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Senator Sharon. <]
San Francisco, November 13.?Ex- P
Senator William Sharon died at 3:32 a
this afternoon. '
Win. S. Sharon was born at Smith- r
field, Ohio, in 1821. He was therefore ?
nearly 64 years old. Until he was 21 s
years old he lived with his parents on ^
their farm. 1838 he entered the Ohio j
-University, graduated in 1842 with a g
f*ir Rtanding, and began to study law at a
Steubenville in the office of Edwin M. t
Stanton, and removed to St. Louis, j
where in 1845 ho was admitted to the a
^ar. The outbreak of the gold fever in c
1849 found him settled at Carrol lion, ,,
111., waiting for clients who did not p
| come. He was one of the first to start
across the plains, and reached Sarra- j,
mento in 1850. In that place he open- a
ed a store, but luck was against him, s
and the next year he removed to Sun ^
Francisco, on purpose, as he said, "to ^
change his luck." In San Francisco c
he opened a rpal estate office, which he ^
managed, on he whole unsuccessfully, ^
until 1865. In that year he made the p
acquaintance of \\ m. C. Ralston, then
cashier of the Rank of California in ^
Sah Francisco. Ralston obtained for ^
Sharon the appointment of agent for
the bank in Virginia City, Nevada, and fi
thus laid the foundation of Sharon's p
fortune. r,
In Virginia City Sharon remained for j,
several years, closely connected with p
Ralston in mining operations, the two t,
men being, until Ralston's death in 187G, n
nracticallv Dartners. Sharon was one of ?
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the first to hear of the bonanza in the
Crown Point and Belcher mines, and a
invested largely. Ralston followed his g
example, and in a short time Sharon j
and his associates had full control of r
the property. The news of the bonan- a
zaand the discovery of rich veins of c
ore in the Raymond and Ely mines ran e
the shares of the Crown Point and Bel- e
cher mines up almost to fabuiouM figures.
Sharon took advantage of the ?
rise and sold out a targe part of his
holding, clearing several millions of
dollars by the operation. ^
Tn iC7r, ??.i ou a. r
*u xuiu LiAiniuii UIIU uuiilUll uuilk lUU
Palace Hotel in San Francisco. It was ^
intended to surpass any hotel in- the ^
world in size, comfort and convenience. ^
The first object was attained. Warren P
Leland managed the hotel for the lirst ^
three years, but at the end of that ?
period, finding it did not pn\T, he turned ?
it over to Mr. Sharon, who has since ?
managed it. In 1876 Ralston killed ^
himself, and the next year Mr. Sharon ^
purchased from his friend's estate the l<
beautiful house and grounds at Belmont, a
about twenty miles from San Francisco.
Ralston had made his house there the 0
show place of the Pacific coast. Since E
his death it has not been so considered,
although Mr. Sharon kept it up fully as
well as its preceding owner. At Bel- h
mont Mr. Shnron received most of the Y
distinguished people who visited Cali- ^
fornia, and among others General Grant 0
on his return faom his trip around the ^
word. I'
In 1875 Mr. Sharon was elected Sena- &
tor from Nevada. He was sworn into ^
office on February 28, 1876. In the 0
Senate Mr. Sharon was conspicuous ^
chiefly by his absence. He made a few tl
speeches, principally on the silver ques- ti
tion. He was, however, absent when tl
the Bland bill came before the Senate, h
on February 16th 1878, and again on tl
February 28th when it was passed over a
Mr. Hayes' veto. Mr. Sharon's term o
in the Senate expired in 1881. He w%> si
spoken of as a candidate for ro-election, o
but was defeated, JamesJG. Fair, a Dem- o
ocrat, being chosen in his place. T
Mr. Sharon's wife died many years tl
ago. She was a devout Catholic, while n
her husband was an agnostic. By her si
he had- three children, two daughters c
and a son. The elder daughter, mar- p
ried to Mr. John C. Newlands, a lawyer r<
of San Francisco, died about five years si
since, leaving three children. The sec- t<
ond daughter, Florence Emily Sharon, a
married in 1880 Sir Thomas Hesketh, an e
English Baronet. The t on, Frederick
Sharon, graduated from Harvard Col- u
lege in 1881, and married Miss Tevis,
the divorced wife of Owon Brecken- ^
rid ere. a son of Gr?n. .Tnlm f! Rrontnu.
ridge, of Kentucky. . .
