The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-09-11
-,,r,1o LrTHIA SPRINGS.

pIJFFALo LIIf1lA ofN ANNIS'
TIE We -rur vISIT0Rs--THE QUEEN AND
t'rm NJ nnNoE--THE BALL-SENAToRIAf.
NOMINATION.
...,,,odence OF the Richmond Dlspatch.1
i'''' BUFFALO LITHIA SPRINGS,
NrcxlExEvxo, September s, 1876. } :.
W. night occurred the great event OF
'''I at this place thc coronation batlh
u, (which the Successful knight OF the sour-
".,,rut during the morninS crowned 'nc
t H',' Of love and beauty.
GH 80 commence NJ the beginning. 1t
pH advertised that tournament and
h".. hall "a come oil yesterday would close
=''' ,",s,n IT the springs, and great prepara-
. II" ,,.orn made Tor il by the young people
" ,,ho rc;ohhorhnod and surrounding coun-
g. ,,,hn ;n,rndcd 10 take part IN 1t. For
~ ,,nrsI DAYS preceding the daily practicing
49,, cnntes,inc knights was source OF
W." "a ;ntcrc>t and frequently no little
'." .,',r,rr; when al unsuccessful ride was
made. ,.,;r,,s or,,ro, Cor tho
-" and rode il the order named: A.
riIn,c,ctt, Mcckcnburg, Knight Of No
p:mrs. ". q. Baskerville, Mecklcnburg,
I ,;,,1 OF Ewing Trapezc w. s. YAM
',,, Wccklcnhurg. Knight OF Folly w.
Wo>clev, Mcc&lcnhurg. Knight Of Bleed
- Heart /. T. Homes, Boydton, Knight
~ ~ No Hope !. ". Faulkner, Halifax,
kuicht OF WWerly; George OVERLY,
W"rhlrnburg. knich; OF Life on the
OCEAN W. l.. Porter. Clarksvlllc, Knight
= Indrrcndcrcc; G.. T.. Faulkner, Halifax,
Eni..ht Of the Sunny South; L. {. Burton,
WrrLlrnhurr. Knight OF the Golden Circle;
+ ". Johnston. Halifax, Knight OF lndif-
Sr-rurr: T. +. Mccks. Halifax, Knight OF
nlrjnc Hope: II. +. Gauldin@, Charlotte,
knjrht Of f)yjn- Cloud; and I. c. Robin
SON, panyiIc. Knight OF Danvillc.
rain had fallen the night before, which
aid the du>, and rendered the atmosphere
,rrrn more pleasant. :, high wind which
-,~ryailcd during the morning caused the
-iYr. I, yitratc very much, and the result
~ the riding did not. therefore, show
much skill. While in reality, ii was made
yrrv much more difficult TO take them.
,ap,ain T. n. ,IetlrcSS, who had the mat
TER in hand. appointed the following Judges:
NIr,sr>. William I. Atkins. Mccklcnburs
william smith, Charlotte: and William
Grrrn. Delaware. The charge to the knights,
delivered by I. X. Harris. Esq, OF Boyd
ION. was the best | have ever heard on Z
similar occasion.
The rjdin" was tacn commenced. At the
end al the third round II was Iouna tnat
Knights -, II" or inc ocean anu Earring
Hope had e"c" taken seven llllss' anu
they. therefore, Had 10 r!0e aSaili W ueciae
who was the NIc,oE: ii Pio'eu W W L ,s
in Hope. hhisl, 81 ~ iiopo t hHt
already won l'!c UNI" l''ve' 'nS. q Io,a',s
between lo"f h"!SH'> l''" 'o"n r.a.e -
10 III" remaining no,aoi. WIS "Hn ~ -,
- !Eih- ilai,tZ'' III l'ui - ..,a ri,ora
most OF 'h' Ii"S.> N"> ; ..,a ""oc nonl
Were NV" I'l ,;. $50 tn,rna,nont The first
h't''u wa '..' W., ~ Ir.onbonS. and
'i''' ".> Nv ,.I>a,h Az pinrs ! md
~, -t'riu Wa. '..s' =, "'Im ~, ,o 49, nooh IN
i"",nei ''.:I .,,',. Shov.;nr rho Sirn;f-
'h' '"'rs ~ '',", .n,, Ind chosen
y%hSr 81 ~ '|S l't i',,a ~ r. Ei,ch mar.
-, - ..,,,. .,a,.a ,.,l,,ohic assistance
>..,.t '','T w. a..
:ih, s'rr.sfnl ,,,irhts chose the follow
i,,'. ynrnr I,I;.> 20 receive the honorS ::
mT,I,, Mis- n Parker Holland. of Dan
T,t,T.,. rir,r via 81 Honor. Miss Willie
u..l';n. ~ t.IaTL>villc. Second Maid of
ii",>r NJ. ,Ta.,in Uastins ~ GAINESVILLE.
TE;n3 Ma;d - f1nnnr Mis- Marion Coode,
- 4 ~ p " -,t','r' -, -,
Ti,r .,rono,;.n took n|oce in the ball
'r "a " o.ri,nl! rho coronation address.
i', va ~ ~. ~. = I, HarriS was a 1,er.