The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-26
YESTERDAY AT THE RESORTS.
Tybee ThronRed With Visitors "A
Crowd at Thunderbolt.

Crowd at Thunderbolt.
It was delightful day at Tybee yester-
day. The trains TO the island in the fore
noon and until late in the afternoon were
crowded. A fine breeze blew aud the surf
at noon was splendid. The Hotel Tybee was
filed with people. Toward the middle of
the afternoon the sun was hidden
by clouds, and the older the day
got the pleastanter it was on the beach.
Quite a number of private parties were on
the island. The most notable, perhaps, was
the Simmons-Blandford party. IL was
composed of the two supreme court judges,
Hon. Evan p. Howell and several others.
Judge Simmons and Capt. Howell were
accompanied by their little sons.
The party spent portion of the after
noon out on the ocean in a yacht.
1t is said that the trip out was very de-
lightful to the fathers and their friends, but
the boys were more or less seasick.
A splendid bit Of repartee between Judge
Simmons and bis son while ''outside, y
reached the MORNING NEWS reporter
The grave judge, seeing his son limp in
the bottom Of tine boat, aroused him and
asked him to look upon the beauties Of the
mighty deep. The lad was too sick to pay
that proper obeisance to his father, and he
looked up at the judge in "you-are-
responsible" way and replied: "I'd rather
Secretary and Treasurer Strobhar of the
Southwestern railroad at Macon under the
old management, spent yesterday on the
island. Mr.. Strobhar is a thorough railroad
man and he is well posted in the railroad
history of Georgia.
Maj. w. A Wilkins Of waynesboro spent
the day at the beach. He is regarded as
one of the most successful raisers of thor
oughbred stock in the country. He takes a
dooI nfr do in and
cradle attention to it. Stock raising is,
however, pleasure rather than business
with Mai. Wilkins. He is said TO be worth
in the neighborhood Of half million dol
lars
President Purse of the Savannah and At
lantic railroad chaperoned an up-country
party down to the beach. 1t was the visitors
first visit to the island and they could have
fallen into no better hands than those of the
president of the Savannah and Atlantic.
Capt w. H. Wells and wife of Macon
were among the visitors to Tybee beach. 1t
was their first visit. Capt. Wells is chief
engineer of the Macon Construction Com
pany, which will build the line from Macon
to Savannah. He is not disposed to talk
much about railroad schemes on Sundays.
Sundays. he says, he leaves his railroad at
home.
Large numbers went down to Thunder
bolt. Every train was crowded. The day
was most pleasant, southeast breeze COM
ing up from the sea making the air both
healthful and enjoyable.
There was a report that a yacht contain
ing two gentlemen on a pleasure sail cap
sized and gave the occupants sudden salt
bath, and that rowboat had to
be sent out to bring the parties to
shore, but telephone inquiries at Thun-
derbolt last night failed to corroborate the
report. The wind was excellent for sailing
yesterday, and the general wish was ex-
pressed at the club house that the day will
be as suspicious on June 5, for if it should
be the regatta will be sailed quickly, as the
sails will have all the wind they can carry.