Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-07-24
SECOND ANNUAL EXCURSION
TO OLD POINT COMFORT ON
THE SEASHoRE.
August 9th the Dats.

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the Newport News and Mississippi
Valley Company, Western Division
to Old Point Comfort on the seashore
The train will be composed OF the
handsomest day coaches and Pullman
Buffet Sleeping Carr, and will be
under the direct supervision of Mr.
w. j. Berg, General Travelling Agent
of the company, who 80 altentively
looked after the comfort of the Hop
kinsville party last year both indivi.
dually and collectively and who nd
ded much to the pleasure Of the trip
1t is the intention TO make this the
most attractive excursion ever run
nom Kentucky; ample provisions
will be made for passengers so that
none of the cars will be crowded.
4 ycsrsg3 whom tho iirst excursion
was run to Old Point, there were only
few along the line of the Chesapeake
" Ohio who we're familiar with the
trip, but as all who went on last years
excursion have been praising il in
the most enthusiastic terms, the great
Atlantic Coast Resort is now as well
known in Kentucky and Tennessee as
il is in the Eastern States.
There are several features of this
"trip which specially commend them
selves TO pleasure seekers First, in
the scenery along the route, the Ches-
apeake & Ohio is the most celebrated
of American Railways. The canyons
of New River, the barriers of the Al
leglanies, the Battle Fields of Vir-
ginia and the beautiful valley of the
Shenandoah, need no comment. Old
Point Comfort is situated on Hamp-
ton Roads, the largest Harbor on the
Atlantic Coast. The Hygeia Hotel,
at Old Point Comfort, covers more
ground than any other seashore re-
sort. The surf bathing is excellent
aud perfectly safe. Fortress Monroe,
Americas great military training
school, is within stones throw of
the Hotel. The National Soldiers
Home and the Indian Normal School
at Hampton are reached by a fifteen
minutes drive. Norfork, Portsmouth,
aud Gossport Navy Yards are
reached in three quarters of an hour
across Hampton roads. Virginia
Beach and Ocean View, on the Allan.
tic Coast east of Norfolk, are within
an hours ride from that city. New
Port News, at the head of Hampton
Roads Harbor, near the scene of the
great Naval Encounter between the
Merrimac and the Monitor, IL is only
eight miles distant from Old Point,
and Hotel Warwick at Newport News
is not surpassed by any other seashore
resort.
There are Great many attractions
along the line of the Chesapeake &
Ohio and as stop-overs will be grant
ed on the excursion tickets, they may
all be visited.
Richmond, the Capital of the late
Confederacy, is among the chief at
fractions. tits specially interesting
in relics of the late war.
Luray Caverns and Natural Bridge
are only a short distance from the
main line oft Chesapeake & Ohio,
and side-trip tickets will be sold in
connection with the excursion
Other cheap side trips have been ar
ranged specially for this Excursion
among them being the trip TO New |
York aud return, either by the Old |
Steamship Company from
Old Point or by the Cape Charles
Rail Route through the Delaware
TO Boston and return by |
steamship; TO Providence. II l. aud
return by steamship; to Baltimore
and return by bay line steamers up
Chesapeake Bay and to Washington
City and return by the Potomac River
Steamers up the Potomac River.
white Sulphur Springs, the largest
American mountain resort with a
Hotel capable accommodating 2500
people, is Immediately on the line of
ne Chesapeake & Ohio, at the
Heights of the ALE ghanies.
Special rates will be made at the
Iygeia Hotel, Old Point Comfort, 10
hose presenting excursion Tickets.
The Special Train will start out
rom Dy1rsburg, Tenn, at a 80 a. IN.
August 9th and will pass Nortonville
Il IL III a. m. connecting with the l..
N. train from this city at 9;52
Arriving at Anderson, in the Ale
for breakfast at 8 A. Nj, and
il Charlottesville for dinner at 3 go
,. NJ, reaching Richmond at s 40 II
II. and Old Point Comfort at 8 ;l5 p.
VI.
A representative ofthe lIygeia lIo-
el will join the train at Richmond
nd will assign rooms to passengers
n the train so that upon arrival at
he Hotel they may go at once to
heir rooms without confusion,
The round trip rate from Norton
lille will only be $l4. which places IL
within reach of all. Tickets will be
bod going only on the seashore spec
Al August 9th and will be good to
eturn on any regular passenger train
ntil September 9th. No stop-over
privileges will be allowed going, but
top-overs can be made at any station
'etween Lexington, Ky. and Old
'oint Comfort returning.
Those who desire to go with the
should leave their names
1 once with w. A. Wilgus at the
ioUTH KENTUcKIAN Office so as TO
ave arrangements made for their
ccommodation, and secure berth on
leeper. An elegant Pullman day
oach will be set on the side track at
his depot for the Hopkinsville par
y, so as to insure perfect comfort.
James are being handed in every day
nd if you intend going 1t will be
est not TO delay.
Reader, did you ever pause for a
moment to consider the vast amount
t reading matter you get in a single
opy of the SeUTH KENTucKIAN
vhicb costs you less than 2 cents q