Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-05-15
OLD POINT.
THE LAST OF THE SPRING sEAsoS-AI
THE HYGEIA.
A Number Of Naval and Army Items Of
Interest The Iron and Stone
Wharf-Personals, &c.
$1,000 n.nc. q. The R,ohmond DispAtch.l

The excitement and confusion wnicn
have, been the Leading features here ior
the past six weeks are about over Tor
the season, and . majority of the gay
marty who havs contributed to its so;iai
success have returned TO their homes.
On Friday last Mrs. r. J. Q. Walker ana
| her young lady friends took their depar-
ture for .Philadelphis, where she was
called BY the sudden illness OF her
brother, Mr.. John Weightman, whose
death she announced to her friends on
the following morning. This sad event
has cast gloom over the young people
who have enjoyed her charming hospi-
tally, and the ballroom has since been
nearly deserted in consequences.
The young officers on duty at the
artillery school are taking look at
their books preparatory to the final
examination in June, fact which might
not exist but for the anticipated visit Of
General Schofeld on that occasion.
The trainipg-ship Portsmouthtook the
apprentices from the jamestown on
board last Wednesday morning, and
was towed up to Norfolk by the steamer
Fortune in the afternoon.
The jamestown is waiting q favora-
bic wind to sail for Annapolis, and will
probably leave to-day. She will join
the Constellation there, and the two
vessels will take out the midshipmsn
from the Naval Academy on their
summer cruise.
The quarantine station at Fisherman's
island to guard the entrance to the
Chesapeake bay has been reestab-
lished, with DR.. Urquehardt in charge.
The steamer Woodward, Captain Boone
vile, has been fitted up for cruising
purposes, and the pilots have been in.
structed to assist in bringing all vessels
from infected ports under their charge
to the station for proper inspection.
General Tidball, post commander,
has decided to give the troops sta
toned here some experience in skirmish
drill and Encyclopedias during the
coming summer. A site for this pur-
pose has been selected on Hog island,
about twenty miles above Viewpoints
News, where they will be carried by
the steamer General Ward. This will
give the boys some exercise and amuse-
ment, and will be break in the mo-
notony Of garrison life.
A new bath-house for the use of the
soldiers at the post is now being con-
structed, which will supply long.felt
want and add very much to their COM
fort and convenience.
Mr.. Charles Bliven, Of Norfolk, is
now engaged in repairing the three Gov
eminent wharves at the post, which
will be completed before the trucking
season is well advanced. The bill now
before Congress to construct new
wharf with iron piles and stone piers
may become a law in time, but at pre-,
sent it hangs fire.
A new steamer called the Harding
has been put on between Old Point and
Hampton for the summer season, and
will make trip every hour. This will
afford delightful sail for people wish
ing to visit the game-cock town.
A detachment of twenty-one recruits
arrived here last Sunday morning in
charge of Lieutenant r. II. Patterson,
First artillery, and will be assigned to
the five batteries of artillery now sta
toned here, whose ranks are about as
thin as those Of Confederate regiment
at the close Of the war.
Captain Guy Howard, Twelfth in
fantry, a former graduate of the Artil-
lery School, arrived here with his wife
from Fort Ontario Monday last on
short visit.
Mrs. General De Russell, who was
called to Washington last week by the
death of her nephew, Lieutenant Hunt,
United States navy, returned home on
Tuesday morning.
Mrs. Captain Charles A. Booth left
for Washington on Sunday evening to
visit her mother, Mrs. Lockwood.
Mrs. Cabell, of Richmond, who du-
ring the past winter has been travelling
abroad, arrived here last week, and
will spend the summer at the Hygeia.
Mr.. Clarence E. Stedman, the genial
author, arrived here on Sunday last,
and spent few days looking about this
section and Viewpoints News for another
"Rudder Grange"
While the warm weather Of the past
week has sent number of habitues to
their homes, the tide Of travel has by
no means ceased, and there are over
three hundred visitors still sojourning
here. The bathing season was opened
on the 10th, and promises new ele-
ment Of enjoyment. The water is still
too cool for those in delicate health, but
no more so than the midsummer tenn
perature Of the waters on the New Eng
land coasts. The summer season
proper, will open here on June LIST,
when liberal reduction from the pre-
sent rates will take effect.
The following are some Of the late
arrivals John NJ. Wheeler and wife,
Cleveland Mrs. L. B. Gibson, Will
liam Greene, Cincinnati r. w. Ro-
land and wife, Yonkers; E. Payne and
wife, Middletown, Conn.,; Albert Fail
and wife, Paterson, N. j.; Hon. John
NJ. Glover, st. Louis G. R. Smith,
wife and daughter, Toronto E. j.
Beach and wife, Rome, N. Y; Lieu
tenant Guy Howard and wife, Fort On.
tario; DR.. Charles NJ. Drake, Knox
vile, N. c. /; j. English and wife, Eli
zabsth, N. j.; George W. P,r:er and
wife, Minneapolis; Jed. Hotchkiss.
Staunton; Decatur Axtell and wife,
Richmond NJ. S. Daily, Charleston /;
A. N. King and wife, Dayton; G. L.
Locke, Bristol, r. l. {; E. p. Rogers,
Hyde Park, N. Y; Mr.. and
Mrs. A. N. Hollister, Mrs. A..
b. Ross, Auburn, N. Y; Robert
S. Sepple, Z. W. Taxis and wife !;
W. S. Iashiell James B. Emsley,
Philadelphia; Herbert w. Tew and
wife, jamestown, N. Y. II. j. Rutman
and wife, Fredonia Mrs. d. NJ. Long,
James V. Long, Pittsburgh; Rev. DR..
Barten, DR.. A. P. Thorn, Richard
Wake, Norfolk Rev. Z. @. Murdaugh
and wife, Fredericksburg III. Ely. wife