Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-06

Superintendent Duncan is responsible Tor the
statement that more tickets we're sold on the
opening day than ever before. The grounds
have been carefully looked after this spring,
and beautiful flower beds, in which are planted
the choicest and most fragrant flowers, are
interspersed at intervals within radius OF
quarter of mile Of the hotel, which makes
it charming enough to suit the taste OF the
most fastidious- The miniature Jerusalem has
been re-paInted and the lecturer has arrived
and began his arduous duties to-day. The
mimic holy land with which the visitor is con-
fronted Immediately after landing has been
thoroughly overbauled, and the artificial hills
which were badly used by the terrific rain
storms last winter, have been bolstered up, and
can now be assembled without the slightest
danger.
TIE exercises on the opening day consisted
of two lectures, which were of course, dellv-
| cred in the Amphitheater; the o'clock P. n.
lecture, delivered by Mrs. Emily Wakefield, on
1.-The Literature of the East and a Stereopti-
| con lecture at s p. NJ, on "The Divina Com
media" by the Rev. John c. Eccleston.
The following is the programme for to-mor-
row: At 8 A. NJ, Bible study, "El ia and Elisha,
| led by DR.. w. R. harper; at II A. M, sermon
| by Or. George w. Miller; at 2:3O P. NJ, Sunday
| School at the Temple and Assembly at the
/ Amphitheater; at P. NJ, meeting of the so
| cIety of Christian Ethics; at the c. L. >. T..
| V, sper service and at 7:5O song service.
Probably the most attractive spot on Lake
| ChautauQua is Lakewood. 1t is certainly the
| Saratoga of the West, and is making rapid
strides for first place as fashionable watering
| resort. 1t was only a few years ago that there
| was but one hotel with meager accommoda-
tions and very few cottages; to-day Lakewood
| has three fine hotels. The guests can play Dase
bail, lawn tennis. cricket; in fact there are
grounds laid out for almost every outdoor ex-
| ercses. When one tires of athletic sports one
can go fishing on the lake which is nne TINS
year.
| Mr.. Frisbee, the proprietor of the Kent
| House, says a big demand for the month OF
| August has been made by Pittsburgers. Ihere
| are two lines of steamers on the lake ths sum-
| mer The Red Stack line" has had no oppo-
| sltion heretofore and visitors were forced to
| pay exorbtant rates for transportation. Now
| trip which cost the visitor rs cents last sum
mer can be taken for 25 cents. The Kent
| House and Sterlingworth Inn, the two leading
hotels, have put in long distance telephones, an
| acquisition which will please the business men.
| as it is far more convenient and satisfactory
than telegraphing
Independence Day was very quiet here, but
| tonight there was a pyrOtechnc display on
| large scale. There was also an Illuminated
| fleet of steamers which met collectively, imme-
| aiey in front of the ChautauQua dock for
the edifoation or the visitors of that place.
| Among the guests now here are Captain
| Thomas Fawcett, Pittsburg; John r. Packard,
! Greenville, Pa; Warren Packard, Warren, Pa;
| Mrs. David Hostettsr and son, Theodore, Pitts.
| burg; Charles Shift, President Of the Queen
| and Crescent and United System of Rail ways
! Cincinnati, and Miss Jennie Morgan, Miss Lu.
| cinda A. Taylor. Miss Emma L. Fawcett and
| Miss Matte Il. Justice, Salem, o.