“ NEWPORT, a city, port of entry, county-seat of Newport co., and until 1900 one of the capitals of Rhode Island; on the island of Rhode Island, in Narragansett Bay, and on the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad; about 30 miles S. E. of Providence. Its principal importance is as a summer resort, to which the coast near by is wholly given up. The bathing facilities are unsurpassed. There are many beautiful summer residences, and during the fashionable season Newport is filled with the wealthiest society of Boston, New York, and other cities. ”