The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-06-30
LOCAL MATTERS.
Excursions and Pickles.

Excursions and Plc-yicn.
We return TO our excursion and pic-nit
notices again.
Il The Blues excursion on the 9Th Of July
next promises TO be one Of The best OF tbt
season. TheyWil leave Richmond on tht
morning of the 9th of July by the Ariel
aud return on the 14th. Whilst they ore al
Old Point theYWilI board at the Hygea.
They will aisoseH tickets to gentlemen
who wish TO accompany them for reason
able sum, Which covers round trip and
board ut the Hygeia The guests OF the
Blues will sleep in army tents on comfort.
BILE cots, and their rest will be undsturbed
as Captain Wise will have camp guarded ar.
ter 1e O'Clock. The camp of the Blues and
their guests will be on the site Of the.oId
,Hygeia Hotel, and will be separated one
from the other, but guarded alike.
Mr.. PLGbus5 assures Captain Wise that
the Blues and their guests will be treated
in all respects as other guests, and take their
meals when they please, and be on the same
footing as guests who pay $3.50 per day.
The trip TO Sandy Point on Thursday,
July Sd, 10y the steamer Ariel promises to
be pleasant affair. IT will be fine oppor-
tunity for all ladies who desire to give their
children sail down James river and re-
turn by half-past O'Clock. Superintend-
ent Tatum's notice is elsewhere.
Tonight the ladies OF Centenary Metho-
dist church will make their moonlight ex-
cnrsionl TO Dutch Gap, and ,Fetnrn. L Re;
ffeshnicnts at City prices. See what the IA
dies say about those who will start from
Centenary church.
We come next to the pleasant "all-day
picnic" on the "GloriouS Fourth," at the
West-End Park, by the Wcst.En Beneti-
cial and Social Society. Dancing to COM
merce ut 10 o'clock. Fun and enjoyment
all day. The Society guarantee TO all who
will attend pleasant time and strict order.
No postponement on account OF weather
(lot wcather).
Next in order for the 4th is Manager R..
II. Adams's excursion to West Point-a
place so familiar TO all eXcursionists that it
is hardly necessary to say that very agree
able day may be spent there. There will
be music, boating, fishing, dancing, and the
like, besides glass.bal and pigeon shooting
for prizes, &C., DC.
Very few persons. perhaps, know that
there is Craney Island nearer Richmond
than Crancy Island in Elizabeth river five
miles from Norfolk. But it Is true. Craney
Island on the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad
Is now favorite place for picnic parties,
and on the 4th Of July there will he Il basket
picnic there for the bcncfi: OF Christ Church
rectory. The train will leave at 40 \. II.
and return at p. NJ. Elsewhere will be
found an interesting notice OF the ladies OF
the church in reference to the excursion.
On Tuesday uo-morrow)th the Young Mems
and Ladies' Sewing Societies OF
Grace Street Baptist church will make m
excursion to Old Point, Norfolk, Sc, lcav-
ing Richmond. at T:I5 \. VI. The tickets
will be good for week. and sold ut 4 very
low figure. See the advertisement of the
ladies.
Under the direction OF the ladies of Trni-
ty Methodist church there will be 4 moon
light excursion on Wednesday Ei.h on the
Ariel rs far as Dutch Gap. and return by
Trent's Reach. Fine chance for the young
folks and love making couples.
The Pne-Strcct Baptist Church Sunday
school has made alrangcmcntslor an cXcur-
sion to Petersburg on the Fourth Of July,
and basket picnic at Woods farm, on the
lnc OF the Richmond and Petersburg
road. The train will leave the Rich
mond depot ut \. NJ. sharp, and will
continue to Petersburg, aflJrding an oppor-
tunity to persons TO visit that city and the
BalliC-u -u:luS dCIaCcut, III lucy utSIlc W uO 81,
instead Of spending the day at Woods farm.
Strangers will be specially cared for. The
train Oh its return will leave Petersburg at
$3.50 2. VI.
Another pleasant way to spend the Fourth
will be on the excursion train on the Rich
monh, Fredericksburg and Potomac road t.
TayIorSville, gotten up by the ladies OF the
Taylorsvillc church. Round-trip tickets.
including dinner, will be sold at astonish.
ing'y low figures. Read what tho ladies
say in another part Of to-day'S paper.
Next. and lastly, we come to the /" cheap
est excursion Of the season to West Point"
that OF Manager S. Il. Perdue, assisted by
committee consisting OF MesSrs. John Il.
Griffin and 4. Il. Burr, which comes off on
Monday. eth July, leaving richmond at
1880 a. NJ. and returning at 7:30 p. NJ. The
manager promises day Of real pleasure,
and. in the line OF amuscment>, states that
there Will be good music, dancing. boating.
bathing. fishing, and oysters, crabs, and
fish in abundance for those who are fond OF
good living. The "bcst order" is prom.
iScd, and no lilnor will be allowed TO DC
sold on the train.
On the 4th OF July the Richmond and
Petersburg Railroad Company will sell
cheap tickets to Chester and return.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Com.
pany offer loW-rate tickets to the University
commencement.