New-York tribune., 1876-06-03
NE EWPORT.
PREPARATIONS AND ARRIVALS.
q. ". 8.

PREPARATIONS AND ARRIVALS.
TRAVELLING FACILITIES By BOAT AND RAII--sTREET
IMPRovEMKNTs-vIsrr FROM DOM PEDRo-THE
TORPEDO STATIoN-PERsONAL GosSIP-soME OF
THE ARRIvALs-NECRoLoGY.
FROM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT TIE TRIBUNE.l
NEWPORT, r. l., June 1.-The cottagers are
arriving slowly at this place and upward of fifty houses
occupied The weather OF late has been delight
full and there has been remarkable absence Of rain and
fogs for the past two weeks The trees and srubbery
have fully put forth their Spring dress and the season is
at the least ten days earlier than it last year.
The of transit to and from Newport during the
will be all that Is desirable for the convenience Of
the travelling public, and will he fully equal to the fac
ities offered heretofore There direct routes 10
NewYork-frst, by way Of the Sound steamers belong
ing the Old Colony Steamboat Company and second
by way of Wexford r. L. the steamer Eolus leaving this
place three times day aud connecting with the Shore
Line Railroad at WEXFORD Junction Both lines have
reduced their fares.
Bellevue-ave., the principal fashionable drive OF
the city, is receiving the needed attention OF
the Street Commissioner, and before the ma
jorty OF the fashionable cquipages appear Will
be in splendid order. The road TO tile beaeh
has also been repaired well as the road leading to the
railroad and steamboat depots The street Commissioner
spent the appropriation for streets and highways some
time before the close OF the municipal year and there was
considerable discussion few weeks ago when the matter
brought the attention of the members OF The CITY
Council They promptly refused to make another appro
pration until the Council met IN June but wiser
opinions aferward prevailed, and few days ago they
appropriated $500 for the completion OF repairs on
Bellevueaye. The list Of people who were either Goins
to OCCUPY their houses. who had rented them,
published in THE TRIBUNE. May 90 created consdeTahie
here Real estate agents and others Interested
in the rental OF cottages united IN SAVING tia' ~
exceedingly correct. The hOtel-kecpeis have had II
convenience Of their guests This also done last
season with The TRIBUNEs list of summer residents
which was taken IS authority Dy the hoteAeePeIs' elr
guests. and the public.
Newport ia Ia be favored with brief visit from the
Brazilian Emperor during the early part Of this month
He to visit Government torpedo station on
Goat Island in this Hablr 1t is expected that he viii be
received with submarine salute Of orpcdoes which will
be fred in rapid succession from the shore.
Thomas F. Gushing OF Boston, sou-iu-aw OF Moses II.
Grnne OF New York. viii not he abo to leave Europe
this season, owing to Sickness ana his villa here has
again been rented to James Gordon Bennett ir Of New
York, for the third Mr. Bennett had already
rented the residence of the late Charles l.. Anthony
Of New-iork for the season and he wili nov prob
ably allow some OF Ais friends 10 occupy III ne docs
Russel FORSYTH and stuyvesant Le Roy Of New-York
have rented their houses and will spend the summer at
Lenox, Mass. Douglass Robinson of NeW-lo!k VINO
ham, ir., of Boston the other. Mrs. George dris-
wOd Gray OF New-York, whose husband died here LIST
Summer, Will also spend the Summer at Lcn1N Her
villa, situated just south OF the clubhouse on Bellevue
ave, Is offered for rcut
"Susan Coolidge" aud her three sisters Misses Wool.
near the one owned by the late Charlotte Cushmln The
latter house is occupied by Edwin c. Cushman, Miss
Cushman's nephew and adopted son. Mrs Julia Ward
Howe daughter have taken possession OF their
unpTeentious Summer residence in the town Of Ports
mouth. near the Glen. The Hon. Levi =. Morton, John
Carey ir sOnin-aw OF tue late william g. Ast0r oi New
York, f. :. g. DcIaIteyc, sOn-inaw Of the late Major
A = Nacornb of Npw-York Mis- G.. G. Cram. IA Allen
Wright, j. f. PeIson all from New York, have recently
arrived at their houses for the season In about zen
DAYS the c0ttaeers will he coming rapidly. aud the
RearAdmIIS W. X. Tal lor United states Navy, Il IN
town. the guest OF his brotherin-law, William Giipn
Rear Admiral A. L. Case, United states navy. Is
at bis house In CdthgrnC-st., and Admiral Alden.
United States Navy, VIII spend few weeks at The
Commander Clarke, United states Navy, has arrived at
the Earl Cottage, aud several other naval OFFICIALS
will DC among the Summer visitors.
The new house for W. W. SHERMAN OF the late firm Of
Duncan, Sherman & Co. Of New York, description OF
which recently appeared in The TRIBUNE, Is completed,
and Mr.. and Mrs sherman occupying It, hr. George
Peabody Wctnore OF NewYork Will arrive from Europe
and occupy his cottage Bellcyucayc. about July /.
Harry Ingcrs0ll and Prof Fnln Rogers OF Philadelphia
be able 90 spend much Of their time 81 their villas
here. Judge Hugh r. Dickey Of Chicago, VINO is IN
Europe, 10 not expected at The Cedars" the apprO
pirate name of his residence here, unt about sept J.
Arthur Br1nson Mrs l.. Wardworth, T. VI. Willctt, and
John ". Field will remain ~ Europe for the season.
Among those who have returned ifom Europe. where
they have been for several years, aud VINO Will occupy
tneir houses are Quincy A. Shaw and II. NJ. Cushing Of
Boston, II. Allen Wright j. f. Kernochan, Mrs. Iaran
stevens. MahlOn sands, and Edmund fweedy of New
York. and Murray SIMPLIFY Of Phladeipia. III, -.
The hon. George Bancroft, the historian, VIII take
possession OF his villa on Belleyue-avc. on June y.
Newport by death has lost many of Its well-lnown
Summer residents within the past year. among the mum
ber being Mrs j. W. Caner, daughter OF the late william
&. Astor Mrs. william b. Hatch, Miss Belmont.
daughter OF the Hon. August Belmont; William iild"n
BlOdget George GriswOd Gray W. o. Stone The artist
nrs. L. NJ. Willett T.. VI. Wilict r.; Judge Samuel
BiatchfOrd j. Allen Post Mrs Charles Morgan, all Of
Eew-YOfk; Miss Charlotte CushmHn, the actress; Dr.
Samuel g. Howe, Horatio Harris, anl John BOrland Of
Boston, and Miss Julia X. NewDcrry Of Chicago.
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