Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-08-20
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SHOOTING TOURNAMENT.

The Grand Annual Meeting of the West
Wisconsin and Minnesota Clubs.
The grand annual shooting tournament Of
the West Wisconsin and Minnesota clubs, un,
der the auspices of the st. Paul rife club, will
commence on Friday, August 9th. The fol-
lowing clubs will participate, viz: Munroe,
La Crosse, Alma and Fountain City, of Wis
consin, and Winona, Saltwater, New Ulm and
st. Paul, of Minnesota. The exercises Will
open on Thursday, the 26th inst, when the
clubs from abroad will be received at the de-
pot on the arrival OF the Eastern express, at
/ :25 P. NJ. over the Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul road. All societies who are to participate
in the reception are requested to meet at Tur-
ner Hail at IL 20 P. NJ, on the 26th, where the
procession will be formed, and, headed by the
Great Union band, march to the depot under
the command of Col. A. R. Kiefer, chief mar
shall of the tournament. Upon the arrival of
the visiting bretheren the line of march
will be up Third street to the Athenaum where
dinner will be served. At the AthenBum
Albert Scheffer, Esq, president of the tourna-
ment, will deliver the speech of welcome on
behalf of the societies; Mayor Dawson on be-
half of the city, and Lx-Gov. Davis ON be-
half of the State. In the evening the ex-
citing drama of "William Tell'' will be given
by the dramatic section of the German
society, at the Atheneum. At o'clock on
Friday morning all the societies and clubs will
meet at the Athen9um, and forming in line,
headed by the Great Union band. proceed down
Third street to Jackson, up Jackson to Seventh,
and thence to Broadway, where conveyances
will be waiting to convey them to the grounds
of the st. Paul Rifle clnb, where the trials
of skill will take place.
Prize shooting will commence promptly at
10 A. NJ, on Friday, the prizes being three
splendid silver goblets, which will be pre-
sented to the winners by President Scheffer,
with appropriate ceremonies. In the evening
OF the same day monster concert will be
given at the AthenGum by the Mannerchor,
Arion, Liederkranz and German societies.
Upon this occasion an address will be de-
livered by MIR. Arthur Koenig president of
the st. Paul Rifle club.
Saturday will be devoted to individual, class
and team shooting at the park. In the even
ing social entertainment will be given at the
AthenGum, the programme of which will be
arranged hereafter.
During Sunday forenoon the guests from
abroad will be entertained in a social way by
members of the home club, and in the after
noon grand picnic will be held at the park, in
which all the German societies of the city will
participate. At this time the other prizes,
fifteen in number, will be distributed, and the
coronation of the shooting king take place.
This latter is the grand honor of the tourna-
ment, and is awarded to the marksman who
makes the best score on the Minnesota target
(25 rings), and the "Sticle" target Us rings.
This latter ceremony will take place at
2:30P. II.
In the evening there will be grand display
of fireworks under the supervision of MIR.
Schmatter one feature of which will be the
name of the shooting king, together with his
score, will appear in blazing letters of fire.
On Monday morning the good-byes will be
said and end the tournament