Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-07-20
ones comfort IL 10 be had here. The band
ia an excellent one and the weekly ger
mans ore a brilliant success. NELLIE.
BREEZY OLD POINT COMFORT.
Military Guests and the Magical Effect OF
Brass Buttcps ON the Girls.

OF her civilian n imircr IN a desultory ana
discounted fashion. This was noticeable
Thursday afternoon when tho Mont
gomery True Blues arrived mere Iioh
their ten davs' tour AZ the White Sulphur.
Captain Garland. who was unweil, sent
the boys down in charge OF Eirst-Lieuten-
ant Ierocenbeil. who had them assigned to
rooms and a programme laid ont for tnelr
entertainment. They met no end OF
friends among the guests at the hygeia,
and when tho music opened for the eve
Ming they monopolized large share OF the
pretty girls. Yesterday the steamer Cen
oral Wood was placed at their disposal ny
Colonel Frank and the COMPANY pad
visit to Newport News aud Hampton. Inc
afternoon was spent inspecting the fort.
Witnessing target-practice. ana dress, pa
radc. While their stay j. short u VIII De
both pleasant and instructive and they
Will always be welcome visitors either sln-
ely or IN plato0ns.
GLOUCESTER VISITORS.
How many pleasant people find their way
down into Gloucester county 20 spend the
summer months. There WAS whole
cargo Of Young people from that section
arrived here Thursday afternoon on the
yacht Alice and Ellen. They came down
10 see what was going on ~ the HySoia
and have a good time. and accomplishing
both ends Mr.. Frederick Dcnne arranged
the party. which was ch0perOned by Mrs.
MAYER and Mrs. Smith. Of Baltimore.
Among the visitors were Mise Sue leatman
and Miss Mamie Parks. Of Norfolk; Mss
Annie Smith, Miss Compton, and Miss
Leila Montague, Of Baltimore; Mss Lilly
Folks the Misses Dimmock. and a number
Of other pretty g.rls from the county;
They enjoyed the dancing immensely, and
left for home al II Z. VI.
Nnr.ore ryvreON.nrg
Ex-Governor William T.. Cameron. Of
Petersburg who used 10 he o familiar
figure M the Point during his administra-
ton. IS down for q few dayl quiet aud rest.
lie has been IN conference with Hon.
Harry Ilbbev, ex-member Of Congress
from this district. and a number OF other
leading Republicans, which may indicate
that he stlll has political aspirations.
Colonel &. OBJ. COw0rdin, who has been
spending a corple o. weeks at Cobbs
Island with his family, arrived here on
Wednesday and proceeded to the Rock
brigde Alum Springs. wncre they VIII
remain for the balance of the heated term.
Lieutenant =. Il. Hills. Fifth artillery, o
graduate Of tine last class Is ordered 10
duty at Champagne. H.. where he reports
September 1T, whore he has a four-year
college detail. Lieutenant Hills was sta
toned here rs post adiutant IN 1866 when
Mr. Davis was confined as a prisoner. lie
thinks that if Congress increases the artll-
lerv corps TO seven regiments he may yet
reach tie grade Of captain before he re-
tires.
STAR GRADUATES.
Lieutenant John L. Chamberlain. First
artillery. and Lieutenant john T. Thomp-
son. also graduates OF the last class. have
been houored with detail at the Wash
iucton navy-yard to familarize themselves
with the manufacture Of heavy ordnance,
now so successfully carried on at that sta
ton. These gentlemen We're star graduates,
and are the first army officers assigned 70
this duty.
Captain James VI. ingalls,, First ar
tillcry, instructor in callsthenicS at the
Artillery School and one Of the brightest
mathematciaus III the service, lett with
his family on Tuesday 10 spend q two
months vacation IN the mountains OF New
Hampshire.
Iieutenant Beverly w. Dunn, ordnance
corns and family. who have been the
puests of Lieutenant and Mrs. Foote, left
on Monday for Alton, Va. where they VIII
spend the month Of August,
ArAvoRIE WITH OFFICERS.
Senior Ricardo Baccoro and family, of
New York. arrived here Sunday on their
annual visit. They have spent three or
four seasons hore. where Miss BeccerO is
u0nular favorite with the young officers.
Mrs. Wharton. of Baltimore, ~ here on
vislt to her sister. Mrs. James A. Watkins:
Mr.. Rams.iell United States marshal of
the district 'and daughter, are among the
late arrivals. c.,
cavalry. and wife arrived TINS morning
from Galesburg, III.
MIR G. p. Huntington and Mr.. George
Foster Peabody. of New York, passed
through Wednesday morning on their way
to Cincinnati.
WATER BATTERY.
Colonel Peter c. Hams. United States en-
pineors, arrived from Washington yester-
dav 10 arrange for building system OF jet
ties in front of the water battery To pre-
vent the encroachments of the sea. The
heavy storms for the past three or four
years have rendered something OF the KIND
necessary.
A now iron bridge over Hampton creek
and a new street railroad between Old
Point and Hampton are now assured facts,
and work upon them will commence about
4 special train over the Chesapeake and
Ohio road arrived here last evening with
about one hundred and fifty visitors from
Cincinnati. Louisville and other points.
Our CITY FOLKS.
The following Richmonders have regis
tered here during the week: Colonel IS. q.
James. G. Poindexter, George }. hohn,
Mrs. Thomas j.. Moore. j. W. Allison, VII
! liam ii. Allison, Warner Moore, James ii.
Anderson. Mrs. PeytOn Wise. PeytOn WISE,
II. Halberstadt. Thomas II. Bigger, Mrs.
| Conquest. Miss Florence Bidgood, n. W.
| Bowe. J. 4. Benet, Mrs. II. A. Atkinson,
! Miss Grace b. Babser. William II. Sands
and wife. Miss Sands. T. NJ. llundley and
| wife. Edward J. Warren, }. Cabell Brock
/ enbrouch and wife, Mrs. George ID. Plea
SAINTS. Mss Irene Peasants. j. >. Hickok,
| MAJOR ". c. lipscomb, Benjamin IL. ipS-
comb, Douglass Craig, Henry NsdeRi l i. j.
! Cabeu. J.. ". Scarborough, q. J.. Nich0l-
| son. Alfred Macdonald, ". NJ. Lovett, W.
/ B. smith. p. s. Dance, r. u. Harwood,
| Mrs. Y. VI. Robinson and two sons, a: =.
/ Dickinson. Miss Fannie A. Eaton, Miss
| Lille A. Eaton. NJ. j. Myers, Miss Marie
Myers, Conway Il. Sands, Frank PuryeaTT,
! CYRUS Burns. ]. W. Jones. A. Z; Young, nl.
c. Staples and family, :. n. Loyensteln,
IeRov =. Brown and family, John Don
nan and wife. 5. b. Reynolds, I. q. Gary,
| Al. Rooney. Jr.. j. l.. Powers, D., /.
| Wood. n. ID. Coleman, John A. Cullen,
/ Charles j. MacHenrv. ". II. Lumsden. a.
/ +. Harvey. Mir. and Mrs. Otway 5. Allen,
/ Mrs. James Mcdonald, j. L. Alvey and
I wife. Edward Alvey and wife, IL. L. Boyd,
and John ). Curtis.
The Montgomery True Blues after, a
short but delightful visit here, left TINS TINS
afternoon for the Montgomery White sui
nbur Springs, where they viii remain in
/ camp until August the 1st. They hope TO
come and camp here next summer.
Mr.. Holtzclaw. contractor for the new
hotel, is trying to have material delivered
here by the Chesapeake and Ohio, At
present only passengers are allowed to land
| on the reservation.