Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-10
AT WEST sHORE.

The Effect of High Thermometer at
 tho Shore-HOtels Doing Well-Vfs-
 itors Among the Cottagers-TheF Fast |
 Driving Nuisance Abating-Choir |
 Boys at woodmOnt-Many Fathers |
 Along the Shore-Hotel Arrivals. l
 Savin Rock was crowded with people | yesterday anxious to escape the sultry at mosphere of the city and inhale the cool ing breezes at the shore. The beach was alive with bathers. Everybody was quiet, too, and seemed to recognize the fact that the day was Sabbath. The horse cars were filled and not one case of disorderly con- duct was reported. The restaurateurs, hotel proprietors and those of the "fakirs' who were on hand wore broad smiles of satisfaction The number of guests regis tered at the various hotele for Cover Sun day" was quite large, though some of the houses might have accommodated more guests. Captain Snow had his rooms quite we'll engaged. Proprietors Hinman and Moegling provided for many out-of town visitors and the Twitchell and Lucas houses were quite as fortunate. Proprie- tor O'Connell entertained a large party, uodrIy dll Ol WuOu cuJoyoo oh oleO1AooA l dip into the deep.
 Caterer Stewart will dine the Fifteenth Connecticut Volunteers at Miller's pavilion | August 21.
 The Pembroke of Woodmont, which has
 become so popular this season, showed a | large list of Sunday guests, all of whom spent the day and evening most agreeably | at the pretty resort.
 Miss Lillie Wheeler is a guest at the | Brown cottage. Mrs. Jacob Johnson and son, Joseph, have returned to Savin Rock after pleas | ant sojourn among the Litchfeld hills. canoe races at Woodmont, narrowly es- capped drowning near the shore recently by l the capsizing of his boat. His skill as 8
 navigator probably saved his life. MT. and Mrs. s. B. Kittle of Brooklyn, l N. Y., are guests of Cottager Fox of Woodmont.
 | Miss Minnie Maine of Beach street is ex- ! pected home to-day from trip to Bath,
 L. I.
 Mr. Chauncey Beckwith of New Lond on
 is the guest of MT. A. J. Beckwith of ] Wharton street.
 l As guests of Mrs. J. w. Cummings on Center street are Mrs. George Hatch and l family of Worcester, Mass. | The Choir boys from Plainfeld, N. J.
 who have been camping at Woodmount for
 a week, left for home Friday. The party
 numbered twenty persons, and they lived l quite comfortably in tents near the Penn
 broke hotel. They enjoyed themselves
 while at the shore, and were regular par
 ticipants in all the sports. Bathing, row
 ing and fishing found ready cham pions in the young people who make an-
 nual summer tours. Upon the evening
 previous to the day of their departure a
 sacred concert was given at the Pembroke
 hotel, and the vocal and instrumental
 music was listened to by large number
 of cottagers and guests.
 l Mrs. D. A. Kinner of Washington ave-
 nue, West Haven, left last Monday for De- troit, Mich, to attend the national con-
 vention of the Woman's Relief corps. | MT. A. M. Kelsey is at Newport. l Labor day will be celebrated at Savin Rock this year and the shore merchants
 and railroad company are anticipating re-
 ceipts on that day which will largely con-
 pensate for the injury of the rainy spells.
 There are many people from New Britain, Waterbury, Meriden, etc., who come to the
 until Monday morning. They consider l this pleasant weekly vacation and rest. Among the number are MT. Levey of An
 sonia, A. E. Hart of New Britain, w. H. Holian of Birmingham, Messrs. Guard and
 Ralph Jordan of Waterbury, w. E. Coles
 of East Hartford, and Lewis Coogan of
 Springfield, who stop with MT. Twitchell.
 Senator Hawley has not left Woodmont,
 as stated in several of the newspapers, but 1 is still at the Pembroke hotel with his | family. The senator heartily enjoys a l plunge into the salt water and is frequent l bather.
 1 T. w. Johnson of the Grove rife range ! says that some of the most excellent shots
 are made by ladies residing at the shore. Some of the shapely damsels cut quite pretty figures as they stand before the | target.
 noticeable improvement at the Rock ] since the new police system is the absence
 of fast driving on Beach street. For many
 seasons past the evenings were made quite
 unpleasant for cottagers and visitors, who were not infrequently frightened half to | death by the carelessness and audacity of | inebriated! !drivers. It is now 8 rare occur l ence to find one breaking the law in regard
 to fast driving, and the efficiency of the l officers is quite pleasantly commented upon by residents.
 Saturday night the fourth hop of the
 season was given at the Bonsilene hotel, Woodmont. The affair was no less suc- cessful than it's predecessors and was par
 ticipated in by visitors from among the
 cottagers and out t-of-town friends These weekly receptions alternate between the Bonsilene and Pembroke hotel. | Saturday was one af the biggest days at Savin Rock this season, made so by a
 crowd of about 800, composed of the em- l ployes of the Farrell foundry of Ansonia, with their family, and other large parties. | About 200 took shore dinners at Cards | pavilion. The Racquet club of Meriden also spent the day there and had dinner at Cards pavilion. After the dinner they passed vote of thanks, eulogizing the dinner and the very successful efforts of MT. Card to please all around. | To-day there will be large German
 picnic at Railroad Grove, and next Mon day the Schwaben Verein will picnic at 1 the same place.
 | A party from Seymour are making ar
 engagements to visit the Rock at an early | day.
 The Ladies' Circle, 2S, A. o. F., will | picnic at Railroad Grove on August 13. | Herman's Sons society of this city will picnic there on August 20, and August 19 | party from Windsor Locks. | MT. Card, proprietor of the Railroad | Grove restaurant, will have prize waltziDg | at the grove Tuesday night. The best lady l waltzer to receive an order for pair Of shoes and the gent box of cigars. All | square dancing will be free. 
 A CHILD BADLY INJURED. Accident at Savin Rock Yesterday.