Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-05-11
MEETING or THE PIONEERS.


Aregular semi-monthly meeting Of the
Society Of Pacific Coast Pioneers was held
At their hall on d street. Virginia. last
evening. In the absence Of President r.
II. Taylor. vice-Prcsidsnt J. W. Noyes &C.
eupied the chair. Tho
APPLICATION roR xK,BERsHR
OF =. II. Brown. Of Virginia City. Wa TO
ceived and referred to the proper commit
Tee. Tho Committee on Sick and Finance
reported. after which the following
To the Cabinet and Library Of the
Society we're reported - bsing received
since the Last regular meeting:
Peter Hopkins, San Francisco. Al Amer
lean dollar Of 1900. . very rare coin and .
most valuable specimen for which the
doaor paid So 50. and for which 10 had
refused $50.
samuel p. Duzan-Thres cigar-boxes
full Of beautiful specimens. many Of than
very rich and exceedingly rare.
Anthony Fox-A $40 Confederate note.
W. b. Shepard-The Piute skull dug up
on B street. Virginia, . few months aimee.
seymour Pi1ley-A copy Of the frt
sertiiieate Of the buckeye Club Of Viz
ginia City.
II. Cohen-Ab beautiful specimen Of corsl.
J. Loryea-A gnarled b~ucksys-cane from
the San Cruz mountains, California.
Joe Stswart-An English twsnty-ccnt
piece from hongkong and . Mexican half
dollar.
George Daly-American half-dollars OF
1898. 1850 and 1884, and aquArtsr OF 1855.
George +. Coleman-Halves VI ls26 and
1885.
Marx Feeny-Copy Of the Ulster County
New York; Ga,sns Of Saturday. January
4. 1900. in mourning for the death Of
George Washington. which occurred Do
cember IL, 1923.
On motion. tho donations were accepted
and q vote Of thanks rendered the donors.
A special vote Of thanks was directed to be
sent 10 Peter Hopkins Of the Grand Hotel.
San Francisco. under tho seal Of the 30
| cisty. for the valuable donation made by
him.
THE ANNUAL Picnic
OF the Society was now tAksn into consid-
Grafton and discussed at considerable
length.
A communication was read from G. II.
| sproule. rendering the Bowers Mansion
and grounds to the Society for their annual
| picnic. Received and filed.
On motion VI W. u. shepard. the Chair
man Was authorized TO appoint . commit
tee Of i've. whose duty IL should be 10 as
| certain the probable costs and expenses for
cars. music, printing. ETC.. for the annual
| picnic. and report at tbs next meeting.
On motion Of Mr.. Pixley, this commit
Tee was authorized. through Its Chairman.
10 notify the President Of the Society when
they were ready TO report. and the Prcsi-
dent TO call . special meeting Of the Society
to hear and act On the report.
The Chairman then appointed ~ men,
bers Of tho committee Messrs. W. ID. Q.
Gibson. Anthony For. T. u. Storer. A. J.
Tyrrell and Frank Morrill,.
IL was universally conceded that IN the
present hard times and the state Of the
finances Of the Society. the greatest econ
omy must DO used and every endeavor
made TO make II pay.
Brother Gibson thought that less cars
must 10 run. and that they must be got
cheaper. II cost last year too much for
music and printing. All these things must
be obtained a. cheap as possible.
Farmer Treadway, at whose ranch. near
Carson. the picnic will probably Be- held.
about tho middle OF next month, said hs
would do whatever the rest Of the Society
considered he ought to do In the matter.
and would help the affair along TO the beat
Of his ability. He threw out . hint to the
effect hat the printers connected with tho
society might help u some In their way.
George DAILY said he would donate all
the tickets the Society wanted for the pic
mic.
All. Doten said he would donate all the
rest 81 the printing-posters. etc.-and
would give tho Society q column advertise
ment in the Gold Hill NEws free.
Nr. Foster said he would donate all the
ice the "Old Boys" wanted for tho e1eur-
sion.
kLpER W. D. Q. GIBSON
Now stepped forward lively to the front.
declaring that these thing made him feel
so good that no would try and sing the
"old Boys" . song. II was n he had
never sung before. He thersupon sang TO
the tune Of "Auld Lang Syne" . song
which was written by . California Pioneer
for the San Francisco Society. The rem
dition was capital. and the words and the
music 30 enthused the members present
that they checred Justify and tendsrsd him
q vots Of thanks on the spot. He prom
ised to sing IL at the picnic.
George DAILY said tbs National Guard
we're ready To act a. the usual escort to the