New-York tribune., 1884-12-28
TOPICS IN LEADING CITIES
SAN TRlNOiHOO
THE fliADON CASE AND orllERs-"MAh-
NnON" ~ GREAT DEMAND



MlON" ~ GREAT DEMAND
Inv relran,rn - uie rulnnsel
nAg TRtscIsoo, Dec e7,-lha dooIspn of Jn1g'
Sullivan Ia thi Sharon divorce case hlill e'pl'hu'
to ba tio chief TOPIC Of tOWn tnlk " was ~ s"Nt
sufpiiae tp the ea,tenntnr mad his hwf"ia '"' ivy
have not fairly recovered from " yet lh' pnp',''
ilansL nimoti eminlly surprised, have accepted INV
,eeision with moro philosophy There was ho'W
nny avmpaihy with sarah Alihci osfcpl hnonH wv
class who nlwnya wish % woman VOL ~ my nRn'
with man. But Mr Sharon 80 extremely IN
popnlnr that nny verdict which draws money u."
his pocket will find thousands " hnll " w W. wv
ertycd No doubt much Of this iceling chh 'o l'"o'"
ca vi, sb,ton's coupcliv with other capitalists ~
the management of tho Comstock mines. liunuien7
Of hard. working people have sunk thor savings III
,hcso ,,pes for wears aud have got nothing to show
for the,r money. Mr. Sharon has made largo
amounts ont of them by forced assessments ana oy
crnshinr ore which paid little more than tine cost o.
milling. Naturally these losing Stockholders reRarn
Inn, a ono of the chief In trnmcnts OF their LOSSES
and hate him accordingly. There IS no question
that Mr. Sharon will fight the case and carry IL 10
,hc state Supreme Court He can find few exceptions
I, law onh the onlv ground for appeal will be the
ground of now evidence. Nellie Brackett, one ol
earahs witnesses who afterward went ever 10
sharon will probably We usea TO swear mat sho
t,tn sts,.ra 8nt 40 safahs trusted npent and then
pfStei 4 battslicf is c&bcrtci Us coffthofa'e het
,sstnHNt. ihr tersi8n ~ ihe srriric cbttt
Nnst ,ntN aH lhe tAlili,t ~ ihr documentary et'
aeneg ani ,Ne neW leeiiM8Nt Nhlrh heat' Bh this
Tbs WaN Whg hss Wshe ihe iFst 'hiNe HNt ~ 'ht
esSe ia iiRagse ", iter sagah's iealiNe eHN'isel
ie made an agyGemNNt Win hei w hfaf ail e%irNsfs
al the pase aud Q TepeYe hail 81 ali Geee'elei ~
he cQmes Ia nav Tor abpRt 9op''''' W pAsh AN''
S2, 500 out OF her am0nY every month Whp the
appeal is pending fe has also reserved an IN
mense amount of free advertising which Is WoIth y
| small fortune to Him. He has shown remaIkape
ability in animation, but he can never DO
great LAWYER. as he is neither we'll educated nor an
effective speaker. Mr. sharons lawyers claim that
the communityprop acquired since the OK
Senator began to live with the plaintiff amounts to
nothing. 1t lsa suggestive fact, however that Mr.
| Sharon's fortunes which were at low cbb then.
have greatly improved since. and that he has built
no less than twenty-five houses in this city, which
he rents for good prices on lots that came to him
| through Ralstons failure and death. The COM
| munity- property may not amount to more than
81 OOO. 900, but half of this will make he faiI
| plaintiff rich woman.
| , Christmas was observed hero with unusual hearth
ness, although a ran-storm which has lasted ioI
| more than week continued all day The churches
| were crowded ShOpkeepers report good sales, es
| pecally Of costly goods which have not been de-
| manded generally during the last few years.
| gCalfornia Democrats have kindly saved Mr..
Cleveland the trouble of casting about for Secrc-
tary of the Interior by selecting Colonel .Fonrnoy
for that position The State Central Committee nd
many leading Democrats warmly indorse him. Mr..
FlournOy was colonel of Texas regiment in the re-
bellion and il is said could have been sent 10 the
United States Senate from Texas but he preferred
trying his fortunes in this State IIo very elo-
oncnt speaker and made the strongest argument for
Sarah Althca in the Sharon case.
state Treasurer Jounary has resigned owing TO tho
fact that he could not get bondsmen. His son, who
acted ns his deputy, recently ,em6czzled oyer
drew and he was left high aud dry. His successor,
Nh u. i. Oullahan was formerly one OF the hrsi-
known Rcpublicans in Fresno County, but lac s now
In the Bourbon camp and has come in for some OF
the spoils. He is man who Will not allow n do
acaton 70 occur under hs nose, as his predecessor
did.
4 bad case Of defeat OF justice by laws delay
occnrrcl hero This week SIS years ago Mrs. Gym
fLo IIodplon was sentenced 10 twelve years in the
State Prison for criminal malpractice whicA fcSnI ei
IN the death of patient Con- n'iction was secured
on the WomlWs dying statement and the evidence oi
the doctor who made The post mortrm eX eXamlhati2n
Nts Uodpdnn appealed 10 thc Supreme Court on the
ground OF niormdlIty IN The dying statement and
| was granted new trial and allowed 10 60 on on
! hail. Tho case was systematically postponed until
an the witnesses were dead or ont of the state,
when it was called and dismissed.
curous result Of the recent exhibition Of Roscn-
| thal's paintin-. "Constnucc DE Beverly. IS great
mou.' ~ oIl bookstores. Tho costlc't illustrated
| cdi.ions were sold r airc numbers. some shrcwl
dealers laid r tOrl,s of clcnp editions which sold
! like successful novel of the scasrn.