The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-07-11
THE SUMNER RESORTS.

Old Point Comfort is rapidly filling with
guests.
West Baden Springs is accommodating parties
from Northern Kentucky and Southern In
diana.
The White Sulphur Springs of Virginia lacks
its full quota OF guests July usually brings
the crowd.
Sec'y Whitney and family have left their
Washington residence and gone to the Warm
Springs, Va, for the summer.
Wisconsin summer resorts are preparing for
prosperous season. Nearly all of the large
hotels will be open early this month.
At Cotuit Port, one of the oldest summer re-
sorts on the south side of Cape Cod, the coming
season promises to be the most successful for
years.
The Weirs. the most noted resort on Lake
Winnipeseogee, was opened for the season last
Saturday and never started off so auspeciously
before.
Already there are more cottagers at Bar
Harbor than there were last year at this time,
and among the number are lots of new faces.
The hotel opened July l.
HuIPs cove, two miles from Bar Harbor has
recently sprung into prominence as summer
resort, and its lovely slopes are furnishing
charming sites for cottages.
AT Newport the trades people are ell gay and
dissipated just now. Their harvest time is
coming, and they are on the lookout to secure
customers from the newcomers, VINO are gener-
ally rich picking for the enterprising.
Mrs. Langtry is contemplating the engage
ment of the Wallack cottage at Long Branch,
the property of Mr. r. j. Dobbins. 1t is pleas
antly situated among cluster Of trees back of
Ocean-ave., and has commanding view of the
sea.
The tide of travel to Long Branch has set in
Many cottagers from New York, Philadelphia
and elsewhere have already opened their
houses. The number of applications for rooms
at the hotels is quite large and everything
points to a bright and prosperous season.
The National temperance society will hold
its annual temperance camp-meeting at Ocean
Grove. beginning Wednesday, August 1, and
continuing five days. The speakers will be
George w. Balm, Edward Carswell, Mrs. Emily
L. McLaughling, Bishop John P. Newman,
Miss Julia Coleman, Rollo Kirk Bryan, Gen.
Clinton B. Fisk, Rev. Dr. L. L. Poulson, Rev.
w. w. Steele and others of prominence. Rev.
j. n. Steams, corresponding secretary of the
society, will preside.
The work of building the new Casino at
Arcadian park on the Eagle Lake road, Bar
Harbor, is being pushed briskly. A large gang
of men are employed and it is confidently ex-
pected that the building will be completed by
the time the season fairly opens. Two acres
and a half in the park at the northern end will
be devoted to base ball grounds, while at
the southern end viii be four tennis courts.
The race track is being put in excellent shape,
and some fine racing is promised
The Fred Vanderbilts are absorbed in the
building of their fine new house at the end of
the avenue in Newport, where the old Dunnell
place used to be. 1t gets on slowly, but surely,
and promises well. A more magnificent loca-
ton could not be desired, even by fasidious
billionnaire, for it stands at Just a particular
corner of the Cliff walk where the view of sea,
and sky, and rocks, and landscape is beyond
the feeble power of a stub pen to describe or
express. The house is built after the fashion
of the day, long and low, of stone and wood,
picturesquely and substantially. Mr.. and Mrs.
Vanderbilt are in town and overseeing the
work as it goes on. One often sees them driv-
ing quietly and unostentatiously like the
simple-mannered, gentle people they are. Mr..
Vanderbilt, in black overcoat, such as any
ordinary citizen might wear, and Mrs Vande-
bilt, closely yelled and dressed in most unob-
trusive garments, which yet show to the prac-
tised eye the touch of swell tailors and dress
makers-Nea1 York Hail and Express.