Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-07-05
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THE CELEBRATION.
Yesterdays celebration Of the great
American holiday ut Virginia. was a
very pleasing and satisfactory one In
every respect. Gold Hill concluded
not to celebrate the glorious Fourth
this year. so Liberty Engine Co. No. l,
together with the Hose Company Of
young men attached, went to Carson,
while the other fro companies and
citizens generally stald at home to
take care Of the town, or attended the
celebration at Virginia. At early dawn
the day was ushered In with a national
salute from the big gun "Gen. Grant"
on Fort Homestead, and similar salutes
were fired ut noon and sunset. Plenty
Of other salutes were fired at Virginia,
including those by the Nevada Artil-
lery Company, Capt. Lord command
ing, ut sunrise and sunset. Flags were
displayed on all the hosting works,
public buildings. etc., throughout Vir-
ginia and Gold Hill, and the weather
was propitious, the sur having Its
warmth somewhat tempered by pass
ing clouds. from which occasionally q
few drops Of rain fell to cool the air.
The country people and v e the Pi-
utes gathered into Virginia at an early
hour, and gaily dressed people crowd
Ing the streets and sidewalks, and
houses on either side beautifully trim
med with flags and evergreens, pre-
scented a very pretty holiday scene.
highly appropriate to the occasion,
| The houses of the various engine COM
panies especially, all had their fronts
very tastefully decorated with ever
greens and flags, and In fact we have
seldom seen prettier general decora-
tions on any similar occasion In that
city. .
II PROCESSION
Was Of course the grand public feature
Of the occasion, aud was composed Of
the Fire Department, military, Miners
Union, city officers and q few other
appropriate participants, numbering
about 900 In all. 1t was we'll a
shaded and conducted throughout. 1t
formed on B street, marched out to
the Divide. back through c street, and
BY way Of Sutton avenue and ID street
passed to Piper's Opera House, where
the Grafton. poem and other usual ex-
ercises were given. The flremen never
turned out so finely, although we have
seen them in greater numbers; but
they paid better and o elaborate
attention to makeup and decorations
than usual, and the military looked
tine. General Van Bokkelen and Gen.
Winters, with their respective stats,
were in the lead. They were followed
by the Emmett Guard, Virginia, 40 In
number, the Sarsfield Guard, Of Gold
Hill, numbering so, and the National
Guard, Of Virginia, numbering 45!
The Sarstields outnumbered either Of
the other companies, but all presented
n really creditable and truly soldier
like appearance, the little Nevada Ar
tillery Company Of veteran gunners,
with a howitzer drawn by four black
horses, being the rear guard OF the
military division. Next followed
some carriages containing the officers
of the day, city officers, the Sutro tun-
mel Commissioners, etc. And now
came the
FIRE DEPARTMENT..
Virginia Engine Co. No. !, had
their machine handsomely trimmed
with flags, wreaths, ETC., and drawn by
six gray horses; the little Goddess OF
Liberty riding beneath the beautiful
canopy on the machine, was Lizzie
Denning. Rooster Hose Co., attached
to this company, turned out In good
style, with their hose carriage Deautl,
fnlly trimmed, and with a live fox and
a game rooster mounted upon 1t.
America Engine Co. No. 2,
made the finest display. Their large
machine was s~plendidly decorated and
drawn BY eight horses, with four COL
ored erooms riding the near horses,
dressed In red jackets and caps, white
nants, ETC., and Gussie Scott, with
three attendant maldens, rode as the
Goddess of Liberty, under the pretty
on top of the machine. Good
viii Hose, attached to this company,
composed of young men, followed,
with their hose carriage elegantly
and were succeeded by fifty
little boys dressed in black pants, whlte
shirts, and straw hats with red Q
bearing young America inscribed
thereon In gilt letters. They drew a
huge allegorical picture or transPar-
mex, representing Peace and war,
with the portraits Of Washington, Lin
coin and Grant, and they were about
"a proud and happy o set for their
inches as anybody ever saw. Eagle
Engine Company, No. 8, made an ex-
Gallant showing. Their fine machine
wos yery tastefally trimmed with ever
green fsstoons, flowers. flags; and lsa-
SeIIa Alchorn, who rode rs Goddess OF
liberty, beneath q very handsome
canony. was about as pretty and taste:
friiv arrayed a little divinity as could
have been desired. Washoe Engine
Company, No. 4, had their most eiee,
tive and neat machine trimmed ana
decorated In a very tasteful manner
surmounted with q splendid canopy
end Miss Carrie Clark rode rs the Cod
Sass of Liberty. She was very appro.
~r;ately dressed, and the prettiest
gEoJJess we ever saw on any similar
eH"asiou Knickerbocker Engine
S=onnsny. No. 5, did not have any
0oI5ess or canopy Oh their machine.
fS'ar, Turned out the greatest nuni-
her Of firemen, however, and their
machine looked just right IN tina eyes
Of ali good judges of fire engines. II
vas patterH Of neatness and efficiency.
One Of the finest features In the pro
coss,on was Neptune Hose Company
attached to the Knickerbockers. 1t y
composed Of some OF the pest anu
smsrtest young men of the city, M
their hose carriage, recently from sac,
ramento, was tastefully trimmed, ana
showed to excellent advantage. Inc
msmbers were dressed In black pants
nnd white shirts, and blue caps with
reJ hands. Mounted beneath a beauti-
fIi canopy, in front OF the % reel,
a sat little Jimmy Fair, son Of "a. Fair.
the we'll known mine and mill owner.
'T;nmy personated Neptune, or rathera
Son Of Neptune, and was dressed In
tSa blue pants and Jacket anu broad
Collar trimmed with white stripes,
,,Srai TO the neat sailor costume, aud o
hi"s ribbon Of his Jaunty little straw
oioo .ho vnrd NEPTUNE In gilt