Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1892-07-02
JUDGE soopwIx,s EuLoeY.

JUDGE aOODwIN's EULoGY. /
From the Salt Lake Tribune Of june 26.l
Thousands Of hearts are aching over
the news Of the death Of Hon. George,
wv. Cassidy Of Nevada. He was . most
Iovable man; he was an exceedinglyI
bright man; he was . rugged, strong man
and always possessed the full courage OF
his convictions. His name was ahcusehold
word in the West. while almost every
resident Of Nevada knew him personally. !
He was born in Kentucky. When a
child his people emigrAted to Missouri;
I while yet . lad be crossed the plains To-
california. He was unlettered but was
a natural writer, and away back in 1889.
was engaged on q newspaper in Dutch
Flat, California. He advocated the,
building Of the Central Pacific Railroad
land Joined with other residents Of that
place in raising the funds for making q
preliminary survey for . railroad across
the Sierras via the Dutch Flat and Don
5uer Lake route. The engineers took
Those surveys to Sacramento and there
interested Stanford, Huntington, Hop
{kins and Judge and Charles Croker to
undertake the work. Mr.. Cassidy fol-
lowed the crowd to the Comstock and
was engaged en- various papers in that
vicinity up to 1869, when he went to the
white Pine excitement, and was engaged
on the News and Inland Empire for a
couple OF years, when be removed to
! Eureka and established the SENTINEL. 10
Hthe meantime he had developed into .
4 most effective journalist and public
peaker. He served several terms in the
SSNeyada Senate, and in 1850 was elected
BIO Congress. In 1882 he was again
.elected. When Mr.. Cleveland became
EPresident he made him bsnk examiner
Nor the Pacific States Of California, Ne,
5yada, Utah and Colorado. Two years.
sdsgo he was q candidate for Congress, butt
Z Twas defeated with his party ticket, and
Received again this year tie nomination.
IA special says he was present as a dele'l
Hgate to the Silver Convention at Renol
on Friday last and. after making shei
9grestest speech of his life, was suddenly
4 sricken with spoplexy AMI died in forty'l
Give minutes. His age mutt have beenl
about Sc years. He leaves a wife but mol
ssohildren, in Nevada, and has two BROTH
Gers In Missouri. His death comes to tbel
4 writer OF this as q personal bereavement
"a thousand recollections are awakened
sby it. In the billiards. Of White Pine,
5in the old tough frst days in Eureka; inI
3poverty and prosperity, when honored
land whendefeatedh he was alwaysthesam I'M
always careless, light.hearted, joyous,
| generous and ~outspoken, strong enough
TO meet either prosperity or cruel re-
verses, always ssnguine of ultimate sue
scess. he walked through life with a care
3less stride. and up to the hour of disso.
s~lution was strong and hopeful and alert
all his old self to the very last. He
$has been an important factor in Nevada
4since before the creation Of the State;
5not five men in the State will be missed
Gas much as he will be missed. He was a
Enstural politician, . most keen and alert
2dahater; in some branches Of journalism
s5he had no superior; he was perfectly 81
f-sse everywhere, and there was not Q
xminer in Nevada who did not feel ut per
eject liberty at all times to bring to him
his troubles or his triumphs. He was al
ways the perfect picture Of health and
.robust strength, it is hard to realize tina
z ne was to be in q moment, as it were
ztranslated. We send our all halls ant
Efarewells across the divide to him; MAJ
Shis rest, after his restless life be 6lle'
with peace, and may ell the good angel
comfort the poor woman. who in he
3 widowhood bends above his bier, ant
Ewho cannot realize that he who left he
40 strong and so radiant with health bu
three days ago, is gone forever.