The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-04-09
BY A SINGLE CAST.
How Canforria Millionaire Be-
came Pauper.


rIe staked All ON . single Throw II the
Dice and Lost--A Fortune Easily Made
and Reckiessly squandered : A.
~ Harmless, Worthless Beggar
Shamblino about tho straats - ca
Francisco NAV he seen All, a.
warned and tw;stad eo,ra 80
with a singular b;story uis ,,1otbas
are tattered and greasv b;s faoa +
wrinI5Ied and. distorted ard .ho,,t ~
Shoulders h;s erraasu 5;,.trr ,ss1sa.s4
hair falls IN a shaoor,, ,.s me- 60
are ALWAYS encase5 4, f,.arn,a,,ts -
sboee and he ;nvar;a H. 80 =, $50,
ha,,d &c. - - ! - - 49,
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,n;lI,a, - Ill. ~ AZ. 80 .
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NNIa., ns:,,s 10 ~ !.
$50 G.. one
a.. 'eo - q 'ui nouo
IL, aAio' no
of a brndred othor r,;II;ona;,.as
noraneors Nth him Nv ha travals
from saloon to saloon and from free l,nch
To free lunch asl,ing aln,s ~ ,,hoava,.
comes IN his ,vay Wien be fee,s tb;rst :,
and never. ordering . d,.;,l9 ,y;tbo,,t {; ,st
asking for the dice-hox that he nav COO
,ybathar ba i obl;ged - 10, fo,. y = =.
not. and when he Is in q restfnl mood
no NAV alwavs be found i, +bo COIL
room of some cbean saloon. throwing
the dice alone and mntterino To himself
excitedly as the spots turn up. He has
culiar craze has won for him the title of
Dice-box Mills. -s-5-.,
Mile Los no co, Z; 4. AZ ,,,,,,,,d.,, 81
n l. oply whom b;s +h;,, hl,oa 4 ~. .,,,,a
Nv a fe,y Ihat;ons 81 abs;nthe tha+ he
win converse bevond the limit ~ a fe,v
words with his comnan;ons ard then-
no hoe hut ono +o,,;o ana tb.t l. IL.
carly DAVIS =, california; ana +ha s,,daav
manner IN which he lost his wealth
nd On n IN nclrr low,
nlane mon which no hos ever s;noa
travelled
u;u. ,,,aa -. D,.,
~ /, 1000 ~ -. = II ~,
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az o..,;., - - a.
from NJ padtord r. Se4o ME-
oa.nh+ 49, ,,e,la 800 - -
the uorn ,uor,,;na h;s nassana o anJ
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doll,rs i, thosa aa,s (. g. E,.sna;sss
won't b,t 80, 49,. 49, ~,
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n cargo,'of hobsna;Is shouo,s 49,.
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ont for ~ 49, III lie -
mach mulss loadaa n,;th 'art;oias that
49,, - m. -
IRE was success ,rbe articles sofia
readily and the MARGIN ON them was
Wide few months Mills had
cleared enough money 10 enable him To
buy an interest IN the establishment of
the man who had given him the start.
and tbev d;a BUSINESS tooether for two
Years When Mills hecame restless and.
sellinq;ont' his ;pterest 10 his mariner
he started for the mines with Ss. 600 in
his. nocl,e, ne stonnad a. Frazer.s
camn thor ono ~ tba most nrosnerops
,ninino 900 .na ha;nr - oonv;y;al
nature. he lived a hanpv. careless exist
enee until his money was exhausted.
~ Duyino Mills stav in California he had
become nossessed with passion for
pamhli,g and ,yhetber with cards ~.
dice. the reclsless manner in which he
nlaved noda hin, a consn;cuo,,s f,opre in
the Wild comrnnn;tias that snrapo nm
AMONG the s;er.a Navadas IN those early
DAYS A. consacnence ~ his recls-
lessnoss Ia no M ,v;th vary;no fort
nae nntil a. last tho came got the
best ~ III, ~ Ia fonn9 h;noself ran
niless - -
D..
~ =. possesoeu 10y 80 49,
%di,,gin,sn nn . p nrasne no rs t tonr Good