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Show Moves Home Account Whim . creditors of the owner, once a wealthy land owner at Latrobe. Then it was decided that no legal course was open for the auctioneer but to cry the sale in the plot where lie scores of pioneer dead and the bidding was started at $250. Others raised it to $600. Then from the crowd emerged an old woman, whose only daughter and grandson lay ii the vault. In a broken voice she bio $605. A few more bids raising the figure $5 were offered by her and pach was met by the other bidders. With an agonized glance at the receptacle re-ceptacle of her dead she turned and left the cemetery. The vault was finally sold to J. J. Peppary for $745, but n6tice was promptly given on the part of the owner that the sale would be contested. Millionaire Doesn't Care for Expenses and Changes Residence Site for Better View. Waukigan, 111. That Joseph Medill Patterson, the Chicago millionaire, who owns a palatial home south of Libertyville, doesn't care for expenses when it comes to satisfying his wishes has just come out, the incident occurring occur-ring when work was started on his mansion, which is now completed. Patterson bought a large tract of land south of Libertyville and had an architect and lanscaper start work on laying out his home. Plans for the house were accepted and the contract let, and work ordered started. One day, after work on the foundation founda-tion was well started, Patterson happened hap-pened to drive out to his place. Driving down the main road leading south of Libertyville, Patterson saw his house rising on a beautiful site, facing the main road in accordance with the plans of the architect and landscaper, who had ordered it built there. "Here, that isn't where I want my house built. I want it over there a half mile, facing that other road, running east and west. Dig it up and take the house over there. And the architect did as ordered. He had the foundation taken up and the house was restored on the side road, on a spot which, to some people, is far inferior to the one where the architect and landscaper planned erecting it. But on the new spot the building went ; up, and now is one of the show places , of the locality. The change in location cost thousands thou-sands of dollars in general rearrangement rearrange-ment of details, etc., but Patterson was satisfied, and that was all to be considered. |