New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-06-16
Pacifc-Coast "reminiscences.


A Washington correspondent of TIE
NeV York Tribune writes: Senator
Jones, Of Nevada, at one time was
worth s6:OOO,000; to-day it is doubtful
whether his bank account is worth one
thousandth part of that sum. Still, he
is not without hopes of retrieving his
fortunes. He is interested in some
mines up in Alaska, which are begin
ming to pay largely. Jones is rarely
seen in his place in the senate. He pre-
fers looking after his business interests
to listening to the duh debates carried
on by his colleagues. When he was
first sent to the senate he was worth
great deal of money, and he spent it
freely. Before he had served out his
term, however, he had lost nearly the
whole of it. Yet he has been returned
without difficulty, not only once, but
twice, since then. This shows, think,
the great personal popularity of the
man. He has the good sense of avoid
ing quarrels, and never speaks i'll of
anyone. He has met here in Washing
ton great many of his early California
friends. There is, for instance, Justice
Field, of the supreme court, who was
justice of the peace in Marysville, Cal,
when that town was little more than a
collection of tumble-down shanties
A few doors from the judges home
was clearinghouse where Jones and
George c. Gorham, who many years
afterward became secretary of the
United States senate, boarded Ad-
joining the clearinghouse lived an
lrlshman, who had very pretty daugh.
ter, whom he was in the habit of treat
ing rather harshly-to use mild ex-
pression-whenever he had partaken
of too much mountain dew. This
greatly scandalized the gallant board
ers next door, and they succeeded in
arousing the sentiment of the town
against Murphy. One fine night a
vigilance committee, of which Jones
and Gorham were members, waited up
on Murphy and informed him that he
must stop padding his daughter or
stand the consequences, which meant a
ducking, probably, in the creek near
by, a ride on rail, or coat of tar and
feathers. am not informed what the
outcome of that visit was, but l pre-
sumo it accomplished its object. The
treatment at the hands of her father
does not seem to have done much harm
to the young lady, except to cause,
perhaps, some temporary inconvience:
for she grew up to be a fine woman,
and became in after years the wife of
Senator William Sharon, and the moth
er OF Lady Hesketh, the wife of Sir
Thomas Hesketh, of England. Cor
ham, who had shown himself to be
such an efficient champion of little
Miss Murphy, was, not long after he
left Marysville, nominated for governor,
and Jones, the present senator, was
put on the same ticket, though I forget
in what capacity. Judge Field con-
tinued practicing his profession at
Marysville. Time and subsequent
events separated these three men, and
they did not meet again until they bon
fronted each other at the capital here,
the one an associate justice of the su-
preme court, another a senator from
Nevada, and the third as secretary of
the senate.
There is another acquaintance O,
Justice Fields California DAYS living
near here, who is the hero of a more
serious adventure than that of the res
cue of little girl from the hands of a
| brutal father. refer to Rear Admir-.
al ,Ammen, who, from a naval officer.
has turned into farmer of the most
enthusiastic kind. His farm neal
Laurel, Md, with it's fine mansion and
| grounds, which he calls 'Ammendale. -
is model of its kind. The admiral is
frequently seen in Washington, where
his well-knit frame, silvery hair, and
kindly face have been familiar for MANY
years. He and Justice Field were pas
sengers together ON the California
steamer Ocean Queen. Admiral Am
men, then only lieutenant, was in
charge OF a contingent of over two
hundred men, most of them ''roughs, -
who had volunteered for naval service
on the Pacific coast. There were over
thousand other passengers, including
many women and children. On the
first day out the recruits showed dis
satisfaction with their quarters and
their food. They were headed by a
ringleader by the name of Kelly, big,
burly fellow, strong and determined.