The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-16
BIGGEST FISH EYER CAUGHT
Mr.. Charles 0elriChS, Attached 10 Rod
and Line, Will bangle in the Sea.
WAGER THAT THEY CAN'T LAND HIN
Gov. AItseid Amazing Narraransett with
Ills Ability ~. Charming summer
Man John Il Mclean and tho
DrexcIs Among Those Who Hold
Receptions Along tho rier.

hold after this summer. There Is TO be
cetcsine match that Will out-iniercSt all
preyious fishing experiences. and viii de-
prlye thc sea OF its largest FISH.
on some DAY. 10 be determined soon
Mr.. Charles Oeirichs viii attach himself
TO a line. such "a tarpon are caught with.
and will fling himself into the sea. For
twenty minutes the summer jewellers CT
NarragarseU are TO try 10 "land' him,
w.Na 200 end reel. Io Is 10 be pulled
ashore. Tho match takes place of the
rocks. between mere ana Newport. and
thr winner is 90 have the $500 which Mr..
O.r.ch. VIII pat up. lie can he played.
pulled. and ured out ina any legitimate
..t. Way except hy e. hook or net.
anl hc cn the other hand. is TO bc a
..p.u fish. without hands TO break his
TIE BEST SWIMMER.
~, Is an expert swimmer. and Is expect o.
al to w.n. This challenge was the out
come of a swimming match Which was
given rn because a match between Charles
Ot.rcns and any other swimmer. except
Herman Ocirchs. was considered as un-
equal as "a boNug-match between SandOw
end Marshall Wilder.
Narra-au.ett Us very cliQucy this year
You SCI. the aBiumCreans I'm one group;
the Sew Workers. in another-M Miss Rivers
aud Miss lnomp two beauties of the
former rlsce. holding private court at
one spot ON the beach. And at another.
th,-e will Doe % distnctively Southern pc
hu0al group. with Mrs. Jefferson Davis
and Miss Winnie ass its centre. Both
ladies talk we'll and both have always "A
crowd of listeners They are TO spend the
res, Il the season here. except for occa-
siDnal trips away
Summer PAGES are lamenting this sum
rnor the perrgrinaung instincts of their
guests To-day it IS Narraansett with its
boardwalk. and its pier. and its Casino.
Tomorrow AN is changed for Atlantic
City. with is walk made famous through
prose and verse.
entertained here last week. At least II
was said Doc was here. And during his
STAY little groups watched for him at the
corners. Tho Governor has been at New
port only "a little way Off for a couple Of
weeks AMI has been making his eXcur-
sions 20 the surrounding spots. He often
goes incognito. FOR 1t is his expressed in-
tcntiou TO study UP the ways CT the East
ern summer resorts. whore all the million
aires Of tho United States 20 to spend
their money And Atgeld was liked here.
Ilo may own strong ideas and have strong
ways Of expressing them, bit his SUM
mer friends declare that as summer man
Doe is a very gallant Altgeld.
THE TEAS.
a summer feature here ia the aftcr-oon
ten. "lou sip and resp explained a
hostess who was drdpmg her piazza with
Turkish stuns. for pouring that az
teruo0n. "aud to-mOrpw somebody else
sips and resips. YOU might as well DO
back on your dinner invitations as dila-
tory about a tea
Another summer point that makes Mar
rlgansCtt different from other resorts Is
th- Slurday-n dinner This is. with
nearly every family table d'hote ar
fair. The chefs go 10 town Saturday. and
stay ever Sunday and Saturday night
you take q table d hote at the Casino or
some other nice cating-place. All your
friends ere there. ON Sunday night YOU
coach away into the country. or 20 and
dine with some one whose cook has re-
manned on duty. or you nibble crackers
and cheese AZ home.
Two letters received here aroused much
interest among the two Sexes. respective
ly. IL first concerned the men. It was 70
the effect that pierre the Great" Pierre
lnrIlurd has fOrs1kcn this country, with
DTS horses and has united i'm England with
Lord William Bcrcsford on the horse
question. Their united stables under a
united name would so the letter said run
together. 10 was stated moreover. that
n.tl, would come to This counfr,, Tor tb..
800 Co.. .,,,... c,.,,,e 60, 80. 49,,
for suorismon,
The other letter was n peculiar one. 10
referred Co the fact that Miss Brice is
visiting Mrs. Van Rensselaer, Crurer at
the iatter's country place. and limited that
Miss Brice had "a notion Of entering lite
nature All of the summer girls have
done so in different ways from compiling
books of poetry 90 scrihblng a sentiment
upon "A fan. But n Miss Brice does lite
rary work openly. she will De the first
daughter Of a politician 10 thus enter the
ranks Of writer's.
MANY YACHTS.
MANY Yachts Touch mere daily. II IS
mart of nm. davis fun 20 I'D o1wu TO the
ni.r and SCI. Them land and note the un-
certain walk ~ tho ladies aboard the nm
,.-t.irfv of thair .soa-ieee. " THE Sultana
,.t.b ,f. p,.,.ls aboard t,uched hero
.r.l.lr dan. and tbar. ,ro otbors Tho
r.r,,r. ,aotr lvi,. or ike tirr,d white
ff,1s in d.. oc.sn draw NIGH Fan tbetr
sam. and Vanish Who, me crov,d oofs
1i,. ,aor-b IN s,aro tbem
d., t.,- ,.,i,,t. oar rot, y Mol. Lon,
49,. gu. i...i,,.. 49,. ~. an -.
cd. arrived the other cay. and began hold
Ing q series or receptions by the side of
which. in size the Chicago convention was
lmica aHMr