Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-12-24


SAN Francisco, December 23d-At Bel
mont tonight. at about7 o'clock, Sir Thomas
Hesleth, of England, was married to Flora,
the youngest daughter of Senator Sharon.
Notwithstanding heavy rain, the reception
after the ceremony was the most brilliant
ever seen in California. Special trains con-
veyed the invited guests from this city to
Belmont, where they arrived at P. NJ.
SECOND DISPATCH.I
BELMONT, December 23d.-Multitude of
vehicles awaited the arrival of the train, and
for few moments, when it reached the
depot, the scene was very animated one.
Ladies and gentlemen took their places in
covered buggies, hacks, coupes, barouches,
express wagons, vans and jaunting cars. The
guests upon reaching the mansion were met
by Senator Sharon, and numerous corps of
servants escorted them to their dressing
rooms. By quarter to s o'clock all the
guests had been received and were grouped
around the floral arch in the music hall, be-
meath which the bridal ceremony was to be
performed. Descending the stairway and
enoircling the colonnade, the bridal train
entered the hall in the following order ::
First, Rev. DIR. Beers. pastor of Trinity
Church second, Miss Bessie Sedgewick, the
bridesmaid, accompanied by Fred. Sharon,
the groomsman third Sir Thomas Hesketh,
the bridegroom, and Mrs. Davis; fourth,
Miss Flora Sharon, the bride, with her
father, William Sharon. Dr. Beers took up
his station directly beneath the arch facing
the bride and bridegroom, and when this po-
| sition had been assumed the music ceased
| and the ceremony commenced. When the
| clergyman had shaken hands with the happy
couple and pronounced them man and wife,
| friends crowded around, and kisses and con-
| gratulations followed. The wedding march
was then resumed by the band. A lively
| waltz followed. and dancing was begun and
| one hundred couples were soon in motion.
| The scene was strikingly brilliant and ami
mated one.
The storm.
| MARYsvILLE, December 23d.-Rain has
fallen copiously the last twenty four hours,
amounting to 1.75 inches. The seasons total
is $40 inches. The rivers are affected but
slightly, the water gauge marking s feet and
inches.
SALINAS. December 23d.-Up to O'Clock
this morning the total rainfall for the season
thus far has been 404 inches At present
the ground in many places is too wet for
plowing.
A Complete yindicatI0n.
YREKA. December 23d.-The all-absorbing
| topic of the past week has been the trial OF
Calvin Edgerton on charge of embezzling
| So, 090 and the forgery of the receipt of the
same amount. The trial began on Monday
| in the Superior Court, Judge Steele presid.
| ing. Edgerton was represented by Messrs.
Nichols, Beard, Warren and E. II. Auten.
rieth of Oregon r. 2. ellis appeaeed for
the State. Charles Gaemlich, the prosecut-
| ing witness, swore to the embezzlement of
the money by Edgerton and the forging CT
the receipt produced By him for the money.
The defense proved the payment of the
money and that the receipt was genuine. A
very skillful and satisfactory examination of
the receipt was made under the microscope
by several experts, who conclusively proved
that the charge against Edgerton of writing
the receipt over the signature of Gaemlich
was false, as the first letter of Gaemlich's
name was shown to have been written over
the closing word in the receipt. Gaemlich is
an old settler, leads lonely life and is by
many considered deranged in money matters
During the trial he made several extraordi-
nary statements. which. taken in considera-
tion with the proved genuineness of the re-
ceipt, led the jury to render a verdict fully
clearing the defendant, Edgerton, of the
charge The result of the trial has been a
complete vindication OF Edgerton.