| Show A pauper who owned johannesburg few people are aware of the fact that the site of johannesburg and a largo large tract of the surrounding laud land were once bought for but such was the case and the purchaser dow cow lies a confirmed invalid in the workhouse infirmary at guildford the old man seems to have had a most lawt remarkable career having been in the service of the old east india com company fought in the crimea crime being serious seriously y wounded at the siege of sevastopol and afterward ard passed through the indian mutiny he then went to south africa he be fought against the zulus and the boors boers before the transvaal was made over to the boers he be purchased for some bome acres of land near the source of the crocodile better known as th tha 0 o Lim popo where he made up his mind ultimately to settle butlar but war broke out and ho be took up arms aga against ilist the boers and formed one of the party which held pretoria in 1880 when the republic was declared bo be refused to accept service bervice under president kruger the result being that his land now estimated to be worth many millions sterling was forfeited west wert minister gazette |
