Omaha daily bee., 1885-07-06
GEN. GRANTS LAST DAYS.
HOW n HERO n HIS FAMILY L1vE-MRs.
GRANTS INCOME.
Snecial Telepram To The REE.

HOW TIE HERO AND HIS FAMILY LGvE-MRsu
GRANTS INCOME.
Special Telegram to The BEE.
NEw YORK, July 5.-Gen. Grants city
residence nud his cottage at Long Branch
have both been offered for sale though there
seems to be no disposition to sacrifice them
the prices demanded being up TO their value
The understanding is that the general, know
ing that half his present income-that arising
from his place on the army retired list-wil
stop at his death leaving as a certainty to his
widow the product of the endowment fund
only, he is anxious TO unload the real estate
by converting it into o safe yielding invest
ment. In this matter his counsellor is
ex- Senator Chaffee, whose advice as to the
Ward business had it been promptly followed
would have saved most of the money lost
therein, The plan of Mrs. Grant is to retire
into some quiet home after the death of
her husband, while the other members
of the family will scatter.
The reliance of Grant on the profits of his
book for his widows benefit has frequently
been published. Another source of income
has been developed, and in this, as in the his
tory, Mark Twsin is a business partner. The
bust made by the sculptor Gerhaidt since
pEanbs llluFBs, anu 81 ltNl5uiy DEdlSbu ny
Charles Dudley Warner, the Hartford friend
and sometime literary co-laborer OF Twain, il
being duplicated In bronze and terra Gotta In
reduced sizes, and statesmen will soon be sent
throughout the land with it. This canvsssing
will be done during the summer before the
book agents 60 out to any great extent.
Grant did not at first like to have his bust
put out in that manner, but the counsel of his
wife prevailed. She Ia a woman of far greater
force and potency in her family than it gener-
ally known, Ths bust venture is her own
affair in connection with Twain.
There are rumors direct from Mount Nc
Greaor of a slight abrasion between Mrs.
Grant and the owners Of that resort. The
offer of accommodation was on the basis of
holder, gave up his private cottage and the
meals and service ore from the hotel. The
aim was to advertise Mount McGregor, which
is a beautiful but heretofore little known re
sort. Placards and hand bills lave been
widely distributed in Saratoga and elsewhere,
announcing excursions over the company's
railroad to the top of the mountain, and con-
tanning the name of Grant to catch the eye.
Mrs. Grant is greatly annoyed by the staring
of visitors. The general long ago became used
to such impertinence and sits daily on
the verandah stcically enduring it in per
feet silence. But his wife frequently
seeks to have them driven off, as do the other
IauleS VI Uue nOuseuOlu. DuU tT5 management
naturally do not wish to shut out the
sight for which the tourists come, and they
decline to do more than to prevent actual in
trusion upon the immediate premises. All
the Grants except Buck, who is farming in
j ersey, are daily grouped on the verau-
dab, and tight-seers can approach close
enough to be q decided nuisance to them.
They have been photographed re-
peatedly by amateurs and professionals,
using instantaneous apparatus. The hero
himself sits most of the time staring into
vacancy, oblivious os his surroundings; but
now and then q NOV ,,aent among the specta.
tors rouses him, apdS:nen he will often lift his
hat in acknowledgement of a salutation. The
who has been mentioned as on guard
against intruders is of little use. He is o
comical old crank. 1t is SO easy to get past
him that patent mec inn rneu and peddlars
nave gained access to the house.
A burial place for Grant has not been Sc
lected. A discussion of topic is distasteful
to the family and he General himself has
said nothing about 1t. There is a beautiful
called lakewood in Troy about thlr-
ty miles from Mount McGregor, and
the trustees have resolved to offer a
plst close by the one in which
lie the remains of ZEN. Wool, a veteran cam
in the war with Mexico, and under
whom Grant served as lieutenant. Woods
monument is notable as the largest single stone
ever quarried IN America and the site over
looks the Hudson river commandingly.