The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-08-26
WATERING PLACE NOTES.

General Lee Is going to spend month mt French
Lick Springs, Orange county, Indiana.
One OF the victims at the Saratoga races lost 5000.
A certain New York Senator lost SO. 900 in one day.
Young ladies at Saratoga are wearing out their
last winters party dresses at the hotel hops.
One Boynton wants to swim from Cape May to
Cape Henlopen fifteen miles, for $4,000.
NewpOrter has been married four times and
never experienced the bitterness OF widowhOod
longer than six weeks.
The Masons of Western New York will hold a
grand picnic at Portage Falls, ON the Genesce, on
Thursday, september TO-
While a ball was going on at Bethel Conn.,, the
other evening" some unlimited fellows thrust
through the door Il two hundred pound hog. which
at once mingled with the dancers and created
marked sensation.
Two fools lately walked across the bridge now
building mt Niagara Falls by holding with their
hands 10 the upper cable and placing their feet upon
the lower. A strong wind was blowing or course
the ioolhardy feat attracted great crowd.
Boston correspondent thus speaks of the Grecian
bend, as "done" at STANDARDIZATION remember, my
dear Colonel, STOPPING habit that prevailed among
the fashionable women-chieny girls-of twenty
years ago, which was entitled the 'Grecian bend.'
Well, il has come again. and is really painful TO be-
hold. Nix calls 1t, with singular felicity, the cholic
stoopr why don't they try peppermint lozengcs r
poor things"
The Long Branch Ne,cs says:-No signs are YET
visible of decline Of interest In Long Branch life
The arriving trains are all iull, hotels full and
life at the shore is ut the Hood Some splendid en-
tcralnnents are on the carpet, soon to on, and
many Of the houses propose to Keep open through
september, with the most encouraging prospect.
Tomorrow juvenile fancy dress ball wiz be given
by Charles A. SietsOn. Jr, Of the StesOn House. in
the form Of n matinee, from twelve 10 three O'Clock.
ON the same evening the annual grand bah of the
Mansion House Will be given.
Another ban viii he given al the Metropolitan
Hotel the latter part OF the week, probably on Fri
day night.
The following are among the late arrivals al the
Branch
Al the Stetson HOuse-General W. s. Hillyer Dan
lei BiXby q. ~. Brewster and wife, r. +. Craig Peter
Jackson and wife, George r. Daniels &. ID. Van
Wagonen, William Barstow and family, New York; W.
NJ Wyeth ana family, ST. Joseph; A. B. Cornell, New
York.
At the COniineutal-Chares Geiger and family
Newark; A. u. Garfield, JOS II. Miller OF the Newark
courier: II. A. Lee and lady. Indianapolis; +. Jones,
II. NJ. Harrington and John Walsh New York.
At the Mansion HOuse-M. j. Alexander and wife,
New York: George Lesly, Alexander NJ Lesly, Troy:
A. V. q. Genning, Newark: II. Morford. New York;
J. 2. Yelvcrton, Brooklyn; u. u. Spaulding New
York. and A. NJ. w. Bal, Elizabeth, ~ j.
At the United States-J. A. POhamus and wife,
New York; George McGovem, New York; George
W. Brown, New Orleans; Charles Campbell Newark;
Mrs. NJ DOan and family, Elizabeth L. Klssam,
New York. and G. +. Leonard.
grand hop takes place at the Rutherfurd Park
Hotel, New Jersey, Tomorrow night.