Richmond daily palladium., 1899-08-29
OFF TO PET0SkEY.
OVER THREE HUTNnREn
RICHMOND PEOPLE
Go on the Annual Michigan Excursion
To Spend Their vacarions-A Par
tiai List OF Names-Mornlng Train
Had Chair Car After All.

To Spend Their vacarions-A Par
tial List Of Names Morning Trair
Had Chair Car After All.
By far the largest crowd that has
ever gone from Richmond on the an.
nuAl Michigan excursion left this
morning on the G.. r. & I, to spend q
week or fen Gays in the various sum-
mer resorts in northern Michigan
Some went to Petoskey and Bay View
and others to Traverse City, Mackinae
Island and otber points in that vicinity
and all were happy lot.
The speciss train was made up of
eleven Michigan Central cars, bor-
row we'd by the -. r. & L. especially for
the excursion. OF course the cars
were not all fled, but it was expected
that they would be by the time Fort
Wayne is reached. The train was
scheduled TO s*op at all points this side
Of Fort Wayre. where other parties
will be taken In, after which the train
will make no stops, except those regu-
larly scheduled on the time card, reach
ing Petoskey about 8 O'Clock this even
ing.
1t was not expected that q chair car
would be put on this mornings train,
but at the laSt minute one was at
tached to thGrear end and there VAS a
N sd rush for seats. In q remarkably
short space of time every seat in the
car was taken. persons sec corink the
seats counting themselves very lucky
to be among the favored ones. A
~xk J.. L
that chair car would be attached to
the morning train, waited until the
noon train and will not reach their
until some time about 3
O'Clock tomorrow morning. The train
left very nearly on time and carried
lS6 persons. A partial list is as fol-
lows:
John Weller and wife, Glenn Fergu-
son and daughter. Mrs Robson, Rev.
McNemsr AMI wife. Jesse Schultz,
Horace Hadley, Chris Lichtenfels,
Miss Jessie Trindle, Mrs. Mary Ann
Evans, L. j. Woodland and family.
George Dilks jr., M. C. Price and
family, Will Converse. Ben Price, Miss
Carrie Lesh, Walter Dalbey and wife,
Ed Dalbey a. wife, b. h. Kramer
and wife. Frank Farmer, Tom Porter,
Ray Longnecker. b. Far
mer, Miss Flo Porter, Miss
Winnie Wright, Miss Blanche McPher-
son, Mrs. James Nicholson, Miss Stella
Johnson, Lawrence Handley, George
Porter, Rev. Il. D. Laughman, j. NJ.
Fetters, w. /. Brock, Charles Selby,
L. Forbes and daughter Miss Eva, T j
Study and soa Dick, /. C. Doan, wife
and daughter. Joseph 81. Dickinson,
jr, Mrs Talbert. Mrs. John Vaughan,
Scott Markley ,John and Henry Runge.
Joe Seifer Ja3 Artis, Mr.. and
f4sssd n!ll ift 4 ss1t WV. 4sss.ssiss ssiiss
Ter and wife, John Maag, Miss Nor
gan, Fred Psrsohnett, Miss Bertha
Van Etten, Mrs. Henry Townsend,
John Turner and wife, David Sutton,
wife and son, Lou Muth and wife,
Miss Mamie Sharp, DR.. Stevenson,
Paul Ross, E G.. Hibberd and son
Jack Hoerner and wife, Will
Kluter, Katie Hawekotte, Harry and
Alice Fossenkemper, Mrs. Thomas
Edwin Rupe and Mrs. Rev.
George Ii. Hill.
Among those who went on the noon
train were:
X. M. Lacey, Miss Merle Williams,
Campbell and family, Will
Campbell and fami y, Willard Rupe,
j. Will Cunningham and wife. Mrs.
Frank Clark, Ralph Hamilton, Will Ilff.
Harry Alvey, j James Cook, Fred Haner,
Will Byrum. Joe Mulroney, Miss Il.
NJ. Jones. Miss Harriet Thompson
and Miss LeOta Ross.
There was q total of 300 tickets sold
at tnisl point, which figure, Ticket
Agent Elmer says, doubles. that of any
previous year.