Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-01-29
1871 A&+AMAA

during which all the quartz mills would
run on full time. they would strike q
big bonanza. stocks would so up, the
grain crop would be over average. and
there would be q good market for beef
cattle; and that tho seven poor cattle
and the seven years that had been
touched with the rot signiasd that for
seven years the mines and mills would
be shut down, the cattle would die OF the
epizootic, and the streams would not
furnish water for irrigating purposes. 30
that the grain crop for those seven years
would be a dead failure. When Phara-
oh had got this ''point from tho spirit
Of Fisk. he commenced shorting stocks,
seller seven years; and he put up q cor
ner on grain; and out Of gratitude to Joe
he carried 1000 shares Of Ophir for him
and let him in on tho grain speculation.
At tho commencement OF the eighth
year, the crasshoppers came, the water
gave ont and the mines run into porphy-
~, and the firm OF Pharaoh K Joseph
commenced delivering stocks and putt
ing up the price Of grain, till 1t was SELL
ing Tor 50 IL per bushel.
The grasshoppers had eaten up all
the crops in the northern part Of the
State, where Joe's family resided. and
failing to got up relisf fund, old Jake
took down an old stocking out Of the
chimney, and taking from II a lot Of sill
Yer and g~reenbacks. sent ten OF his boys
down into Egypt with a pack.train. to
H.. ,,a.I To- Is. All TINA hal NOT N
be City Marshal. and NJ no was cleaning
up a big pile OF money on stocks he had
serious intentions OF running for United
States Senator; and when his brothers
got down to Egypt. he owned a stud.
horse and a self-winding watch.
When his brothers arrived with the
pack.train and went into Joe's granary
to buy some grain, no knew them, but
they didn't recognize him; 81 rs II was
n good chance to get even ON them for
chucking him down the shaft, he arrest.
| ell them on q charge Of stealing the
mules in tho pack.train, and he put
them In the Cairo station-houso to
await examination ON the charge. The
boys each made affidavit that they had
puught thc hu'eS ~ ""e''""' w '"e
Justice released oil nut one named
Sim, on bail. and sent them back home
10 bring their brother Ben ~ n witness.
When the boys got back home the old
man didn't ike TO let ben go TO Egypt
and came pretty near committing con-
tempt OF court IN refusing to let him
obey the subpoena; but grub getting
-.
scarce again. he consented, and sent
Ben and the rest OF the boys after more.
grain. When they arrived In Egypt,
Joe had just made q good turn in stocks
and felt pretty good-natursd, 30 he in-
vited them all to dinner. and after the
wine got to circulating pretty freely, he
told them he vas their long lost be-
ruther. Tho boys made no objection to
the relationship, rs they saw that Joe
was pretty well fixed, and they expected
he might stake them to n faro game OF
give them sose points ON stocks. Joe
asked after the old man and the old
woman and the girls. and sent the boys
home with a Concord coach TO bring ths
old man down to SEQ him. Some OF the
boys went on ahead OF the coach 10
''carry the news to Mary hut Old
Jake wouldn't believe that Joe was City
Marshal OF Cairo, until he saw the
stage coach. Then he packed up his
his carpet bag and got aboard the coach
and when he arrived in Egypt. Joe was
mighty glad to SEQ him and promised to
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