Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-11
Saturday, July HI,
SARATOGA.


 The Commencement of the sufnmer Exodus to This ResOrt-FlFe F1rst pxroteehnfc Display of the Season New Haven Arrivals Thts Week The Late Mrs. MOrgan-Aer Art Collections.
 SARATOGA, July 10-The effect of the very hot wave which has been intestlng our various cities and hamlets during the past few days has been to induce an unusual large number of people to fly for relief to the seashere. mountainous regions, the lakes and other places, where cooler atmosphere and lower temperature prevails than at nome But as one might as well be out of the world as out of fashion nowadays, all we have to do is to pack our largest and most unfnan= aqeable trunks and start for somewhere, Ill fact anywhere where the biggest crowd con gregates, to keep cool. And it really seems as though Saratoga had been selected this season as the place; for almost every day for the past two weeks is recorded a large list Of arrivals on the various Saratoga hotel regis ters But the latter part of July and through the month of August generally brings the grand rush here It was estimated last year That in the month of August there were over ten thousand guests at the hotels and boarding houses in Saratoga. The majority of summer recreators expect wherever they spend their vacation not to skip Saratoga altogether, but spend at least a brief season here. Everything is being done by proprietors of hotels, parks, pleas ure % grounds, and, in fact, by the citizens generally of Saratoga, to make it pleasant and comfortable for visitors this summer:
 Congress park is now looking finely and it's managers will spare no pains nor expense this season to maintain the well known and deserving reputation this most picturesque and lovely pleasure ground has borne 2 for the the past number of years. The nrst display of fireworks in the park for this season will occur on the evening of July 18th and will be followed several times each week by similar displays, balloon ascensions, instrumental and vocal concerts, Scc. The popular mineral springs on this park are in full operation and are partaken of by hundreds every day, Among the new Haven arrivals this week are MT, and Mrs. M. G. Elliott, Mrs. J. L. Matthews, Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Ray and Mr. S. G. Huggins. Quite number more are booked at tine hotels to arrive from your city in short time. Many very distinguish ed personages from New York and else where have arrived this week. Among the incidents which have occurred in Saratoga this week and one which has shrouded many a heart with gloom, is the death of Mrs Mary Jane Morgan, widow of the late Charles Morgan of New York, which occurred on last Friday morning The deceased arrived in Saratoga just ten hours previous to her death. having come hither while in the last stages of Bright's disease, hoping to prolong her life vet little while and to receive some relief from the pain of this disease, from which she had been so long great sufferer But even the pure air of Saratoga could not revive her. The tax on her strength was so oreat in her hurried removal that relapse was caused and she thereby suddenly passed away.
 Mrs. Morgan was less than sixty years of age and said to be the wealthiest lady ln America. She was lady of large ideas, of correct judgment and of 8 most charitable disposition. Her passion for fine arts made her famous. Her house at East Twenty sixth street. New York, was crowded with works of art which none but a refined taste could suggest; in fact, her home was Ver1- table fairyland. Since her husbands death Mrs. Morgan has withdrawn much from soci- ety and visited only among her most intimate friends. There is hardly a large dealer in antique works of art, fine paintings, etc., who has not at one time or another had in her customer. Her great art taste made her designer Tn ! curious silver work. A few years ago Tiff. | fany carved out one of her unique designs III l silver It was about three feet high and rep | resented 8 group of Indians mounted on l mustangs pursuing with lassoes herd Of but faloes Mrs. Morgan was much devoted to 1 her superb collection of rare ahd costly chlns and porcelains. She was remarkable Judg' l i'll these goods and was rarely deeelved II I their purchase. Her collections of fine pic
 lures are about 200 in number. Many O | them are works of renowned artists | One dealer alone in New York has received ! from Mrs Morgan over $70O,0O0 for pic
 lures. Tiffany received s40,O 900 for pal
 of solid candelabra purchased by her. Mrs l Morgan purchased very beautiful Chimes
 vase. peach bloom in color, for $15,0OO, ant | it is one of the most beautiful pieces of DOT l celain that ever was seen in this country | She was also distinguished cultivator o ] orchids Her rare plants were astonishing Il | their perfection. It is said she invested
 orchids some $300,000. Altogether he
 home was rendered one of the most attrac
 tive and bewildering in art specimens tha
 could be imagined. But in gratifying all O
 these passions she did not forget the -pooI 1 for she was 8 lady most Charitable I all her transactions with~the needy and des
 titute, beloved eift1t respected by all, and he death will be most sincerely mourned by 4 FeTy large circle of friends and acquaint ! ances. not only within the immediate vicin | ty of her home, but in Saratoga where sh | so much loved to visit each season.
 Among the many hotels in Saratoga popr 1 lar with our New Haven friends seem to b l the Continental, on Washington street, d | rectly back of the Grand Union, and tn ! American, most pleasantly situated on Broao I way between the United States and Gran 1 Union, and in few days quite number (
 arrivals from our city at these hotels may | 1 expected. The condition of General Grant seen
 a little more precarious than
 was week ago, inasmuch [ he has grown considerably weaker. which
 in part due to the great effort he has mad
 during the past few days to entertain nun
 Der of distinguished visitors and old bosol
 friends of his Many go daily from Saratog
 up the railway to Mt McGregor, but ofte have to return without their expectations (
 seeing the suffering general realized, as
 does not appear every day on the veranda
 his cosy cottage. The thermometer range not far from eighty degrees during the ho
 test days of the past week, but the co'
 mountain air is wonderfully refreshing an
 has proved extremely invigorating to tt | generals health since he has been here an
 will no doubt be the means of considerabl
 prolonging his days
 The mishap which has occurred to Hathor
 springs in the pipes getting filled up wit
 clay, etc., is being quite speedily remove
 and with the aid of powerful force pumI
 recently brought from New York, it is ca
 culated the springs will soon again be a
 right, although gh not until great many thol