The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-08-18
Grants Galena Home.

OALENA, July ZJ.-lb Is now
pretty well understood that Gen.
Grant has fully concluded to change
his residence from this city for
good, and will in the future make
New York his home. The general
is very much attached to Galena,
and but for business enterprises
would no doubt remain in this city
during the remainder of his life.
Here he was living with his family
and other relatives when the war
broke out, and here are numbered
some of his best friends, who knew
him when a very poor and obscure
man. His home is situated in
very delightful part of the city, and
persons passing through town on
the Illinois Central have a very
good view of the Grant residence
from the car windows. The house
is a good, substantial, but rather
plain two story brick, the exterior
finish and elaboration being mod.
eled after very simple and tasteful
style of architecture. The yard is
kept in the very best order, the
trees and lawn being nicely cut and
trimmed. The house for some time
has been under the charge of an old
soldier who served under Grant du-
ring the late unpleasantness, and,
with the assistance of the worthy
fellows amiable wife, everything
about the establishment is kept in
the very best of oroer. Some of
the furniture has been taken away
and is stored at Long Branch, but
many of the presents presented to
the general and his wife during
their tour around the world are
still to be seen in his Galena resi-
dence, including elegant paintings,
valuable and very rich china and
majolica crockery. His library is
still here, and is a very valuable
one, embracing a choice variety of
books on historical, scientific, and
art subjects, as we'll as good as
sorted library of the best works of
fiction and poetry. Many presents
given him while in China, Japan
and other foreign countries are in
Philadelphia in the care of George
w. Childs, and perhaps his numer-
GUS and costly gifts will never all
be gathered together until the re-
tired warrior settles down some
place to remain. He cannot call
Galena his home any more than
New York, Oshkosh, or Louisville,
bat it is now generally thought here
he never will live long enough in
Galena to run for a full-hedged al
derman. Grant still holds on to
his St. Louis farm, which is very
valuable piece of property. 1t is
very desirably located, and has the
very best improvements for we'll.
cultivated farm land, He has had
several ofierG to sell it, but his
friends think the general would Ia
ther sell almost anything than his
Missouri property. 1t is under
stood that some wealthy railroad
magnates waited to buy the place,
and soon after Grant struck the
country from his foreign rambles
they made him liberal offer, but
the silent man thought he had the
best jack knife of the two and
wouldn't swap"
How much Grant is worth is a
hard matter to solve. Like all rich
men, his wealth no doubt is over
estimated.
1t has been said that bis travels
around the globe cost him $4,000,
and that he came home a much
poorer man than the day he sailed
upon his journey. Be this as it
may, Gen. Grant is thought to be a
very wealthy man by most of his
old friends in Galena, and should
he live and keep his health the time
will come around when he will not
be ashamed to sit upon the financial
ladder with the proudest million
aires of the land. His Mexican
railroad schemes, while vet in an
undevelOped state, Grant thinks
productive of the richest harvest of
any seed he has sown, The gen
eral and Mrs. Grant are expected
to return TO Galena late in October,
and after remaining here for a few
days he will 60 TO New Mexico.
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