For the past two years Senator Sha- n
ron's name hag often been in the* news- t
papers as the defendant in a suit for di- -v
verce, brought against him. by Sarah
Athens Hill. The suit was one of the ?
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longest and will continue to. be one of p
the strangest on record. About the mid- c
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Lie of September, 1883, Miss Hill'bc;an
an action against Senator Sharon,
asking for a divorce, with alimony durng
the trial, and a share of tho ex-Sen,tor's
great wealth. Tho trial occupied
icarly twelve months. Both plaintiff
,nd defendant were on the witness
tand, and in almost every point their
estimony was contradictory. .Miss
Jill, who called herself Mrs. Sharon,
wore that she was the wife of the Sentcr
by virtue of a marriage contract enered
into Uptween the iwo in 1880.
?r. Sharon swore that ho had never
sked Miss Hill to bo his wife, and no
optract of marriage, either legal or
loral, existed between himself and the
ilaintiif.
A witness for the plaintiff testified to
earing Mr. Sharon speak of Miss Hill
s his wife, and swore that she had as
isted Miss Hill to place some of the
efendant's undcrclothes, with other aricles,
in a new made grave, under a
offin, the idea in so placing them being
hat it would have the effect to compel
he Senator to fall in love with tho
laintiff. It was this witness who later
cstified that her former testimony had
een perjured, and that the plaintiff
ad hired her to testif in her behalfy.
The proceedings were mnde lively by
sticuffs in court, by an attempt on the
art of the plaintiff to shoot a lawyer
etained for the defence, by the drawig
of a revolver by the Judge to cornel
the lawyers and witnesses to main
*in order, by the introduction
egro voodoo followers, and bjr
ther marvelous incidents. The
rial wns finished late last year,
nd on December 24, 1884, Judge
iullivan, in a very long decision, gavo
fiss Hill a divorce, holding that a inariage
contract existed between her- and
nd Mr. Sharon ; but he transferred the
ase to other courts and never recognizd
the truth of the judgment. Jt was
vidently a great attempt at blackmail.
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(r. Curry's Spanish Social Relation.
[From a Madrid Letter.1
1 could not realize we had a Legation,
ut now I have groat hopes of things
eturning to thoir normal condition, as
ir as I am concerned at least, since Mr.
Ileveland lias been pleasod to name Mr.
lurry, of Richmond, Va., as minister
lonipotentiary to Spain. The future
tdy representive of oar country is one
f the sisters of Mrs. Caideron Carlisle,
f Washington, nee Miss Thomas, of
iiclnnond. The three sisters have all
een celebrated beauties?talented, culvated
girls?consequently we are sure
) be creditably represented once more;
nd Mrs. Curry has an additional advances,
that of being, by marriage, a niece
f the Marchioness, Caideron de la
larca, nee Miss Lydia Inglis, who fills
ic important position of lady of honor
5 the future Queen of Portugal, for T
ave no doubt that Don Alfonso's
oungest sister, the Infanta Eulalia,
rill ultimately bestow her pretty self
n Don Carlos, the Crown Prince of
ortugal. As all the members of the
nglis and Carlisle family are great
ivorites at the Spanish Court, Mrs.
urry is bound to come in for her share
f distinction by royalty. By the way,
'hat a pity it is that Mr. Bayard doesn't
link of buying a building for the legaon
roomy enough for all purposes. I
[link he will be surprised when I tell
im that until just three weeks ago all
ie archives of tho legation w?r?*
way in ft room in the lodgings of one
f the servants of the legation. To be
are, the man lives on the fourth floor
f the same house in which the legation
ccupied a flat on the second floor,
here was absolutely nothing to protoct
le archives in case of any emergency,
o coat of-arms, nothing; and that ever
ince July, 1883, Mr. Strobel, onr
barge d'afFairs, who could act indeendently
after Mr. Poster's permanent
atirement, put a stop to this slipshod
.1* J.L! ? 1 ' 1
mie ui mings Dy ovaering me arcnives
) be brought down-stairs, where they
re now, under the wings of our
agio.
