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Show i)i:nn up niMior Join miuip. Tiliihottoffrlenda of lllahop John Sharp will bo painid to Kuril that he Hid at his real lencu lu Iho T eutleth Ward, tills city, at twinly minutes I net 1 (his motulug. The cuso of doth was Intestinal trouble. Hla demise removes from the commuully a nun of mark, who v. as tiossesso 1 of tin-usuil tin-usuil will piwer and great forro of character, traits which wire exhibited throughout hla long a ud useful career. JohnSharp was born lu Clackmannanshire, Clackman-nanshire, Holland, November Dili, Ibd, and was consequently In his HiM-utJ second ) enr ut the lima of his death. On the last uuulvers ary of his blilhduy ho ws In uuusually good spirit, and slid to innmbora of his fam-ilythathehid fam-ilythathehid felt splendidly during the last previous six months. He remarked! re-marked! "Tlie Lord has glveu me ouu ycaroer tho allotted spau, and has stalled to glvo nu a second. I shall be thankful for air many motu as He may be pleased to give, and wheu He slgul Ilea It Is enough I shall be grateful for that also." Ills areula moved In a humble sphere, and at au early age he Iwgau lo busUhu himself b) working lu the cool mines. In I8n,beluthcn twenty-four twenty-four yeura old, bo find hiutd the Clsprl, as recaled through the l'ro bet Joseph Hllllth. Ho tcclvcd It ulidly, being Inducted Into the 1 Church by buitlsm uud ooullrmutlon, iimlir the ministration f tbe htu 1 Idsr William (llbson, who was rioted as an earnest and eloquent pearlier of the latter-dsy message. Boou alter his btpllam Ilrolher Hharp waa ordalneil an l.lderand was appointed to preside over the branch of Helots then existing In his native town. II it he was soon embiel Willi the Idea of gatheflug with Ilia rutin Uidy of the cotnmuully with which he ha I IJentlfled )ilmelf. Whllalioreraaluud In Ills native Isnd, however, ha showed great devotion and zeal for his religion, aud was tlio means of convincing quite a number of people of its truth. Not being able to accumulsto sufficient suf-ficient means lo enable him and his fani ly to reach Utah at that lime, they camo its far as the rttates, In UU, and located nor 8t. Louis, where he worked lu what era known as Ilia Uravoy coal mines He there con tlnued hla labors aa an l.lder, and ire-aldetd ire-aldetd over a branch of the Church organized or-ganized lu that locality. Ha waa at HI. loula while the cholera plague made fearful ravages In that city. Many of the members of tho Church were stricken with the dreadful malady and at, that lima llrothcr Bharp exhibited ex-hibited a religious faith and personal person-al courage that produced remarkablo rflects. He, with other bro tbreu, wi tit among thecholera patients, a Imlnlsler-Ing Imlnlsler-Ing to Ihm, and tho oases of miraculous miracu-lous healing, by the pjwer.of OjJ, thai occiirrej un ler hla personal administration ad-ministration were marvellous. Hla eirltnc at that llmo Were In after years a frequent subject of conversation con-versation with him. Ho s-ioii aa Ilrolher Hharp accumulated accumulat-ed enough money for Ilia purpose, ha an I hlsfsmlly carue on to Ibis clly, where Ihny arrive I lu Hardember IM). Alinoetimmellttely after he reached here ho wastaken hoi I ol by Presides! Ilrlguam Young, whoso confllenco lie enjoyed U au aim nt unlimited ex-Isnl ex-Isnl by whom liu waa ingageil lu tho labor of qiiarrjlntfanl hauling rock for the building of the Tenipln and other publto structures. Ho was In Ihosiearly Units alsi made super-Intenient super-Intenient of church ubllo wotks, it oltl;n hehrll for many years. In the time of what Is designated aa tho "move," when the population of Northern Utah, on the approach of Buchanan's army, proceeded awth-ward, awth-ward, the subject of this sketch ha I charga of tho removal of all the church effects, and when a aclflc frltlrmrnl of the questions existing at that lima was reached, brought