Show LUCK OF A NEGRO lIE COMES IS ion A FORTUNE WOBTII ABOUT 100000 All the Athenians know Dan Tallaferro the colored barter who did bualnets in this city and afterwards after-wards moved to Jacksonville Fin and married Dan was a polite and respectful man and had the goodwill good-will I of our people I who trill bo glad Ito I-to know that he will GOOD come In possession of a handsome fortune I estimated at about 100000 rrsltt His story is a strange one On i Dans removal to the land of flowers ho met a colored girl of Key West and after a brief courtship the pair were married It now seems that the proudest blood of Castile flow in the veins of this octoroon forsh is a lineal descendant from a Spanish Span-ish general who commanded troops InSt Augustine when it was under the domination of that country This old general was a great row and becoming attached to a mulatto girl a descendant of tho Minor cans raUed a family of childrc by her On his deathbed ho repented of his liaison and lei these children Ilia entire landed property in Florida including SO 000 acres much of It lying in the principal cities of that State A portion of the ground on which the lonco de Leon Hotel stands was purchased from tho heirs wblle they still own valuable possessions all over the city na ohio In Jey West Tampa Tallahassee find other places This properly ha never been divided being control ed by an old aunt to Dan wife who lives in fine style at St Augustine Augus-tine and was recognized a the head of the family her are now seventeen heirs to this vast property and a they aruallof age have demanded that a Bl division 0 made arrangements for which are now In prugru The best lawyers iu the Slate are employed em-ployed There ulst no rnen of doubt about the title to this property and not an acre is In dispute Whe Florida was sold by Spain to the United Slaw was f clause In I tho trade by which tho Government was pledged to protect the titles oft of-t Spaniards who had private landed Interests Under IIP clause does Dans wife come lndtliens fa Banner |