National Republican., 1877-08-08
WATERING PLACE NOTES.
NEWPORT,

NEWPORT, Aug. 6.-The first Sunday in Au-
gust has been very pleasant day. The fashionable
churches were wei! attended. The Rev. X. C. Ever,
rector Of st. Ignatius' church, New York, occupied
the pulpit Of Zion church. Cardinal McCloskey
was Mt st. Marys church, and at the same church
in the evening the Rev. RichaTd White, $. J.. Of
the subject of temperance TO large congregation.
NEARLY 900 hundred equipages were on the
polo ground on Saturday, and the prominent spec.
tators were numerous.
Mr.. SAMUEL WETMoRE Of New York, has
apartments at the Ocean House.
THE membership of the Narragansett Gun
Club Is increasing four new members being added
10 the list OF lastwcck.
THE two small hotels on the Cliffs and the
cottages connected with the same are full
The hotels ore doing better. The Ocean
House had 100 guests to-day
THE weather Is charming. Sailing parties
| and picnics are numerous just now.
LONG BRANCH.
LONG BRANCH, Aug. 6.-Although q large
number Of people left here last night and this
| morning. the continued bright weather has served
10 keep more people here than have been seen al
| the hotels on any previous Monday of the season
The bathing has been delightful all day, aud thii
evening shows the finest display OF fashion yet
| at the Branch.
| THERE is to be brilliant German at tn,
| West End hotel tomorrow night, for which elab
orate preparations are being made,
THE guests of Howlands hotel will Civ,
their first full dress hop on Wednesday night a
which time hop will also be given at the Unitet
States hotel.
| SARATOGA.
SARATOGA, Aug. 8.-The dancing festivitie
| are gaining ground rapidly. To nights German n
| the Congress drew out an immense cOncOurse o
spectators and the affair passed of with ecidf Tn
hop at the Grand Union was q blaze Of brillanCy
| Many Of the distinguished guests In the town. boil
from private houses and the hotels, dropped In a
spectators.
| TOMORROW EVENING a juvenile dansant
occurs In the afternoon ut the Grand Union. l
closes NJ o'clock, aud then the youngsters are Y
be put to bed. Juvenile anticipation Is great.
A GARDEN party is set down at the Gran,
Union for the lith instant, which will be one
the events OF the season.
| A GOOD old man was seen at the races on
day last week reading his Testament betwee
times.
THE arrivals on Friday night were immens.
almost equaling the business on some of the II
} gatta days.
THE present season at Saratoga is exceed
ingly duh. The hotel proprietors, the boarding
| house keepers the hacknen and the shop keeper
all complain OF the stagnatOn, and blue accort
ingly, Even the few who are there are by n
. means lavish with their money.
: THE Israelites, to whom the Grand Union
inhospiable doors were closed have taken "
quarters at Congress Hall, Saratoga, which appcR
/ like II colony from the twelve tribes, this hot
, being almost monOpolzed by them. IL appears
be the best filled Of any Of the hotels aud 'tandin
as II does, across the street from the Grand uno
the guests can SEQ what Is going on at the latte
: and easily count tho arrivals, which seems 10 I
done with great cafnestness and satisfaction
' When an omnibus arrives with only half II dog
q passengers there + avery pereeptible maiestatit
the fact hefalded all along the corri-ors ~ thou
: q great victory had been won.