them back again to the places from which tucy were conveyel. This was a tatk of no small loportloni at that lime, but being n man of uot only great vLrorauJ in-ergy,tutof in-ergy,tutof wile nieutal rfoutca of a I tactical nature, he accomplished It tj tho satisfaction of all cincetnej. In 1515 he was orJulued a Illibcp, aud, In that opacity resided over the Twentieth ward, which position be occupied oc-cupied for thirty years. Ho was a natural engineer, and a man whoveju Igment on any practical sulject was of great value Ho was sub-contractor undor Illgham Youug In the construction of Hie most dllllcult part of Ilia Union Paclflo raHwey,belng that portion of the line that runs through the otnyon gorges which form Hie eiitrauco Into rjtlt Lake Valley. Ha also did contract work of tho same natureouthe Central Paclflo road at the Promontory. From tnat time lie has Imisii connected with thu former compauy, an 1 nearly the wholuof tho period until his deatli a director of It. lie was, In au oillolal as paolly, assocl aleil wlih the oil Utah Central lluo from the tluiu It v, as compleledtalto with Ilia old UtaliHoulheru,and dually was ptesldcntof the consolidation formed by a combination of the two compaule a, being lu that position at Ilia llmo thu belter was merged Into' tho U. P. system. The deceased was a director of Z. tj. M. 1. almost from the Initial organlxi lion of Ihat mammith establishment, aud was active In supporting It lu IU earlier struggles when flnauclal ttmee were perilous on account of the scarcity scar-city of money. Ha belt that jsltlou atthallmeof hlsMotuls.., Ilewasouo of the original Incorporators of Hie Ilcserct National llauk, of which ho was one of the mott useful, far-seeing nnjsigaolous directors. The solidity of that Institution Is doubtless oulni; lu no small proportionate degrees, to Ids Influence, rlnaooUl sUudlua; aud sturdy su port. JohuHliarp was, In the late (lilies and early sixties, chief of police of Halt Lake City, a position ho filled with u I lllty and coinage. I lo v. as for many ears Major of the Third lleglment of Infantry, of thu Nauvoo Leglou, and subsequently Its Colonel. 111172, when the question of the ad-vlsablllty ad-vlsablllty ofurgtiiltluf Mutual Improvement Im-provement Asaoihetlon In his ward was being ujlhetoJ. byreilleula In Ihu locality, ho give the moeineut his hearty support an I encouragement. He dlrutlol Its organlistlou, which wsagluiillio titles of the Twentieth Ward Institute, only In January of Iho year utmed, an I liu wasunaul-uijualyelsitol wasunaul-uijualyelsitol Its honorary president. Thla aoMClatlon had u great Influence upon the Inajguratlou of tlio system tubeequently e-etabll ihod throughout the Church. Illshoptjliarp aud his family Used under a siecles of comniuulsiu on u small scale Ha and his two eldest sons, John,Jun., aul James, formed a co-latluetthlp, co-latluetthlp, with Ihel- families Inter i tied, an 1 virtually they ha J all things III common. James hies been the agent of the nsioitsliin evhtih has wotked with the grcateithariminy. As a matter of tours tlio diath nf u.i senior men erotlliufl ll il 1 i II The union of hla family wta l(4-ui consideration with Itrother Hbirp. They have losl I y his death ft kind, loving an I Indulgent husliand and parent, and thecomrautiliysynipalhlta Willi them In tlitlr bereavement. Itr dtier Hharp was a man of splendid fhtslque, being about six feet In helglil, compartly built aud creel asau arrow. In lilt lounger dajs he waa noted for his greit physical strength, while his power of endurance was remarkable. re-markable. Ho was noticed everywhere, every-where, In his aisocla'lona with all classes, as a teerson posresstug menial powers of no common character. Arrangements as Inexact lime and plaiecflhufuncralliatHnot yet been finally conclultil upoa. Wo understand, under-stand, however, that the burial will not takn lace till Huaday next, Decern De-cern berTlh. |
