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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-01-19

LoNG LAST SLERP.-W. II. Hill. IA
miliarly known as "Captain kidd,"a
sporting character, was found dead in
his bed at the Collins House, B street,
Virginia, yesterday morning. From
tho advanced state Of decomposition In
which his body was when found, no
had evidently been dead some days.
He was last seen alive Monday fore
noon, and complaining Of feeling Ill.
remarked to a friend that he believed
he would 60 homo and lie down for
awhile. He would have been looked
for and found sooner had 1t not been
that his friends thought he had gone to
Carson city. He lay upon the bed
with all his clothes on, as though he
had died shortly after lying down. He
had been in tho habit Of using chloro-
form for neuralgia, with which he was
afflicted, and there were several bot
ties which had contained tho drug
found in his room, yet his death was
not attributed to that neither Is 1t SUP
posed that he committed suicide, as he
was not troubled financially or other
wise, except as above stated. Deceased
was about 60 years Of age, single, a ma
tive of the State of Virginia, and was
a very quiet, ~inoffensive man, with
many friends. His funeral takes place
this afternoon, and this evening Core
ner Symons will hold an Inquest.
SpR1Ne1Na.-Tho weather In Carson
valley is described as Sprlnglike and
bland at the present time. The grass
Is already springing fresh and green,
and the swelling buds Of the Willows
and cottonwoods along the river are
threatening to burst forth into leafy
aromatic fragrance before long. The
sagebrush is also issuing forth new and
tender shoots for the goats to browse
on, and the warm sun tempers the
balmy zephyrs just right for the little
birds which sing and twitter about.
Charley Ziegler, Of the Summit Mar
ket, on tho Divide, has just returned
from u trip up tho Valley, and tells US
he saw the farmers blowing their lands
at various points, especially about
Fredericksburg, ut or near the head OF
the Valley.
CAuaur.-Col. Pinschower showed
us o telegram IN evening or two ago
which hs had just received from the
Chief of Police at San Francisco, which
read as follows: "Have arrested two
Of tho r~lngleaders Of tho gang who
have been selling stock in your new
water company. Am after the rest OF
Them" Pinschower feels confident
now that he has got the ~ringleaders he
will soon corral the entire ring Of
"schteam schwindlers."
EASTERN MAn.-Qulte o large
through Eastern mail arrived at Viz
glnia and Gold Hill yesterday after
noon, bringing newspaper dates from
the Atlantic cities up to the 10th inst.
This mail encourages the hope that
the whole Of the back mails will soon
arrive. Another installment arrived
this afternoon.
ACQUITTED Brooks, arrested and
tried yesterday afternoon, before JUS
ticc Putnam, on charge of trying to
assassinate Jim Moore's horse by stab
bing him in the side, was acquitted,
the evidence not sustaining the charge.
CHANGE or STAGE TIME.-To-mor-
row saturday. and thereafter, Wood.
ruff Il Ennor's line of stages will leave
Virginia for Steamboat at 2 o'clock
Z. NJ. sharp. This arrangement will
continue till further notice Is given.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-01-19

TIE lady brokers, Woodruff s ClaAin, have
an elegant home in West Thirty.clShth street,
New York. The windows sllsten, the door
trimmings :lcam, while inside the brass, copper
and tinwarc, cutlery, china and glassware,
always appear now. The marble statuary,
tables and mantels, paint and hard walls, are
without a stain. People marvel at such bril-
nancy and cleanliness, until told Il IL oil the
rcsult OF q liberal use OF ENocH MoRGAN's
sons SAPoLIo, tho "clcanist" OF this age.
+. b. Taylor s. Co., agents, San Francisco.
nO2llm
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-01-19

Nor "TEN THOUSAND Miles AWAY"
N. F. Waller is selling his new and
well-selected stock of mems and boys
clothing, boots, hats, trunks, furnish
Ing goods, ETC., rs cheap as any house
In the State. Two doors above the
NEWS office. $50
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-01-19

