Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-01-15
THE EVENING NEWS


THE PRAYER MHErISG.-Last evening
at the Presbyterian church, the first of
a series Of prayer meetings was held.
There was quite a large audience pres
emit, considering no other notice was
given than that published in the News
of yesterday evening. This evening
there will be another, and all are cor
daily invited to attend. If any thing
can be done towards q reformation in
this State, let every good citizen who
has the welfare Of our people at heart,
lend their influence to this work. There
is not q man in Storey County, but what
has q certain amount Of influence, and
that influence must and will be welded
for good or evil. Unfortunately for sew
eral years past the majority Of our peo-
pie have paid but little attention to the
cultivation Of morals, until our State is
pointed at as a great pool of immortality
and vice. Our record books are covered
with a history calculated to freeze the
blood Of every civilized and enlightened
man. Now that those who are members
of the different churches have united to
roll back the dark waves Of immortality
that have for the past fifteen years
swept over the whole Pacific coast, let
those who are not church members lend
Il helping hand and use their utmost
cndeavors to push forward the good
work. An effort will be made to have
Rev. Mr.. Earl 10 visit this State. He is
spoken of as being q man of wonderful
power, being but little if any inferior to
the immortal Sturgeon. Remember
this evening ut I o'clock.
EYE OPERArIoS.-This forenoon we
saw al operation performed by DR.. D.
R. Morgan, On the right eye Of Mr.. Hi
ram VanBunschoten, who has been en-
tirely blind for the past four years, hay
ing the cataract in both eyes. One eye
wa operated upon in San Francisco
and entirely destroyed. DR.. Morgan,
assisted by Dr.. Steel, this morning per-
formed the operation in twelve minutes.
After the operation Mr.. VanBuhschoten
said he could see, but the light was too
bright and he was compelled to have
his eve bandaged. There is but little
doubt that il will be a success, and that
the patient will have the sight Of this
eye restored to him. There were quite
q large number of persons present 70
see the operation performed. The in
strument was passed into the eye and
the coating broken up and removed from
over the pupil. OF DR.. Morgan we know
nothing, further than that he seemed to
be very skillful in this operation, and to
our way Of judging a man we would
put him up as a man of both good sense
and good skill. We have never seen
better nerve shown than that possessed
by DR.. Morgan. His hand was perfectly
steady during the whole operation. If
this proves a success, it will justly en-
title him TO the confidence and patron
age of the people of Nevada.
KILIED.-Sundsy night a little Piute
girl, 10 years old, IA accideutly killed
by having a large scantling fall on her
head while asleep. 1t seems the family
were rather aristocratic and owned q
horse, consequently departed from the
good old customs Of their fathers and
made an attempt to build q kind of a
house, in which they had commenced
housekeeping. The horse was hitched
to one ofthe main timbers, and from
some cause became frightened and pull
ed down said edi6ce to the great detri-
ment Of that happy family. The horse,
for his evil conduct was slain, and now
hangs around among the different wig
vans as beef, and the child Of the for
est sleeps her last long sleep on a sage
brush mountain, with the Washoe
zephyrs signing q melancholy dirge over
the grave of one of the fair daughters of
the great Piute nation.
CoAsrISG.-While coming up Main
street yesterday, u attention was at
tracted to a large crowd assembled at
the Corner Saloon. On approaching it
we found they were attracted to witness
the performances of a number of coast
ers who were sliding down the cross
street at that point. Several parties let
their sleds run too far and brought up
in the slum and mud on main street,
which was anything but agreeable.
Among others we noticed our friend
Dave, who is one Of the engineers at the
Yellow Jacket mine, attempt to "engi-
ueer" one of the small crafts down the
hill, but either the cutoff or the governor
was out of order, and Dave was spilled
out in anything but a pleasant and gen.
teel manner. II is said we are ''twice
children and ono men" A number OF
our citizens are children every time
there is good coasting.
GoSE TO CARsoS.-Nesrly every one
in Virginia who could spare the time or
raise money enough to so to Carson has
left for that place, in order to see the
great Senatorial contest that comes OF
to-day, or at least begins to-day. The
horses are on the ground and the
"riders are up" No doubt but some
of them will be distanced on the hrst
round. We don't pretend to know who
will win, but our money goes on the
old Grey. Although the hackers OF the
Poney are sanguine he will come in
ahead. Great confidence is felt in old
Grey's bottom on o long race.
BrAUrrruL.-Last night at IL o'clock
there was q halo about the we
have never before seen; nearest to it
was a light orange gradually deepening
as the circle was enlarged. Next was
a beautiful purple; then q circle OF
green; then one Of blue; then yellow;
and the whole encircled by a ring,
similar to q bright rainbow.
Nut PINE wooD FOR SALE.-A Friden-
berg offers for sale 500 cords of the best
nut pine and cedar wood at low figures.
if applied for Immediately. Mill men
and mining superintendents, please take
notice of his advertisement in another
column.
SEVERAL good wook animals in the
shape of horses and mules are just now