Rensselaer Republican, Volume 12, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 January 1880 — Ups and Downs of California Life. [ARTICLE]

Ups and Downs of California Life.

The atmosphere of good luck that hangs around some men is past understanding. Take the case of Bob Morrow, the San Francisco manipulator, who owns St. Julian, the fastest horse in the world, for instance. The reporter met a forty-niner who used to know him. He arrived in Nevada City when the camp was a mere infant, so to speak. The first thing he did after getting there was to skirmish around ana hunt up a shovel, pick and rocker. With these he began scratching along DeerCreek for gold. By dint of perseverance and hard work—his knowledge of mining did not exceed his intimacy with Bible passages—and an exercise of “cheek," he got enough to alleviate the pangs of hunger.' He stayed ground here till 1869, and by that time his clothes were tattered and torn, and then he decided to emigrate. A number of the boys whose lines were too hard for comfort wanted to go witn Mm, but they were “deadbroke,” and figure as they could no alternative presented whereby they could obtain enough coin to get out of camp with. Finally Arthur Hagadom came to the rescue). He fitted them out with a mule apiece, provisions and coin. They made a' bee-line for the Comstock. The next time his old townies heard fromJJorrow he was on the top wave of prosperity; that is, had got into the Savage and some other big mines at Virginia City. For several years he reveled in wealth. After enjoying his rapidly-acquired money for a few years it slipped away from him and he was broken once more. His will and energy did not give ont when his money aid, and making a little rafbe he sprang boldly into the arena of the stock market. Since then he has net drawn a blank in the lottery of life. As a director of the Bank of California alone, to say nothing of the other things he dropped Into through the influence of Ralston, he has position enough to satisfy any common MVtKta Tjramcript,