The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-07-23
GRANTS NEW RETREAT.
Gen. Crooks Attention to YOUNG Mans
Sister, ana what tho Young Man Did.

DEER PARK, Md, July B.-IIore at the
height ~ 2.t0O feet, Is the coolest spot l have
ever found in The he heat Of midsummer. The re-
more and Onto railroad, under the influence aud
suggestion OF MI, kcyser, its Vice President,
has erected two large ana stylish hotels, six
miles apart, connected by a park Of broad forest
drves and clearinks In the woods aud on the
submits. Deer Park and Oakland ore the names
Of the small villages clustering about these ho-
tels. The Little Youghlogheny Ter, and he
rail toad, also run from Deer Park to Oakland.
Al the Rlades have names.
Con Grant had rooms It the Deer Park Hote,
q sort OF Sw,se construction, with steep roof,
many rlaIz IL and balconies, an annex for bowls
and billiards, a park with lake, mountain
lawn aud a noble woodland. pierced with drives
sna opy ten m,nu,es tide asta1, SY rail ars
number. Of trout fishers, pleasure seekers, and
a-tnmaiics OF people suffering from hay fever.
Some of the latter stay here four or i've months
In the year.
TIE hotel proprietor, who keeps both houses,
IL John Daily, the father-in-lnw of Gen. Crook,
whose long absence in the Sioux country has
given rise to the worst approximations. Daily Is
now a nian Of above sixty years Of sge. Mary
anu, being attractive aud educated. she took the
eye and finally the heart OF George Crook. an
from Mooreaeld. West Virginia, u rebel strong
hold. and Jas Daily, Mrs Crooks brother. was
crs commanded by Mcneil OF Missouri, noun
tainecr Graded ia these ridges, who ret Irned to
their wilds at the outbreak VI tue war, and gave
every fedet. COMMANDER much trouble until nc
was killed. Resenting tho attentions OF Crook
TO- n's s.s,er' on S mshinT tepr,al young 10y
Gems. Crook and Kelly In hts fathers hotel at
| umoorland, with their sians sic ping at hand,
and marched tue N out at the point OF the pistol
and took them - Richmond. The father Was
arrested ON suspicion OF collision, but he had
no control over his daredevil eou. Cook and
jim Daily got to Ike each other very much after
the war, and ltv0d together at cnmp In Arizona.
Gen. Crook IA a 1.-THE, lean, Hght-h man,
OF 10th military and hunter character. He will
20 out ON the desert alone, and sleep In the ge
brush, and from seeking and studying lndigns
a II he nf mi md uNts no
! come like the Indians. His bright social wife,
who has no Children, accepts his solitude with
aud has destroyed the Apdches. those proud
| raiders INTO Mexico. whose cayaty was oucn
equal to the Mamelukes. and whose lances
/ htsned hr thousands hospitality 10 the Anor-
can cmigraut.
| Gen Kelly. who fought the nrst battle Of the
war, aud wss wounded at Phiiippi, resides In
! This county, aud Is a farmer, with young vile.
| The literary spirit OF the region is Col. ID. IL.
Suotheg, or Porte Crayon, the cousin Of Gen.
/ Datd Hunter oakland II the county seat q
Ga rett county. Here resides brother Of the
| distant, at Fort Pendletop. the most beautiful
| spot In the Alegh any. l. the old house OF Philip
PenJleton. once the hunting box Of ". ". s,a
used to have Webster and Others to summer
! with him.
ina 10 West Union, an old German settlement
ne the Cneat river. where there Ia a celebra-
| ted hotel for wallis chicken. am, pies. and
! preserves. They smoke IN these parts cigar
! called a stogey, costing one cent. The little
] fathlbE ponies tuat clinb these Nils cen De
hired for two dollars day. and they trot by \
! NV road To k'tzmitr's, nj the falls OF the
| Blackwater, where trout are stlll plentiful l
| nave KILLED white pigeons al CAV In this cOun-
! try, shooting from the saddle. These noun
| ttins were tue alma mater Of George Washing
ton. who spent more tine upon them surveying
| and hunting and FLAMING internal comnuutca.
! lions tuan he scent Ia tie Nar of indie endeuce
I or the Precedence The mem r, Of tho rr,t
President me, 10 iu these airy soiitudes the pres
/ cucc ~ the lat President Perhaps the futuro
summer CAPITAL " III he IN these glades, 50 CON
] VeLlrut to W .sAlustOI,