St. Louis, November 14.?The crimlal
court was fill this afternoon with
pcctators eager to catch a glimpse of
laxwell, who it was known would be
rraigueu on me caargo 01 murdering u.
irthur Prcller. Tho prisoner pleaded
lot guilty, and his counsel filed amotion
o discharge, alleging that the original
^formation in the other court was not
worn to, and that his arrest was oonse*
uently il'ejjal and that he could not be
iroceeded against. The motion was detied.
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Filling the Federal Offices. i
[News and Courier.] I
All kinds of misleading and inaccu- !
rate statements have been made from 1
time to time in regard to the administra- 1
tion of the Federal office in this city 1
under their present control. No fault 1
has been found or could be found with '
the manner in which the present incumbents
have discharged their regular 1
official duties, but it lias been charged 1
over and over again that they have not 1
weeded out the Kepublican spoilsmen '
fast enough for the benefit of deserving '
Democrats. These stories have been '
industriously circulated, and many 1
harsh and unreasonable comments have
been made by the newspapers and their '
correspondents who have, either from '
ignorance or malicious motives, mis- (
stated the true situation of affairs.
Theieporters of the JYews and Cour- '
ier have interviewed the collector of *
the port, the postmaster of Charleston '
and the United States Marshal for 1
South Carolina, as to the truth of these ]
reports. From information obtained 1
from them, which is given below, it will ^
be seen thoro has been an almost entire 1
change of the working force in each of (
these olfices since their present incum- *
bents have taken charge,
THIf nlTRTOMIimiSP '
When Mr. Theodore D. Jervey took
charge of the Customhouss thero wore
sixteen officials employed in that branch 1
of the Federal service. t)f these six- J
teen, two were Democrats and one had
connection with political party. Of
tho sixteen officials now employed in (
that branch of the Government service
there are ten democrats, one of whom
is not connected with any political
party, and five republicans. Two of
these republicans have been retained
because of tho difficult duties of their
respective positions, which cannot be
discharged by inexperienced persons.
As^soon at their places can be supplied
without detriment (o ihe?effioienoy of
the public service their places will be
filled by democrats.
Mr. Jervey has made the following
annointments since he took chanr? r?f
?n- IJ
the office : Capt. L. J. "Walker, democrat,
special deputy collector, in place of ^
J. H. OstendorfF, republican; R. Q.
Pinckney, deputy and clerk, instead of
W. H. Berney, republican; R. M. Sims, j
democrat, inspector, in place of Garrett ^
Byrnes, republican; E. Balaguer, democrat,
inspector, in place of H. W. Purvis, .
republican; A. C. King, democrat, in- ^
spector, in place of J. B, Smith, repub- ,
lican; Pierre G. Stoney, democrat, inspector,
instead of W. II. Thompson,
republican; N. G. Green, democrat, ^
watchi.ian, in place of Henry Kennedy,
republican; John P. DeVaux, Jr., democrat,
messenger, in place of N. G.
Green, democrat; Moses Brown, Democrat,
janitor, in place of H. Cain, re
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puuncan. ui tne remaining members
of the Customhouse force W. R. Herron, *
janitor, is a democrat, J. L. Harrison
has never taken any part in politics;
Wm. Seabrook and F. Robinson, repub- *
licans, are boatmen, and George Rocket,
republican, is a janitor. L. L. Guffin, r
one of the most offensive republicans in C
the State, is an inspector, but the duties f
of his position are of so important a 1
nature that the Collector has found it *
necessary to retain him for the present. ^
As soon as his intended successor has (
so familiarized himself with the duties ?
of the position as to be able to discharge 8
them with pioper regard to the efli- 8
ciency of the service he will be re- *
tired. Mr.
W. E. Milligan, deputy collector 1
am<7 />1 ?n ma r\ n 1?1 5 r\ lv??i /vi ! ??
auu tiui i\j go ivpuuiiuauf uuv nut ujf niijr
means an active or offensive partisan. 'r
The duties of his position require a
trained and experienced hand for their j
proper discharge, and for this reason f
and also becase he has been warmly endjorsed
by leading democrats of this t
city Mr. Jervey has retained him in his
position.
