Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-01-14

-FRfNTKRs' OONRKRRNCk
THE CHL0RAL HYDRATE
CONTROVERSY.
SAN Francisco, January H. lS1l.
We have a wonderful fashion here In
San Francisco of bothering~ ourselves
and getting excited over little ques-'
ons'd day it is a controversy on
the merits and dement's of choral
hydrate, thssnext Observation-Disclosures
respecting tho meaning Of sundry OBJ
scure scripturnftexts the day after an
argumentative battle about q county
line, and tomorrow 1t Will
be just whatever bone the editors throw
down for the hungry public to snarl
and quarrel over, Two or three days
discussions about any Of these questions
gets them into such a middle that no
ordinary intellect can comprehend
them. They become medical gordian
knots, religious Cretan mazes, legal
puzzles. Take hizi%
nr Chlsral Hydrate,
for instance-a drug that not one per-
son In a thousand on the Pacific coast
Outside Of the medical world) ever
heard of until a few weeks ago. Moth
ing would seem easier than to deter
mine its value as q substitute for chic
reform, yet one-half the community is
engaged in d%euouncing 1t as a quack
nostrum, and the other In zealously
defending 1t as a blessing to humanity.
ats a dangerous poison" says the
Chronicle, "aud ought only to be used
under the directions Of q doctor" at
has saved the lives of numbers Of peo-
ple," says the compounder, "and a
child may take itwith impunity.n And
on this issue they hurl. spithets, denun-
Citations, marvellous testimonials, GER
t~lf1cates aud medical opinions pro and
con at each other, until a little dispute
wakes into n great fray, In which the
public takes sides with as much earn
estness as II 1t was a subject Of ma
tional Importance. Then there is
Tho ThesioEioal Duel
between Elder Miles Grant and Dea-
con Loveland, on an abstruse point,
that ali the talking from now to eter-
nifty will not decide. The Elder sees
q chance to create a sensation ~(neces-
sary to put money in his purseh and SO
challenges the Rev. H. j. Lovelaud to
q discussion on the condition Of the soul
after death. For two evenings these
Knights of the Church whacked each
other with ingenious arguments and
declamatory periods, and now pretty
nearly the whole adult population Is
engaged In following their example.
But
TIE Grsas Psusdary DislNte
Is the one that agitatOs us most deeply.
Ever since the FairlC rlttenden murder
there has been q controversy as to.
whether Alameda or San Francisco
has jurisdiction In the case, and al
though ,it~would not seem a difficult
matter to decide, the legal gentlemen
In the first instance, and the letter.
writers In the second, have so entan-
cled It that 1t Is not unlikely the State
will be out several thousand dollars
before the question Is conclusiyely set
tied. At first the law on the subject
seemed plain enough, and 80 1t was
until tho great public rushed into print
with Its opinions. Now 1t Is actually
made out Fthat'a portion Of San Fran
cisco Is In Alameda county, and II the
dispute continues much longer It will
probably be proved that Montgomery
street u IN. Oakland. 1t Is generally
understood that this boundary question
Is the technical loop-hole through
which the prisoner will try and escape
punishment for her crime, for In which
ever county convicted, an appeal will
be taken to the Supreme Court on the
grounds Of "no Jurisdiction"
MRS. Laura u. Fair,
the person most interested In the SET
Element, or rather non-settlement, Of
this contest, Is still in the County Jail
on Broadway, where she has been
since her committal. She has nearly
recovered from the attack Of brain
fever which for a long, time threatened
her life, but Is very weak and In mis-
cradle general health Her system
has completely broken down, and
whether acquitted or convicted, 1t will
not be long ere she stands before a
higher tribunal than, any. on earth.
She spends most Of her time In bed,
reads little, and sees no n except her
daughter and legal advisers. One Of.
the priests attached to st. Mary's ca
thedral was admitted TO herroom last
week to administer spiritual consola-
ton, but she was asleep, and the nurse
attendance did not think 1t advisa-
BILE to waken her. Mrs. J~Crittenden,
the widow or the victim, will neces-
sarily remain in San Francisco until
after the trial, then 1t is said that she
will remove East with her family.
Our Parsinonisus Peabody.
Horace Halves, the parsimonious
Is evidently a dlsbelisver
in the adage that 'Charity begins at
While deciding property for
public purposes worth thousands Of
dollars This enemies say he did 1t to
spite! his wife, he will not part with a
cent of ready cash except compelled
by due process Of law. The conse-
uuence Is that the benefactor of pos
terity puts in a forced appearance
every now and then before the JUS
tIces' Courts, with tho inyariable re-
suit of having to pay dearly for his
eccentricities, In the shape of lawyers
fees. The veritable decd Of trust on
he bases his hopes of future
was the subject OF suit on Tues