Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-08-19
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
THE NEW CASTLE CONVENTION
The Sweetest Harmony on Tap
All Dav.
TWO FATAL ACCIDENTS
Eugene WhitIock Again in Trouble--
A Boy Bitten by a Dog--Story of
a WiImingtonian Who Sees
Snakes--0utrage Near
Odessa.
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT AT ELKT0N
FROM RINEPUX ENT.

The Way the BreeZcs BLOW aud
Their Effect on the Festive NlOs-
quitO-'The Social status of ocean
Cily-No shoddy Need Appiy-DcIn-
Wareans Present.
Special Correspondence of State journal.
OCEAN CITY, August 9.-Tnere is every
indication that the season at this pleasant
resort will be one Of unhroken prosperity.
While the enterprising mosquito is making
life anything but pleasure at some of the
New Jersey watering places, the guests at
the several hotels here are enjoying COM
parativs immunity from his irritating
attacks. Tho fact is that owing to the
peculiar situation of Ooean City and the
absence of trees and grass, mosquitoes
find it impossible to remain on the island,
unless, indeed, land breezss prevail. This
contingency is, however, blessedly infre-
quent, as the only winds that blow over
from the main land are the west and
northwest winds. All other Winds owing
to the trend of the coast and the situation
of the Isle of Wight and Siuepuxent bays.
come off the water, and, as the west and
northwest breez4s rarely prevail in sum
mer, mosquitoes only appear at rare inter-
walls, and then only for u few hours.
Some old fellow, who evidently has not
taken passage in the car of progress, has
put himself on record with the assertion
that sanitary and police regulations have
tendency to increase immortality and crime
Judging from the past and present history
of this place, contrasted with that of some
others. one is inclined to concede that
the "old fellow" is right, in part. For,
while it seems to be necessary elsewhere
to enforce the most stringent measures to
preserve the unities, here everything runs
smoothly without ripple to break the
even flow of quiet enjoyment, and yet one
does pretty much as he pieases, regardless
of the one policeman who occasionally
shows himself on the sands Let no one
suppose from this that it is q religious re-
sort The guests here enjoy themselves
to the full. even to the racket" which
has been pronounced naughty both by the
religious and secular press The fact is, the
class of people who come here seem to be
of that eminently Respectable order which
embodies all that is pleasant in social
seuse ana yet free from the frpperies and
fJllies and nffectations of the ultra fash
ionahles. Naturally enough, the social
atmosphere is pure and refreshing. One
bresthes it without restraint. 1t is nauseat-
ing to shoddy aud self-assertive geptility,
but pleasant to the cultivated and refned,
In word, many of the best people of
MARYLAND aud Delaware come hither
There are many DelawaIeans here at the
present time Senator j. W. Oooch and
his accomplished wife and little daughter
are enjoying the hosptalities of Congress
Hall. The Senator is delighted with the
place aud expects 10 remain here for
many days. Col. l.. L. Martin, Della.
wares one Congressman, has been sojohrn-
ing at the same house for
several days past. He left for his home
in Sussex this morning Among otner
Delawareans stopping at Congress Hall
are Mrs. DR.. Jnmp and Miss. Hilliard, of
Dover. The Atlantic Hotel is also favor
ite with Delawareans. There are now
registe, ed the following from the Diamond
State: Mrs. Francis Kellv, Miss Jennie
Kelly, Miss Ella Kelly, Miss A. V.
Reynolds, Miss Feeney, O. Evaus, Howard
z. Walton, Miss M. Brennan, John p.
Donahoe and wife. John X Bradford,
Bishop Becker, Father Fallon, of Viii.
mingfon; Mrs. W. Fl, Ross, Miss Laura
Ross, Mrs ElleRood, Miss Ellegocd, of
Seaford; Mrs. Joseph Richards Bridge
vile.
The new Catholic chapel, which, by
the-by, has been appropriately named
st Mary's Star of the Sea- will be dedi-
Gated on Thursday next by Bishop Becker
with the imposing aud stately ceremonies
peculiar to that churc1 upon such occa-
sions.
They have divine services hero every
Sunday for both Catholic and Protestant.
While Bishop Becker yesterday was min
istering to his little h,ck in the new
chapel, Mr.. Herzsman, Il Presbyterian
clergyman, gathered the people of all
Protestant denominations into the pavilion
at the Atlantic Hotel and told them what
they must do to be saved, Altogether
this little community of eight or nine
hundred people have no reason to COM
plain that their lot is not happy one.