Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-06-06
OLD POINT.
WHAT rs GOING on IN AND ABOUT
FORTRESS MONROE.
Decoration Day-Army and Navy fef'
sonals-Ths Hygeia and the SUN
mer season-w Who are There
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tso,,,nvsa NoSRog, VA, June D, 1886.
80 - heon good deal OF sectional
s,a,,ns buried during the past week IN this
s..,to.,.s hurled beneath grands OF How
ss ..,,o,,n ,,uon the graves OF the departed
heroes a the late war, ana the era oil good
Selling predicted BY General Grant In his
-, illness seems 10 DC an accomplished
&C., on Monday the friends oil the Fede-
,,I cause met at the Hampton cemetery,
m'bcre they were Joined by the friends II the
"o,fcteJate dead, aud appropriate ceremo-
nics we're held. There are about 5000
Union and some 400 Confederate soldiers
hpried here, whose graves bear tributes Of
The affection OF loving friends.
VISIT TO YORKTOWN.
ON saturday last General John G.. lid.
hail. post commander. invited Chiei-Justlce
Waite and party Of friends 20 visit York
town. They embarked on the steamer
General Wool about 0:30 A. NJ, aud Is she
passed the water battery salute was fired
in honor OF The distinguished VISITOR. The
DAY was fiDe, aud the run mp the bay aud
York river a most pleasant Ont, the ancient
city being reached about noon. The party
spent the afternoon visiting the national
cemetery, the new monument, Cornwallis's
cave, and the colonial mansions in tnat
Personal. MENTION.
Colonel John l.. Summers, late Medical
Director Of the Department OF the Platte, ar
rived here with his wife and charming
daughter on Wednesday last, and will
spend a couple " weeks at tho hotel and
visiting old friends at the post. Colonel
Summers was stationed here as post sur
gcou from 1870 TO 1875, and Is therefore no
stranger, having served here 4 short time
on his return from the Mexican war, in
1913. lie Is a native OF Virginia, and will
spend couple Of weeks with his brother
In Fauquier county before returning 10
OMAHA. where h. ut present resides.
MIR. Clarence A. Postiey. who grad
at the artillery school in the class Of 1872,
has been spending a week at the post with
his wife, renewing old friendships and ac-
curing new ones. Mr.. POstley is one Of
the Young officers Of whom II may be said
that "hs married WE'LL" and only re-
manned In the service about year after that
event. While not now " seeking the bub-
BILE reputation even at the cannon mouth"
he has warm place In his heart for the
old boys. and should an occasion require
his services be would be found at the
front
Lieutenant 4. &. Macomb, OF the Fifth
cavalry, and wife are here on q visit 10 his
brother, Lieutenant NJ. VI. MacOmb, OF the
FIRST artillery.
PaymaSier T.. Is. Webster, Of the United
States navy, who went 10 Alaska on the
celebrated Pinta, arrived at the lIygeil on
Monday hast with his wife for much
needed rest.
Mrs. Farr, daughter o. Adjutlnt-Genc-
raj Il. {. Drum. IL here on visit, the guest
Of Mrs. General Deliussey.
Captain james 5. TompkinS, OF the
United States army. and wife are visiting
her mother. Mrs. ). +. Eaton.
Captain w. \. kobbe, Third artillery,
one OF the instructor. 1t the school, has
gone to Washington tOurge his claim upon
The War Department for the position OF
assistant adiutant-gencral, made vacant by
the recent dca b OF Colonel :. n. Benjamin
Captain Kobbe has a line record, and.
although very young man at the time,
reached the rank 81 Northumberland
during the war. lie Il thoroughly familiar
With the duties Of the office, having served
for number OF years rs adiutant Of his
regiment.
Captain Roblcy y. Evans, Of the Light
house Boari. who j. down in the sounds OF
North Carolina Strengthening out the buoys
i'm those waters, has removed ms family
from Washington 10 the handsome cottage
neFr the lighthouse, which be built some
three years ago, whore they will spend The
sun mcr.
Ass,stant-Surgeon George +. TOrncy, on
duty at the post, was called to Washington
a day or two since by the death OF rela-
tive. and has not yet returned.
THE HYGEIA.
The summer season at the lIygeia WAS
formally opened on June 1t, and number
OF families have already arrived to remain
during the heated term.
The following are some OF the late arri-
walls: Charles l.. Workman, Miss Fannie Il.
WORKMAN, 4. c. Patrick, John Il. Chris
tian, Mr.. and Mrs. Ii. NJ. Jackson, Miss
Neal, Thomas Nelson Page, samuel -.
Davies and wife, n. n. Desportos, c. &.
Walker, ID. G. Ogg, J. \. Hoofnagei, \.
II. Ferguson, Or. j. A. White and wife,
ii. T.. G. Baskeryill, William II. Parrish,
Richmond, Va; jed. llOtchSisS, X. II.
Cutlctt, StIuntOn; George W. Beard, Miss
T.. A.. Beard, Miss Blanche Beard, Hlr-
dinsburg, Nv. Miss Nellie Bowmer, Cio-
verport. Ky; william II. White and wife,
Norfolk: Il. IL. Richardson, Georgia;
Nillism G.. u. Breckenridge aud wife and
child, Lexington, KY; Walter II. Davies,
Louisville, Nv; G.. W. Richardson, New
Kent: General Williams G.. Wickhlm.
Hanover Courthouse; Il. r. Allen,
Edward Y. Allen, Suffolk; Bruce
Miller, Walter Champ, Paris, Ky;
George +. Craig. George Booth, c. NJ.
Fairbanks. J. 5 Murphy, Miss Helen Muir
ply. Il. o. Booth. II. +. Ducker and wife,
Misses Helen Quicker, +. f.. DickersOn, Miss
Mary Dickcrson, George VI. Whitehurst,
Miss Helen and Gertrude Whltehursi, W.
II. Cooper. William Brewster, G. l.. Brew
stcr, r. -. Bradford, General Roger \.
Pryor, George A. Brown, New York; Or.
;. G.. Weber and family, Mrs. NJ. +. W.
Jones, James +. Gray and wife, william
+. Hornvle, Boston; J. Neaitt Steele, and
wife and daughter, A. NOgler, j.. y. Rcdg-
ley, G. {. McGill, William q. West, l.. NJ.
Tough. a. 4. kinnard, Charles y. Manning,
Baltimore; SeymoTe W. TullOck and wife,
j. n. Cone, p. r. Glass, william w. Clapp
and wife, W. A. Perry, G. &. Carrot,
Geor,e ;. Hon, Miss Mabel Whiting,
Washington; c. j. Monroe, Fauquier; w.
l.. Green, Jr.. II. Louis; George BOultOn
and wife and daughter. Mrs. Addison MOf-
iaIt, Detroit; Waldand ii. prcro, Boston;
Mr. and Mrs. Moses Adurls, Thomas Muir
dock. Miss Murdoch, Chlcleo; Frank Law
renee, Cleveland; +. II. Holmes and wife,
Buffalo.