Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-01-09

A CHILLY DAY FOR NoLAN-'MoRE MUD"
That evening l met Dennis again
He was the maddest man l ever
saw. ] believe John L. Sullivan
would have taken the side-track if he had
CHANGED to meet Nolan at that time. Nolan
had made it practice to ask the question
"How's Savage ?" whenever we met, but
he seemed to have forgotten it at this meet
ing, and could think of nothing else but
that contemplate fellow Sweeney, who
had made bankrupt of him, knowing all
the time that the market was going to
break. a. hear" said Dennis, they have
the blaggaird in Jail l hope they'll send
him to Carson-hangin' is too good for the
scoundrelr'
His otfense is but slight infraction of
the law; twill amount TO nothing" sug
gested /.
Well, if they don't place him in the
chain-gang or hang him, hope that he'll
be caught out in shower of wildcats and
scratched to DEATH said Nolan, bitterly.
ventured to ask if he had sold to-day.
He replied -. -. -
81 think the broker has sold Inc out ere
this"
Thus does the warmest friendship some
! times turn to bitterest hate. Had the
stock market not taken the unlocked for
| backward turn above referred to, Sweeney S
guess for such it proved to be-would
have made him, in the opinion of one
man at least
| THE GREATEST MAN ON THE LODE"
And it is among the possibilities that
Sweeney would now be soiourning at the
| Capital of the nation as private Secretary
| to Colonel Dennis Nolan, United States
| Senator from Nevada. In contradistinction
to this, however, the Colonel is now wan
derer on the face of the earth and not
withstanding the fact that his numerous
| friends hereabouts have offered large re-
wards for information as to his where
abouts, no clue has as yet been obtained.
1t is among the possibilities" a friend
| suggested the other day, that he is on the
warpath somewhere in Arizona hunting
Sweeney's scalp"
! 1t is indisputable that those who control
mines and manipulate the stock market
never deal out reliable information concern
| ing the rise and fall of shares to outsiders.
Was such thing done the impossibility of
bearing and bulling the market can
readily be understood by all. As in the
case of Sweeney, it's guess on the part
of those who profess to have friends in the
directory. If they happen to "call the
turn even once they are made lions of by
l4OoC w NJ h1DDlC III SlpChS, anu lODlS III
large numbers are not wanting to invest
their hard earned dollars on their worthless
say SO.
HOW SUCKERS WERE CAUGHT.
This yarn went the rounds when Crown
Point was selling in the hundreds, and
shows how little reliance can be placed on
the word of the real manipulation. In re-
turn for some kindness, or as an act of
friendship, certain gentleman, who was
at the time mining Superintendent prom
Used to correspond with party in San
Francisco in regard to making an invest
ment in Crown Point mining stock The
latter party, whom | will call Smith, was
cautioned that his friends were not to be
let into the secret. From the time of this
interview TIL Smith got word from the
Superintendent to buy, himself and
friends continued to " load up" Several
weeks elapsed, but no letter was received
from the Superintendent in Vir-
ginia. The stock commenced to boom,
and Smith not having heard from
his friend, wired him to know what was
the matter. The latter replied that the
time to buy had not yet arrived-to wait
awhile. Still the stock kept moving up
ward. When it reached a pretty high
figure Smiths expected telegram was re-
ceived: Now's your time to get in p
Smith had no more than got in good, when
the stock began to break. He, of course,
became very solicitous as to the final out
come, and wired again to know the cause
of the break. His posted friend said it was
unfortunate indeed He himself had been
caught, but if Smith would acquaint him
of the amount of his loss he would make it
good by check.
But" replied Smith, how about my
friends ?''
"My God p rejoined the Superintendent
you did not give the information to your
friends, I hopel You cannot reasonably
expect me to make good their loss
warned you particularly to breathe it to no
one"
This is one way of making deal. 1t is
said that the Superintendent and his party
began to unload when the San Francisco
men were ordered to :" load up and could
well afford to make Smiths loss good.
The cunning Superintendent knew, of
course, that points , circulate pretty fast.
Smiths friends were heavy sufferers by
that deal.
HOW o'BRIES GAVE POINTS"
This is the manner in which O'Brien,
the dead mining magnate, is said to have
given point to an old friend:
90 Brien, | hear they have struck ii in
| little"
"Oh. pshaw No such thing. Don't
! touch it,,
| The old friend went Immediately and
bought all the Con. Virginia he could carry.
Fortunately the stock advanced rapidly,
and he commenced to think about selling.
He called on O'Brien again, and the follow
| ing interview took place:
o. F.-"Good morning, O'Brien. / see
Con. Virginia is advancing. There are ru-
mors ON the street of rich find. Had 1
better take in little? Too bad l didn't
| have some few days agol'
O'Brien-" Yes, it was unfortunate: but
you see did not know what they were do
| ing there at that time. Yes, you had bet
| ter buy what you can. / think it Will go
higher"
The old friend loses no time in getting to
his broker and ordering his Con. Virginia
sold Immediately" street or board y
Ever afterwards, when speaking OF the
lucky turn in Con. Virginia, he never failed
to give his friend O'Brien due credit for
putting him in the way of making a for
tune; and when on being consulted as to