CuArprp HANDS AND FACE, Sore Lips, Dry
mess OF the Skin, etc., etc., cured at once BY
Hecemsn's Camphoreo with Glycerine. II
keeps the hands soft In all weathers. SEQ THAT
YOU get Hegcman's. Sold by all druggists.
only twenty-five cents. Sent BY mail for thirty
cents. Manufactured only BY HeSeman Co,
No. 2,2aS. uezs ON
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-01-19

WHERE TO Go.-wnen you want o nice,
smooth, agreeable shave, or your hair sham
poocd, dressed and properly fxed up, so to
Pohl's popular saloon, next door to Gibson's,
Main street, Gold Hi: Sharp razors, clean
towels, and good artists, always 10 DO found
cut, curled, cleansed or dressed in tho most
tasteful manner. se9u
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-01-19

MAJ M Barometer aad Thormsmeter
Science has failed to invent any apparatus as
sensitive to atmospheric changes as tho human
frame. It 10 therefore Of vital importance TO
guard II against tho offoet Of variations In tho
weather, and experience has demonstrated that
DR.. WALKER's VINEGAR BIrTERs Is tho best
medicine for this purpose at present known.
influence Of sudden alterations OF heat and cold,
Il will certainly prevent tho bowel complaint,
fevors, bilious disorders, rheumatic affections,
and throat diseases, arising from those causes.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-01-19
SPECIAL NOTICES.

A DzsrRAsLs Hrs.-There is the hiss OF
ridicule, the his Of scorn, the hiss Of snakes In
tho grass; but the most delightful hiss is that OF
Tarrant's Enervsscenr seltzer Aperient
In tho sparkling goblet, giving assurance to tho
invalid that his thirst will be deliciously as
puagcd; that his stomach will DO refreshed and
purified; that II he Is fcyerish, his body win be
cooled by healthful evaporation; that II he Is
ont a pang; and that II the condition OF his
general health 10 impaired, It will be speedily
restored. OF course he will take care 70 procure
mono but the genuine.
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1872-12-20

and deeds that make homes happy and
the homeless less desolate.
We have not the vast charitable inSti-
tutiOnS, for which in the cities every
body is called on to provide, but we have
our own few poor, whose Christmas day
can bemade brighterto them. and we hope
none of these will be neglected. There
are enough in our village who are able
and willing. nay. glad to give, to sup
ply every humble household with album
dant comforts for that day at least, and
the cheer of one day is a brightness that
will last through many dark hours of
the coming year.
But there are pains and miSeries far
worse than poverty in our neighbOrhOod;
a darkness of sin and shame against
which we should all be reused to new
watchfulness and more earnest work.
Even here, where tie whole Christian
feeling and even the law is outraged by
it, is intoxicating poison sold and given
to those who have within them a terrible
temptation, and homes that would other
wise be peaceful are made places of ter
ror and misery, and little children ex-
posed to danger of life and limbs.
Let every one of us. warmed by some
mtlOwing of that Divine love that comes
in blessing to the S0rrOwing and sinful
world. seek new and stronger power
against this curse Of our friends and
neighbors. for they are some of them fall
len among farworse than thieves. Let us
labor anew to reclaim even those who so
guiltily tempt them, that they may not
bring the worst sufferings they offer to
others, on themselves and their families.
So shall this he a blessed Christmas
to us all, charity and loving kindness
reach to every heart and home. and every
good thing be strengthened and every
evil weakened for His sake. who was
born among the lowly. labored among
the guilty, and died to turn mankind
away from drunkenness, from all that
leads to it, and all its brood of crimes.
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1872-12-20
Christmas