THE P08T0FFICE. {
There are now in the postofflce fourteen
employees in all. Three of those *
who were in the postoffice at tho time
that Mr. Huger was appointed were and
are democrats. Six additional democrats
have been appointed, making the .
political complexion of the employees
nine democrats and five republicans. |
The republicans who have been re- y
moved are as follows :
T. A. Smith, deputy postmaster; John
A. MushingtOD, register olerk; John M, C
Freeman, R. C. Browne, N. V. Rivers J
and 1). B. Martin. ^
The duties of the postoffice clerks r
are, for the most part complicated and
require a great deal of training and considerable
experience. Mr. Iluger, it is
understood, has gone just so far in the
removal of the postofiice employees as
is practicable with regard to a proper
rnauagement of the service in this
sity.
In addition to the clerical force there
ire twelve letter-carriers, one of whom
is a democrat. As to these officers, we
ire informed, the postmaster has no
nnwpr nf r*?mnvnl unloeo f?p pnffln'mit
L'ausc Tor removal of any of these letterlarriers
the fact should be reported to
the postmaster.
United States Marshal Boykin has
the appointment of seventy-five deputies.
Of this number only fifteen of
those now employed in the Government
jervice held office under Mr. Tuomey,
lis predecessor. These fifteen are as,
"ollows : James S. Simons and ?T. Wesey
Smith of Charleston, W. B. Dunnorant
B. P. Covar of Edgefield, James
King, O F. Hightower and II. F. Willams
of Greenville, J. C. Moblcy of
Lancaster, J. J. Pearson of Marlboro,'
k. W. J. Folger of Pickens, J. D. Kirbv
)f Spartanburg, T. J. Vinson, of Union,
j. J. Pride. T.C. Beckham, J. T. Thompson
and A. G. Smith of York. These j
non have been retained in office by
Major Boykin because they have been
lighly endorsed by the respectable eitisens
of their respective counties as
leuiocrats worthy of his confidence.
The marshal says : "I am glad to say
.heir services have been valuable and
;ntirely satisfactory." It will be seen
.hat in the United States rnarshall's ofice
there has been a clean sweep.
Fearful Storm in York.
[From Rock Hill Herald.]
A fearful storm passed over this section i
>f York County on Saturday morning,!
November 7, at about 1 o'clock. No
lamage was done in this immediate
ncinity bej ond the leveling of several
"onces. The wind blew at a terrific
ate, the rain fell in torrents, the elecric
discharges were appalling and the
ncossant ihunderings of Heaven's
leavy artillery seemed to shake the
irery earth. Many houses rocked and
:reaked and groaned on their foundations
ind their inmates arose from their beds
>xpecting every moment that their
lomes would bo blown to atoms, but
ortunately the storm passed without
loing any special damage. North of ub
n and about the village of Ebenezer, i
.he storm raged with even more fury.1
The roaring was so alarming that some
>f the darkies went to praying in good
>ld-fashioned style. Massive oaks that
lad stood the winds of a century were
lprooted, and fences were scattered ov>r
the country like they had boon made
>f straw. On Mr. Perry Martin's place
teveral outhouses were unroofed, as
vere also the outhouses of other farm- I
?rs whose names we could not obtain.
)n Col. J. W. Rawlinson's ..plantation
he destruction of forest timber was es_jecially
great. Hail fell in torrents in
hat vicinity, and the next morning
mmbers of birds that had been killed
luring the storm were found in the forests.
South of Rock Hill the storm
vas also very severe. An outhouse on
Hr. W. P. Crook's place and several on
Hr. John Ferguson's farm were unroofd
and many trees were uprooted. In
ivory direction the electric display is
laid to have been a grand yet appalling
ipectacle, aud in every neighborhood
be people were dreadfully frightened,
hinking a cyclone was approachng
Richmond, November 16.?In a letter
eceived here to-day by the Democratic
:ity committee, Governor-olect Fitaiugh
Lee says he desires to be inaugu<
ated with as little ceremony and as ukistentationsly
as possible. In deference
o this wish thu innnoiimtinn nf
srnor Lee will consist only of the usual
scremony of taking the oath of office,
t was the desire of many of tho adrairtrs
of Gen. Lee that his installation in
he executive mansion on January 1st
ihold be made an eventful affair. Jnlecd
|a programme had already been
napped out here for a formal inaugura*
ion ceremony, which was to close with
i ball at night. It is probable that this
atter part of the programme will still
>e carried out
Bayard Tayloi's memory is to be kept
preen by -a memorial window in the
?rotestant Episcopal Church of the Adrent
at Lennett Square. His friends are
*i?ing the money.
