porter was after him even before he had
nailed the last shihgle on that barn, and it
soon appeared that every wortl Of the state
ment was true. Mrl Northe,lge is indeed
millionaire, and what is more surprising
has had the right to T. one since the death
OF his father, and that lfather had the right
sone Years before that For twenty four
years this fortune has bceH bunting the
Nerthedgcs. -
IL is a curious story and begins with Sir
william Aorthedge, baronet and colonel
- hhN AtNiiNli WHO owned estates IN
SoHersetShire. His son went into business
and acquired some property, hut the
amount IL not known. That son had a son
William, who removed to New England
long before the civil war, and the present
millionaire was born in Hartford March.
:, 1871. In ways that are not explained the
connection between the different branches
OF the family wis broken. and because of
an indifference which seems strange to
Americans the youth remained in com.
nlete Ignorance OF his Ercat-grandfather's
estate. The immigrant entered the Fed.
eral army and became Colonel William
Northedge Of the Fifty-ninth New York
volunteers.
His son also volunteered in the First bat
TALON of Connecticut cavalry, was wound
ed and discharged, became a Grand Army
man, lived the ordinary life Of an Ameri |
can citizen and eX-soltlier, and being ma
tive Yankee paid no attention to English |
affairs. In ls52, however, he received some |
money from relative. His father, the |
colonel, received mention in special orders /
for bravery at Fredericksburg. but appar. |
emily died in complete Ignorance OF his |
rights. In the meantime the wealth of
the aged baronet and his son greatly in. |
creased; the last life between the present |
Northedge and that wealth Terminated /
twenty-fonr years ago, and the new mil. /
iionaire is without near relative in ths /
world He is fifty years old, in good /
health, unmarried and likes Chicago too
well to leave II, so he will invest bis wealth
in real estate and remain there
Another case, not quite so remarkable /
but much more sorrowful is that of little
Olive Trowbridge, OF New York city: who
is by her aunt's will the heir to fortune
which Is expected To amount TO Ss,0OO,OOO
oy the time she can take personal charge
Of 1t. The sad feature Of the case il that
the aunt disinherited her own son. Few
boys start in life on a higher social plane
than did Howell Osborne. He was to the
fullest extent OF the phrase a New York
swell Of the silkiest pattern.
AT an early are he took to the music
halls Of London and the concert saloons of
New York, and finally exhausted his moth