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Show Ill HUSKK00M WEALTJI. ill I WVl L "SANDY" D0VER3, OF NEVADA, AND m H J HOW HE USED HIS THOUSANDS. IL H C Aa Illlt.r.U llnr Mho Ta (HnMntl W I UJ I kratuuljr1ra1lhr Vj I U'lUe jkl . That 1IU LUlm U luclutlrd la lb Thonud len nmt natncrnmnlatlono( iTfftHTjiltirinrt(lillrtflrtii)irtrirtrie'r th? jtrActicAl iniitiffuralloti of tbllrtr mlninj; In NeTwU hot no imrallel tn tho tutor of inotlrrn tlmca. Tho fortune natlo ilorinK tb Hmh ix-riotl in Callfor lilawrro, tutiM a iuIM trnn. ttnlinfior tant m coioparuU with tlicw an.ulrcsl In Nevada In a tlay or iiis1it kluipl ty tho . fort ana to atrclto-nf u J IcL, It ta Lot buaincw ciruiclty nor hrun-JncM lii an) form that trough t riches to tho fortnnato mim durinjf that i rHJCh of (aviula'a groat) t iiroriwrity, I It u ihror Inclc, u4 In th grratcat immbor of Inrt nmr Uiom inort lirnonttit of all thti buslncan print Iiles wrr moro Urhhl faroritl by forluuo tlun their t Intellectual aajirrlora. Tho coo of Lemuel J. IJoirr rn, popu lorlr known na Saiul" Uocr. a an.iorUUvclyllliteratd but orrK-ncr- ous man, ha fair aubntaiiU-tloQ of tho Iwve. In 1850 howt raming n iitrcarloui UrcUhood liy I lacer talnlug In OoU can-1 fun (now Uofd Hill), nnl In thu Utter jwrt of tliat ywir, Trlion tho UIm-o ciy of allrcrin tho Conutock v.nn aunouncoil, lie found thut Irn ft of hU claim i-uv trod a jortion of tho Iwlcj nud tho fur larr, after bring ayitematlcalljr jirov Ioct(Ml, Ravo lrnralM of Rrrnt valuo Tho ten fct t ofljoiulng hit Ivlougoil to a iviilow Mn. Oovirui LUaocial tin 1 In Icllcctual equal. Bandy and tho widow had known ech other n long llrao, nu 1 cow, as ft now and prwrnrou cru iNvmcd to dawn for thorn, thuy ouiiclud ed to iool their prwpwtivo wealth b fstttlng marriotl. Tho intuing ground owiuhI by thla counla ia wlutt In knowu iu Crown l'ulnt IUtIho. Ujrxr Uold Ulll, and waa called tho 1 lower mine. A WKAITIIY CPUILl, About tho mlddlo of bW, t. hilo Bandy veto taking out 3,000 n r day, ho vm offeml aOo.OOO for hit claim and rcfiuod Neither ho imrhUwifo ha I ever x fora Uen accuftomrd to any of tho greater lumriwi which nro at Ibo com luntid of buundlotu wealth, and hating u incluuit fordbplayof H'mlcltlllil grandeur, the reader can form an idea of tho regal dolngaof tho Ilowcrs houw liold. Titty wrm In imitation of the "KahcrN (anliy, only that tho Ikmenvs lulilwl a llttlti more tinwl and ml tire. Tlioy btdiotod tlumachca in lw-rlon lw-rlon of Aloddiu'a wonderful luinji, and regulated tluir ex,)enea accordingly. Their honptUlity know no bounda und thev vntertaimd every ono but in inch t)io aj to caiuo confcidi rallo morritueut forthow)wlio madothiir aotiety debut Uforo nrriv lug on tho Conutock. Tlio llowcrw.n werothm tho wealth lciUouplo iu Virginia City, and whila lnuocently rendering thcmaclre tho mitject of much ridlculo when ixt prvneut, their ready cohIi commandod forthtm muchoUfaotmluiifiicMHt othor tli iici. In IfUJ Band) conceivetl tho idea of erecting a gruilto palaco ou a little ranch belonging to hU wlfo in 'iwhoo alle. ThI to callwl ranch wm then it howling wlldoraoM. Mark Twain oitco ioke of thU, and, to von vey wi idfo of lu rfcct Iwlutlou, ou-wned ou-wned that tho lint anbitcct bent to tho ruin.ii to aelict tho iuot cllgitlo ittto for tbo fctructuro wan killed by tlo navago Indian abounding in thut locality, bjivcilloationq and jihuu wero eoon drawn on tho moftt eitruMigant wiilo, but in full kcoplug with Handy' crude coucci-tlon coucci-tlon of doing tho "grand thhig. ThoUowera mtno uintlimed to )U0d ui enormoua revenui, a laigo ercout ugoof whiihuiu dovottnl to tho torn i lUouof tho jmlacoiii tho wlldiruoM. Tlllt MAMllUN. llowera maualou, aa tho tlructuro waa named, yiw iudced a Unutiful I loco, and would oven atthUagoofn inagiilllunt stylo of urchlticturo lmo bfcnunoruaimnt to lUll. .Noes ,u,o wm iarcl iifita CJigh ejuli-mnit. ejuli-mnit. Hot and told water wm con dmted into thu liunajou from tho hllN in tho rear of tho ground, which b that tiino had lttn culllatett in tho mot modem at) la of tho lamUiaio gtir-1 gtir-1 o con, ey on Idea to tho mider of tho extravagauco indulged lu thocouktruo- tlon and tittlng up of that eatatlUli B luent it U only iiuteamrj to uiy tlmt Blj i cry doorknob und ktair rod wuaimulo .JB or eolld bullion, un t all tlnu alxut thti 'H iremiteuwa In Hrla conformity with B that drgrou of lavUhuoiv, IBjT. Th" wholo uttalr did not coat leu than BJJ tS20.U0u, jt 'Hi, toatter of economy neve r cptcrcd ! their luiwli. lu lHmharoinnofrora (be intue bpgan ilhnlnUhlnf; from month to month, ami In ISSti ruui a altoRetlmr Tim jiniix'tly toon lwui!i ronhIei, und thn luw dollAr-t ktu d fruni til, r reck pw,n follona) lb. rt-. In lbO" ctendy Ijtveri died, hilling uolhln to loaro to hi widow btit tho ttrnnlto palnc, nnd rluit It cuntnliml. I It enc o easily Imagined Hint Aim. Uoweni, after tho cxtravngnit tart-cr kho had Indulged In for fcU )cari, found It moro than dumgreeahlo to bo unabto to gratify ovcry Khlin, u In tho nt, I but to met tho urjicniu nf hf r ltrtti iko aho wal compclletl to gradually dJipuw of tbo library, i-icture., work of art, eerily articlei of virtu and allrerwiro, etc., nntil her frlcudf acarcely reco; Idzoil th. Interior of tho mansion. eor aomo )eora aulMefpi.nt the mn alon nn 1 ground we ro nied aa n lcnla I resort for the iwople of Carton, Virginia and Keno, but now tho place U n hablta ' tlon only for oU, litla ond upookt, Tlw I whlow fi atill n roaidi nt of cvultA, and cirna a living telling fcrtttnea by liuttna I of Mcotrli "jwi iionea." Cor, Pltta- biirj l'reaa. |
