Evening star., 1898-09-03
DOWN THE POTOMAC.
The Charms of Colonial Beach StfII
Keep Many There.

Special Correspondence of The Evening star
COLONIAL BEACH, Va, Sept. 2, 1898.
The summer visitors still continue 10 lin
ger at Colonial Beach. and although there
has been quite an exodus during the last
week, it is likely that there will be plenty
of people &c keep things going here up TO
the middle of September, while some will
not go back to town before October or even
later. Most of the campers have gone
however. ard those who remain are for
the most part stopping at the hotels. or
are the owners of cottages at the beach.
The oyster season has opened promptly
here, and most of the available boats In
the neighborhood, large or small, have been
pressed into the service of the tongers.
OF course the oysters which are being
taken are comparatively shallow
water oysters. dredging is not allowed
until the middle of October. but some very
fair oysters have been brought in to the
wharf here already. while a large fleet
of small boats are longing on the beds
off Lower Cedar and Matthias Points. and
a number of small schooners are at an
Choir near by with bushel basket hoisted
to the top of their mainmast, which, ac-
cording To the signal code of the oyster
regions, means that they are loading with
bivalves for the Washington market.
As the season draws to a close many
Interesting entertainments are being
crowded in. There was childrens cake
walk last Saturday night a colored cake
walk by some of the natives hereabouts
tuesday evening, ana there Will be another
walk next Saturday.
At the masquerade dance held last Sat
urday one of the young ladies of Acme
Camp received the prize for the most origi-
nal costume. which that of q boot
black, while Guy Hoppee as a tramp. was
Judged to have got up the most comical
costume.
One of the few camps left here is Camp
Ubidam, whose members expect to remain
down here until the middle of this month.
Miss Lizzie Laughran of Washington is
visiting for tine at the Beach.
Mrs. R. H. Wimsatt and daughter and
Miss Susie Fair are visiting Mrs. Gamble
in her cottage here.
Some of the recent Washington visitors
at Colonial Beach are as follows:
The Alvin-Eugene R. Wood, H. Brayton.
John NJ. Waters w. c. Macpherson, N Z.
Perkins and family. Miss Lille r. Peters,
Miss Cora wakenight, Miss Louise Meyer,
Miss May V. Hurlbut, Miss Josephine B.
Stone Miss Lillian Bittenberder, Dorsey
Irving Wood. NJ. Z. Marcy, Z. Z. Hickey,
Benjamin Fawcett, A ]. Phillips and wife.
s. w. Augenstein, F. Sellinger and son,
J. W. Hechinger. w. Rice. l.. Breslauer,
Mrs. d. j. Gibson, Miss Marian White.
Lewis Walters, Miss Marie Z. Lawder, Z.
X. Markley and wife, w. H. Wetzel Fred.
S. Newman, w. L. Atwater and wife, John
b. Brady and ]. B. Hammond.
Colonial Beach Hotel-E. Smith. Mrs. c.
Cole and children, Miss Mary Brown, Q.
S. whitford, c. L. Sullivan, William Mac
farland, Alfred A. Fuss. w. Rice. 5. Bres-
lauer Raymond Hayes, Jas. ketner, VIM.
E. Rockwell. c. S. Johnson, Mrs. Kennedy.
Alexander Phillips. w. r Jones, W. c.
Gregg, NJ. Rubenstein, Joseph Meyer, f. b.
Striker Joseph He'll, Mrs Massino, E. ii.
Ealke and family. James Trew- b. f. Bev-
eridge P ]. Curton and family, Mrs. j. w
Mattingly, w. Schlooberg, w. III. thomas
and wife. Miss J. S. Page, R. c. Grinder
and family of Alexandria, ]. f. Carlin, o.
c. whittlessey. William F. Bowen. p. B.
Balm. George r. Harris Mrs. B. Miller, Z.
C. Rupp and wife and NJ. Brick.
Johnson House,. A. Lynch, Mrs. A. j.
Kennedy and children, Mrs. Cullen and
children, Mrs Blanton and children. Miss
L. Oettinger. H. E. Glotzbach, Miss Lizzio
Kappell Miss Lizzie Schubert. Miss Car
rie Hammer, Ernest Schleath, Harry Luck
ett. Miss E. NJ Tripp. Mrs. L. Weigand and
children. Miss Annie Tripp. Miss Annie
Pumphrey, Miss Olivia Kramer, Z. A.
Peake, Miss Katy Trip. Miss Ida Schu-
bert. Mrs. X. Laudrigan, Jos Nash. Geo.
Nash, J. T. Wilkinson and H. f. Lurch-
Washington House-Mr. and Mrs. Bach
ner Mrs Rupert Mrs. Mitchell and
daughter. J. G. Peverrel. Arthur Mitchell,
F. G. Ayers of Alexandria, L. NJ. Hamilton,
Francis Duckett, L. Duvall, Miss Caroline
Duvall Roland Hill, Charles Klinge Fred
A. Volland c. H. Purcell, Z. A. Bryant
and family. Mrs. E. T. Hancock. William
Skelly, George E. Jacobs, John Robinson,
George Brahler. L. w. Brahler. r. F. MIDI
daug4, and wife. NJ. ID. Middaugh. John
Hurley and wife. Charles Raurn John
Kaizert. J. T. Chapman. r. NJ. Farmer, ].
b. W9gg.nton. George H. Pollock, Fred
Saur, T. w. Brown