Married at a Jail Window.
Marion, Smythk County. Ya., November
14.?Last Tuesday Mr. James
Fauntleroy, a well-to-do young farmer
went out walking on Ragged Edge Hill
with Miss Mollie Downes, the belle of
Chatham Hill village. While passing
along a narrow pathway on the mountain
side overhanging a deep ravine
they were accostcd by Mr. Pierre Dugan,
another farmer, who had been a
suiter for Miss Downes's hand for several
years. Dugan came upon the couple
while young Fauntleroy's arm was
around the girl's waist. He began to
reproach the girl and Fauntleroy struck
him full in the face. The blow knocked
Duganr from the narrow path into
the ravine, where he remained senseless
for several hours until Fauntleroy could
return to Chatham Hill and organize a
relief party, who with the aid of ropes
raised Dugan from the ravine. Dugan's
legs were broken, and it was fear
ed -.that he was internally injured.
Miss Downe's grief was intense, and
wlie i Fauntleroy was put in jail, she
fainted.
Fauntleroy's friends were much
alarmed as to what his fate would be if
Dugan should die. Fauntleroy's brother,
who is a lawyer, suggested that it
was a pity Jim was not married, as
Miss Downes could not be made to appear
as a witness against her own husband.
The .suireostion was nuicklv
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caught at, and lawyer Fauntleroy went *
to Thomas Downes, brother of the g^rl,
and after some persuasion, induccd him
to consent to the immediate marriage of
thd couple. Knowing that the Sheriff
would object and that he would do all
in his power to prevent the marriage,
the arrrangements were made very
quietly. Through a cousin in the office
of the County Clerk, Tom Downes got
a marriage license for his sister and
James Fauntlerny. Last night Miss
Downes and her brother drove quickly
into Chatham, from their home two
miles in the country. They were met
at the jail by Lawyer Fauntlcroy and a
minister named Peterson. The party
had previously located the cell occupied
by the prisoner, and they now pushed
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men uuruagtt uutjuuy u^auiHi me jail
wall, under the cell window.
Lawyer Fauntleray jumped on to tho
seat of the carriage, and thrusting his
hand through the iron grating broke
through the glass of the window, at the
same time calling to bis brother to reassure
him. The latter, by dragging his
cot under the window in the cell and
standing on the hcadhoad, mrnagcd to
get his head on a level with the win
dow. The necessity for the marriage
was quickly explained, and then Lawyer
Fauntleroy jumped to the ground and
aided Miss Dowrnes to get into the buggy.
The slender girl could not quite
reach the eager hand stretched from
the barred window. Then Lawyer
Fauntleroy knelt down in the buggy
and tho minister aided Miss Downes to
plant her dainty foot on his back and
clamber to tho shoulders of her brother,
who stood braced against the jail wall.
In this position she could easily grasp
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uur iupvi;iaui ivvur ? uttiiu. Wllicn BUG
kissed fervently. In this strnnge situaation,
unable to see other's faces, but
with the moonlight streaming through
the grated window, tho young couplo
were hurriedly married.
"It was quite a picture scene," remarked
Lawyer Fauntleroy to-day,
when he was laughingly relating the
story. ''It seemed to me at the time
that the wedding was without a parallel
in this or any other country. Brother
Jim has a (rood, true nnd nT -*kv litfln
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wife, God bless her, and I-know they'll
be happy as soon as he gets out of jail.
This will not be long, as the doctor told.
me to-day that Dugan is much bettor
and is not injured internally. Of course
if we had known last ni^htthat Dugan's
life was safo we would not have hastened
Jim's marriage; but it's all right,
I anyhow."' .
The sentiment in the county is strongI
ly in favor of tho young couple. All
the parties are well-to-do country
people and have borne excellent reputations.
The Manganese Mine.
[McCormiok Advance.]
The Manganese Mining Company
now in operation at McCormick is growing
into huge proportions. Their cru*h-r
ing machine is now in place; with a
capacity to crush fifty tons'per day.
Most of their ore will be shipped direct
to England, where there Js a steadily
growing tnmrKot for it. Uol. Th.os. P.
StOTtll hu closed a trade with Manager
J. P. Smith for setcral thousand tons
per year. '
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