Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-01-31
way to appeal to vulgar and depraved

way 70 appeal to vulgar and depraved
THE RENOWNED BARRIsTRR,
Charles O'Conor, who has so aroused the
Ire OF John Kelly, has been for wears very
sensitive on the subject of the spelling of
MS patronymlc, and Kelly is doubtless
aware OF the fact. They are both irrasci-
bic, and Kelly has so long done as he
chose with Tammany that he cannot brook
what he conceives to be the eminent law
yers interference with his political
schemes. Kelly's aim is to pander to the
prejudice OF his adherents by representing
his opponent as snob and tuft.huntero
man having no symathy with manual
labor and manual laborers. Kelly ia
correct, understand, in charging that the
venerable advocate once wrote his name
with two MS, and that he omitted one after
visiting Ireland and looking up his ances-
trail line. O'Conor, although descendant
OF course-of Irish kings, is not, as many
people suppose, Irish by birth. He is a
native OF this city, the son of Hibernian
patriot who left his country by compulsion
and came here full of anger toward Eng
land. During the war of 1912 he set up an
anti British sheet entitled the Military
Monitor, in which he denounced, in reso-
nant periods, the perfdy of Albion, as be-
came an expatriated Milesian, and demon
strated to his. own satisfaction that she
should and would be humbled in the dust
Charles, then only eight years old. was his
fathers office boy position involving
many varied duties, the delivery of the
papers being one. The little fellow was
energetic, intelligent and plucky; went
after dark over to Jersey City and
Brooklyn, then insignificant towns,
as well as through the slums of
this city, to serve his route, and
acquitted himself better than most lads OF
twice his age would or could have done.
He was, as he himself has said, a newsboy
of the old school. He steadily mounted
from that humble beginning until ne be-
came the first barrister III the country,
and won national reputation O'Conor
seldom
FLASHES UPON THE PUBLIC
Nowadays, having retired years ago from
public life. You remember that, not
great while since, he was reported to be
lying at the point of death. All the
newspapers had his obituary in type he
was expected to expire every hour; para
graphs were printed morning and evening
that he could not possibly last to another
day. He would, no doubt, have gone to
his grave had he not declined to take the
physicians prescriptions, or in any manner
follow their advice. Consequently. he be-
gan to mend, and in few weeks was out,
looking as vigorous as before his illness.
He is now 76, and promises to see his S5th
birthday. He is very strong, courageous,
gifted man, full of prejudices, tempers and
idiosyncrasies but without these he would
not be Charles OConor, whether with one
or two MS; but to see his name written
with two MS would stir his anger prOdi-
giously.
VARIETIES.
George Shepard, one of the first men on
the staff of the Times, and who is said to
have written the first editorial put in type
in that journal-more than 30 years ago
is soon, it is said, to return to England, his
native country, to assume position of i'm
portance and responsibility in London. He
has long been the financial writer of the
fourth-page articles, and is very compe-
tent and valuable journalist. He resigns
his position because he thinks that the
place offered him will be easier and better
for his health, of late somewhat impaired
by overwork.
Somebody who has been looking into the
debts of the churches here reports that
their aggregate amounts to some $40, 000,-
600 the greater part of the sum belong
ing, as may be supposed, to the fashionable
edi6ces.
A parvenu went into a noted house
decorating establishment up town recently,
and seeing garden statue in iron, a copy
of the Venus of Milo, mistook it for
stove. When informed that it was a re-
production from the antique, she said sis
it, indeed? Well, l rather like it. I'll
buy it for my hall, if you'll agree to put on
the arms"
The gossips are again engaged in marry
ing off James Gordon Bennett, of the
Herald, this time to an English woman of
rank. He is one of the most newspaporially
welded men alive.
All the places of amusement are repre-
sented as doing very well at present, the
season being more prosperous than for
some years past. The improvement in
business has materially helped them.
Half dozen more walking matches are
talked Of Is there to be no end of these
public nuisances Their frequency and
peculiar management have disguised all
decent people.
There is talk of turning the Union League
Club house, when the club has gone to its
new quarters, into family hotel.
CHAUBERT.