The Portland daily press., 1884-07-21
OLD ORCHARD BEACH.
What Press Reporter Discovers in His
Rambles.
OLD ORoHARp. July 20. 1881

OLD ORCHARD, July 20, 1884.
Business is looking brighter for the hotels and
some of the proprieters say that they have more
guests now, than at the same time last season. At
present the Old orchard House has about one hun
dred guests; the Ocean House one hundred; the
Sea Shore Eouse one hundred; Hotel Everett about
forty Pleasant House fifty; the "Aldine' sixty and
the Lawrence about sixty. By next SATURDAY. 1t
is very probable that large number of visitors will
be here when the carnivals and costume parties at
the skating rink and the Germans and full dress
hops at the hotels will commence liberal scale.
Yesterday cold and windy, and the first coast
ing party Of the season was inau urated on the hill
in front of the Ocean House. The managers of this
exciting and exhllarating pasime have placed four
electric lights their coasting grounds which af-
fords fine evening entertainment for both the young
and the old.
The Old Orchard House had its first full dress
hop last evening. There was good attendance, a
well arranged order, and all seemed to enjoy the
occasion very much.
Rev. M. j. Savage, Of the Church Of the Unity,
Boston. held religious services at the Baw View
House this morning. A large delegation from o ID
Orchard were in attendance
Recent arrivals at the Old Orchard House include
E. Goss and niece, Auburn Geo. y. K. Crane, Geo.
A. White, Miss B. B; White, H. Thompson and G.
Sunday services at Hotel Fiske were conducted
by Bev. Q. II. A. Buckley of Washington, d. c.
There were twenty-six Canadian arrivals at The
Pleasant House yesterday Tho Maine guests at
this house, include Mr. and Mrs. W. Parkin of Lis
bon Falls.
Among the Maine people at the Sea shore House
ara L. Gutmann, Lewiston; Geo. Trefethen, Joseph
It. Fowler and Geo. w. Chase of Portland At this
house are also registered the of G. H. VIII
liams and j. II. Payne, Jr of the yacht Raven"
Swampseott, and Walter b. Phillips and Cyrus A.
Page Of the "Beacon," Boston, Mass.
Mr.. d. NJ. Ladd of the Manchester Budget" il
spending short time at the Old Orchard House.
pleasant and well-artended hop took place at
the Bay View House last night Among those pres
E. Grant, OF Saco; Mr.. Harry Burnham and Mr.
Arthur E. Morris, of Biddeford; Miss Gertrude
Savage, of Boston, and Miss Bessie Morris, of Bid
defoid.
MIR. George Bell, of tine Chicago Tribune is at the
Pleasant House for a short time
Mr.. Geo. E. Fogg, the enterprising newsdeaer
news stand at the B. & NJ X r. station at noon to-
day, which is believed TO be the earliest hour that
New York papers have been offered for sale in
Maine after publication.
The Ocean House has among its late arrivals, W.
f. stephenson, W. j. Dryden, and Mrs. G. Lewen-
berg, of Portland; M. N. Myers, of Lewiston, and
Lizzie Storer of Saco,
MIR. Geo. r. Hawkes., of Oxford. is registered AZ
| the Irving House.
The latest arrivals at Hotel Fiske include Misc
McKenney Mabel Waterhouse Miss Berry Jacob
3. Winsow, j. b. Dunbar, s. c. Strout and wife,
Miss A. 0. Strout, Virgil p. Taylor, O. II. VanGaas-
beck, Jr., and wife, and. Chas. Burleigh and
A German will be given at this house on Thurs
day evening, which is intended to be made a grand
affair.
Mr.. r. F. Devere4ux, of Boston. and Mr.. A. d.
Clark, prominent lumber dealer of Jefferson Tex
are at the Lawrence House.
Capt. William Dennison of the steamer UCitv of
Richmond, is at Hotel Fiske.
The Ocean House has had noticeably large mum.
Der OF arrivals during the last day or two and its
average Inst OF daily arrivals equals that of any
hotel on the beach.
| At the rink. tomorrow evening, the finest boy
skater in America, Master George Jackson Of Fail
River, will give an exhibition the little wheels
On Tuesday evening, the first game of polo between
inc hS % ana tae forest Citys the two lead
Thus lar neither club has met with defeat and AZ
they are very evenly matched and each contains
hired Massachusetts professional PLAYERS yery ex-
citing game is anticipated