Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-05-03
JOHN MAckGY's raouslts.
q New xsaiasder Ctatsss Hin ~
Hts "Leag Less DrSshsr"-Pess
Relations 90 Paikakartkt.

The San Francisco P..i Of tho ID In
slant contains the following: We u 7
mise that J.. W. NackAy. "our john"
wishes from the bottom Of his heart that
Mrs. NJ. hal never given that famous iss
In Paris. since that event the stories
about his wealth and antecedsnts. which
have gone the rounds. have been enough
to drive an ordinary mortal crazy. Tho
English press has been especially loud In
its accounts. aud We do not think that two
newspapers can be found which agree a.
to the amount which the BONANZA King IL
reported 10 lie worth. The most ridicu.
lous stories have been circulated about
him. First ho MAS TRANSFORMED into an
Italian Count. Next they hal him In
Baron Grants palace OF the Thames.
Newspapers in this country caught the
fever. ani hey. presto! John WAS made
Uniiei States Senator from Nevada. with
ONE eye on the Presidency. He has been
here. there and everywhere, In all shapes
and forms TO suit the fancies 81 his ehron-
iclsrs. And. ~ crown all that has pre-
viously been said 81 him. now m q
Alexander MAckay. inhAbitant OF the i'm
possible district Of PAikakAriki. New Zeal
land, and claims John - his long lost
brother. This Is too much. We imagine
the psrsecuted bsnanzA king seeking Q
lodge in sonae vast wilderness fleeing from
the embrace 81 this new found relative.
We picture him shutting down On
MRS. NAcxAl's PIN nosxr.
Aud think We hear him sternly command.
ing. No more fetes." According W .
number Of the Wellington New ZealandD
PIT. 1t appears that Mr.. Alexander Mack
Az. u the impossible town Of P~sitakarihi.
had been reading an extract from . Lon
Ion PAPER. That extract stated that Mr..
naekay, thirty years ago. Vas q pennilrss
boy in Ireland . that ten years later no WAS
q speculative trader in the United
States - six years later he MAS . bank.
mpt hut now. Ia I hsl now. hs was the
owner % the great bonanza silver mine.
and had an annual income OF $~l3,OO0.OOO
representing . capital az $275,OOO.O0 0
The latter part Of this extract appears TO
have interested Mr.. Alexander Mack.y. of
Paikakariki. lie bethought himself for
awhile, and al last came 10 the conclusion
that somewhere in the remote past he had
q brother. The description tailed so
completely" P-nnile-s boy" "spsculA-
tive brakeman" bankrupt that hs
was convinced that the ''owner Of the
great bonanza silver mine could be none
other than this dear forgotten. long Lost
brother John. Then brother Aleck. Of
P~aikakariki. rushed into the ofice 81 the
Wellington Ts.t and made . statement.
lie Was sure. no said. that J. W. mckay
vas his long lost brother. John william
MaekAy. In ls+9
sRorHEH IouS
Was q penniless boy in ireland, but In
1851 he came out TO his brother Alexander.
Ia 1861 he left his brother aud went to the
otago gold fields. where he made . consid.
cradle sum 81 money. lie subsequently,
went IN Australia, aud he corrrrponded
with his brother until ab-'ut 1865. or just
twenty years ago. lie then disappeared.
and a. he hal often expressed an intention
Of - trying his luck in America. proba.
bly, went over there. Nothing Was heard
of him for years, the letters addressed TO
him L~ng returned n~nopenel. subse-
luenily through inquiries. II was aseer-
tanned that John had lost all his money
anil returned 10 New Zealand. This, said
brother Aleck. wouli ut In with the state
ment that sixteen years ago he was = hank
rupt. for the date o. his return would be
about lsC3 or lsGi. lie worked GA the
Duncan and Cromwell gold iield. for some
years. ani ia 1895 again lett the colony.
having amassel . large -um 81 money.
Mn. ALrxA~bgH s,csu
Therefore thinks that b. mist have re-
turn~l - AmeIie. and tl,eio taken :"
Specializing ~ m,ncs. = surin.se which his
old gold mining experience In New Zea.
land anal Australia render highly probable.
- Inquiries are being maic." says the
Wellington I,.,. Ito lind out the truth.
nAnza should tnrn out IN DO tho one.tinie
Otago miner. there will be Que more real
roman. TO all to the many curious histo-
rics the world contains" just ~. The
Wellington ISsi forgets 10 state. however.
that following the publication 81 this new
there was great 10y In PAikakariki. How
brother AIeck embraced the old oma
and ordered refreshments for the crowd.
How his credit at tho bakers. the costa
nongrr's and the green grocer's instantly
becaEeA 1. How Mrs. Alexander Mac
kay, Of PaikAkAriki. became heightened.
AMI spoke familiarity of sistsr-in-law's
loings at Paris. All this WAS omitted In
Al. NE.llaa.Na. H. Ma haEa MIIRI The