Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-12-09


SxALL-Pox.-Quite a flush Of the
above disease seems to exist h%ereabouls
at the present time. Seven or eight
fresh cases are reported at Virginia and
one or two 10 Gold Hill this morning.
Every precaution should be used to
guard against and arrest its progress
tina. prudence and common sense may
dictate. Disiufectants, such rs carbolic
acid, lime, etc., should DO freely and
universally used, and the greatest care
should be taken to preserve the general
health, as any person debilitatad by dis
case, dissipation, etc., is Of course more
liable than any other to contract fresh
| disease. Let the needy sick who have
no friends to look out for them be taken
to the pest-house or some place where
thew will have the proper care aud med
icsl attention, and wherever u case OF It
is discovered to exist, let the yellow
flag be at once hung on the cutter walls,
AS q warning to everybody to keep
away Even in q crowded boarding
house the disease may be confined to II
| single room by the free and judicious
use of proper disinfcctnnts. All can
Of course get v%accinated, who choose.
!f they they consider it a sure preven-
! tive, that is their business, not ours,
but by all means let it be with the
pure.t OF vaccine matter. No one
| should, however, allow themselves 10
be frightened into reckless vaccination
by panic-stricken alarmists, old fogy
| editors, or "'stone in the mouth OF the
bag" w~iseacres, who fondly clingiug
fast to the t~hreadbare theories and dog
mas Of the past, still willfully and
| blindly ignore all the new developments
| of present experience. Surely, we OF
this community SO comparatively en-
empt thus far from the dreaded small
pox, may we'll afford to learn wisdom
from poor unfortunate San Francisco
in that respect, where nine out oil ever!
ten Of the population have been vac
ciuated, yet the spread Of the disease
has been just in proportion to the ex-
tent Of the vaccination. Read what
the Sacramento Daily Record OF yes
terday has to say on the subject ::
Now that smallpox, the most terrible
| disease that has ever visited the human
race, is in our midst and increasing, 1t
becomes the duty Of every citizen to do
all in his power to prevent its extend
ing. Vaccination, or incubation with
the cow-pox, has, since the days OF Jen-
ncr, always been relied on as u prevent
i've, but the experience Of the last fonr
months in this State has demonstrated
the fallaey Of that theory. In San
Francisco it has been carefully noted
that many who have been vaccinated
have taken the smallpox in its most
malignant form, while most OF those
who have never been vaccinated have
escaped, or having taken it, generally
recovered. Vaccination being unreli"-
BILE, people have to resort to disinfec-
ton, which will surely prevent its
spreading. There are many good disih-
~fectants, but experience and practice
show carbolic acid to DO the most relia-
BILE and easily obtained. If the acid is
diluted in the proportion OF one part OF
the acid to GO Of water, n the clothes
worn spriukled once or twice a dny with
il, it will prevent the individual so dis
infected from taking the disease. h
rooms Of n house should also be sprln-
killed. with it occasionally, orr bottle oil
| the acid with a common cork stopper
kept constantly in the DOM will answer
| tho same purpose rs we'll. The acid IN
CRYSTALS sewed in a bag aud hung round
the neck is also very eHicacious. School
| children should be so disintected, and
we believe that they have been ordered
to be so provided. As it costs but little,
all should resort to this remedy. IL II
should do no good, it a certainly do
20 harm, and it is the duty Of every cit
izen to take all necessary precautions
against the contagion and thereby pre-
serve the public health
Now OR NEvER.-For the space OF 30
days from the present date, the well
and farorably known firm of ]. Baum
& Brother, Main street, Gold Hill, next
door to Bittuer / Co.'s, will hold a
peremptory sale Of their entire stock
of goods, comprising ready-made GUS
tom clothing, gents furnishing goods,
hats, boots, shoes, hosiery, gloves OF
all kinds, carpet sacks. blankets, and
all such article usually found in " FIRST
class clothing store. NJ. F. Waller, the
handsome, affable salesman will be
found ready at all times TO give the
largest and most desirable bargains for
a small amount Of coin. All indebted
to Baum l. Brother, are earnestly re-
quested to come promptly forward to
the captains office and settle accounts
! forthwith. See advertisement under
head of "New To-Day"
RExovAL.-Fisher has removed to his
new brick store opposite tue Gold Hill
| NEWS Office on Main street, where you
can find q good assortment of gents
clothing, furnishing goods, hats, caps,
gloves, boots, shoes, and all that sort OF
thing, at the lowest possible rates Tor
cash. Fisher invites critical inspection
| Of hi; extensive and well selected stock
of goods before purchasing elsewhere,
and thinks he can guarantee as good
satisfaction as anybody else. Try him.