Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1888-1899, 1889-09-12

tef Wsafths
The report thsa Mrs. Maokey, vile
of the California milllonalre. had en-
tered suit against an Engiish news-
paper for Publishing the statement
that her mother vas a washerwoman.
has revived talk about the old boaanza
days oa the faeihc coast Oae of the
California eolony. Who maHes his
headquarters at the Gault House.
chaited pleasantly about those times
The other night did yoa ever
know" said he. shat ID vas In u sa-
looa on Washington street. san FRAN
cisco. that the bonanza princes Of the
coast laid the foundation % their
weaithP II vas kept b. slood and
0brisa. aud vas . great resort ior
ne truekmea ia the nelghborhood.
0<sasionally an old winner. ~ho had
ea<ne aown b The bey. - they called
A. 10 have . good time. visited lhe ss-
soons and among them wMs Manksy
ana fair. mo seon picked ~ xnNs-
qualatance with the proprietors.
flood aud OBrien had some money 70
Invest In mining stock. and II was
agreed that Mackcy and Pair would
furnish the points and they would all
stand In together
The syndicate soon grew. and long
before the bonanza was discovered. or.
rather known % the public the stock
Of the Consolidated Virginia aud Con-
solidated California. thea selling very
los. vas largely held by the four. and.
In iact. they controlled the maioriiy oi
the sharos
When u became known 20 the gen
cral publie that an almost ine xhausti-
Bile body o. ore AssayiRg up In the
thousands aad estimated a. being
wOrth billiOns oi dollars had been dis
covered In the two great Comstock
mines. San Francisco vent wild with
excitement shares that were selling
al sS5 70 ta0 jumped IN a week % ESQ.
and though boarcd from day 70 DAY
BY brokers for speculative purposes.
their value kept on increasing until
they were. In March. is76 worth o. 800
each.
The failure Of the Bank u California
had no effect on the passion of gam.
bling In mining stocks. aud money
was just ~ plentiful As ever In the
early part Of 1870 Consolidated Yir-
ginia alone vas putting oui s3OoO.DO
a month. and the entire yield from the
tomstock lode for the year vas s75.-
10000 In this year BONANZA shares
had reached the top notch. being sold
for close on o. tD0 They went down
considerably the following year. and
we're waiered. but the mania Tor spec
ulaiiou vas stroag ~ ever A Young
lad Of sixteen named kuchcl stole co..
90 worth ~ stock from DE Fox. a
millionaire broker. who vas paying
him 80 month while allowing the
bog 30 handle millions By sprculat.
Ing With tho stolen securities the boy
made s200ODQ
The securities we're missed. and the
lad. when arrested. told the detectives
he had lost al be had made. IN court
he broke down aud cried bitterly. and
enlisted the sympathy Of the Judge.
who gave him only ave years In states
prison. lie was pardoned out IA
year on account Of good conduct and
bis gallant efforts 10 pat out a Gre In
the prison On being s~t free he cool
\ ~ told the warden u The prison that
bis mother had sl00. 60 a the money
he had made. and that he was going
over 10 Germany. where she vas 20
help her spead H.
There we're multitades Of tragedies
connected ~ith tho BONANZA days. and
suicide was epidemic. The records Of
the coroner's ofice showed that two
/ per cent Of all the deaths In the city.
including Infants. we're those Of sui
eides Amoug the prominent ones Vas
that of Sandy" Austin. the city
treasurer IL was supposed TO have
made a few mlilions. had a town resi-
denca and a magnificent mansion In
san Meteo County. near that Of Scna-
Tor stanford. Tie was extremely pop
ular and = shrewd politician. ORe
morning. In his bedroom Al his coun-
try residence, without apparent cause
BE blew bis brains out Al exAmina-
tlon showed that he had lost all hls
own money. and. In an effort 10 re-
cover u s70.OO) belonging 10 tho city.
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