Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-10-23

Hall Last Night-Names Or the
Donor OF Srises - what Each
Maa Chose for Hiinself-rhe 30.
cial.
The annual distribution Of prizes and
social OF the Sarsfeld Guard took place
at Miners Union Hall last night. The
hall was filed with the friends OF the
company. q great many ladies being
present. At about 8 o'clock the cere.
monies OF the evening were ~inaugurated.
Capt. Walsh introduced Lieut.. Drury,
who made q few preliminary remarks.
concluding by presenting the company's
annual medal and the capital prize OF
500 gold coin to Private Patsy Field.
who made . score Of A points in . pos.
sibls 80.
Private Field responded in . modest
and appropriate manner, expressing his
devotion to the company and his appre.
citation Of the prize presented.
The other prizes wsre chosen by the
winners as follows. each nan being
called up in the order in which hs came
according to his score:
Lieut.. ]. D. CHANNEL. 43 points, mas.
sivs swinging silver pitcher. presented
by Thomas Gallagher.
Pvt. Sam Bowling. ~ points. porce-
lair. lined silver pithesr. presented by
Capt. Matt. Cansvan.
Pvt. Thomas Gallagher, AZ points,
elegant silver pitcher. presented BY q
friend.
Pvt. Frank Coyls. Al points. Q pair OF
gold and quartz sleeve buttons, presented
by Major. General L. T. Fox.
Pvt. James Mccoy, Al points, $40
gold coin. presented by Sam. South.
worth.
Capt. Z. Walsh. gold penholdsr and
pen, presented by ]. p. Becker.
Pvt. W. S. Haskins, 40 points. $40.
presented by ]. H. Harris.
Pvt. John O'Brien. 40 points, $40
gold coin. presented by Lieut.. Governor
Jewett w. Adams.
Serst. S. L. Nuttins. 40 points, fine
alarm clock. presented by Il. Mercer.
Pvt. Pat. Phelsn. 40 points, amethyst
sleeve buttons. presented by Judge j. p.
Flanningham.
Corporal Owen Byrne. 80 points. val
liable meerschaum pipe, presented by U.
II. Gallup.
Pvt. j.. N. Bell. 80 points. silver but
ter dish. presented by Geo. II. Morrison.
Pvt. W. D. G. Gibson, 50 points, sill.
YER butter dish, presented by q friend.
Serst. Amos Merritt. 80 points, order
for $40 pair OF pants, from s. Aronson,
Of Gold Hill.
Pvt. James Sheeran. 3s points, silver
butter dish. presented by . friend.
Corporal David Morgan, 50 points,
cameo ring. presented by s. W. Club.
buck.
Pvt. Thomas Riley. SO points, silver
castor, presented by G. Enos.
Pvt. Bernard Coyle. 80 points, order
for q $40 pair Of pants from Banner
Brothers.
Pvt. Thomas Fallon. carving knife,
fork and steel. presented by W. N. Hall
j. Co.
Corporal ]. H. Harris. 81 points. S.
gold coin presented by Sol. Frankel.
Pvt. Len. Gallagher. Sc points. a
Smith L Weston pistol. presented by
Gallatin & Folsom.
Lieut.. Wells Drury. IS points. Q beau
tiful vase Of wax flowers. presented by
Dave Clark.
Pvt. Ed. Buckley. So points, travelling
case, presented by Q. V. Boisot.
Pvt. ]. McGrath, "a points. silver cas-.
tor, presented by William Manning, the
Pvt. Dan Mcpherson, SO points. hne
photograph album. presented by ID. d.
Donovan.
Pvt. Hugh Gallagher. 33points. alarm
clock, presented by r. w. Grant.
Pvt. Neil Gallagher. 80 points. cut
glass toilet bottle, presented by j.
Jones, Jr.
Pvt. Joseph Cadieux. 30 points. meer.
scbaum cigar.holder. presented by A.
Cahen.
Pvt. Tim. Heating. 20 points, order
for 100 pounds Of -four, from Frank w.
Folsom.
Pvt. Mike Mccormick. 2s points, or.
der Tor 100 pounds OF -four. from b. +.
Hazeltine.
Corporal p. H. Pollard. 25 points. one
years subscription to the Argonauf, from
N. II. Gillespie.
Fred Oliver. the ~company's marker,
was made the recipient Of an elegant
iulaid checkerbosrd, presented by David
Thorburn. He made q score OF IL
| points in 1--WE shots.
The most amusing scene Of the even.
ing was the presentation Of j. NJ. Bells
| donation, the leather medal, to Capt.
C~ossrove. Dan. O'Conn.ll made the
| speech in his own inimitable style. and
the audieacs was kept in . roar Of
laughter throughout. The reponse was
witty and to the point. The medal was
accompanied by S. gold coin from John
Brady. three Of the dollars Of our dads
from E. F. Mckinney, . pair OF buck.
| skin gloves from Il. Mercer and Q bottle
OF wine from Simon Fraser.
After a vote Of thanks to the donors
| Of the prizes and three cheers for the
friends Of the company in general. the
seats were cleared away, and the dancing
a commenced. This amusement was
kept up until 3 o'clock in the morning.
when the members OF the company and
their guests reluctantly departed for
home. The occasion was one to DO re-
membered for q lifetime a. q pleasant
and successiul affair.
fiper's Opera Hoase.