Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-09
TO BE REUNITEDIN MARRIAGE.
Senator Fairs Domestic Troubles Ap-
preaching a Happy End.

preaching Happy End.
A social event that has often been pre-
dicted, says San Francisco letter to the
New York Sun, seems at last about to
come to pass. Senator Fair and his late
wife, from whom he was divorced last
spring, have effected a reconciliation, and
the long-separated couple will be reunit-
ed in marriage soon. The property in
terests at stake have been so large, and
the intercessions of the children have
been so potential that the parents have
found 1t impossible to resist the influences
which seemed to draw them together.
Mrs. Fair is large, fine-lOoking woman
of the Irish type, with dark hair and eyes.
In the early days of the silver mining ex-
CT tement, when Fair was poor, she was
his mainstay. She economical in a hun
dred ways, and encouraged him to persist
In his efforts many times when he was
disheartened and inclined 10 abandon his
enterprises. She was good wife, as all
admit, and Mr.. Fair himself never made a
complaint against her, except that her
devotion to the Roman Catholic Church
was too great. Four children were born
to them, two boys and two girls.
the eldest being James G. Fair, Jr., now
q years old, and the youngest Virginia.
aged 8. MIR. and Mrs. Fair lived con-
tentedly together until a year ago last
winter, when they separated, and dozen
different stories were put in circulation
concerning the cause. After the seDara-
ton Mrs. Fair took up her residence i'm
the elegant home belonging to the family
on Mob Hill, in this city. The Senator,
with his eldest son, took a foreign tour,
and on their return secured quarters at
hotel here.
In the meantime, the prospect which
divorce suit in family of such enormous
wealth opened up had caused several at
torneys and others to take hand i'm the
matter, and this influence was not calcu
lated to allay the ill-feeling. Mrs. Fair
hled Dill for divorce at Virginia City on
the lth OF last May, alleging infidelity on
the part OF the husband. Feeling that
Mrs. Fair had been improperly influenced
by some OF her cOunsellors, the Senator
determined to make no contest of the suit.
On the 18th of May the matter was called
In court at Virginia City, and after an
hours hearing with closed doors the Judge
announced that decree would be given
TO Mrs. Fair, that the minor children would
be given into ner keeping, and that
the Senator would pay to her in cash and
United States bonds $4,250, 900, besides
giving her title to the residence on NOb
Hill, in this city. The settlement was a
profound surprise to most people here for
no one dreamed that Senator Fair was so
wealthy as the sum paid his late wife
would seem TO indicate. 1t had been gen.
orally understood that he was not worth
more than four or five millions. but it
came out soon after the settlement that
he could command four times that
amount 1t is currently reported that
X. 5. Mesick, attorney for Mrs. Fair, re-
ceiyed fee of $500, 900 for negotiating the
settlement of the Senator's estate.
The reunion of the Fairs will be an un-
ending source of gossip, but of a little
more cheerful description than that which
attends most of the movements of the bo
nanza kings and their wives. 1t is un-
derstood that the manly stand taken by
the Senator at the time the divorce suit
was pending softened his wife's resent
ment and paved the way to reconciIia-
tiOn.