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15KI) CUH I), M:Aanfhrr Jlwkr Ju« X*frwslrH‘ Heir* of thr KiMm l«Srm lorli, «*i»f i»t Ui# Rfrnffrjr of an KMat# WunliniKy NUUont.Tin* r* la-1 niti*«I suit C‘*m minced a f**wjrirt ago l»y tfa* heir* »l Anm ki* J «n-l»*r tli#* r»*»*v«rv of the |iro|iertf «»f Trinity church* bid* fair To lie o8tiii»u*f by arit now t**ing pushed l«*fw:iniwith vigor **f the heirs of irimt i» known-i Uiv Wuhlrtio estate. It apjiear* that in the JCnr lain Baron lfcftolvt fit WntIron came to this country •mmwith C* iv. Smivonnt In 10VI Chit,de a Ithi19 lii InVijiJ jiii■mu v vu?* iiit iiifa*l«- a grant lt;*f all that |H#r* tion i*f M intuit Inn i»Und Itiug lift weenEighty-second ami One IJundied and Ninth street*. and extending from Northin tin* East rivir, to Bar* n Waldron and n tiflit 12*. In consideration of thintriahcn]Utn|i|.JitHitilL'fatit lweii! v live fomtiic* wlt;«re u• In* j■i *»« i** d on f| r i 4?:iti', and a IVirj * dab-I.**lit•«! with 1m* tii tin laud wiihiu thieryear*. TIicm* condition- acre romplii dwith, l*nt ofi-thf Ihilth 1* mg it rivenI nun |9*9-H*-«i»m the settler-* wort* «i i ^jH rv d In iW5, however, wle-ii thellnVt h It «*i Tt gained |h»a%« ^u*ii, i lii ^raut wita rein aid i»« tj.r mmr pariii «. L.tt rcem* to have lain done in relate u tooppi.in;nh*iantiiIn ithe estate nut.I when t#ov. Il-niguirnilfirilic :I tlu* t;l .tl11 «tf tiiiV. M 11}\r aut.adding eightuit |»i ia.»nlt;, making in all t w» ill} fnit* p.rluip nil*. Thoe .settler*h»eatcd ii ,« tr * jii in * and dmdliurr • *n tin*thigh ground, and liJ'iM* oi the. e whodtslt;i| thrir property sold otilv to high water mark, I in* title to thi* jl.it* ami i.tie i I am I along theriier fraiit overulin Ii the «ater tliiwiil they ilnl not dispose tif, leaving it for the benefit of theirIteim.Oil»*,Ik*w;111Ihint\i,1* III r i riit;Twenty year*, since the mem low lauds of iiirlem Were not e« •nsiiiereil worthpaying tnxv* lor, ami the latnl was haikeil upon aa eotuparatl .eiy worth less. Hu I’wnil riiigt however, recognizing the value* of tblt;* large traet of prtiperly lyingtimler water in that neii'IiltorhiMMj, no-ilertook the work of tilling it in at the exptMse ol the «iry. Something like lf:*50 arrcn of valuable I ami wire tnmlc in this way, ti»e title to which, it is Clasine(lf lit*Ioijge«1 tii right to the heir*of the Withiron estate. 1 ti 1*70 ||ie Tamiuaiiy ring had a bill passed fiy thelegislature bringing this laud under tax* ation, nn*\ it was sab«ecpe ntly sold in default of the payment of taxes, tlie greater jmrtion of it, as might Ih* stlp-piwed, purchased by the memlnTH of tliu ring or their agents. The land so made ami sol I without title, is now claimed to Ih? worth #00,000,000, sad for its recovery the heirs of Baron Waldronarc now taking the requisite steps.Coriftiderahle dilliculty, of course, was eS|M*rieitr«*d in dir«»vering the descend*tints of the original grantees; but by theevrrtinus o| h lew nf those mmt actively mtetrated in the movement the slgnaturcn of umihc 2tMi of the heirs, ucattcretlall over the country, have leen oblaittetl. The majority of them have stgued the necessary pi|Kr and contributed tlie exjH?nses ineurretl in the movement.While Hone oi the heirs ltMk ufioit the(!*thandnAC4ltethtilHtlEluinK1oftilotrthioiti! F*Ulhia#ClE Muii.:.___i.* . t ■it18luti
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Red Cloud Chief
Red Cloud, Nebraska, US
Thu, May 20, 1875
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