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Gilmore, the orchestral leader, yesterday received a bronze medal from the French government, for his services rendered in the exhibition...
...events will be : Heavy weight, tug-of-war (over 600 lbs.); middle weight tug-of-war (under 600 lbs.); running high jump; standing high jump; two-hand fence-vault; pole vault; running high kick; climbing the rope; putting the shot (16 lbs.) The prizes will be silver medals for each event, and a bronze medal for each event having five or more entries. Some members of the Amateur Athletic Club will enter. The admission price for gentleman and lady will be 50 cents. Entries may be made to H. Ward Leonard, secretary...
...public library in Boston can be seen the gold medal presented by Congress to George Washington for his services in expelling the British forces from Boston on the 17th of March, 1776. It is the only gold medal given by Congress to General Washington. It remained in the Washington family a hundred years, becoming the property of George Steptoe Washington, son of Samuel Washington, eldest brother of the General, soon after the latter's death. The next owner was Dr. Samuel Walter Washington, eldest son of George Steptoe Washington. When the Doctor died, at Hasewood, Virginia, in 1831, the medal...
...annual prize oration contest last evening, of the three upper classes of Trinity College, Hartford, Ct., the gold medal was awarded to Richard E. Burton of Hartford, and the silver medal to Frank W. Richardson of Auburn...
...professors of Yale College yesterday afternoon presented President Woolsey with a handsomely engraved gold medal, commemorative of the fifty years' service at Yale College of that distinguished professor. The presentation address was made by Prof. Thatcher, and was feelingly replied to by President Woolsey...