Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-07-09
CAPE HENlOPEN CITY.
The Season Fairly Opened--Big Cate
of Fish--Personal Notes of Suinr

The Season Fairly Opened--Big Catches
of Fish--Personal Notes of Summer
Sojourners.
Special Correspondence OF Gazette AMI journal
CAPE HENLopES BEACH, July 3.--0ld
Rehohoth seems to have acquired new
vigor as II has taken upon itself the more
euphonious name Of Cape lIenlopen
Beach. The season is now virtually
opened and with bright prospects for
good summer. The winters storms have
left the beach clean and beautiful; the
sand has blown up around the piling
which was driven after the famous Sep
| TENDER storm of two years ago when so
much damage was done to all the resorts on
the Atlantic coast, and il is now apparent
| that after the drift of one or two more
winters Cape Henlopen Beach will be
thoroughly fortified against the wild
freaks Of the sea.
Anattraction which il is believed will draw
many to this place during not only the sum
mer. but also the spring and autumn
rs well, is the magnificent fishing which is
afforded by the adjacent waters. Already
the attention of the sporting element has
been drawn to this popular resort by the
| fine rock fishing offered in Rehoboth hay.
hut it has lately been discovered that the
ocean offers still greater sport to the angler
| III its abundance of trout. Strange to saw,
the natives have never discovered this UNI
| I'll within the last year or two. Now,
almost any morning the disciples of Izaak
Walton may be seen, with fishing tackle,
vending their way down to the surf,
Trout, weighing from two to seven and
nine pounds, are being drawn in by the
hundreds of pounds daily. For the benefit
of those who wish TO indulge several boats
have been fitted out.
John Manning has put naptha launch
on the bay, to ply between this place and
NJ - D.I&
more also expects to place a launch upon
the bay, in which he and his friends may
| while away the warm summer months.
All three of the hotels are now in opera
ton, and from the broad smile visible
upon the faces of their proprietors, they
expect to do thriving business
The Hotel Henlopen is operated by
| Walter Burton, well-known and efficient
host of Washington. This season the
| Bright House is under the management
of Wolfe and Warrington, two of the
staunch business men of this section while
Mr.. William NJ. jefferson, known through
ont the peninsula for having conducted
at Lewes one Of the best hotels in the
state, welcomes his patrons at the Douglass
| House.
There is already a number of guests at
each of the hotels, also the cottages are
rapidly filling up and the deserted village
is again becoming lively little town.
Personal: Ferd Fullmer of Wilmington
has been spending few days in his cot
| tage before starting for an outing in
Canada--William Drein and family Of
Wilmington have settled down in their
cottage for the summer--Mrs. Walraven
of Wilmington Is in her cottage on Surf
ayenue--A. s. Webster, another Whining
tonian, has bought the Aaron Marshall
cottage, where he with his family is now
enjoying the oceans breeze-Chief Justice
Comegys of Dover has moved into his cot
tage below the Douglass House-Judge
Houston is stopping with Robert g. Hous-
| ton, Esq, at the Russell Cottage on Surf
avenue-Dr. Hitch's family of Laurel is in
| his cottage below the Bright House
Fred T. Steff of Baltimore has the Weld
erman Cottage for the season-Charles Il.
| Moore, one of Georgetown's lawyers has
moved into the Mccullough Cottage on
Railroad avenue--Dr. JAMES Martin of
Philadelphia has the Heisler Cottage, as
centre from which he will gun and other
| wise enjoy himself for the next two
months-George NJ. Kline of Lancaster
occupies the j. Taylor Cause Cottage again
this year-H Howard Doughty, ST., Of Johns
Hopkins University is the guest of Mr.. r.
Powell, another Johns Hopkins student,
has been rusticating for few days at the
Bright House-The family Of ]: + Oyster
Of Baltimore is stopping with w. G. Shock
The Misses kershaw, after having spent
few days here, have departed for the
White Mountains--Dr. Angney Of Phila-
delphia will occupy the Kershaw Cottage
during July.