Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-12-17
THE EVENING NEWS
Tharslay Rve.ias....Deesnbor IL, 1868
PaooREss OF IL RArLRoAD.-E. H.

P~RoGREss OF THE RAILRoAD,-E. ID.
Morton, the w~ell-known proprietor OF
tho Sample Rooms, on South c street,
Virginia, has just returned from a trip
out on the railroad. He won't out as far
as Maggie Creek, or Carlin, beyond
which point the rails are laid some
IL or Is miles. They will probably be
laid to North Fork, a point some iorty
miles beyond Carlin, when the terminus
of railroad passenger travel VIII De
probably changed to that point from
Argent, where the Overland stages now
connect. When this change is made,
Austin will be cut of as far as the
Overland stage route and travel is con-
csrnsd, as there will then be no necessity
Of passing by such a roundabout way.
Owing to lack Of transportation faeii-
ties, construction material cannot DC
carried to the front half fast enough,
therefore only about a mile a day OF
track is being laid at present, the track
layers getting only rails enough to keep
them at work three or four hours each
day. Everything, however, IS beng
done to drive the work ahead as iast
as it possibly can be, aud to send Tor
ward material to the front more aound-
antly. All side issues, such as way
stations, shops, branches, etc., are iS-
nored and lost sight Of At present in the
concentration of all energies toward
the front. Even the proposed extensive
workshops Of the Railroad Company at
Wadsworth are not yet commenced,
and the temporary bridge at that point
across the Truckee is still in use, and
will probably be used all winter, unless
q food in the river should interfere.
The road eveu now seems inadequate to
the business required of 1t, but this is
probably by reason of the numerous
construction aud way trains being
obliged to wait at all the various turn
outs, switches, or yards" in order to
give the regular passenger trains full
and unimpsded scope. The way sta
tions are extremely temporary affairs,
and lack OF accommodations very
apparent. Argent is a town of about a
dozen shan,ies and tents, and being the
present turu-of connection for Austin,
White Pine and Overland stage travel,
the place presents quito n lively appear
ance. It is cold weather, with bitter
freezing nights nov At Argenti, and
snow whitsns the adjacent mountain
sides. Some good Accommodations in
the way of beds, grub, etc., are to be
found there, but comforts and luxuries
do not abound at Argent. The whisky
Of the place is Of fair quality, and two
bits a drink, generally tasting stronger
of money than anything else. The gen.
eral opinion seems to be that Maggie
Creek, or Carlin, will finally be the
turning.off point for White Pine, but
Morton thinks the chances in reality are
that it will be about forty miles beyond,
where there is u better chance for a
good easy stage road.
SxALL-pox.-This filthy old. disease
crops out pretty extensively at Virginia,
according to the Enterprise, which re-
ports about eighty cases in that uufortu-
nate burg. We don't worry ourselves
much about it down here At Gold Hill,
therefore don't deal in 1t very extensive
ly. We have only two or three cases to
report, and in fact only locate one posi-
tive case Of it, that Of Perkins, foreman
in the Confidence mine, who is about
recovered from it. We hope our friends
about town who know of any fresh cases
will do US the favor 10 report them for
punishment, as we are DESTROYS of ma
king special mention Of the smallpox
wherever it may appear that our people
may generally be warned AS to its where
abouts, and thus have the privilege OF
avoiding il il they choose. We don't
wish to be looked upon as an ''alarm-
ist'' in this matter, or DESTROYS OF ere
ating a panic. Panics of all kinds nre
detrimental. Many persons have actu-
ally been frightened into having the
smallpox, yes, the cholera and other
diseases, Just through fear alone. This
fact is we'll established in medical ex-
~perience. Some Of the highest medical
authorities even are courageous enough
to assert that smallpox is not so much
a subject Of real fear and IN occasion Of
absolute terror as it might be. They
even recklessly affirm that this much
feared disease is in realit. - benefit
one of Natures own remedies Tor q GER
tain class Of other diseases, scrofula for
instance. Those who have recovered
from the smallpox certainly do not hes
itate to c%orroborate this idea. They
all saw they never had such a cleaning
ont in all their lives. In view OF the
possibility Of such being the case aud
that smallpox is really a blessing in
disguise, it is truly refreshing to con-
template that a beneficial change may
DO going on with our Virginia neigh
bors. San Francisco has been suffering
from a violent attack Of Democracy, and
who knows but what it may come out OF
this terrible smallpox ordeal, purified
and regenerated from all scrofulous and
other chronic faint. Time regulates all
things. HSuficient for the day is the
evil thereof" Therefore let us take the
very best care to keep our general
health good, avoid all dissipation and
excess, either in satiug or drinking
keep along in the even tenor of our way,
aud, while daily regarding aud careful
" noting the progress OF the disease,
quietly avoid it all possible, and espe-
cially suppress all inclination to u
smallpox panic. Give the disease its
lust dues, and no more, and do not mag
nifty it beyond its real extent, by suppos-
ing that everybody who is sick has the
smallpox.
NIPrER TERRArINs.-A boarding.
house keeper not far from the Overman
mine, the other day thought he would
treat his boarders 10 terrapin soup, and
privately advised one Of them Of it. So
he went up to Virginia City Ito Hatch's,
We belisvs) and bought two large
crabs, a box OF which had just been
opened, and took them home to his Chi
nan, cook, with the direction to make u
nice .sterrapin soup" Of them. The
Chiusman protested-but he had his
orders, and soup he made OF the meat
shells, and all! Our readers can mag
inc what a dish it presented whom II
came on the.table-especially tor terra
pin soup! The China cook, however,
explained to the boarders that 1t was
call same in Washoe.'
LADY Bryan DEcI I 0 AFrIRIED.-ln
the matter Of the appeal taken by the