National Republican., 1881-08-13
WATERING-PLACE NOTES.

Frederick Douglass is visiting in Fall River
Mass.
j. C. Morgan has gone to Cleveland, East Ten.
nessce.
Captain John Mullan left Thursday evening
for California.
Miss Annie L, Howell is at Rye Beach for the
month Of August.
Senator strahan, ofNew York, is making quite
q stay at Cape May.
Mr., H. j. Harrison of the Land Office, has gone
to Iowa for II vacation visit.
MIR, and Mrs. H. d. Barr are at their family
cottage, near Hampton Beach, Mass,
Mr.. and Mrs, Germon Crandell left last night
for n summer trip to the banks of the Hudson.
Hon. W, 7. Otto. of this city, was a passenger
for Boston on the steamer from Baltimore Thurs
day
Mr.. aud Mrs j. C. Nichols, with their daugh-
ter, are summering among the Blue Ridge Noun
tains.
-Coney Island takes in $4,000 visitors on fair
Sundays, and disposes of 5000 dinners and 200,-
900 schooners of beer.
MIR. John swnburne, the handsome and
efficient cashier Of the Equitable Life Assurance
Society, is at Coney Island.
-Ex-secretnry Bristow and family are at the
Profile House, in the White Mountains where they
will remain during August
Miss BagOllNy and Colonel and Mrs McAllis.
ter, of Washington, were registered at the New
York Herald Office in Paris Thursday.
Mr.. c. s. Noyes has gone on visit of several
weeks TO Nantucket and some of the other islands
and beaches along the New England coast
Mr.. c. +. Mcdonald, chief of the Money Order
Division Of the Post Office Department, has gone
for months vacation along the New England sea
coast.
Captain B. W, SUNNY was registered at the
Stockton Hotel on Wednesday, From there he
goes to the whiteMountains, stopping at Atlantic
City N, j., on the'way
Professor John w. Paine, jr., Of the Interior
Department. one Of the most efficient clerks in tho
Census Bureau has gone on leave TO visit his family
and many friends at his native city-Lexing.
ton, Va.
Hon. Montgomery Blair General Hunter, who
celebrated his seventy ninth birthday last week,
General Israel Vodges, and Colonel SitgTeaves are
now at Narragansett Pier for rest. All grad.
uated from West Point
Miss Appoene Alexander, whose debut as n
! contralto in the character of Ruth in "The
| Pirates " last winter was decidedly successful,
| has been creating most favorable impression by
| her singing at Cresson Springs, Pa.
The shores Of the Lake OF Geneva are very pop.
ular resort Just now. Many Of the beautiful villas
studded along the Swiss bank nre inhabited by
English and American residents who are delighted
| TO enjoy warmth and sunshine combined with a
view of the distant Alps and Mont Blanc.
Says a Block Island correspondent "The dis
tances on the island for walk are more deceptive
than any that we have ever seen, the land Is so
undulutng, Beacon Hill is the highest and most
conspicuous point of land on the island and is
nearly west from the centre. Its name originated
from the beacon placed upon It in the Revolution
TO warn the islanders of the approach of the rofu.
gees. In making coast surveys beacon from
this hill has been of service. The hill Is visited
both in carriages and on foot. From 1t on clear
day view can be obtained over Long Island and
into Connecticut and Rhode Island, good view
Of the entire island is had here and water can be
seen on all sides, MS well as many of the fresh
water ponds, Of which there are over hundred
on the island. During the present year high
tower has been put up, from which the best view
can be got, the charge for entering which is only
ten cents. No charge is made to those who view
] the situation from the ground"