The new daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1872-1873, 1873-02-28
The Dew 4ailu 9ppeal'
THE CASE OF OZRO PARKER,
CLAIMANT.

Some five OF six years ago man
and his wife, both of whom were
past the middle of life, came with
their only child, daughter, to Car
son City to reside. The man had
been a sea-faring man from his youth:
and an early condition OF straight
ened circumstances had not been fol-
lowed by any permanent relief there
from; SO that when he came here, ne
came as a poor man whose own and
whose family's needs made it neces-
sary for him to labor with his hands
for q subsistence. This was Ozro
Parker; and he being known as
willing, hard striving, painstaklng
MAJ, was appointed to the humble
position of Porter, or man OF all
work. in and about the departments
then occupied, in the Comfy Build
ing, by the various State officers.
He was hired, by the Secretary OF
State at salary of 800 per month.
A man with a family could hardly
live on less. He was paid at this
rate. for the first twelvemonths OF
his labor; but for the next year he
received nothing but a certified state
ment from the Board of State Ex-
aminers that he had worked q year
and earned the stipulated price
twelve hundred dollars. This GER
tificate was all he could get; for the
fund out of which he had been paid
for his first years work was exhaust
ed. Previous Legislatures had set
apart fund of S2,40O for the two
wears of Porterage; but the LeSlsla-
ture whose acts preceded Parkers
employment appropriated but twelve
hundred dollars for such services
the insuficiency of the approprla-
ton being an oversight, probably.
Be this as it may, Parker worked for
one whole year, as per bargain made
with the Secretary of State, and got
no money for his labor. This is the
basis of his claim.
Toward the close of his term OF
employment the only child above re-
ferred to sickened and died, leaving
lifelong bereavement at the heart
of this poor man and his sorrow
stricken wife.
Being discouraged from continuing
longer as the servant of State which
was SO poor paymaster, Mr.. Parker
accepted subordinate situation IN
the United States Mint. OF course
he was the only stay OF his wife.
Their sorrows and hard fortune had
made them very dear to one another;
and the small salary he earned at his
newly allotted task helped to Tighten,
a little. the weary burdens that had
fallen upon him and her. But
dreadful blow was impending; and
these two whose lives had been
drawn so near together in their de-
clining years were to suffer a terrible
and cruel separation. In the pur-
emit If b;s 1abors at the Mint Mr..
Parker busted himself about some
of the machinery in the basement OF
the building machinery whichls run
bv steam. The visitor to that instl-
tuition can have the place pointed
ont to him where this old man was
crushed to death by being drawn ny
a driving belt between revolving
wheel and the floor above it. HIS
distracted wife arrived at the Mint
too late to see him die. All that she
clung to; all that she loved and
hoped for; all her dependence had
been torn from her forever!
This is the case OF OZrO farkeI'
He worked whole year, as faith
full, temperate, God fearing man
only does work, and failed to get a
penny from his debtor, the State:
He lost his life in the discharge OF
his duties elsewhere; and the only
legacy he has left his broken hearted
wife is this claim against the State.
Will q Nevada Legislature adjourn
without providing for its payment?
Do the ''precedents" of legislation
demand that this poor lady's inherit
ance should prove to be nothing but
a worthless claim against q State in
whose behalf her dead husband had
worked for twelve long months?
SOME GAMBLING LICENSE con-