History of Nevada; . ence in IS4G and to 1881 in —Itetributive .lustice—.Sam Hrown—I.»in{;forroportion to ]io)>ul:ition thanin places settled for agri(ull\iral, manufacturing, com-mercial and other kindred purposes. The causes forthis unfortunate condition are numerous and expectation of gaining sudtlen wealth in localitiesreported to bo rich in mineral products, fires thehearts of a restless class that can be found in everygrade of society—the speculative, the miserly, thoseprone to gambling, the reckless, as well as the staidand sober. These are thrown togeth


History of Nevada; . ence in IS4G and to 1881 in —Itetributive .lustice—.Sam Hrown—I.»in{;forroportion to ]io)>ul:ition thanin places settled for agri(ull\iral, manufacturing, com-mercial and other kindred purposes. The causes forthis unfortunate condition are numerous and expectation of gaining sudtlen wealth in localitiesreported to bo rich in mineral products, fires thehearts of a restless class that can be found in everygrade of society—the speculative, the miserly, thoseprone to gambling, the reckless, as well as the staidand sober. These are thrown together, strangers toeach other, in a new land, amid chaotic and excitingscenes—a cosmopolitan mob out ol which a new soci-ety must be evolved, new life associations formed;and the belter elements of which must begin at once f^y; ^ ../, • ^/L A. O cJ^. >^^^- Judge C. N. Harris Was born at Dryden, Tompkins Count}, Now York, yepteinber 3, 1839. Wheneight 3ears of age, his parents removed to Bellevue, Eaton County, Michigan, andin 1852 from thence to Hennepin County, Minnesota, where he grew to received a common school and academic education and progressed to the junioryear at Hamlin Inivursitj, at Redwing, Minnesota. While at college he enlisted,April, 1801, in Company F, First Regiment, Minnesota Volunteer Infantr}, andwas present at the battle of Bull Run, July 21st of that year. He was seriouslywounded and reported killed. Being left upon the field he was taken andsent to Richmond, Virginia, where he remained in the prison hospital until aboutNovember, when he, with fifty-six others who were supposed to be permanentlydisabled, was paroled and sent to Fortress Monroe, where he received his August, ISGl, no tidings having been received from him, funeral services wereheld at his home in Minn


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