Morning journal and courier., 1885-08-08

lie view at 8. m. A long line of peopl,
 were still waiting and were obliged to ge
 away without having satisfied their desire te
 view the features of the dead. Though the
 tallies of those appointed for the purpose o1
 counting the passers-by have not yet beer
 exactly compared, close estimate does noi
 vary much from 25O, 900.
 Scenes At The Fifth Avenue-Promi.
 nent Men In The Hobbies And Par
 iors-Mrs. Grant Still At Mount Me.
 Gregor.
 NEW YORK, Aug. 7-Ths corridors of the
 Fifth Avenue Hotel were 80 densely crowd
 ed to-day that it was with difficulty that
 anyone could pass through to the clerks oesk General Simeon Buckner, who con- manded the Confederate forces at Fort Don- olson and who will act as a pallbearer at General Grants funeral tomorrow, was a conspicuous figure. He is tall, command ing looking gentleman and wears a mustache and imperial which time has changed to a grey color. He was dressed in a suit of grey. President Cleveland will arrive at the hotel tonight with his cabinet and will oc- cupy the parlors 82 and S3. These are the same rooms that were occupied by James G. Blaine when he visited this city during the presidential campaign. There were a num- Der of inquiries concerning MT. Blaine to-day and general feeling of surprise that he had not come on to attend General Grants funeral. General Joseph E. Johnston is ex- pected tonight and rooms have been se- cured for him. At breakfast to-day ex- President Hayes, Senator Logan and Senator Sherman formed party, the ex-President sit ting at the head of the table with Sherman on his right and Logan on his left. In the main corridor were to be seen during the day General Gordon and a mum Der of other prominent Confederates. Sec retary Manning, Mrs. Manning and Miss Manning have rooms at the hotel. George W. Childs and Mrs. Childs and the Messrs. Drexel of Philadelphia, arrived this morn ing. Governor Alger and Mrs. Alger are also at the hotel, having arrived this morn- ing. Others of note are ex-Governor Cornell and Mrs. Cornell, Thomas B. Reed of Port land, Me-, J. R. Tucker of Virginia, Senators Evarts and Miller of New York, Morrill, of Vermont, Logan of Illinois and Sherman of Ohio; Congressmen Frank Hiscock of Syra- cuse, D. M Erwin of Oswego, John O'Don- nell of Albany A st yt Ghaunoey aasa Fley of St. of Connecticut, is also here Gen erals Sherman and Sheridan have been frequenters of the main corridor during tfe day and whenever they appear they are the centre of interest to the strangers who throng the hotel. No space will be specially reserv- ed at the hotel for lookers-on, the first conner having the best choice. Governor Robie of Maine and party of three have apartments at the Fifth Avenue. Mrs. Grant is still at Mt. McGregor and the indications now are that she will not be present at the funeral 5o-mo1fow. The ladies of the family stop ping at the hotel remained in their rooms to-day. Among those who called on them were Senator Chaffee, George w. Childs and pr. Douglass.
 The Hue and Gray in Mourning.
 LAKE DEFUNIAK, Fla, Aug. 7.---Imposing services in honor of General Grant oy ex-Federal and Confederate veterans and he citizens of West Florida will be held in he great tabernacle of the Florida Chatau- lua on Saturday.
 Thrifty Base Ball Managers.
 BOSTON, Aug. 7.-The directors of the Boston base ball club have decided against he most urgent protests of press and people 0 play the schedule game with St. Louis o-morrow.
 The President Leaves For New York.
 WASHINGTON, August 7.-Trains leaving Washington to-day and tonight for New York carried away large numbers of people n route to that city to attend General Grants uneral, The p. m. and night express were ach made up of several sections, all of them filed mostly by Washington people. R. A. 'arks, the superintendent of the Pennsylva. ia railroad, estimates that three thousand pecial tickets have been sold and that with he departure of the night express fully that lumber of Washington people will have tarted for New York to attend the funeral. resident Cleveland, the members of his >abinet end score or two of assistant secre- aries and heads of bureaus left here at clock this after noon over the Pennsylvania oad in special car which was provided for he presidential party. The later trains to- fight took three hundred G. A. R. members, he Capital City Guards (colore0 and many 1 iui1 l