Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-08-07

| cursion II the society Of Pacific Coast
Pioneers. which took place according to
programme anil previous announcement
at Trcadway's Ranch. Carson City. O Sat
| urday last. was the chief festive event Of
| the sesson in that line, VI We a'e to believe
all the nell-plessed participants for all
are unanimous in their expressions re-
gardinc ii.
OVER rHr RAILROAD.
shortly after = o'clock A. n. the Virginia
| tortion IL the excursion. OF seventeen cars.
including the commissary car. rolled into
Gold hin. WHERE on a side track WAS the
Gold Hill section. eleven cars. waiting for
them. In q few minutes under the special
supervision of II. Hunter. ESQ., the well
known and popular Master Of T~ransporta-
| ton Of the Virginia and Truckee Railroad.
| the whole train was Strengthened out into
| one single section. the longest ever pass
| ing over the road. with two locomotives
hitchad 10 the front end. Away they rolled
across Crown Point bridge. the ladies and
| children waving their handkerchiefs re-
sponded ~ BY numerous similar tokens,
| iuttered from porches and windows Tar
| and near. Flags waved. and three hrst-
class bands ~ music on the train, two
from Virginia and one from Gold Hill.
! psaleL forth roul-stirring melody upon the
| morning air. A gayer. more inspiring
scene Is seldom Witnessed. .And u was q
truly cosmopolitan crowd on hoard that
train. the principal ~nAtionalities being well
| represented. brother Jonathan. Cousin
| Jack and Paddy O'Raferty. all sat so
Gladly together. I'M occasionally took .
nip u of the same bottle Of cocktails.
and everybody felt disposed To be In the
bat possible picnic humor. Plenty Of
assistant conductors were provided To
guard against accidents and a large num-
Der u special Deputy Sheriffs. chosen
from the Pioneers themselves. were on
duty both on the train AMI upon the
| grounds tn see that strict order was en-
| forced anil no obnoxious person allowed
| Ia create trouble. The National Guard
| under command % General Batterman
| was also on boari the train doing escort
| duty a. specially invited guests. Tbs
| day was A. line ~ could have been wished.
Tn. whistles Il the various mill and
| mining works footed forth their shrill
notes as the train passed along. around
through American Flat. and numerous
groups 81 miners, % others greeted the
| train with shouts and huzzas. r~espondedto
by the festive excursionisis. It's always
considered legitimate for all hands to yell
like sayag-s Ia passing through the Ameri.
can Plat tunnel on n occasions and
this duty was most yociferouSly attended
to. A pleasant ride % a couple Of hours
brought the excur-ionisis tn Carson and To
ruE Picnic
. Farmer Trcalwsy's ranch. the favored
| spot for this occasion, Is situated but q
| few blocks from the center of town. close
| Ia the line % the railroad. therefore every
body had merely to walk through the gate
and select a good place for their little
lunch parties. And such places were
| plenty, for there Was green grass aud
.had. trees ~eyerywher. with plenty 81
benches anil all sorts of convenience. To
the average dweller ON the sterile. almost
yerlurele.s hills and mountain slopes 81
the Comstock range, Treadway's ranch
seemed a second Paradise. Such glorious
shades Of tall poplars, eoston-woods, fruit
trees. willows. and green shrubbery, to
-ay nothing Of the yine-clad porches OF
u .Li,a..lT iooting a. b.ppv
.h",as H. ~.. he n.iri.rcbsi father Of
~ - .i,,eh ,h,onyeJ Around
'hc s"I n 49," H. rnwsron. wall.
OF "ru ",o .a.r. ~ nny.. coal
anu os-pa. rs. Spsps ~ ics water werr
wa'c' W. ny, ~n,,5 n. h.nJiest. ana
piscsu sneie ~ o-na,n,,in water went
hnv s.''a"n " ,saaang .iony directly
nppnhs " There w.s water
.n'ous" Nv s ~. .nd -om. IN snare.
enoush ~, ,e,y ,annle of extensive
re-, anu ".n,i,.'I with rhisly and other
oaIs W" pPaoax.nis,, noin,.. Thee
ns..w.ii u.,roni,,J ali Iay. vet no.
body SEEMED IN care tn get drunk or my
ways disorierly. and NOBODY sssI Az.
n'otr 'horousn'' 81 an 4 yronnJs. a
hnr. nayilion for dancing. and all sorts
Of conyeniences for general sport anu
amusement. target hooung cue. .,en
the horses had a long she'd ereete, .or
theisrspeeiai COMMUNICATION, 'vu VA
livery leans OF virginia, "oiu mn, anu
the surrounding country, wsIe -
into service bringing proP'o VIZ ~.
carriages q pnssirs 70 . a. M.
The trah ifom iseno o.ous .,i.d To- NO.
picnic ms one car va ~ nsnno,,io,
pie nom snNei NY. .s.h. ~, ,h.v
OF the people ~ .amns r. waiL and
having bhl q snot' .,nnirr hi day
Doc Benton hAa rair'sse. ~ ,".n 40 the
steadily irum 'ne ,s"'. ."..n, w,s
grounds. The totai hunloe' ~ ~ ,orr
y~arionsiy es,iunA'cu AZ .aa nnr,b.r 81
thousand; IN unusuaNy iAsss .aInrs,,x
ladie- and children Wa p, na,nns Among
the noiables present were Governor nraI-
Icy and rrshn Me. ar .Sn,smsir h,ppy.
mhiis Fr,nS looked ~r,srywhe.e. not Tor.
getting to keep an eye on the girls
seen r,riSo.
.ou.,i,.. rho.e inneb basket,
an" sue" ~, r..
we're all most a~bnndanuy hi'ea anu .n'
Who brought them were generous. calling
man their friend. to help them. The sp-
n.,i1inr ham sandwich, the tender roast
f" 49, -. AZ. i,..,o,. c.la