Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-11-21
ORVILLE GRANT.
a Strange Story About the Generals Bro
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Chicago News, 18TH.
Apropos of the Grant reception, curious
story is aaoat-improbable, perhaps, at first
sight, but indirectly confirmed in multitude
| of ways-which concerns itself with that or
| ratio and eccentric brother of the Generals
| who has brought the family relations between
| him and the ex-President frequently into the
| newspapers, and always in more or less dis
| creditable way-Orville Grant. As is we'll
known, Orville Grant. was formerly in the
leather business in Chicago, with Col. J. E.
Mclean, who was afterwards made collector of
this port. when Gen. Grant was elected Presi-
dent. OF late years, Orville has become re-.
duced in circumstances, and has been living In
| poverty in New York. His conduct became so
| cratic at one time that he was confined In an
insane asylum at New Jersey. The story is,
that the primary cause of his mental aliena.
ton was family trouble.
oRv1I1E's ARRIVAL.
Well, few days before the generals arrival
Orvillo Grant came to Chicago, for the purpose
of seeing his distinguished brother. Years of
mental trouble and harrassment had wrought
| SO many changes in Orville that but few of his
old friends in the city where he lived and was
engaged in business for so many years recog-
nized him. A few Of his old acquaintances
however, did see and recognize him. He had
fattened up considerably, and weighed over
IT'S pounds. His clothing was shabby and
worn in slouchy style, one log of his trousers
| rolled above the top of his shoe. His red beard
and sandy hair-the principal point of his re-
semblance to the general-were worn long and
matty and bushy. His whole look and manner
| was that of a Western frontiersman.
SOME ARMY FRIENDS. =
Orville Grant hung about the Palmer House
on the Monday and Tuesday preceding the
generals arrival. Little or no attention was
paid to him on account of his shabby and un i.
couth exterior.
The story goes that some army friends of
Gen. Grant, seeing his brother hanging about
| in this way, and learning that it was his inten-
he had not seen for years, and believing that
| this would be an unwelcome intrusion on the
| general, and a blot upon the reception, took it
into their heads to get Orville out of the way
for the time being. With this view Orville
was taken charge of. piled with liquors. and
st. Louis. This was on Tuesday evening, and
was done principally to defer Orville's greet
! ing to the general to another and more private
| occasion.
! THE GENERALS DISAPPOINTMENT
The task was accomplished before Gen.
Grant arrived, and could not be recallsd. Gen.
Grant learned of the fact during the week,
that his brother had been hero, and was great
ly disappointed at not seeing him. The dis
position of Orville was kept q profound secret
from him accordingly.
Certain it is that Orville Grant was here,
and that he is now in st. Louis. In the city
at the other end Of the bridge he took occasion
to inquire about his arrest in that village sew
eral years ago, when be was found lying upon
the street, and was taken to the Four Courts
in a hand-cart by Officer Van Mugge, German
baron in distress. who has since come into the
possession of his titles and estate. Orville said
| this was his last spree, and that he has been 4
teetotaler ever since. But about the-perhaps
he is only cratic. ISL. -.