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THE RAIL3SAD EXJUaSION. I11»«lri«On Tuesday last the completion of [ the Virginia and Truckee Kail road from Reno to Steamboat Springs, or a “ Sharington,’’w as celebrated l»y ar. excursion over the road, participated in by a large number of people 1mm 1Carson, Virginia, Wold 1/ill, Washoe, siReno ami 11»e valleys. There w** s riding, hand shaking, laughing, sing • h ing, eating, drinking, orating, and a general surrender to revelry. There j.* were present from this ci(.y twenty or vv twenty-five ladies and gentlemen, and i the exuberance and elasticity of spirit l“* .* It'exhibited bv the (’arson.ladies caused the whole expedition to effervesce and •• sparkle like champagne, until the (at P» first) little ripples of merriment swelled J1^ into huge billows of good humor that i,, engul plied every new passenger picked u up by the wayside.Arriving at Steamboat Springs at 11:45, we found everything in readi-; ra ness for the start—exeert Uncle Rhil. :tr Rynch of the Wold Hill News, Johnny ‘u Skae and Colonel Avery, who had not sil yet arrived, and who did not arrive -*s .yntil some time af.er the excursion train ha 1 left. 11. M. Yt-rington, lien- •/'; eral Superintendent of the road, and Mr. Holmes* Track Superintendent, were both jeesent to see that every thing wa- it order ami that ample *'»i provision was umde for the accommo-I th Ration of all. A long table lotd been ;it put up in the large rIe|M»t building and Charley Legate, the well known res- idlt; tauranter of Virginia was engaged in ; testing it*. strength and eapaeity by j piling cbereon ev*-ry substantial and j VVt deiieaU’ ' land. There wa*. boiled bum by the b »g**head, corned beef by the *rlt; drove, roc^t turky by the ton, bread j cei by the im-lie’.. cake by the cask, fruit j ,,M by the field, champagne bv ear load**, dr and everything the appetite could i vv* crave. ‘ ,,KAt m*‘*n the train moved off for!tlt;* Reno. It consisted of the locomotive j Storey, one baggage car freighted with I human, y. and one of the elegant pa**- •’ isenger e. m he** * f the I’entral 1'teifi got Railroad. Arriving ar Heno in thirtyminutes, we found the townsj pie• .it m tlx n Sund ty clothes, and there to i was get.eral hand shaking and « x \ jj change of gratulation-. The Reno’ people turned out in such force that!1.,111 another passenger coach and tun empty freight ears wlt; re added to the . train. Returning to Steamboat, the]**; train pi -k» I up several iadies and gcu ; tie men at Huliaker’s. I \\anlbthe4 • J rs r M Y IA • r K. * ’ I clt;t [,TL? following dispatch, received while tin* excursion train was at Reno, eab explains its* if: was
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Carson City Daily State Register
Carson City, Nevada, US
Thu, Nov 09, 1871
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