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Show If Death ol D. L. Bliss. i $ it is sorrowful news from Carson, Nev., that ; ' D. L. Bliss is dead. Ho ltas been one of the !' foremost men of Nevada for quite forty years. He and his partner, Mr. Yorington, built the Carson , & Colorado railroad; the firm supplied most of ; I !' . the timber for the Comstock in the days when a 1 jj single mine there absorbed 3,000,000 feet of ttm- jj, bors monthly. Outside his business he was one ; of the most thorough men and ono of the most , perfect gentlemen of the state. He had the full confidence of such men as William Sharon, D. O. :; Mills, John Mackay and the others who wrought out fortunes and high- names In the Silver State. Iln private life he was one of the most lovable of men. In every position ho always rang true. His ; death will be a profound loss to both Nevada and ; 1 California, for his business interests were inter- i f; woven In both 'states and his sterling manhood j;j was something to rest on. The blow to his fain- j ;j ily connojt but bo overwhelming, for in Iris home j I he was all in all to every member of it There . was no worthier man on the west coast titan 1 Duano h. Bliss. |
