Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-26
rHE DoNGs or wo9iEN FOLK.
Daughters OF some OF the Mnlionaires
OF California.

saw news kfe per Edffa@4 hEl AD- tNANA
,day about Miss Jennie Flood, the daugh-
ter Of James G. Flood, one Of the partners
OF the Nevada Bank, Of san Francisco,
and one OF the -ich men Of the Pacific
coast II was an extract from letter
written from san Francisco by lady cor
respondent Of the ST. Louis GlGJs Dsfn0-
ggrQt. who was our 10 the sandwich ISLANDS
Hast summer. and who writes ABOUT So
feiety al Washington every winter She
said MSS Food IS a very plain ana very
economical young woman, and minated
that il was lucky thing that Young
ULYSSES Grant djd not marry Der. Nle
is yerv stout. has = round red face ana
combs her hair straight back from her
forehead. When Patti was I'D san ran
cisco lssr winter she had box every
night. and sat no in full aud somewhat
painful view. and held IN Der hand always
"a big bouquet, but she was quite unmof-
ed bv the most rapturous strains or the
great Adalina's voice and did not once
throw So much as single rose from her
big BOUQUET during the entire season.
This piece Of gossip about Miss Flood suE-
eesrs some Interesting facts about the
daughters Of that very remarkable group
OF men VINO suddenly made enormous Tor
Tunos on the Pacihc coast, A daughter
Of Mr.. u. o. Mills, Tor a long time Presl-
PRESIDENT of New York. married Mr.. WHIT
Jaw Reid, the editor and principal propri-
= tor Of the New York Tribune. She has
distinguished husband audis most happily
situated in lie. tx GOV. Leland stan
ford, wnoIs IN Washington as Senator
s1his winter, bad out one child, and that
was son. who died snort time ago IN
Italy. Ne is now child ess and will prob
ably die 50. An associate OF his ~ the
rCentra Pacific railroad syndic2Je wherein
ne made his mOnef. was Mark Hopkins,
whowent cut 10 California from Massa-
chusetts IN lssS. be died six or seven
wears ago and left thirty or forty millions.
He never had any children. but his WIDOW,
VINO got at least S3O,0o0,000 from bis es-
tate and who is one Of the richest
women In the world, rad adopted son
fand afterwards married him 10 q relative
-oC hers. The young people now live with
her. and Will, 10 doubt, Inherit the bulk
of her fortune. She IS now building
residence al q eat Darlington, Mass. her
old home cat viii have cost
when competed about 100000.
AS she is 81 years old, this splendid
palace viii probably be enjoyed not so
long and 80 much hy her as BY her adopt
ed son nj bis wife. ames Z. Fair, who.
ike eX-(r0T. stanford. is a Senator al
WASHINGTON. halls from Nevada. but be-
longs 10 the Pacific coast tribe OF rich
men. II e has TO grown daughters, but
number Of children get young in years.
He Is divorced from mis- wife, but had MS
children ia Washington with MIN winter
before last. John ". Mackay has no
daughter Of his own, aut the story Of Miss
Iva MacGay, bis adopted daughter. "a
we'll EunTn. She IS counted the blest
daughter Of one OF the blest California
mlli0uaires, and has made a match that
is called iliustri0us because her husband
IS Prince COlonra. Two other daughters
aof these rich men Of the Pacific coast
married foreigners. One was Miss Sharon,
daughter OF ex-senator Sharon, who re-
Gently died. she Is now Lady Hesketn,
of England, and is said 10 be most lovely
woman. 1t was after she left California 70
i've abroad t1at her father became in
VolYed IA the nols0me Sarah Aitbea Hill
scandal, which was. n course. great hu-
initiation TO Der, but when she bore with
becoming patience and fOrtitude, She
was Tot in California after that scandal
fell upon the pu0lic. aud did not see her
father ia bis last illness. lie died most
lonely and unmourned death, having been
almost entirely deserted By both family
and friends. Before his daughters mar
riage be was very fond Of her, and allowed
her every luxury that money could pro-
vide. lie tilted up Belmont for her. the
most beautiful country seat ia America,
NJ
2fl8nced came 10 san Francisco for her
IN the dBest private yacht that ever
entered the Golden Gate. and as her
friends babe her adieu they said
If there was ever child Of fortune she
was the one. Little did she dream that
the SKY would 50 soon be overcast with
the cloud Of scandal that darkened the
last DAYS Of ner father. IL is a fact not
generally known, perhaps, that Lady
EQf az IN
daughter Of Charles Croker, who is as
rich as Stanford, and who made his
money the same way. He was rejected
mainly because Mr.. Croker, a very plain
and blunt gentleman, objected. He told
the am Ditious young foreigner one bright
morning that he thought his daughter
could ind a man in America entirely good
enough for her. Perhaps so. but she
went abroad after all. She fell in love
with young, impecunious Eng
lishman who went out to San
francisco, and, Schilling-like, went to
serving as conductor on a street car.
He was thus employed when Miss
Croker met and loved him. They were
married secretly and lived apart from the
enrsged millionaire father for two years.
AT the end Of that time the old gentleman
gave a great feast at his house, and among
the guests that were there was this I'M
dutiful daughter and her English hus-
band. There was q reconciliation. The
daughter was taken 10 Europe by her
father on pleasure trip and the devoted
husband was given lucrative place IN
the main Office Of the Central Pacific rail-
road. Miss Sharon, Mics Croker and
Miss Mackay were therefore the three
California millionaire girls who married
out Of their own country.
There was another marital incident in
the Crocker family, Of California, that ex-
cited "A good deal OF comment at the time
and is not yet forgotten. Charles Croker
had brother. now deceased, who
was known as JUDGE j. 3. Crocker. He
also made a fortune out Of the Central
Pacific bonanza, being chief counsel tor
the company. He left a widow and
daughter. The former is known to-day
ms one Of the most charitable women on
the Pacific coast. She has endowed sew
eral worthy Institutions, among them
being the Ola WOmen's Home and the
Industrial school Of Sacramento. Her
art gallery has been said 10 be the larg-
est and most complete in the United
states, and this she throws open 10 the
public twice a week, charginga moderate
admission fee, which goes 10 a chart
table fund. The daughter grew up with
every wish gratitied, and was true type
OF the free and independent young
woman. Soc was In the habit OF breaking
over good many OF the conventional