Christmas is coming once more. with
its one great break in the ordinary rou-
tine of life; with all its reminders. social,
historical, and sacred, and we can hard
ly let it pass without some word of all
it brings to us.
In these short days and freezing nights
the thought of the watchful shepherds
on the plains of GalIilee, brings restful,
CHEEKY visions of milder skies; of climes
where the winter is less severe, while
the vision of glory that burst on their
enraptmed sight, the announcement
made through the darkness and the still
ness; Of the light and JOY and glory that
had come to the world. swells our hearts
and makes them overflow.
So, as the year comes round, the
time laden with all these associations
brings us nearer to each other, makes us
long for all kinds of brotherly commun-
ion. brings the wish to share the good
gifts We have received, makes it easier
to share them, since, in the spirit of
brotherhood, anything, whether great
or small, can be offered without OffenSe
and accepted without humiliation.
Every one, from the highest to the
lowest, we were about to say, but that
there is no high or low for all are breth-
rem at this holy time, can give good
gifts, and many are the loving thoughts
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1872-12-20

ing the bottles to the table. his face
quite a blaZ- Of benignant satisfac-
ton.
Betty, lying upon the sofa. arraved in
pretty plaid dress, mcOnSciOuSly took
care OF all the nitro-glvcerine of princi-
pie that threatened to blow up their new
social platform.
80 dear Mr.. Mohen!'' said she, I'm
SO sorry. but we BPrer drink wine at
our Thanksgiving dinners"
Not trink vine?" exclaimed the
amazed Karl.
"Nerer!n said Betty. ''And I'd a
great deal rather not have it, you see,
because / belong to the Temperance
Band, and SO does Miss Jones. I'm
awful sorry" added Betty, just ready
to cry at displeasing her kind friend.
"Vell, mine little Petty, have it shust
de vey you like, " and he at once set his
offending donation aside.
Betty'S mother asked Gods blessing.
and thanked Him for inclining their
hearts to each other, and after that the
wit, the wisdom. and vivacity of 80
flowed cut in unstinted measure.
Such very interesting people as they
all turned out to be-
Betty'S mother was only a washer
woman by reason of weak eyes, her nat
Tal talent lying in the direction of fine
sewing, paper-hOwers, etc. The Misses
Jones belonged to decayed gentility, be-
ing grand-daughters of the late Col.
Jones, of JOneSville. The Bents had
a SecOnd-cOusin in Congress. and Myn-
herr's uncle was a Lutheran clergyman
over the river. They grew extremely
polite as they discovered what highly yreS-
pectable people they We're: and after dim
nerthe gentlemen brought upthe asthma
tic melodeOn. and Miss Eliza produced
two hymn-b books. out of which they all
sang. Then Mynherr gave them rOuSing
solos, and at last they sang merry-go-
rounds, and nearly deafened each ot.tr
in the chase and catch of ''ScOtland'S s
a-burning"
What delightful time it was, and
how they thanked Betty for the loving
spirit that had dared to suggest a
Thanksgiving dinner among the incOn-
gruOus elements of a city tenement
hOuSel
How Mynherr walked to the Mission
door on the following Sunday with Miss
Eliza, and how he went in and sat down
the Sunday after, and how his orders
increased until he had no room for all
his coats and vests and jOuIneymen. and
how he and Miss Eliza one dav took
Betty to look at new house in tidy
row, | am unable to tell, because it is
always best to keep to ones text: and
mine, you know, was only No. 80.
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1872-12-20
Frightening Prospects.

The Buffalo. New York & Phila-
delphia Railway is nearly complete
Trains will run regularly to Emporium
after the first day of next month Five
miles of the new road. including Keating
Summit and station, arein this County.
and will very soon develop a large terri
tory, now an entire wilderness, into life
and activity. This road has already
been of great benefit to the farmers of
Potter County. In fact it has been the
chief market for their beef cattle for six
months past, and has kept the prices of
al kinds of farm produce from sinking
below remunerative figures.
We know of several men having but
moderate improvements, each of whom
has already realized five and six hun
dred dollars for the surplus crop of the
present year; and we do not know of a
single farmer, who has kept reasonably
industrious, that has not done well.
Every ton of hay and every pound of
beef in the County has been increased
in its market value by the construction
of the b., n. Y. q p. r. r.
The people in this section are greatly
benefited in many other respects. 1t is
now only thirteen miles from Couders-
port to the railroad; and no more labor
to 90 to Philadelphia, Buffalo, or New
York. than it was before the construc-
tion Of thenew road, to goto Emporium
or Wellsville. For these great improve
ments let us all he duly thankful, and
let Us prove it 10y increasing omf aith
in the capabilities of our County, and
by greater activity in all efforts to inn
prove the situation.
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1872-12-20
Going to School.

