The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-06-19
TYBEE'S GAY SEASON.
THE HOTELS FILLING UP AND THE
BEACH LIVELY.

The Clubs a Popular Feature of Sea-
side Life-Public improvements on
The Island-New Buildings Going up
All the Time-The Catholic Church
About Finished-Preperstion for It's
Dedication - The Tybes Municipal
administration.
The Tybee season is fairly opened, and a
large number of Savaunahians are sum-
mering on the island. The club houses are
| we'll patronized. The late afternoon trains
| carry down many who remain overnight at
their clubs, and the beach presents quite an
animated scene nightly with the strolling
clubmen. The Atlantic Club has an average
Of fifteen to twenty dodgers every night.
The club has one of the most comfortable
and commodious houses on the island Its
broad verandas, facing the ocean. afford
delightfully."- cool resting place.
The Chatham Artillery Club is another
place where many spend night after hot
day in the city. IL 10 well patronized at
night by the members. and although it is
| built back from the ocean it is famed by
the cooling salt breezes.
The Zorayia club and "Ranch" have also
| opened for the season. Both are well filed.
THE HOTELS FILLING Up.
The Hotel Tybee, Ocean house, MAYORS,
Lanes and Toshachs are doing foe bust
ness, and are filing I'D with permanent
guests. Mayor McDonough and family are
at the Hotel Tybee. Many of the hotels
and some from South Carolina. The hotel
men expect big crowd during July and
August.
All Of the private cottages are occupied.
| Ii there were more houses on the island
there isn't the slightest doubt that they
could be rented advantageously.
Driving on the beach is the popular
amusement. AS soon as the sun goes down
| in the afternoon the beach assumes lively
appearance with buggies. surries and
phaetons. There are quite a number Of
private vehicles on the island.
SEEMING AND TURTLE HUNTING.
SEEMING and turtle bunting are the night
sports INDUCED in by the male element of
Tybee. In the former considerable success
results, and good catches are made. Turtle
hunters are not always fortunate, and often
lose almost an entire nights rest, without
| any other result than tired feeling. Two
this week. One Weighing about
500 pounds was captured near To-
| shach's Monday night. Yesterday morning
| two young men who had been on hunt all
night 4d their efforts rewarded Just as they
were about to give up. by capturing a 400
| FOUNDER In front Of the OCEAN house. The
turtle made hard fight to get back into the
water, and it required considerable effort
| on the part OF his captors to get him over
| on his back.
The town council of Tytee is progressive,
Lamps have been placed along the railroad
at short distances apart from MAYORS to
the new Catholic church. A plank side
| walk has been built from the Ocean House
to the same point. The lights and sidewalk
are great convenience to the habitues OF
the island in getting from he hotels to the
| club houses.
THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.
The work of opening the streets has also
| begun. A full force of hands is now at
WORK cutting away the brush and grading
Seventh street. The opening Of the streets
| will prove of great benefit to the town.
A chain-gang is already one Of the estab-
lished institutions Any offender who hap
pens to be unable to pay his 6ne is consigned
to the gang to work it out in public i'm
provements. The force at present consists
of a few negroes. The gang is used in
drainage work and reclaiming the swamp
land. 1t Is under the supervision of the
police department. 1t has been jokingly
suggested that Mayor Ulmer impose
fines of such SUMS as the offenders
will be unable to pay, and in this
manner recruit the chain-gang to such pro-
portions as to push the works of improve
ment more rapidly. There's nothing slow
about the city fathers of Tybee, and il 1t
doesn't become a great" city it will be no
fault of theirs, nor will it result from lack
of dignity in the municipal government.
since Chief of Police Lightbody has secured
Texas pony mount be has become a dig
nified officer, aud assists in loveling and
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hills and along the beach.
THE NEW CATHOLIC CHURCH.
The Catholic church is rapidly nearing
completion, and will be ready for dedica-
| ton and the holding of services in about two
weeks. The church Is at the corner of
Eighth street, facing the railroad, just
across from the Atlantic club house. It is
a neat frame building, with a seating
capacity of about $50. IL will have but
one altar. On each side of the altar are
two rooms. One will be used as a sacristy
and the other as sleeping room for the
priest The building Is surmounted by a
tower. on the top Of which is large white
cross. The dedioatory exercises will be
quite elaborate. Ali the priests of the city
and several visiting priests will be in attend
ance. and will take part in the ceremonies.
Next Sunday mass will be celebrated at 10
o'clock in the parlor of the Atlantic club
house.
The Sacred Heart Cadets of Augusta, a
semi-military temperance organization,
will encamp at the beach for a week next
month. A large party 10 expected TO ac-
company the Cadets, as a special excursion
win be run from Augusta for the enoamp-
meut
Supt. McBee of the Central railroad has
been petitioned TO put on train about 7:15
o'clock In the morning on the Savannah aud
Atlantic. Those whose business oompeIs
their return co the city every morning have
the SOL o'clock train. The next train leaves
the island at SIG O'Clock, and this would
put them into the city too late.
Dinner For Two. Appetite for Onel"
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