Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-22
PAciFIc-CoAsT "REMINISCENCES.

Exploits of senator Jones and Admiral Amcn.
A Washington correspondent of the New
York Tribune writes. Senator Jones, of
Nevada nj one time was worth 100000;
to-day it is doubtful whether his bank ac-
count is worth one-thousandth part of that
sum. Still, he is not without hope of re-
trieving his fortunes He il interested in
some valuable mines up in Alaska, which
are beginning to pay largely. Jones is
rarely seen in his place in the senate. He
prefers looking after his business inter
ests to listening TO the dull debates cHrried
on by his colleagues. When ne was first
sent TO the senate he was worth great
deal of mouey. and he spent it freely
Before he had served out his term how
ever 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 popu-
larity of the man. He has the good sense
of avoiding quarres, 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 a
Justice OF the peace in Marysville Cal
when that town was little more than a
collection of tumble-down shanties.
few doors from the judges home was
boarding house where Jones and George
c. Gorham, who many years afterward be-
came secretary Of the United States sen
ate boarded. Adjoining the boarding
house lived an Irishman, who had a very
pretty daughter, whom he was in the habit
of treating rather harshly to use a mild
expression whenever he had partaken of
too much mountain dew. This greatly
scandalzed the gallant boarders next
door, and they succeeded in arousing the
sentiment of the town against Murphy.
One fiue night. vigilance COMMITTEES,
of which Jones and Gorham we're mem
bers. waited upon Murphy and informed
him that he must stop padding his
daughter or stand the consequences,
which meant ducking, probably, in the
creek near by. ride ON a rail, or n coat
Of tar and feathers. ] am not informed
what the outcome of that visit was, but /
presume it accomplished its object. The
treatment at the hands of her father does
not seem to have done much harm 20 the
young lady, except to cause, perhaps,
some temporary Inconvenience; for she
grew up 10 be a fine woman, and became
in after years the wife Of Senator William
sharon and the mother of Lapy Hesketh
the wife of ST. Thomas Hesketh, of Eng
land Gorham, who had shown himself TO
be such an efficient champion of little
Miss Murphy, was, not long after he left
Marysyille, nominated for governor, and
Jones. the present senator, was put on the
same ticket. though / forget in what ca
pacity. Judge field continued practicing
his profession Mt Marysville. Time and
subsequent events separated these three
men. and they did not meet again uutil
they confronted each other at the capital
here. the one an associate justice Of the
supreme court. another senator from
Nevada and the third az secretary Of the
senate
There is another acquaintance Of Justice
Fields California days living near here
who is the hero Of more serious adyen.
ture than that Of the rescue of a little girl
from the hands Of brutal father. re-
fer 10 Rear Admiral Ammen. who from Il
naval officer has turned into a farmer Of
the most enthusiastic kind. His farm
near Laurel. Md with its fine mansion and
grounds. which he calls "Ammendale,H j.
a model Of it, kind. The admiral is fire.
auentlv seen in Washington, where his
well-knit frame, silyery hair, and kindly
face have been familiar for many years.
He and Justice Field we're passengers to-
yether on the California steamer Ocean,
Queen Admiral Ammen, then only
lieutenant was in eearge of a contingent