Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-28

were opened to-day for the first, as It is their
custom to wait until the last Saturday of
June before throwing open their doors Cot
tage rentals are little behind this summer
still all of the best and highest priced sum-
mer residences had been taken long ago.
A few years the best cottage between El-
beron and Atlantic City could be rented for
the summer for less than $50: now there are
dozens of elegant establishments leased,
with furniture, stables. horses and carriages,
and even servants, for s. 900 for three months.
They are worth the money, too. Theaver-
age cottage in the immediate vicinity of AS
bury Park costs $500 for the season.
The Shifting Beach.
The bathing season opened Friday, and,
Notwithstanding the terrible drowning trag-
edy at Elberon, where Princetons famous
pitcher, Brokaw, and two serving maids lost
their lives, the surf was filled with score of
early bathers during each hour of low tide.
The temperature of the sea is 100 to-day.
Few visitors along the New Jersey coast
viii eve ever forget the storm Of last August
moon," when thousands of tons of Jersey
sand were swept away. ALI winter long has
the owner of the riparian rights at Asbury
Park, James A. Bradley, of New York, been
striving to save and protect his interests
from the onslaught of the vigorous Atlantic.
Breakwaters, oak piling, cedar plankS and
iron sheets have strained and bent and then
finally broken away under the never-ceasing
blows of the captious and powerful surf.
But with the ceasing of winter and spring
storms has come q cessation of host1lit1es,
sitions by restoring daily great banks OF
sand and pebbles. The beach will be almost
entirely remade at the points where the
great inroads of the past months have been
made.
Neptune Favors Camp Meetings.
Across Wesley Lake, in old Ocean Grove,
the Camp Meeting Association has gained
more property, east of the board walk along
the surf, than it ever owned before. The
beach here is well protected by natural
guard, a sand bar or reef, lying about half a
mile out from the shore. Ocean Grove, the
twin resort of Asbury Park, begins It's
season of religious and educational assem-
blies with the services tomorrow, sunday.
The great open-a1r auditorium, the Bishop
James Memorial Tabernacle, the Young Peo-
pies Temple and the various subsidiary eol,
fees on this celebrated camping ground Will
be thrown open to the thousands OF visitors
from all parts of the world. The morning
service in the auditorium will be delivered
by the Rev. James E. Smith, d. D., pastor OF
the State Street Methodist Episcopal Church
of Trenton, New Jersey, and formerly
popular clergyman stationed at times In tne
cities of Western Pennsylvania.
In the afternoon the Rev. Thomas Hanlon,
of Pennington, the Rev. Dr.. Alday, OF Phiia-
delphia, and the Rev. DR.. Wilson, Of Allie
gheny, will assist in the organization OF the
great summer Sunday school, which has an
Average attendance in July and august OF
5000 persons. They will be particularly In.
terested, moreover, in the reassembhng OF
the summer class for Bible study, which has
an attendance of 500 adults.
The Rev. Charles H. Tatman, the evangei.
ist, whose name has become household
word in hundreds of Pennsylvania towns,
will not conduct the young peoples meet
ings this summer. He was the organ1zer
and leading spirit of this notable feature OF
Ocean Groves religious side and his connec-
tion with it extends over a number OF years.
His place will be filed by young Clergy
man with exceptional gifts for this deparg,
ment The evening sermon tomorrow will
be delivered by Rev. Charles j. Young, OF
Elberon, President Garfeld's pastor.
PenciIings From the Shore.
Mrs. j. s. Collins, Methodist lady Of
wealth and influence, from Allegheny City,
is at Maine avenue cottage in ocean
Grove. She is greatly interested in the sue
cess of the new auditorium which 1s pro-
posed to be erected on the site of the present
one. The new editice, as planned, VIII seat
IL 600 people Several thousand more will be
able to place camp-chairs or to stand within
hearing distance of the eminent clergymen
and laymen who will speak here.
Mrs. Ida J. Few, of Thornburg, Pa, has
brought her family to the Berwin cottage in
Asbury Park.
DR.. o. B. Gauze, a noted medical man Of
Wilmington, formerly OF Pitts6Gnrg. Pitt bur mas
3OS Asbury avenue.
The Rev DR.. Jesse W. Brooks, a clergyman
of the Reformed Church, recently arrived
here from his home on the Monongahela
river, and has secured q fine cottage on
Fourth avenue, near the sea-
Many Pittsburg people have engaged rooms
at the Sheldon, in Ocean Grove, for July:
Mrs M A. Werner, Mrs. C. P. Bailey, Miss
Ella Bailey Miss Alice Werner, Miss Cathar-
inc Werner, Miss Irene Gilman and j. Parke
Werner, ali OF Pittsburg, have been at the
Sheldon, Ocean Grove, since the middle Of
June, and will remain for some time to come.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Evans and MessrS.
Thomas NJ. Evans, John K Evans, Alan 8.
Evans and James Evans, Jr., are leading so
ciety and business people of WIkesporte,
Pa, who are entertained at the Sheldon in
Ocean Grove.
The pretty village Of Sea Bright lies about
II miles north of Asbury Park, on the Jersey
coast To aid the sufferers from the disastrous
fire last week in the business portion of the
place the citizens and visitors about here
have contributed large sum of money,
labor and the necessaries OF
life A benefit performance at theater
here was given last night and the proceeds
donated to the Sea Bright relief committee.
is actively going on and tho |
actual loss will be much less than was e1-
pected.