Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-06-17

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Last evening . great number Of Gold
Hin people. old and young. met BY prsvi-
n arrangement at the residence Of Nn.
Slime ogs. The programme q The even
Ing was 10 give . surprise party 70 Mr. and
Mrs. w. D. c. Gibson. The young people
paired Oh at The house and headed BY Mrs..
osy. who carried . penny trumpet - .
symbol Of authority. marched up Main
street, and over the STEPS 70 Mr. Gibbons
residence. Tho procession Attracted -
much attention o. . circus troupe.
II was not until the party had arrived 1t
their destination that the toilets Of the
ladies could be scrutini.ed. Then u vas
discovered that they were all made up In
The style Of . hundred years ago. With
cap on head and spectacles on no@s. those
maidens In their teens looked old enough
70 have been acquainted with 0eorge
Warrington upon tho day whom he hnt
o command OF the raw recruits which
formed the American army. But, jesting
aside. III lace caps we're very becoming 10
most OF them, and u would not b Q bad
plan 10 readopt tho fashions Of our grand
parents.
After greeting the people Of tho house.
including Mr.. and Mrs. W. Hy. Doane.
who were present. Mr.. Gibson Wa sent
for and then the fun commenced. Every
thing in the shape Of good 10 drink. with
cake and CONNECTIONS. Was served 10 tho
unexpected guests. When the nalutationa
were fnished and each one had been
aI.ar.sl hs wIa.. ~ h~,uA lAa
whatever he or she liked betterl the COM
pany adjourned b the Homestead build
ing. which IL but Q few yards from Mr..
violin were found In attendance. He
that are familiar 10 all and dear 30 every
heart. The dancing was enjoyed hugely.
AL unnatural and ARTIFICIAL restraint was
thrown on and the folks went In for .
good time.
Suddenly there Was . flourish Of penny,
trumpets lsuch a. Ice cream men use), and
the grand entry Of the evening was made.
First cam Mrs. Doane lin costume -
Queen vietoria) and Mr.. McNartin. Mr..
Doane and Ms. Gibson ~ Mn. Partingtou
and her son The. followed by Mr.. Gibson
and Mrs.. Price. Mrs. Price was also In
costume. and appeared ~ Nan. the Good
for Nothing"
Among those present We noted the fol-
lowing ladies' and gentlemen: Miss Lena
smith, Miss Kate Mcdonald. Miss Hattie
Henderson. Miss Cassie Henderson. Miss
Georgia Wright. Miss Lizzie McMaytin.
Miss Ella Sterritt. Miss Katie Connolly.
Miss Gertie Flanagan. Miss Lizzie Fox.
Miss Mary Ieinstein. Mrs. Doten. Mis-.
Mary \. Council. Ms. Ogg. Mrs. Wright.
Mis- Ida L~ichtenberger. Miss Annie Gray.
Miss Mary Morgan. Mis- Sudie Yates. Mns.
Mills. Miss Ida BrAgg. Mis- Jennie Moore,
Miss Lou Castor. Miss Kate Mcdonnell.
Mrs.. virlen. Mrs.. Church and Mrs.. Price.
+. Hall. l.. \. Rice. j. b. Weston. Geo.
W. Hall. All. Doten. Wells Drury. II. q.
Stebbins. Chris. Batterman. Ben. Stern.
George Tomb-, George u. Stewart, W. Hy.
Doanc. J. @. Wise. T. Morgan. II. Stewart,
J. Babcoek, W. ID. @. Gibson. W. II. vir-
den. sandy McMartin. W. II. Meserve.
Judge Wright, II. Perkins, A. ID. q. Davis.
Norris Davis. Charles Couwell. Matt. SlA-
TER. slime Ogg. Michael Kennedy. Thomas
Booth. John Allen. DIR. Bchnabel and John
Church.
No names are Intentionally omitted. and
Il .. thought all sppear in this list.
Mr.. and Mrs.. Gibson, assisted by Mr..
and Mrs. Doane. did all they could Ia
make their friends happy, and they sue
ceeled wonderfully.
The dancing was continued until about
I o'clock when the guest Of the evening"
departed. each feeling that II would have
been q great loss 10 have missed the party.