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The adjacent woods ami the forests beyond the bayous and along W'oii river abound in wild game, and the waters are full of fish, affordin'? to sportsmen whose tastes incline to “fur, fin and feather” ample opportunity to gral ify them.
Pass Christian has the finest hostelry on the Coast, the justly popular ind famous Mexican Gulf Hotel. Not Ion" ago'it-was purchased by two Chicago gentlemen, Messrs. Francis J. Mngin and Frank II. Day. The entire house has undergone much change. The changes in reconstruction and
MEXICAN GULF HOTEL, PASS CHRISTIAN'.
ecorations have supplied it with every new and modern convenience. The ining room uow will accommodate two hundred guests. New carpets of xquisite patterns, magnificent draperies and the finest napery have been applied from the house of Marshall Field & Co., Chicago. The new pro-rietors have used the skill and taste of experienced men without stint of toney to equip the hotel with every appointment, and appliance known to ioderu hostelry, in order to fully meet the requirements of the most exact-ig guests. They have surrounded themselves with a complete corps of cperienced hotel people, and the cuisine is unexceptionable. In winter, as summer the “ Pass” is truly a picture of blue skies, green groves, grassy ats, bright with the presence, and sweet with the perfumes of flowers.
[t is intensely restful, everything in perfect repose. After the rush, istie and activity of many months, feelings of transport and security com-ne to afford luxurious and indulgent quiet.
The proximity to New Orleans and the frequent trains to and afford opportunities to participate iu the winter gaieties of the Paris America, and yet be free from many discomforts.
There are railroad depots at three points at the “Pass," u>-ni East End, Main depot, and West End where a large number of New Sleai people spend a portion of the year, especially iu the summer time. ^
At the East End are the residences of T. FI. Menge, H. M.qJivii Henry Ware, Mrs. Aristed Miltenberger, and C. II. Coffin.
Those adjacent to the main depot, are E. Conery, E. Conery. Ji Joseph Deposito, C. A. l’ardue, Hugh Fitzpatrick, Judge Leovy, Morr Kaufman, John T. Hardy, and A. Baldwin, Jr.
At the W'est End, are the residences of S. F. Haslit, L. C. Fallon, Dinkeuspeil, John M. Parker, Jr., J. Pinckney Smith, J. B. Donnelly, Jud>. Baker, and others.
BAY ST. LOUIS.
A short distance westward from the West End, the L.& N.cro, tli beautiful Bay St. Louis, on a substantial bridge, constructed with especi; reference to strength and durability. On the hither shore is the tow which takes its name from the body of water by which it stands. By it inhabitants the town is invariably called “the Bay." One cannot fail t< note the frequent use of the name of Louis XIV of France as applied f< some river, bay, fort, or district throughout the American possessions o France in colonial times. The entire territory was named “ Louisiana" b; LaSalle. He gave the mighty river whose mouths he discovered the num. of St. Louis, but fortunately it was impossible to subvert the Indian name
The plateau on which “the Bay” stands is bounded by the Sound the bay, and Jourdan river, which form a peninsula covering an area o nearly twenty thousand acres. The town is situated 011 the point when the waters of Sound and Bay meet—a beautiful location with a. superl view of the sea, while the ba}’ widening as it extends inlaud is one of th< most charming sheets of water the eye of man can rest 011.
Bay St. Louis is but fifty-one miles from New Orleans. Of ^ the coast towns it is the favorite of the Creole inhabitants of the souiiiern metropolis. The ancestors of some of its oldest and best known citizens were prominent personages during the colonial period of old Louisiana Says a correspondent of a New Orleans journal: “It is here that one can find citizens as polished and polite as those that frequent the fashionabh boulevards and clubs of Paris, and women as beautiful as only Creok women are.” It has a fixed resident population of about five thousand,