Morning journal and courier., 1885-08-01
Saturday, August \. 1880.
SaRaT0GA NOnMs,


 Saturday, August Ea A90
 sARAToGA N0rEs,
 Tho xr,,ltant social season & sarteo m ncarnest-The Races-The QA
 Soctety-RrilIisnt TOilets-TA ~+h row over The Great Chteftan'sA
 The Late William o. ArmsfFeA .t
 SARATOGA, July 31.-The pleasure nsA Saratoga began to roll in earnest on Iuesfh evening, the 21st, with the opening or tHlA first promenade of the season at congress Hall. and it has been decided to give 1wo hons each week at this hotel-on Tuesoav and Friday nights. In addition an oppof- t,nitv will be given the children to practice the light fantastic every morning under the of Professor Mahler of St. Louls- The Grand Union and United States hotel' will give their social promenades at least one evening each week. These affairs gre very tony, full dress, with diamonds or rare brilliancy, exquisite toilets, beauty uncoF- ered-everything gorgeous and extremeiy picturesque, and can only be witnessed one season in the year, and then only m Saf- atoga.
 The Grand Union presents most pleasing appearance just now. The elegant laWh' profusely studded with stately elns, the fountain sprays made beautiful In varlegated at various points above the park, the sweet melody produced by Professor Lothlans mammoth orchestra, which is located at the edge of the park on the piazza, ana the crowd of promenaders all gaily dressed are scenes which are most enticlng to the guests of this hotel and their many friends. MT W. H. Vanderbilt and family will soon De Inf a1 CtataS where they gagged an elegant suite of rooms TOT 'he season. 7
 Mrs. Henry Clews is one of the most ad- mired at this fashionable hotel. Her ward robe is very extensive as well as elegant Many very wealthy merchants ana bankers from New York and Brooklyn have arrived at Saratoga and are anchored at the most fashionable and leading hotels here,
 The races opened on the 21st inst It IS ,,ronosed to show some tall stepping this sea son. A number of noted horses have been entered The races are largely patronIzed every day and money is unsparingly used Ill guessing which horse will come in ahead Many ladies seem to be anxious to invest III the exciting amusement, many having De come successful in their ventures by the ex- perience obtained in former seasons at the race course. Mrs. William Layton, of New York, has arrived in Saratoga and wears brilliant toi- let's. She is said to have some 100 elegant suits which she will display during the sum mer There is one other lady yet to arrive, the wife of wealthy St. Lou1s banker, wno requires fifty large trunks to carry her ward robe and is well known in society circles al Saratoga as a highly accomplished and lead ing lady" c. ;, One peculiar feature about Saratoga Is that every visitor here can always fine some thing just right to suit his own ideas and to contribute to his own peculiar tancles, what ever those may be. H any or the various mineral waters should be distasteful his priv ileee is city water, with or without ice. If horse racing, balloon ascensions or hreWorks have no charms for him, the morning prayer meetings are suggested as soothing palm to his disturbed conscience. If the sunday evening sacred concerts on Congress Park are reminders of only preparatory events to that other place where the wicked are never at rest, the churches of various denominations are conveniently stationed about the village, with open doors, where the weary pilgrim is beckoned in to hear the pure and undecided gospel proclaimed.
 Tn fact no stone is left here unturned to administer to the ideas or fancies of the Sar- atoga visitor whether or not those Ideas spring from ancient or modern culture. Since making the above pen sketches oi the doings at Saratoga an event has occurred that has cast pail of gloom over the whole nation The voice of the merry has sud | S i lamation that speedily flashes over the wires | of the whole universe announces to one and \ all that the great, the noble, the brave IS \ dead. General U. s. Grant is dead, after I having passed months of suffering, all ot which he bore with indomitable fortitude to the end, exclaiming at last, "I have finished ned my work; there remains nothing more for ' me to do. I am now ready to go.
 It is not necessary to repeat in detail the I solemnity of the occasion or the death-bed ! scene as it occurred at his temporary home \ on Mt McGregor on the morning of Thurs | have already been fully given by the press ! everywhere. And how numberless are the | expressions of deep-felt sorrow and condo fence that are continually being received by the generals family from all quarters of the | globe.
 ! Never before in the history of Saratoga has there occurred an event Happening as 1t d1c | in our very midst) that has caused as deep { | sorrowing or was attended with so muc h sad ! ness and universal lament as the generals death. Although great and expensive prep ! arations had been made by MT. Clare for al elaborate garden party at the Grand Unlor I Hotel this week, the affair has been postpon | ed until later. Many social occasions of tho week have also been deferred until after th' ! funeral of Gen. Grant.
 ! very large Grant memorial meeting wal | held last Saturday evening al the Town Hall | Saratoga The speakers were eminent, the
 remarks eloquent and the keenest sympath,
 prevailed. The hall was elaborateiy drapet | in mourning The Odd Fellows held 8 larg | lodge meeting and passed suitable resolu
 tions respecting the death of the distinguish ed hero and voted to drape their lodge room
 in mourning for thirty days. The Grand ! Army post of Saratoga also took immediate
 action, passed resolutions of sympathy anc l offered their services as guard of honor or il
 any other capacity desired by the afflicted
 family. A large table covered with blacl ! velvet was placed in the cottage parlol
 on Wednesday and is to be th'
 receptacle of choice flowers to b.
 sent from Saratoga every day. The frs | flowers received consisted entirely of th'
 most beautiful roses and lilies obtainable
 Frequent treatment by the embalming huit
 of General Grants body is necessary, as ab 1 sorption is quite rapid. The undertaken ha
 succeeded wonderfully during this heated
 season in keeping the body in such a perfec ! state of preservation. Each train carr1e \ goodly numbers up Mt. McGregor, but every
 thing is very quiet about the Grant cottage
 Many visitors of distinction are at Saratog l having more or less to do with the funera ! of General Grant, the day of which will b | universally observed here with the solemnit, ! due the occasion.
 Among the recent arrivals here from Ney ! Haven are: Selectman Feldman and lady ! Miss &. Austin, Miss E. Dwight, w. E ! ] avis and LeGrand Cannon, M. Zunder an'
 wife, Mrs. Paul Veil and daughter. Quit ! a number from New Haven are expecte | here the next two weeks
 By recent announcement in the JoURNA
 AND COURIER the sad intelligence of th
 death of one of your most estimable cit
 zens, William O. Armstrong, Esq, has bee
 received. It has been the annual custom c
 at least portion of his family to spend
 week or two at Saratoga. Last season MI
 Armstrong accompanied his family in the
 visit here and became quite familiarly an
 favorably known by ma 1y in the village, an
 it did not require professional mind reade
 to soon discover in MT. Armstrong traits
 character that are only possessed by the coi
 scientious Christian, a thorough businel
 man and an ardent friend to tf
 poor and afflicted. He was we
 known as one of tho oldest shippir
 merchants in New Haven, as we'll as one (
 the leading good old-fashioned Methodist for many years past exhibiting the warnnef | devotion for the Third or George stre | Methodist church, of which he was the lea | Jio inn