Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1892-02-03
THE NOTABLE PARTY.
II Ended Last Night, with High. Five,
supper, Prizes, Presentations, Vocal
aud Instrumental Music.

terrain even one half of their intimate
friends in one night Mr.. and Mrs
Riley, Colonel Bryan, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Parsons, Jointly celebrating their
anniversaries, were compelled to send
| two sets of invitations-one for the
evening of the 1st instant, the other
Tor last evening. Fully as many re.
sponded as on the first night, and ten
, tables were likewise devoted to the
game Of "high>6ve" until mid
n'ght-atter which generous supper
was partaken of, and the hosts were
presented with very beautiful and
costly souvenirs.
Mrs. Riley was the recipient Of a
very elegant manicure and toilet set,
with cut glass bottles filled with
choice extracts--all contained in a
silver box fully 12xl2 inches in d.
mansions.
Mrs. Parsons received handsome
glove box and handkerchief box.
Colonel Bryan was presented with
decanter and dozen punch glasses
OF Venetian glass and tray to match.
Also, with massive meerschaum pipe
composed of double bowl resting on
a tree-stump across which a riderless
horse is shown in the act of Jump.
ing over fox. The horse is fully
four inches from tip to tip, and the
mouthpiece is clouded amber. This
is Partisan importation, and not.
withstanding its large size does not
weigh over three ounces
The following named ladies and
gentlemen were in attendance:
Fl E Miller and wife, Of Bellevue !;
J w Burns and wife, Art. Smith and
wife, Nate Randall aud wife, John
Condron and wife, Senator Dempsey
and wife, Leon Fuld and wife, DR..
Higgins and wife, P. M. Bruner and
wife, John Griffith and wife, Geo
Richards and wife, Geo Parsons and
wife, Miss Georgia Winters, Miss
Mamie Harrington, Miss May Pinney,
Miss Edna Baker, Mrs. w L Riley !;
General John b Winters, J Fl Van
Ness, J J Tracy, j W Hodgman,
Colonel Frank Taylor, Hal toward,
Hugh Cfatner, Mr.. Crawford, E Bru
nrr, Sam Friend, Lieutenant John,
J NJ Venable, and Thomas Hughes.
Although his name does not appear
in the list, it is quite probable that
Colonel Bryan WAS there also, as he
is stated TO have confessed to being
3G years old.
w. H. Watt said on going, the first
night, that he would "sneak in"
the second; but he did not do So
much to the regret of number of the
ladies and gentlemen present.
The prizes and prize winners were:
Ladies' First prize "A saddle bag
head rest - Mrs. Burns. Second
prize-A Pho,ogl aph frame-Mrs.
Griffith. BOBBY prize-A key rack
Mrs. Randall (having "tied" with Mrs.
Condron, the prize was divided.)
Gentlemen's first prize-Souvenir
travelling glass in leather case saved
from the big fire OF July, 1881. II.
Van Ness. Second prize-A silk
handkerchief = General John Il,
Winters. BOBBY prize-A china cup
and saucer--Hugh Cramer.
H. E. Miller refused to take the
FIRST prize, which he won, because he
also won the first prize the first night.
In order to "even,up" he was com.
PEELED to accept, as an extra BOBBY
prize, a very fine cake the frosting OF
which was vari-colored and simulated
| flowers and leaves.
With musio-vocal aud instru-
mental-and dancing the fleeing
hours were unno,iced, until some one
said that it was / o'clock, sun time
when all engaged in daucing Vir-
gnia Reel, which thus fi,tinglv
brought the function to close.