This morning, December 10, we again
see the eager gathering of scholars;
crowds Of boys streaming by with books
and States, some too, with balls and
sleds, equipped for the new campaign.
Girls in bright woolen hoods and warm
wraps, with their books tucked under
their shawls, and only their dinner pals
held in the mittened hands, go cheerily
through the snow. WeneVer see them
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1872-12-20
The Potter journal
AND
N Z WIS ITE M
COUDERSPORT, PA, Dec. 20, 1872
TO THE PUBLIC.

The reader has already been in
formed that the POTTER JOURNAL has
a new proprietor, or rather an old
one has come back to it.
The generous words with which
Mrs. Dyke commended the new en-
terprise to the patrons of the JOUR
NAL, will aid us in securing a kindly
welcome; and incite us to greater
efforts to deserve as much Of the ia
Yorable mention made of us as is with
in the compass of our abilities.
1t is the ambition Of the present
owner to make the JOURNAL one of
the best local newspapers in the
State. Knowing full well that he is
incompetent to do this with his own
pen, he has engaged the best writing
talent of the village to contribute
regularly to these columns.
A local editor Of experience, tact
and ability will give our readers each
week fresh and graphic picture of
passing events, and take note of all
matters of interest in the County.
Other writer's devoted to the sue
cess of the Journal, and to the pros
perity Of the County, have been en-
gagged to assist in the editorial de
partment. These arrangements will
secure greater variety and make the
paper more useful and instructive
than could well be expected if but
single mind dictated all the editorials.
Early in January the paper will be
enlarged to seven columns and will
be otherwise improved in its mechan-
ical appearance.
These changes and improvements
impose considerable expense upon
the Proprietor, and he solicits from
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1872-12-20

y MAJORITY # the stock of the Tri-
b"1" Association has been purchased by
the friends of Hon. Schuyler Colfax,
who have offered that gentleman twenty
thousand dollars year to take charge
of its editorial department. The offer
will undoubtedly be accepted, and the
Tribune will again be Republican pa
per. Although Mr.. ColfaX cannot fill
the place made vacant by the death of
Horace Greeley, he can do very much
to restore the paper to confidence and
respect. This nation contains many
able but very few better men than Hon.
Schuyler ColfaX.
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1872-12-20

without quickened pulses. and brighter
eyes. They are part-no small part
OF our daily cheer; and if by Oar daily
bread Is meant, as we believe Nyi,atev.
er is needed for the sustenauce hane6t
and growth of soul and body, then il
this glad going to school of so many
children some of it.
\ friend says: Il never see them
going, particularly on the first day, but
| feel as though | must go too" That
is the way many of us feel as we grow
too old to spend our time in that way.
though we may not have felt it so much
when we were young. Then, frosted
feet and aching fingers, tumbles and
bad colds, may have taken a share of
our attention; while headaches over
hard tasks, and sometimes what seems
to us, miserable failures, made us long
for the time when lessons should be
over.
The road in front of us has no stones
that far behind has neither rutS nor
mudholes which is, perhaps, the reason
that school days look SO bright to us old
children. But let any wearied man Of
business, worrying over the dangers Of
this or that investment think whether
he was not as much harrassed once over
the multiplication table or by Toms
getting above him i'll class.
SO while we rejoice in the little peo-
pies zeal and earnestness, and share
their enthusiasm, let us not forget their
trials but give them hearty sympathy
i'll every way.
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1872-12-20

all persons who desire to assist in
advancing the growth and increasing
the prosperity of this favored county
Of Potter, active support in extend
inc the circulation Of the JOURNAL.
More brain work will be put on it
than ever before; more labor of all
kinds will be given to it and more
capital invested in it. | have un-
doubted faith that the people of this
County will generously appreciate
these increased expenditures and will
respond with large increase of sub
scribers.
The POTTER COUNTY ITEM, con-
Quoted with so much spirit for eight
months past, has been merged in the
JOURNAL, and S. F. Hamilton, pro-
prietor and publisher Of the ITEM,
will, under the new arrangement,
publish the JOURNAL. This announce
ment is sufficient guarantee that the
paper will be all that can be desired,
so far as its mechanical appearance
it concerned.
So, the enterprise is undertaken
with hope and confidence. This
County'is about entering upon new
life and prosperity. l have an ear
nest desire to make the JOURNAL a
fitting exponent and representative
OF this new and better life we are
lust ent erin0. and to rive efficient
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1872-12-20

