Daily Republican., 1879-08-08
LETTER FROM CAPE NAY.
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Spe ial Correspondence Of the REPUBLICAN.
CAPE MAY, N. j., August 9Th, 70.
1t has been very warm here to da,
but nice breeze has kept 1t tolerable
-Four to five thousand tried the surf ant
found it fine refuge from heat. Th'
crowd is at its highest now and th'
principal hotels full: Stockton, Con
gress Hall, Windsor, New Columbia
Chalfonte, Marine Villa, ETC.. but there
is room for all who come still, depart
ures enabling them to 60 to the houses
they prefer or they find room at the less
prominent hotels.
$500 came down on the "Rspublic''
yesterday.
Ulysses s. Grant is here sojournine
at the West End mot the hero but a
namesake grandson Of Benjamin
Gartside, Esq, the we'll known and
highly esteemed manufacturer Of Ches-
ter, Pa.
The "Clyds comes Thursday week
we are informed.
Bathing by the calcium light takes
place tonight at Cape May Point; with
music on the beach. President Whill-
din's enterprise equals that Of the
Bright Hotel, Coney Island. The Point
has never done so we'll since its com.
mencement as now. The hotels are
said to be full.
The new railroad has greatly aided
it, but its Sunday traffic lie in opposition
to the wishes Of the management al
though great convenience to all and
an immense peep to the place. .
Carpenters Juvenile Pinafore will
perform at the Arctic tonight and to-
morrow, Aug. 6 and 7.
Hop at New Columbia to night. This
house is the most beautiful here.
A noisy crowd Of ladies and gentle
men, by courtesy, drove through our
streets with four horses to a tough
boom wagon last night, sleighbells on
the horses and the occupants seated on
the floor, shouting and blowing fish
horns. They narrowly escaped arrest
for fast driving and disturbing the
peace for several hours. 1t reminded
US Of the disorders of Fork Hall'' at
the Mansion House and "Bank Hall"
at the Atlantic 40 years ago, when our
very best citizens of Baltimore, Phila-
delphia and New York, would join the
joyial crowds and take men from bed,
and give them surf bath or compel
them to pay forfeit of basket or
dozen champagne.
The Stockton gives a hop tonight.
1t charges so cents admission for lady
and gentleman; rs for lady or child. A
new and somewhat mean arrangement,
practiced by Congress Hall also, per-
haps for some substan tial reason--to
suppress crush, it may be. Frank
Comfy is here sojourning at the Arctic,
and giving his comic concerts and i'm
presentations at various hotels. He is
very popular and successful. A chill
dren's medal party comes off Saturday
evening at the Stockton-medals being
given to each little dancer. These Oc-
casions are the source of much pleasure
to the children as we'll az the older
ones.
Sacred concerts, vocal and instru-
mental are given at p. NJ. every Sun
day at the Stockton House. Some beau
tifnl hymns are sung as solos by pro-
tessional and unprofession nal singers,
and chiefly they are joined in by all
present. The audiences are composed
of all sects of religion, and are very
we'll attended. One gentleman arose
in one of tn SO meetings to say few
words for the christian cause, and his
audience was composed of Christians,
Hebrews, Heathen, Infidels, and Mo-
hammedans perhaps, as we have one
Turk pprambulating here in turban
and Eastern dress.
On Friday evening masked Ball
takes place at the Arctic. A flight of
three carrier pigeons will start from
Congress Hall to Baltimore at 9 A. M.
to- morrow and they are expected to
make it in q hours. N. W. Caughey
Of Baltimore owns them and the arrival
will be telegraphed here.
Drawings for new Atlantic Hotel
have been made and are on the Island.
It is constantly rumored that a beauti-
'ul large hotel is going up for Mrs. John
:. Bullitt on the old Columbia Hotel
Col. Harry Sawyer is to en-
arge the Chalfonte, and it is about
line to begin to talk about "that wing"
IN the Stock ton. Congress Hall is to be
and remodelled. ). D. But
on, Esq, architect of the Stockton and
&C., is here on, the subject.
The owners desire it changed from
he present STYLE. CAFE MAY.