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Show THE IJISHOrS ADIEU. UNEXPECTED DEATH OF HON. JOHN SHARP AT AN EARLY HOUR. History of One of tho Jtost Active I.Ives lOver Dedicated to thu I phiiildinic of this .M.itcliless Vllev- A Carter of I ef ultuesa Xele(f l huis. DishnpJohn Sharp died nt 4 o'clock this morning anil the pulriurchul cabinet that lias been nursed with such tender solicitude by those who huve seca the valley blossom lias lost another of Its dcstlnctivc features. So has Salt hake City and thus has the people who have wab le d with unabated Interest i's s'tady mart h to one of the loftiest positions in the sisterhood of fiouliur cities, a friend whom no idle appointment can replace. II was on Saturday niglit last that llishop Sharp, for the til st time, betrayed evidence-, of the fact that death had elected him to its wrinkled ranks. lbs rcporbd his illness and while bis wire, his sons urnl his dau-hters rallied to the side of his doomed couch mankind without v.jj pruy-iug pruy-iug for his let nvery. I'.vcu surgical aid and prayer was balllcd, however, and ut il early hour this morning he Jen-st I into eternal eter-nal slumber. No man in all Ihe hist u y of I'lah has per. fur d a more c. ns.it nous p.u t in the. upbuilding up-building and enrichment of its magic valleys 1h:iii lias Ill-hop .loan Slurp. He eini-gial"d eini-gial"d to this country fiom Scotland at an early day mid located at the coal regions near St. Uoiiis, T hern the bistro of his ( hat in ler began to a.-scrt itself, and he soon rose to rt sponsible positions. The Held of uetioti wa condi list I how. ever, ami Mr. Sharp sought the blond ami liinitlc-i west. lie come to I'tnli In Isii'lund engaged in cntcr-prist cntcr-prist s, tin- lirsl of w hich looked t the erection erect-ion of the great temple, which U now it ;-prow ;-prow hlng completion. In that he ciigiigetl the ut t t-iit it hi of lirighiiiii Young ami s.uu become one i-f his pe'soiial filnds. The Held otTe.reil other la'itudcB, bowtvtr, ami be engaged In the business of tr.MiS ortatiou from the eml ol'thc track to Salt Lake til y. It wus Pi tins d -parliiu nl of life iu which lie laid the tounthition for bis subsctiicnt Iflilevcine nts. Iu IsilS be became a sub. loiitruelor under lii k'ham Young iu the construction of the I tall Central railway. His genius us a ruiltoad man then began to blaze, anil ho w-aa soon elevated to the distinction of president liiul general mana ger of tho Ctah Central railway. In which position he continued until itsamulgainatioii with the Oregon Short Line, with which lie remained as an esteemed member of the I'liion Pacini: stall until thu time of his death. Here at thu birth of the city and Interested in its development llishop (sharp took an active part, the result of bis liardwork being plainly and inujcsti-ally portniycd in various achievements among which were (lie. Z. C. M. 1. ami lu.-civt National Hank of winch he was pre.-ident nt the time of bis death. , llishop Sharp leaves a lar:;e number of descendant:) whose grief i.s -dialed by a host of friends. Among them tire Hon. James Sharp, w ho is known to the people of .ion as one of its most enterprising citizens; William Wil-liam Sharp, who Is at present in charge of tho coal mines of the. L nlou Pacific and Kin (irantlo Western; Joseph, who is In tho same department, while. Ilavid, the fifth son, is carving his way to fame as a student in one of the New York colleges. Among the daughters are Mrs. John Cahoon, Mrs. Parley L. Williams, wife of the well-known well-known attorney at law, Mss. Harry Ncshitt, Mrs. Fergus Ferguson, Mrs. James K. Jennings Jen-nings and .Mrs. Walter Jennings. With these and all others who have been bereaved, the people of Salt Lake profoundly sympathize, ami that his loss is keenly deplored by those who knew him more intimately is betrayed be-trayed in a stack of telegrams that till the desk of his grief-ot: ickeu Sou, Hon. James Sharp. Among them is one from S. If. H. Clark, vice-president and generoj manager of the I'niou Paeilie iu reply to a message from Mr. 1. K. Hurley, the resilient representative of the I'niou Pacitic railway which say9: Omaha, Dec. g;l.-The message announcing the dentil of llishop John Minrp is a gieat surprise to me. Had not heard of Ills illness, lie always retained my respect and admiration as an honest man uutl true fritud. S. II. II. i I.AItlv. The funeral ceremonies will take placo on Saturday next, llishop Kotnney of the ilUth ward presiding. . , 4 |