New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-28
AMONG THE CATSKILLS.
VISITORS SEEKING THE MoUNTAIN-sIDEs
AND VALLEYS.
HOTELS ASSUMING THEIR woNTED ACTIVITY
CRUMBLERs FINED FOR THE BENEFIT OF
THE TRIBUNE FRESH AIR FUND.


GRuMBIERs FINED FOR THE BENEFIT OF
THE TRIBUNE FRESH AIR FUND
shandaken ~ Y, July q SpeciaD. This is pop
uIar summer del In the Catskills l,oo Feet above
tide with many natural attractions on every sde
In the shape OF high mountains and charming val
leys wild and cool. The Indian name. Shandaken
means "rapid water" but just the streams
are too scanty for the display OF much enthusiasm
Like every other part OF the range. copious rains
seem greatly needed to invigorate the growing
crops and parched vegetation and lay the deep dust
in the roads.
over Ave hundred visitors can be entertained in
and near this quiet hamlet and many other hum
dreds ride away to Lexington. Westkill, Spruceton
and other favorite localities. But they are not all
here yet this season, though the usual number ID
expected The Palace Hotel few rods from the
station, is the largest and most modern OF any
in the ne.ghborhood II still has several vacant
rooms which surely seem attractive enough to fnd
occupants
The warm week has increased the mountain pop
uIation largely every section and even the large
hotels are now assuming their wonted activity with
n fair list OF daily arrivals The skies might in
deed have been clearer and the distant landscapes
less obscured by mist and smoke but the i'm
proved temperature has been highly appreciated.
The Ulster and Delaware Railroad Company re-
ports slightly increased trafc over last season for
the corresponding period. Some OF the big land
lords seem incredulous on this point. in view Of
their decreased patronage but the fact is accounted
for by the rapid increase OF cottagers In the
various parks and many other points In the range.
Just what the effect OF this change will be upon
the larger hotels here is yet an open question.
While this increase OF private summer homes would
seem likely to lessen hotel patronage TO some ex-
tent In the future 1t must also bring many
visitors to the mountains. Thus there seems no &C.
CASTOR for immediate alarm.
1t mas been a lively and enjoyable week at the
Kaaterskl. The company Of guests there now is
large and brilliant. and the August contingent PROM
ises to be much larger On Wednesday night there
was a grand complimentary banquet and ball IN
honor OF the Philadelphia Manufacturers Club. the
visitors of the day The affair was highly enjoyed.
This evening the weekly hop is in full progress
over in the pretty hall. with Meyers and his or
chcstra In charge.
Manager Leggett. Of the Antlers at Haines Falls.
says: Nearly every room is engaged after the
ist Of August" Progressive euchre. followed by
dancing was the social feature there on Thursday
evening and everybody had jolly good time. even
without wine or strong drink. for there is no bar at
the Antlers.
over IN Twilight Park. where the good people ana
their friends have many quaint notions OF sum-
mer life a ''Grumbling Club has just been started
at one OF the cubhouses where the cottagers dine.
When a person at table begins 10 grumbe or MUIR
muir at the weather or anything Of that nature, ne
or she is fined and at the end OF each week the
amount OF such fines goes 70 the Tribune Fresh AIR
Fund.
The new Grant House at Stamford Is having Q
booming season. The first hop there was held on
Tuesday Last night there a special dance. with
elaborate decorations. music and favors Churchi!i
Hall is also a lively resort just now.
Among the many Brooklyn people in different
parts OF the range II. VI. Baum and family az
the Tremper: william J. Kelly and Miss Maggie NC
Manus at the O'Hara. lexington DR.. Charles II
nd au,ily III. Il.
wife at stanford Stephen Grogan and family. at
Cairo; W l.. J. Nauty and family at the ST.
Charles Hunter: Herbert Fuller and family, at the
Grant House. near Catskill Village Captain Haxtun
and wife. AT Greycourt Inn, StaHloli' MIS- Nooe'l
VI Nelson. al Saugertes.
An encampment Of State militia is among the
promised attractions In Stamford for the second
week in August. Four hundred soldiers, with neid
artillery will spend four days as the guests OF tho
village The s3d Company. OF Walton; the ga or
Oneon,a and the 18th. of Kingston. have been inVt-
ed sham battle is on the programme
General Manager Laying OF the West snore gave
a pleasant excursion 10 Phoencia 10 the working
Girls Club. OF NewYork. filing four cars on tues
day. Mr.. Laying accompanied the party In speeiai
car with the Rev. A. f. Kitteridge, manager OF the
wards. the physician.
4 new railroad station is being erected al Hal
co,tvlle on the Ulster and Delaware road, similar
in design to the one at Grand Gorge
The recent concert OF the Five Points Mission
children In the Stamford Methodist Church was
much enjoyed
Nr,~ cottage AZ Stamford for the summer The
hovling alley Of John X Grant is an attractive spot
in that village
The second annual field day and races will be the
absorbing event at Prattsvile next week. Reports
from that favorite old region show a larger innux
Of summer visitors than last season
Colonel Fox OF the Forest Commission. says the
deer tha, were recently released from the state
Park Enclosure Side Mountain were IN me
condition. They did not seem TO care for freeaoni'
and had to be driven out by force one doe Win
lawns became frantic positively refusing TO leave
and she was left master OF the situation All nave
since disappeared. however. The Colonel thinks
there ought TO be a herd OF thousand or moro IN
the Catskis.
The Mystic Midgets' will have the boards at
Churchill Hall Thursday and Friday evenings
call for increased boarding facilities OF the best
class comes from the Roxbury region. everything
Mrs r. , j. G Sanford OF Washington. is visiting
Captain Patterson. Of Brookda ,';so. and 7 y
Gleason and family Of Ne~-York are ,,u at a DEM:
M dr 81 Sath s q d %Ska of fekn Ill., and William
Rruyn Hops. Netherlands Consul az savanna,
Hugh swanzie and family Of New-York. are among
Kingston visitors. ,..,,..
gypsy convention has been an amusing feature
with the Cairo visitors latey. over hundred Of
the ancient clan gathered there and held high car
nival . ,
twenty-five members Of the New-York German
Chess C.uo. accompanied by their wives are enjoy
ing jolly outing at Shokan. ,,.,.
John H. White, OF The New-York Herald
sulnmerlng with his family at the keykout co,tase
near Kingston Miss Amelia Wurmb, New iorA
soprano, is visiting that city. The Misses Emma
Nellie and Kate Klein OF Brooklyn. are also tnere'
and Miss Lillian Van Orden of New Brunswick.
on the later pages of some OF the mountain reg
listers are the following entries: =, eau.
Hotel Kaatcrski.-Mrs. George Adams; NJ san
ford, Charles j. Osburn. ii. G. Marouf Henry -
Lewis Mr.. ana Mrs NJ. Kempner, Mr.. and Mrs "a.
sanderson Mr. Weller and family r; J., br,eni
Wei. and family. A. b. Eberson and family, Moan
II Swayne Aired H. Swayne See Groves ana WIZ
Mrs J. Erdman. Miss Darmstadt Mr.. kaske. ana
family. William Honpan. p. J.. Muans. John =:
Leech. s. J. j. McCaffery. G. c. McCanery Ions
NJ. Weller. Mrs. George H. Potts and dausnter'
TT. AR nd Airs L. Eriand VI. "