DEATH OF A MISER.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1557, 16 September 1886, Page 1

DEATH OF A MISER.

With respect to the daath of a miserly old lady named Minnett, incidents con* nee ted with which hare been going the rounds uf the papers, soma curious hiding places for i her money!, are recorded, Round the cords of her bedatpad wera fastened a number.of note was rolled up ipia duster which wag found crammed.jnto a hole in the wall; money to the, amount of concealed smoog . the coals," and;' It tha back of a cupboard door was a large roll of bank note?, so bulky that it;r*'quired a person' to use bolhi.'h-jrjds to grasp tha bundle. The value of the property which belonged to the with the money found in, the house, is supposed to f; be about £lt,(Joo. The house ia which she had resided for many years past is a good-Bizfd- rosidence, apd standi in its own groundaVurrouhderj by trees, on the roa r l leading 'from Newark to Gainsborough. * time lived in SucH a UjiliSMMf sbpie of her neighbors>thoHght;aheTWJ«jSi really ia indigent cirdumatancfes, t, s find tbey had occasionally sant her food, which was re* ceived with, such' apparent thankfalnosi as to strengthen their, belief ;i'*jret tha gold, silver, and copper,cpir)»/fq\md io the house were such a great,weight thai a Btrong man could not carry them., Tha " ruling passion v of old lady was strong up to her death, ;fqr it ia stated she had a silver cup,and a silver cream-jug on either side/ of; her head ia her last moments. She a will, in which she left legacies to members of the Minnett; family living at Molboarne, and also £500; to a local policeman, but as it was not;.signediithfl whpje,,property ia claimedi by her.,nephew,,. ,who ia tha nearest of kin, and- the habit of visiting her twiue a week. r <. ~,