The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-01-22
CORNUCOPrA.
Quiet Times, Dry Weather and
Mining Affairs at the Camp.
CORNncnpIA ian 10

some time since l have written to YOU.
bat it was not because you were forgot.
ten by me; but because really there was
nothing of importance to communicate
to you.
QUIErNEss HAS GOT TO BE MoNoToNous.
There is no excitement; nothing to di
vert the mind from the one dull,
drowsy condition it has been in for the
last year of dali times. Nature even,
has been very quiescent. The pas.
sions OF her storms appear to have sub
sided the furious rain and the blind
ing sleet and snow delay their coming,
and we begin to think they will not
come this winter. This will be
A GREAT DRAWBACK
Upon this section, for outside of the
mines there are great interests here in
the nature of cattle raising and agri-
culture, which cannot subsist or flour.
ish without water, and that only comes
by an abundance of rain and snow in
the winter months. l fear we will not
have 1t this season, and farmers must
depend on short crops and cattle men
drive their stock Ito pastures new. !"
A few days ago Old Boreas did get his
back up awhile and brought us a slight
sprinkling of snow, but he soon sub
sided, and now all is quiet on the
Owyhee; so everything is quiet here in
THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL WORLD.
People enjoy themselves, but they do it
SO quietly that there is hardly ripple
made on the social surface. On New
Years the Odd Fellows here had pub
lie installation of officers and grand
dance In the evening, which was a
grand success. as all their undertakings
are at Cornucopia. This is so to such
degree that it has become the COM
mon remark outside that the Odd
Fellows of Cornucopia excel in giving
public entertainments. This is written
some time after the occurrence of the
event, so ii must be correct. You
know the old saying, cit is not the
present but the future historian who is
the most truthful chronicler of events"
| say it is terrible quiet here. yet we
have
OUR BAND OF HooDLUMs,
And they make their forays, such as
going out In the dead of night when
honesty and virtue are in sound repose,
and tear down signs. upturn outhouses
ETC.; but SO quiet. peaceful and placid
is the ruling element of Cornucopia's
society that such little things are not
noticed; and why should it be other
wise? Why should our people act
there is nothing in it?" A man dies
suddenly. and it becomes necessary to
hold an inquest; our officers do it and
bury the dead at their own expense.
An offense is committed, the offender is
prosecuted, found guilty and sentenced
to fine or imprisonment; the officers
make out their bills against the county
in accordance with law and send them
in, but the county fathers cannot see il;
they cut it down, and often do not al
low what the party has actually paid
out of his own pocket. L wonder if
they ever think of the honesty of the
act OF allowing themselves quarter s
salary in advance. Peace officers will
not act when they are treated thus.
OF MINING NEWS
There is some which will give you to
chronicle: Quite change has occur
red here within q short time past. At
the Leopard, Coffin has been superce.
ded as Superintendent by George Will
lard who came up from San Francisco
few days ago. bat unfortunately, on
the day of his arrival here he was taken
seriously ill and was laid up for few
days. He is around now, though, at
tending to business; yesterday he paid
off for the month of last November in
fifteen day checks; but Notwithstanding
this and the discount. the boys, after o
small amount of grumbling. saw il ia