Evening journal., 1890-04-29
HO FOR CHATTANOOGA.
A LARGE STAG PARTY LEAVES FOR
The SUNNY SOUTH.

Representative Business Men Intent on
Pleasure and Business Combined who
Made Up the Party-Incidents of the
Trip.
Promptly on schedule time on Saturday
afternoon train of five palace vestibule
cars, composed OF baggage, dining ro ON
and three sleepers, rolled out of the
Delaware Avenue Station of the Balti-
more and Ohio road, bound for Chatta-
nooga Chicamauga, Lookout Mountain,
Missionary Ridge, and adjacent points,
having on board about seventy-fve of
the representative business men of this
city, Philadelphia, Chester, Newark and
Washington, intent on business and
pleasure combined.
On the train when it arrived at viii
mington were the following gentlemen
Judge A. ]. Holder of New York; Phi
meas Garrett, West Chester, Pa. d. J..
Scott, West Chester, Pa. DR.. ]. E.
Jones, West Chester, Pa G. w. Tai
bot, West Chester Pa. E. o. Kitchener,
Philadelphia G. +. Grimm, Philadel-
phia; W. b Keyser, Philadelphia; G. X.
Dolby, Morton, Pa c. 9. Cook, Coates
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Life Insurance Company, Philadelphia
L. S. Cook. Morton, Pa; H. s.
Eckert, President Farmers Bank,
ter, Pa. Joel Lane. Chester, Pa, and
E. r. Cochran, clerk Of the peace Of this
county.
At the Delaware avenu,
station were taken on board AS. Elliott,
nos a1av A f,NF
Isaac @. Elliott, j. r. Bringhurst, Ed
ward Mendinhall Edward Andrews
Huxley Harvey, Thomas jackson, Fl. r
Scott, Nathan Lieberman, John It
Dickey, Fl. F. Robelen, Samuel M
Knox, Patrick Neary, James L. De You
George R. Townsend, William Beaden-
kopf and G. w Edwards, all OF thi;
city, and William M. Bell Of Smyrna and
Walter Norris, cashier Of the Farmers
Bank of Dover.
| where 8. Nj. Curtis, Walter Curtis, Will
liam Cooch and w F. Griffith of Newarl
were picked up, also J. X. Lewis 0
Singerly, Md.
Then on to Baltimore sped the party
the time being quickly passed in stor,
telling, playing cards, Joking and re
4
being, becoming boys again.
At Baltimore, j. T. Wilson OF Abing
don. Md, Joined the party, and at WasE
ington, which was reached about half
past FIVE, the Hon. ]. W. Gambler q
Massachusetts, chairman of the Hous
Committee en- the Worlds Fair, q.
Claiming Of Massachusetts,. John N
Clark of Plymouth. n. b., e. A. Bower
of Washington, and Henry Tatnall, vice
president Of the GirRrd Life and Trui
Company of Philadelphia, joined tn
party.
Dinner was served at Washington
Many of the party took advantage of I'll
stop at Washington to stroll about th
Capitol ground and at c'clcck the trai
pulled out with all in-.not filed witt
though-the best of spirits, of whiC
there was a generous supply
The next stop made was short one !
Harper's Ferry and Shenandoah Jun,
tion on the Shenandoah Valley road WI
reached about 0 o'clock .. M. By tn
time some were pretty well knocked Of
and retired, but not for rest, for it vi
midnight before there was any let-up
the hilarity of such old timers as NE
Cochran. Pat" Neary, Bud" Leo
y DiAA1 0ObIn u 4uAlucI VI ObU
staid old gentlemen who a
! generally as solemn as owls. and who
/ | regulations as good, early TO- be
!, early-to-rise citizens it would be sin
/ spoil James L. DeYou. though, d
serves special mention. He broke all l
previous records as prince Of good +,
lows. By o'clock the train was hush
in slumber, with no sound to break t
stiffness except the snorts and snores
: those who brought their trumpets wi
!, them.
At 3 a. m. Sunday morning Roanol
Va, was reached, where a stop of hi
q an hour was made. A north bound nj
train being in at the lime, many hi
riedlywritten epistles were got off.
The excursion is in charge of G.
Y Stevenson of the Raymond and VIII
4 combe excursions and the accommodate
a Pullman conductor is j. L. Fetters
Philadelphia.
The party expects to reach Chat
4 nooga at II o'clock Sunday night.
Martin Lane Of Baltimore and t
: Hon. - Catchings Of Mississippi W
join the party at Chattanooga Irving
, Evans of Boston, the eminent N
!. England financier, and party, and a
O. e. Jackson, banker of Middleton
Conn, and friends will join at Chat
nooga.