Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-01-29
Members Of the Legislature from
Lander.


Journal for the following short bioS-
raphies:
SENATOR W. W. mccoy.
Mr.. Mccoy is a hold-over I; was born
in Boone county, Kentucky, and is 60
years of age; he was educated n
physician, but at present is a miner
by occupation; has always been a
Democrat emiyrated from California
TO Nevada in February, 1869, and set
tied in Eureka, Lander county, where
he has since res ded; he served in the
Indiana Legislature during the ses-
sions OF 1S39-i0 and lSiO-il; volun-
teered TO serve during the war be-
tween Mexico and the United States,
and acted as Major of the Fourth
Indiana Volunteers, on Scott'S line
between Vera Cruz and the CITY OF
Mexico. until the g, s, of the wal !:
enigrated to California i'm 1852, and
was a member Of the Legislature of
1859; is at present United States
Centennial Commissioner for Ne
vada, and is a married man. He
received the complimentary votes of
the Democratic members for United
States Senator.
SENATOR GEO. w. CASSIDY.
Mr.. Cassidy, editor and proprietor
of tho Eureka SENrISEL, was born in
Kentucky, and is 81 years Of age by
occupation an editor, and in politics a
Liberal Democrat. He emigra:ed
from California to Nevada in 1857 for
the first time, but did not settle per-
nianently until 1861, when he took up
his abode at Gold Hill, working in
the mines he was Chief Clerk of the
Assembly at the last session of the
Legislature. Mr.. Cassidy published
a paper the Sun) at Meadow Lake in
1865 was associated with John l.
CHM in the publication of the
Safeguard at Virginia City in 1865 !;
during the White Pine excitement
localized for all the White Pine pa
pers, and in 1870 published the In
land Empire at Hamilton. He has re-
ported proceedings o: legislative
bodies, conventions, etc. and done 4
great deal in the last fifteen years in
the way of correspondence for the
press East and West. Mr.. Cassidy
has done everything, from editing q
daily NJ wspapcr up to driving a bull
team. He has been Il miner, team
ster, livery-stable keeper. ~catt.e-drov-
er, lawyer, accountant, stock-broker.
hotel-keeper, conveyancer, stage driv-
cr, rancher, and SO on through the
list. He followed most of the min
ing excitements on this coast, during
the past eighteen years ; Jlazed trails,
fought Indians. and turned his hand
generally to whatever presented it.
self. He had a terrible hard fight for
his election most of his ticket being
defeated), beating John q. Darrow, a
popular lawyer. Did the sHnqrtest
thing in his life when he got married
a short time ago.
ASSEMBLYMAS JAMES II.
49, -
Mr.. Burgess MSS born in Covington,
Kentucky, in 1886. Emigrated to
California in 1852, and from thence to
Austin in 1864, where he has since re-
sided ; WAS County Commissioner Of
Lander county from 1869 to 1873, and
is Il farmer by occupation in poll
tics Is a Democrat, and is a married
man.
ASSEMBLYMAN T. V. DRAKE.
Mr.. Drake was born in Illinois and
is 20 years of age; is a Republican in
politics and a reporter-latelv, local
reporter on the Austin RereiNe. He
emigrated to Nevada from California
in 1861, arriving at Virginia City; was
Deputy Assessor of Lander county in
1872, and is a Notary Public; married.
ASSEMBLYMAN r. I. NORTON.
Mr.. Norton was born in Pittsburr,
Pennsylvania. and is 10 years Of age.
Is by occupation a merchant, and i'm
politics a Republican,. He e,nigrated
to Nevada from California in 1863, set
Ting at Austin. Is a married man.
and tins is the first time he has held
office.
ASsEMBLYMAN f. J. FLY.
Mr.. Ely vas born in Ohio, and is a
Scr on the Pacific coast. His is
about 40. He has been engaged i'm
mining enterprises nearly the whole
time since he came west. Has leen
in Mexico for that purpose. Is a Re
publican in politics: but being rather
a modest mar for a politician, he has
not many acquaintance who are in
innate with his history. The State
Journal having omitted his biography.
we are obliged to content ourselves
with these few items, which are all we
could obtain without writing to the
man himself; and if we did write, his
modesty might deny our request for
further information.
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