Morning journal and courier., 1881-03-01

| for the General and family.
1 was noticeable that no wine was served,
/ though basket of champagne had been sup
/ piled by the railroad company that furnished
/ the car and accessories The car next to
| that of General Garfield contained his guests
whose names have been mentioned. It is the
| private car Of General Manager Lang OF the
Ashtabula & Youngstown road, and Is similar
| in construction to that occupied by General
Garfield. Next the baggage car is Pullman
sleeper and palace coach furnished by Man
ager Lang for the accommodation of the
press representatives. The conductor of the
train is Major F. Scott of Pittsburg At
Rochester, Pennsylvania, twenty-five miles
north of this city, the train stopped
for moment. "A crowd gathered,
cheering Justify and calling for the President
elect. He finally stepped to the rear of the
car and bowed his acknowledgements, but did
not attempt to speak as the train was ready
to start Wharton Barker, of Philadelphia,
boarded the Generals car at Rochester and
came on to Pittsburg. Mrs. Garfield, the
venerable mother of the General. now in her
eightieth year, is enduring the fatigue of the
journey very well. She is somewhat below
medium height and bowed with age, and
wears a heavy black silk dress and fur lined
cloak. The Generals wife is attired in dark
gray travelling suit and wears heavy fur
lined silk cloak. The daughter Mollie is also
dressed in gray travelling suit General
Garfield wears a dark blue suit with cutaway
coat, brown overcoat and felt hat and is
energetic and aggressive in his movements.
The train stopped only moment in Union
depot and halted two or three times at sub
urban points. It will make the run to Philadel
phia with only one or two stops. An immense
crowd gathered here, but no speeches were
made and no more will be delivered by him
tonight.
ALTOONA, Pa, Feb. 2S.-From Pittsburg
to this place there has been no stop save at
single Insignificant station. There were only
two incidents to break the monotony of the
trip, one the arrival of huge lunch basket
for which kilograms had been sent ahead.
The other was the visit of General Garfield
to the correspondents car. 1t should be
said regarding the question of food supply
that the number of people fed in the Gen
erals car was much greater than
had been anticipated, causing an ex-
haustion of stock in the larder,
supplied from that quarter: General Gar
field entered the correspondents car about 9
O'Clock and spent nearly half an hour chat
ting to the press representatives, having a
few pleasant words and a shake of the hand
for each, inquiring after the personal COM
fort of the party and inspiring
all with pleasant feelings toward
him personally. In response to a
question he said that he would probably
make no more speeches on this trip. 1t is
somewhat singular that all of the Generals
speeches thus far have been made in his own
Congressional district. The programme was
until two days ago that he should go by the
Cleveland and Pittsburg road to Pittsburg
but the change to the Ashtabula and Youngs-
town road took him the entire length of his
district. The time on the train was divided
between his friends and newspapers. The
General retired at 10 o'clock, and at this hour
nearly every member of the party is snugly
packed away in the sleeping apartment,
counting the drowsy god. At forty miles an
hour the train reaches Harrisburg at 4:O5 a.
M tomorrow and Washington at 9:10 a. m.