GENERAL DENT said a pretty good
thing the other day to the Washington
correspondent of the Cincinnati Con-
mnrioI. Speaking of the failure of the
great newspapers in tie late campaign,
theGeneral said: this country aint run
by papers. They are good things in
their places. but when they try to do too
much the people snap them up"
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1872-12-20
Zen and Scissors.

THE WEEK OF PRAYER Off
Ger, of the different branches of the
Evangelical Alliance have issued their
annual programme of topics for the
week of Prayer, extending from .Janu-
AIRY 9th, '73, to the 18th. The follow
ing are the subjects selected:
Sunday. Jan. 5th.--Subiect-Tici ivSq.-
datiOn. security and universal extension
Of the Christian Church.
Monday, Jan. 6th.-DevOut AcknOWl-
ent-Remembrance of Gods mpr-
cipS to the nation, to families and to
the churches; prOvidential and spiritual
blessings to ourselves; confession of
sin.
Tuesday, Jan. 7th.-Prayer for Chris
tain churches; their increase in love,
activity, fidelity to truth, and the clear
er manifestation Of the unity in the
faith; for ministers, missionaries and
evangeliStS.
Wednesday, Jan. Sth.--Prayer for
families; for sons and daughters of
| Christian parents; for a blessing on
| home influence, and on the services and
ordinances of the Church of GOd:n
! for schools. colleges and universities:
for children at sea or III foreign lands;
| for young men in business and profess
SionS; for servants, and for all in sick
ness and tribulations.
Thursday. Jan. 9th-Prayer for ma
! tiOnS; for kings and all in authority:
for the spread of religious liberty: for
! the growth of sound knowledge; for
! cOntemtment. concord and good will
among all classes; for the diSceulment
of Gods hand in national judgments,
and for the removal of intemperance.
| immortality and the sins which are Il
"reprOach to any people"
Friday, Jan. l0.-Prayer for mankind;
| for the circulation Of the Holy Scrip
! lures. and the spread of pure literature;
| for the overthrow of all forms of tyran-
ny and oppression: for the removal of
! every form of antichriSt: for all prison
! erS and captiveS, and for the increase
Of that kingdom which is "righteouS-
ness. peace and Joy in the Holy Ghost.
/ Saturday, Jan. l1.-Prayer for sun
! day schools; for missionary, tract and
other religious. societies. for raising mp
and sending forth Of more "labOrerS in
/ to His harvest, " and for the removal Of
/ hiudranceS to the spread of the gospel
and the conversion of the world.
hNbtIlNttt JtIiiitti l.. hNCt llItlIlS- l4t.
the whole earth be filled with glory.
Amen and amen.
HOMESTEADERs in the West, if they
get their land without money, do not
get it exactly without price, for we
hear of these pioneers in places where
timber is scarce, who live in sod houses,
with pepper windows. and who burn
riyer-bottom grass, twisted into ropes
and dried. for fuel, and actually bring
themselves to believe that it gives out
great heat and is very nice. There are
two sides to this Western business.
Mr.. PRESIDENT" " said a member
of school committee out West, 81 rise
to get up, and | am backward to come
forward in the course of ediCation.
Had it not been for edication, | might
have been as ignorant as yourself, Mr..
President"
a CORRESPONDENT asks: Don't
YOU ever get tired of getting up in the
morning, eating, drinking, lOafng
around, and going to bed, wondering
why in the devil you were ever born;'
/ Answer reserved.
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1T Is necessary that by the very con-
stitUtion of things power should be a
check to power" for Doctor Priestly
wisely said, There is no earthly power
that has not grown eXhorbitalt when
it has met with no control"