Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-05-27
PACIFIC COAST.


Kate Cemisg.
CAN FRAScrsco, Nav &.-Kats Castle
,pn and company left today for Port
iano, after a successful season at the
DaSo Street Ieester, IN this city.
Fewer steamer
Commanding on Juse Sd, the s,hed-
uie OF Portisnd steamers will be
changed, and steamers will leave spd
arrive here every i've days. The Vic
tosiA and Seattle route Will also be
chaneed, and, commencing Nay 3ls,,
steamer will lea here every eight
days and arrive at like Intervals. The
queen of the Pacific and the Mexico
Hlll be kept on the Victoria route. the
Elder being wittravn for other susi-
ness
Martne
SAN FRANCISCO, May 3. - Arrived
May 18th BARK James Cheston, from
Fort Ga0ble. Nay SIh-Slsamef Ore
gon, from Portland.
Cleared May agh-S,earner william
cite, for Seattle schooner Bonanzi, for
Wrsngsi
Sailed->tesmer George w. Elder, for
Victoria, etc; steamer Colunbia, for
Astoria; brig Deacon, for Port Dis
covery.
TiTooszs. May 2s.-One bark and one
schooner p@ssed so ~ 9a- M.
FoEr bLAEELT. Nay 8-Arrived-
Soa.sonsr t.ours-r. from San Francisco
bo8- IoESsEsp. Nay 20 Arrived
blEkeuslns Azuga, frJgs ko iiac.
az Ialsrvst 10 Doctors.
SAY FBAScEscs. Mas In the post
p1rtst0 II sslj4zttun gf sha fractured
Ssln - Lioy1 T. NejJr-. ne executed
murderer. as Or. +. g. Noolsley, of
. ki4nG q: = ~ found .sag lae broken
'tzss A<d alresdy p esa "a mite. IL
Z - aeresof0rs seae- lily bsen ne &C
crptsA lJea ghts II il- broken parts
asre sair~fsd eight %. teu days after
AZ inJgry tksrs woa!j foii3x perfscs re-
PAIR. lois e.s. farm SO e a u5O~: sig
uiGcsat proof OF the value ~ perfect
adjustment before .hs h,o9d soc est
~ ,'-lGry has hsd time 80 sssgGiate-
The AusiTaiiss aa8t scYvlee.
Sax FBAScIsoo, May p lettering TO
he possibility Uf sHs Australian mail
ryise nelns Gigsrted from San Fran
ossao through failure ON the part of the |
ta.t9d states to provide it's portion of |
.uosidy, Robert j. Creighton, agent. of |
New Zealand, stated this eveuine that |
Il Was understood that whatever amount |
might be appropriated by the United |
states Government was to be deducted |
from the Australian subsidy, that un. |
less the United States paid its proper
ton the Service would cease. The re-
suit would be- a serious loss to San Fran |
cisco. Ii is bell sved a few British ship |
owners acting IN their own interest are /
opposing the subsidy.
Released on Rail.
SAN Francisco, May 6.-Harry L. |
Wells and Martha Wilson, arrested for |
perjury In the Sharon divorce case, were |
To DAY released from custody on ding
bonds of 5000.
on for the Convention.
The California Republican delegates
to the Convention at Chicago leave to |
day by special train for that citv. Al
Reno they will be joined by the Nevada
delegation. In all 265 passengers will |
be carried on this special train.
sharon Tesiines.
SAN Francisco. May 26.-This morn
ing Senator Sharon, defendant in the
Sharon divorce case, was put on the |
witness stand. He denied having met
Miss Hill ia the spring Of 1883 in front |
of tire Bank of California. He testified
the first time he knew her was the lst |
Uf August. 1850, when she visited him
At his Office asking points in stocks |
Some short time after she again visited |
me, and asked me TO call ON her at the |
Baldwin. which did. This WAS in
September, 1880. He further stated he |
had not received $500 from her. Ia
reply to the Questions of General |
Barnes, he denied having signed the |
alleged marriage contract. that he ever |
proposed marriage to plaintiff, aud that |
he dictated tue contents of what is now |
claimed to be The marriage CONT act |
Continuing, he said tue first time he
learned of plaintiff claiming to be h,s |
wife was when he saw the marriage
contract IN court. being shown one OF |
the wife letters" He stated the word
wife" IN 1t was forgery.
tx Senator Sharon, Continuing his |
testimony in detail. said tho arrange
mont IN ,de WITH plaintiff whereby ST.
agreed - live With defendant (Sharoul
was on one of Miss Hill's wits to de- |
fendtut. She failed TO resent some |
slight fsmiliaritiss. aud thsreupon he |
made her an offer of $3.50 per month Co |
live with him. This WAS refused, and |
the offer was Increased to $500 wnen |
plaintiff accepted il. More letters be-
ginning Dear wife" were pronounced |
forgeries by defendant, from the fact |
that the words wife" in them weie |
not in his handwriting. He also de- |
clared the " W" in the w" signatures |
to soue of these letters forgeries.
In lis further testimony Sharon tes-
tilted tbat he paid Miss Hill $4,000 I
secure his peace, for which amount he |
received reoeilt. That receipt WAS
soon after missing, and he charged the |
plaintiff with having stolen it.