Morning journal and courier., 1890-07-25
MATTERS Ar sAvIN RooK,

MATTERS AT sAvIN ROCK.
About 1900 People rake a Nay or at
the West Shore - A Varied Scene
Changes and improvements A
Rebels Deadly Aim-The shore ana
the Demand for Cottages.
While Savin Rock was overrun with peo-
pie yesterday, yet Railroad Grove and the
neighboring resorts were we'll satisfied, and
the afternoon concert in the Grove was we'll
attended. There were, 1t is estimated, 1900
visitors at the west shore yesterday exclusive
of the cottagers. These 1900 represented
mostly people who get a day off from the
workshop or factory, and take their families
along for an outing. There were several
parties of mechanics among the number who
were in for good time, and diverted them
selves hugely in firing balls at the African
dodger. The sky was overcast and thicken-
ing with abundant promise of COM
ing rain storm, hence the throngs
at the shore were somewhat lessened in num-
Der. The afternoon and evening concerts
prove an additional attraction, but not as
strong as was hoped. The singers, voices and
selections are better fitted for an opera house
COuC6EU Cu6u 6u Op0u OIL 0uu0A unA1AOAts 10y
give some excellent singing and all their pop
ular airs are we'll applauded. Their scene Of
operations is platform In the grove, COW
cred and backed by a canvas roof. The eve-
ming concerts draw large crowds.
One of the notable Improvements near
Railroad grove since last season is the fine
large shore hotel erected by Captain Twitch-
ell, whose enterprise will doubtless be re-
warded by still larger patronage. It is close
IN old 1oookinY Tho hni1nfpo 10 xpo11
equipped with parlor, large kitchen, large
dining room and many private supper rooms,
all lastly furnished and looking very invit-
| ing. Mr.. TwitchelIs Investment will no
doubt be paying one. In addition he has
| near by large fourteen room building we'll
equipped for hotel purposes where his tram
sient boarders are quartered. The roll of
present is as follows:
Z. English, New Haven; J. W. Wood
ward, city; T. Harrington, Portland, F.
Lea, Rochester, N. Y; William Gaylord,
Pennington; E. J. Wright and family, Wal
| lingford; A. B. Williams, New Haven; O..
S. Beardslee, Thomaston; Q: D. Eggleston,
Thomaston; Mr.. Dillon ns and family My WassE
Mrs: E; =: Hills, Hartford; Miss
Conn; Mr.. and Mrs. Storey, Meriden, Conn
George H. Hubbell, Springfield; Frank sher-
man, Birmingham; Joseph Roberts, Spring
field; Joseph A. Garde and wife, Scranton,
Pa; Mr.. and Mrs. Mcguire, New York; Miss
Z. Gaffney, New York; Charles,
Hull, Wallingford; Lyman Hull, Walling-
ford; g: 9. Bradley. New hay, haven
Smith, New Haven; James Davis, Holyoke
Edwin Goss, Bristol; Jerry Fielding and
family, Meriden; William Barnes, Middle.
| town; Miss Kate Mcdonald, Waterbury; s
Riggs and family, Ansonia; A. F. Wood,
| Savannah; John Smith and wife, Meriden
John Oronin, Hartford; @. R. Perkins, Meri-
| den, Conn.,; 81. 8. Larkins, Meriden, Conn
l The Sea View house Ia fourishing. Al
present there are guests there as follows
Frank Squires, Westfeld; J. Clark and fami
ly, Hartford; g. F. Warner, Rockford, ILL.,
Mrs. A. F. Pine and family, Northampton
Alice Coleman, South Hadley; w. F. Hagsr
West6eld, b. J. Dunnam and wife
Stookbridge, Hattie E. Durham, Gar
rie L. Durham, stockbridge, Mass
Mr.. and Mrs. John Nagner, Waterbury; J.
e. Freeman, B. Miller, Westield, Mass. g,
Bailey, F. @. Severance. Rockville; Miss
Griswold, Miss Wincomb, Hartford; Mrs. w
N. Bailey and daughter, Denver, Col.
| Plat Price and wife, Norwalk; Mrs. s. Rosen
berg, Seattle, w. T.; Miss Rosenberg, New
Haven; Miss Rilla Perry, A. g. Howe anc
wife, Hartford; 7. g. Pease. Thompsonville
Miss Gregory, Norwalk; Mrs. 8. S. Hart
Hartford.
Mr.. Putnam, at his popular pavilion ant
shore dinner resort opposite the Sea View
| reports fairly prosperous season, and al
1 the shore houses and resorts will come out Al
the right end financially If August bring.
continued hot weather. Mr.. Cox, at the Surl
house, is In vigorous health, much to the
qualification of his friends, who remember hi
&hvaa lou hal far~
| ago, which necessitated his journeying and
sojourning for a long time in Florida. a
singular circumstance Is that his illness
wound up with terrible earache, which
finally developed itself as the result of ter
rible wound he received while fighting fol
the old flag as member of the Tenth Ohio
regiment. 1t was in the thick of the fght
and a rebel not thirty feet away was aiming
his rifle at Mr.. Cox. The latter promptly
raised his ride to retaliate, but the other had
the bulge and shot Mr.. Cox in the head. The
bullet struck him in the face under the left
| eye, near the nose, and passed out at the
back Of the head just behind the left ear
The surgeon said his recovery from such 9
| wound was q marvel and that had the ball
varied an eighth of an inoh either way hi
recovery would have been well nigh an i'm
possibility.
Shore dwellers say the cottages at tn,
shore are not as much in demand this season
| as last, and this state of thing means con
| siderable loss of hard cash to those who wer,
| not fortunate enough to secure tenants. One
cause of this Is stated to be the high renta
prices asked. On the other hand, oottsg
owners maintain that the season being 9,
short, there is no adequate return for thu
capital invested except at the rents de
manded. However, the popularity of tn
shore is by no means on the wane, for tn
demand for cottages varies, in some year
their being scarcity of rents, in others
surplus of places to rent.