Morning journal and courier., 1889-03-07

he was a member of 8 volunteer hook and ladder company. When he became power I in the stock market he did not forget the as- sociates who had been members of the fire l company or patrons of his saloon. One by one they dropped the reins of the horse car, gave up their hods, yielded to whatever might be called the badge of honest toll and began to frequent the pavement about the Stock Exchange. They were at first ill at ease in their new station, but they acquired
 one good habit from Flood, the silent, golden Irishman-they did not talk too much. They never missed change to talk of Floods virtues, but had nothing to say about his | business.
 When in 1873 the Big Bonanza was uncov- ! cred in the Comstock lode and Flood and | his partner began the manipulation which made them so rich and then so poor, Flood ! and his associates still remembered their old friends and their fortunes went sailing sky | ward too. To help them along Flood did more than his share. He lent money to some, ! carried stocks for others and made all richer than they had ever dreamed of being. But ! their riches, easily got, easily went, and to- day but few of them have anything left. 1 J. M. Walker was one of the men who prof. i itei most by the Big Bonanza deal. Now his mansion in Oakland is 8 hospital, while his daughter, once such belle, now the di- vorced wife of a clerk, was two years ago playing minor parts in a small theatre. Dennis Mccarthy was once city editor of the San Francisco Chronicle, and he was let into the secret to the extent of winning s100, ,000. He is dead, and left only small estate. Joseph Goodman,published the'Virginia City Enterprise, and his friendship for the Bonan- zs firm got him information which resulted in the accumulation of at least $7OO, O,000. He felt that he must have at least an even million, and he went into stock speculation
 after the collapse of the Big Bonanza deal.
 When last heard from he was raising raisins
 on a little ranch near Fresno, and would
 probably be satisfied with any fortune that could be represented by five figures. Pat Crowley was Chief of Police of San Francis co. He profted by his intercourse with
 Flood to the extent of $425, ,O00 His am-
 bition was only half as large as that of MT.
 Goodman, as he wanted only $50e, ,000. He followed in the footsteps of the editor and is
 again policeman.
 Flood had fancy for fast trotting horses
 and Pete Finnegan was his driver. Peter
 got his horse in first once in such clever
 manner that several brokers ''when broke"
 betting against it. MT. Finnegan had
 ''tip" on the Big Bonanza which sent Con-
 solidated Virginia up to an unheard-of fig
 ure. He also had sense. He kept his money
 and built one of the finest houses on Mob
 Hill, and became the chief patron of the turf on the Pacific coast.
 Mir. Floods fortune, though greatly re- dueed, is still large enough for an ordinary individual to look after, and will be divided
 between James L. Flood, his son, and Jennie
 Flood, his daughter. She was once engaged to Ulysses Grant, jr., who afterwards mar
 ried the daughter of Jerome B. Chaffee, of
 Colorado. She has already $5,O00,000 in her
 own right.