The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-16
MfDTSON.

Aug. 15-A great deal of interest is
 being aroused among the residents and summer visitors at this town and l neighborhood over promenade con-
 cert and ball which is to take place at
 the new memorial hall Saturday even ing next. The well known basso, MT.
 Ericsson Bushnell, Mira Chfttenden, violinist. and other talent, will make , the concert one of unusual merit and
 the dancing which will follow will be
 participated In by large number. The
 object of the affair, aside from that of having an enjoyable time. is to help
 to pay for furnishing the hall. A
 large attepdance is expected, and the
 opportunity for rare evenings enter tainment and enjoyment should not be
 missed. The price of admission will be fifty cents.
 A narrow escape, yet on some &C., counts a fortunate occurrence, as it furnished a good object lesson, was
 the escape from drowning of young man yesterday afternoon within q
 stone's throw of the beach. The young lildli III NuCSllol uoNS ol JulllPt;u IL Oill ct
 raft which was anchored short dis
 tance out where the water at high tide Is eight feet, more or less, in depth. A few minutes after he rose to the sur face his cries were heard for help and boat almost immediately went to his rescue. He was reached just in time and hauled in almost exhausted. It i seems he was stricken with cramps in his side and although probably an ex- pert swimmer would have been utterly
 unable to keep himself afloat but for 8 short time The affair was witnessed by a number of people, old and young who have been in the habit of swim ming out to the raft for the purpose of diving off from the spring board at tached to 1t. It showed them what the possibilities might be in any ones case
 and as aforesaid was an object lesson to profit by.
 ! A large number spent Sunday at the
 Hammonassett house and were well pleased with their accommoda tions and
 the good things provided at the table by the new and popular landlord, Mir l Orange Howes.
 The Madison baseball team received it's first defeat Saturday afternoon, the i Ivorytons doing them up to the tune of g to 10. The Ivorytons literally played tune at the bat, doing some wonderful hitting, and the Madisons can be thankful that the score against them was no larger This defeat, how ever. should only spur them on to fu- 1 ture victories They have an excellent | team as their record so far this season 1 shows.
 The gorgeous moonlight nights of the past week have been improved and im- mensely enjoyed by the people at Mad ison, especially by those who live down
 by the sea-" There has, however, been 1 a wave of gentle protest moving along l the shore for a day or two, and from | what we know about the matter we | must admit that there is cause for it. We trust, however, that future events will not warrant it's continuance, and i that the incident will soon pass from
 mind and no action be necessary on the 1 part of the law and order-a biding DOT ! ton of this community. It seems that 1 a few nights ago at the unseemly hour
 of midnight, or whereabouts, a bolster ous party of both sexes descended upon 1 the beach, and after having partaken i of refreshments in the shape of 1 bricks of ice cream became 50 eX- hilarated that they sallied forth into 1 the moonlit waters having donned such