Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-30
Preparing for a New Role.

Sarah Althea Hill is preparing to en-
gage the attention of the county again.
This is the young woman who, it will be
remembered, figured very prominently
about a year ago as the claimant for the
honor Of being considered the wife of the
late Senator Sharon. She succeeded in
getting judgment against SharOn-and
that is all that she did get. Sharon ap-
pealed the case, and the Supreme Court
of California had the matter under con-
sideration at the time of Sharon's death
few days ago. For several weeks prior
to Sharon's death, Miss Hill was prepar-
ing to appear on the stage as the wife OF
the millionaire. She had selected 1.-THE
Merchant of Venice" in which to make
her debut. The play had been rewritten,
loaded with local hits about the great di-
vOrce suits, and made to answer Miss
HIPS character as claimant for Sharon's
money. Her purpose clearly was to make
money by exhibiting herself, and also,
perhaps by forcing Sharon to pay her to
abandon the stage.
SharOn's death has changed her plans.
She proposes now to 90 into the probate
court and demand what the law allows
her If she is admitted to be the widow OF
Sharon. OF course her claim will not be
admitted, and there will be, in all proba-
bility, another lawsuit. Her attorney
insists that there is now no chance to keep
her out of the widows share OF the estate.
II she succeeds in getting what she has
been contending for so long and in such
dramatic way, she will be regarded as
one Of the most remarkable characters OF
the present day.
But will she finally be successful? 1t is
by no means certain that she will.
Sharon, on his deathbed, made a sworn
statement that he was never married 10
Miss Hill, and that she had no claim on
him whatever. He made his children
promise him that they would never COM
promise Miss Hill's suit against him, and
there is every reason, therefore, TO think
that the suit VIII be fought as vigorously
as IL Sharon were alive.
1t turns out that his estate is much
larger than IL was supposed to be. At the
time Of his death IL was estimated at So
600. 900. The schedule that has been fled
shows that it is worth about SIS 900, 600.
II Miss Hill could get Widows share she
would rank among the rich widows Of the
country. She is, however, long way yet
from getting any part Of the dead million
aires wealth. There are not many per-
sons in San Francisco, perhaps, who
think that there was any marriage con-
tract between Sharon and Miss Hill.
While there is not much probability that
she will get any OF the estate, there Is, OF
course, a possibility that she will.
Many Of those who give up comfortable
positions for places at Washington under
the government, do not find the change to
be as agreeable as they expected IL would
be. Mr.. James Conoley, Of Buffalo, N. Y,
who was editor OF a little paper in that
city, thought he would like Washington
life. He easily secured the place OF ap.
pointment clerk OF the Post Office Depart.
ment, which pays him $1,000 year. He
doesn't think 40 much OF small govern.
ment Offices at Washington as he did be-
fore he was appointed TO one. This is
what he says about them: "A man is a
fool 70 give up good place % anything
else for a government position. He il
stuck in a cellar with lot OF empty
boxes, where he loses his identity, his
selfrespect and manhood, and becomes
part Of a mere machine. The government
service is not what it's cracked up 70 be.''