Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-06-11
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Tho Emmett Picnic yesterday. was ali
that was anticipated. The ladies and
gentlemen who attended enjoyed the
dancing and othor outside amusemsnts,
while tho members Of tho guard were
absorbed in their target shooting. The
day was too cool. however. for every,
body TO appreciate the advantage Of the
numerous beautiful shade trees with
which the grounds we're adorned. To-
wards the close Of the target shooting.
the high wind which prevailed inter.
fersd in no small degree with the aim
Of the marksmen.
Aside from the target practice Of the
Guard. quite q number Of outsiders had
Q little practice Of their own. Among
them sx-Mayor kanesn. OF Virginia, J.
Henderson and McCausland OF the
''Footlight." are worthy Of notice for
the accuracy Of their aim. With . small
Smith K wssson target rife belonging
to Kaneen. they repeatedly hit an
inch square target at a distance Of 100
feet. A stranger. who took q hand.
slammed them oil. however. rs he cut the
center OF tho card. n feat which was not
accomplished by any other. A half dol
lar piece, which was hit by n Of
them at a distance Of CT feet. wal pre-
served NJ a souvenir Of the occasion.
A feature Of the picnic, which our
space yesterday would not allow US to
notice. was the fact that the Guard and
band camo very near being left behind
yesterday morning. tho train having
moved out from tho depot at Virginia
and passed through tho tunnel before
they made their appearance ON the seone.
II was backed to the depot again. the
valiant Guard taken aboard. and they
rolled away all happy and gay.
Tho following Is the score made, each
man having five shots, at q distance OF
200 yards. There were Is bull's-eyes
made. The best 10 scores aggregated
2li; the best 30 cores 800. The total
score made was Cos. The best score
was made by J. N. Leg. who made IL.
N. J. Monahan, John Duggan and Dem
mis- O'Callahan made each IL. p. Rip
bingham. Z. Ennis. Larry Manning. A.
y. Jessop, William Noonan. Harry Rat
eliffs, James welch. ID. j. Mahonsy and
J.. Is. Burns made each II. NJ. A.
Feeney. Samuel Young. Frank Monahan.
Pat Kelly. Lieutenant Hnlan. N. Ca
haln, Ed. K~errigan and Z. y. Connors
made each -. Lieutenant Murphy,
William Dunstan. Pat Cunan. William
Quinn. Tim Bressell, Andy Mccarthy.
G. II. Brown and Andy Neenan made
each II. Sergeant Burke, Dennis
Nevin, J. ID. Mahoney, Lieutenant
Smith. l.. Fitzgerald. j. Taylor and
Aleck Moyatt made each IL. John
Hunt. Eugene Marley. z. E. Harmon.
r. Sullivan. Richard Arnold. Daniel
Regain and II. welch made each
10. Dan fahy. John Ferris, Matt
Sheridan and James L. Moore made
each o. Sergeant Kean. John Green
wood. ". A. Lloyd. Andy Young, Muri.
hall. Richard Tobin. VIM. Hartnett and
z. Mccarthy made each =. Sergeant
Flanagan and David Powers made each
.. Captain Young and Thomas Thorn
ton made each G. James Murphy made
.. Vim. NJ. Brennan, James O'Neill
and Thomas Martin made each !. Mike
Quirk made ,. and James Moore and
Dan O'Neill made each 2. II Is intended
by the managing committee to allow
each nan TO make his own selection oil
prizes. with the. exception Of James
! Moore and Dan O'Neill, who are going
to toss up for the honor Of wearing the
leather medal. ]. NJ. Leeg Is begin
ming to show symptoms Of n stoop in
tho shoulders. from the accumulated
weight Of the many badges for good
Workmanship. which he Is forced to
carry on gala occasions. Not q thing
occurred during tho day TO mar the
pleasure Of tho occasion.