The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-28

| the hops, concerts ana every other
 form of innocent amusement well pat
 ronized, the merchants in high glee
 over their large and increasing trade in short, everybody, from the least to
 the greatest, seem to be enjoying them
 selves and are thoroughly happy.
 Last Thursday, the 18th inst, Presi-
 dent Mckinley and party arrived in
 Saratoga. They occupied the private
 car of the superintendent of the Della ware & Hudson railroad. The car was | attached to the regular midnight train which left Bluff Point at 9:42 and ar
 rived in Saratoga at 1;su a, m. The car containing the presidential party was
 side tracked here and all remained on board until morning. short time be- fore o'clock President Mckinley, ac-
 companied by Secretary of War Gen. Alger' J. w. Burdck, general passenger agent of the D. & H. road, and Secre- tary Porter left the car and were con- veyed in coaches to the race track, the Woodlawn park and then back to the village, where Congress Park and the United States and Grand Union hotels were visited. The party then returned
 to the car, which, with a special engine attached, left the village A very large
 crowd was at the depot to see the pres ident, and he was kept busy for a time lowing to those assembled.
 l The Salvation Army does not think
 Saratoga bad place to nave revival in They have therefore secured a lot
 here and will spread their mammoth tent at once. Seating capacity will be 1000 persons. Adjutant Williams has just closed most successful revival in l the city of Utica. He Is an eloquent speaker, and will be assisted by sev- eral of the most able members and | leaders of the army. | Preparations for the grand floral ex- | hibition and parade which occurs Sep | tember z, are about all completed. 1t | is said the magnificent pageant will be | unsurpassed by any floral display in the world. The bicycle brigade which will be in the procession will be very imposing. Twenty-Five handsome gold
 medals have been made and are to be
 awarded as prizes for best decorated wheels. Jefferson Seligman, the well
 known New York banker has donated $500 to the association of bicycles and
 he has been appointed to take charge
 of the out-of-town divisions of wheel
 men. Two hundred wheelmen will come from Harlem. The League of
 American Wheelmen will enter a mag | pificent bicycle float in the parade The
 whole affair will be very imposing and | thousands will go to Saratoga to be present on this occasion. The floral | fete will end with a grand ball in Con- vention hall, for which most elaborate decorations will be made. A vast bas- ket of roses will be placed in the cen
 ter of the dome. Festoons of princess pines and flowers will extend from the
 center piece to the balcony. In front of the platform will be solid. wall of green fifteen feet high, with arches of natural flowers. The background will be a sunset effect with golden rays 1 The balcony and stage will be wreathed and banked with evergreens and flow | CTS Between four and five thousand fairy lamps wills5 flicker among the 1 flowers The music will be furnished I by two orchestras. One hundred and thirty-eight young ladies are now in rehearsal for the preliminary dance
 to be called "The Realms of the Rose.'' | Thursday evening, the 18th inst, fine concert was given in the ballroom l of the Grand Union hotel The selec- tions rendered by Lund's orchestra were simply grand. Madame Kate Rolla
 sang divinely the aria from Samson
 and Delilah." She has rich and pow erful soprano voice. The baritone
 Ericsson F. Bushnell of New Haven.
 was one of the best artists ever heard l in the ballroom He received a decided ovation and responded to three encores,
 his last selection being Rocked in the Cradle of the Deer" which was sung l without accompaniment. At the close of the concert dancing was en- joyed, six numbers having been ar ranged.
 The races close to-day They have
 been very satisfactorily conducted, the racing, by some of the finest horses in the country, has been above the aver
 age, the attendance each day has been very large of both ladies and gentle
 men, and much money mas changed hands as to the results of the racing. Some have gone away richer by large sums than when they came, while oth- CTS dS ndtuTdl consequence or all this have departed much poorer in pocket,
 if not dead broke.
 A grand horse show will occur next
 week and will be a fine affair. Some of the best horse flesh extant will be on
 exhibition, and it is also said the finest
 dressed ladies on record will predomi-
 nate. It will be an occasion well worth
 attending.
 The proprietors of the various mineral
 springs in Saratoga report an unusual
 ly large number of visitors this season
 Probably one of the best patronized is
 the Hathorn, especially in the morning.
 This water is cathartic and contains
 ingredients that are very curative for
 dyspeptics and rheumatics The Hath
 orn has cured many quite desperate cases of these complaints. It Is a fam
 fly water which is being daily, winter and summer, shipped to all parts of the country and is highly recommended by many of our leading physicians in their
 practice. The Vichy water is more largely patronized evenings, especially by those who have partaken of a hearty c a ctr o1I1