Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-10-12

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1Goid Hiiiers-Bonfires and Iiiu.
minationsLQoid Hill In . Biazc
OF Glory Republicans 20 h
Front.
Never on any similar occasion was
there such . grand outpouring Of the
people as occurred in Virginia City last
Saturday evening. on the occasion Of the
mass meeting held by the Republicans
Of Storey and adjoining counties, for
the purpose OF ratiiying the nominations
made at their late State Convention. II
vas estimated that from eight to tan
thousand people were in attendance.
One Of the most interesting features Of
the celebration was the
Torchlight Procession
From Gold Hill. numbering over
one thousand people. The process
sion, made up OF the Republican Clubs
from the First and Second wards, to-
gethsr with a large delegation from
American Flat. was led by W. ID. G.
Gibson, President Of the First Ward
Club. who acted as Grand Marshal and
rod, on horseback, accompanied by his
aida A tho prooss,ion marched down
o strsst from the Divide. the long line
Of blazin, torchlirhts formed n most
m-agpiAcant .n.et.cls. Tn. Washington
Gp.,J Rand uhieh was In ma advance.
could h. heard AZ intervals aboys the din
az s,eam whistles and Ara bells. dis
.o,,g;,, ra,;onaI .;rs Az m. heal Of
H. s.asrJ NJ Ps.,hiic.n Clnb cam.
the Gold Hin BAND. plsyinc soul. ,tirring
airs. The sidewalks ON either aide Of
The street vsr, ,hronred with people as
tbs proesssion pa.sei down 10 Sutton
avenue. from which point IL counter
marched 10 the sneakers stand. which
Wa. .r,ct.d in front of the International
| Hotel.
ro,ar.. ,,a iiiumiustiou..
just after dark. when the different de-
t.chmsnts Of tn. procession were march
ing up and joining in for the grand
march to Virginia, the lurid glare Of
bonfrss bent their bright glow TO the
brilliant glimmer OF the long ines OF
torches and transparencies. At inter
walls all along the route from away down
the canyon, by the Oyermsn works, n
up through Gold Hill, over the Divide
and along c street. blazed huge bontires.
The Mount Vernon House. Us well a.
several private residences in Gold Hill,
was illuminated. Our philosophical
nsighbor, Hall, had q particularly large
anu luminous mnN. Sia,.ns ~. ~.
NV og;es anil n very ,ast.ful array Of
aags covered the front OF the building.
The big old gun "Gensra Grant, near
the Imperial ho,,uhS worAs, osn.A
iortn sharP-'ohsa 'hun1eI Us ms P'r
SION passed Mshg' nha 'tisu nsiu 49,
heard oo' the NiIu uih OF 'hs 'creAni-
ing steam "hi'a''
Large Delegations
From Lyon, Ormsby and washoe coun-
AZ. 80 rr.s,,t train from R.no
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arrived NJ o'io r. Me- WIN aooH' 'oui
hundred people ON board, together with
thu Reno Brass Band. Next came an
..,o, tai, from Car..n Consisting
oss..sn -. ioaJ.J Jovn vi,b ia
oi ~ 80, hs,x.sn
ms al ~,,,or s,sn,. wa, an
mon 800 $500 ,ss, 4, xss Almost inn.
no.s;his a, fore, a passae, through IL.
Tlo IL as.s.;anaJ nv IN. s,,am whi..
A., III a. hsiIs c,nssJ many Of the
nss anu - ar, IN. ;ndsm.n,
peniosA
nay hA' '0"
The speaker.
Only a small portion OF the vast con-
$500 ., rso,la rsra able TO hear
-. - ,h. croudsd ron.
a sP'AAins' o"'H
dition OF the street IN the n~eighoOinovu
oil tho ihterhstiohaI . ~. "a
fIrttls Wl0 Introduces u ths ~