New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-09
OLD POINT COMFORT.
WHITTIER SCHOOL REBu11r-RANGE FINDER

pooI, TABLES FOR THE BOLD OANNoNEE4t
Oh Point Comfort, Va, Nov. (speciap.-ihe
rorl, Of rebuilding the Whittier School building
,roved by fire last spring. was completed on Mon
dav when the school was opened as an annex 10 the
Uomnton Normal School II Is a handsome WOODEN
huildIng In the form OF Greek cross, ana VIII az
commodate about $50 students.
A company from Johnstown. Penn, has secured the
contract for material construct an electric stree
railway between Old Point and Hampton.
Lieutenant John W. Ruckman, 9Th Artillery, now on
dirty Al the Artillery School, has just perfected an
electric range finder, which he exhibited 10 uhe
officers of the post yesterday afternoon. One OF the
Old Dominion steamers passing az the time. Her
notIon and course plated the plane table TOT
distance Of five siX miles. IT Is an ingenious con-
,r;vance. and the members OF the class were very
much pleased with the accuracy of its work.
The CAPTAINS of the six batteries now stationed here
have each had pool table placed In the battery
ouarters for use OF their This affords them
amusement during the long winter evenings and tends
10 keep them within the limits of the post. Inc
youpq Mems Christian Association have also
opening a handsome reading room, which Is we'll
supplicd with religious works and current literature
Colonel William b. Lane, retired arrived mere WIN
Mrs. Lane on Monday for an extended visit. Ihey
have been spending the summer with their oauSh'cr'
Mrs. Ginole of Fort Leavenforth, Kan, and
will 20 to Florida Wnen tne "cItier US"'"'0'
colder. - D.,
Major John Brooke, post surgeon, ana vile leiV iof
tbeir new station Fort. Leavenworth, on Monday.
The steam Yacht Half Moon, OF fonkers, was III
tbe Roads on Tuesday bound for Newbern, ~ e., with
a party Of sportsmen.
Colonel Owens a civil engineer from Washington
is here looking after additional ground in winch "
bury the deceased inmates OF the Natenal Home al
Uhmpton When the National Cemetery at Hampton
wa established at the close OF the war; it contained
about twelve acres. Into this were gathered the
remains of all the known and unknown dead on the
lower peninsula, together with those buried In the
vicinity Of Norfolk and Suffolk numbering over ooo'
There was considerable space left vacant, but TINS
has been rapidly filing up and 1t is now found neces-
sary 10 secure another tract TO meet the increasing
deaths at the Home
The following are some of the late arrivals at the
Uygeia Hotel: Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Annan ir., DR.. John
Van dor Peel, Hugo Mongel, W. Mealllnhaus, MI ana
Mrs G. Radford Kelsa Edwin A. Beck, }. NJ Rachlan;
MIR Leyfield. William H. Quick, J. \. LaSSo Edward
NJ. Weide. W. F. Woodford, Walter IL Nepey Mr ana
Era Wilhelm. f. C. Wilson, George NJ BroCks ana
Wife Edward Kllgrave and wife, William Peierkln ana
wife New York: Mrs. Isaac Van der Peel. Mr. ana
Van der Peel. W. G. Morton and wife Albany: D; ~
Resscgue and wife, Mr.. and Mrs. william H. English
William A. Hall and wife, II. L.. Moore and wne,
brooklyn: George p. Staples and WIFE, j. B T.
a. j. Mcleod and wife. Boston Robert p Dodd and
wife Newark: W. II. sawyer and Wife, worcester Of;
J. F. Borg Miss Cornell Plainleld H. d. Smith and
wife, Pittsburg A.. Wallace and VIE, ocean 'povS
Walker and wife, Washington; Oscar H. Baughort ana
wife. Chicago.