Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 January 1875 — A Widow in Luck. [ARTICLE]

A Widow in Luck.

An Allegheny lady, Mrs. Lauinger, sent a clock to Terheyden’s establishment on Smithfield street, last Tuesday, to be cleaned and repaired. On taking the clock apart Mr. Philip Roos, the young min who does the repairing for the establishment,, discovered a roll of greenbacks carefully rolled up in yellow paper- and secreted in ah offset in the bottom of the clock. The roll was taken ont and carefully counted, and Thursday, when Mrs. L. called to see if the clock was cleaned, she was asked whether

she had ever pat any money in the bottom of the clock. She replied that she had lost one bill some time since, but knew nothing of any money having been [>laced in the clock. On being farther nterrogated'she gave a correct description oi the clock. As the husband of the ladv died some five years ago, three days after the purchase of the clock, it is thought the deceased deposited the money there. The clock was purchased of Mr. Terheyden, tod as that gentleman makes no claim that there was any money there when he sold it, the widow Lauinger is the person to whom the money rightfully belongs, and it will be accordingly handed over to her when she calls for the clock. Mr. T. did not state that there was “ nearly $300,” but simply that there was “ a considerable amount,” and for aught anybody outside the jewelry store knows the widow may be anywhere from $2,000 to $20,000 richer by the discovery.— Pittsburgh (Pa.) Commercial.