Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-08-11

| NEW YORK, August 10.-About 9:3O
O'Clock yesterday morning the Grant
family visited the City Hall, and, after
examining the surroundings of the spot
where the general had lain in state, de-
cided that the many floral tributes that
remained in the Governors room should
be sent to the tomb. Mr.. and Mrs. Fred,
U. 5. and Jesse Grant and Mrs. .Sartoris
were in the party.
GEN. GRANTS BOOK.
In an interview yesterday Gel. Giant
said: Il think that fathers book will
appear before long. We do not vet know
exactly what or how much manuscript
there is. The last pages my father wrote
have not been looked over and there is a
large amount of matter not in form fer
publication. On my return TO Mount
McGregor | shall devote the next four
weeks to looking over the manuscripts,
L shall make copies of all his pepers and
preserve the origin22iis. 1 am not vet
sure whether or not there will be enough
matter Tor two volumes or not, but what
I there is will be published with as little
revising as possible. The story will be
brought down to my fathers death, and
when this has EIoeu done whatever there
is VIII pe printed
| In regard to his mothers health he
said: My mother is physically very
strong, and | have no doubt that in time
she will regain her usual health. She
has been confined unremittingly for a
| long time to my fathers sick-room. If
she had not been very strong she would
have broken down long ago. I think
| that with change OF surroundings she
will recover rapidly. AS to the future
/ plans of the family | cannot speak very
| definitely. We shall all go back to Mount
| McGregor and remain there until fall,
when the family must separate. Mrs.
Grant will doubtless occupy the house
on Sixty-sixth street"
FRED GRANTS FUTURE PROSPECTS.
| The World prints the following special
| from Saratoga; Il was shown dispatch
/ yesterday which says that Col. Fred
| Grant has accepted the position OF en-
| glneer of railroad company which is
backed by the Baltimore a1d Ohio rail-
road and the Wisconsin Central for the
purpose of making new entrance into
| Chicago. Col. Grant will go to Chicago
to take charge of this new work as soon
as he has had time to gather together his
| fathers papers and the loose threads of
his affairs. Col, Graut has had very
thorough education as an engineer at
| West Point, and should do very well In
the railIoad business. There is no doubt
that President Cleveland wohld Give
him a commission in the army. but Col.
Grant, it is said, has finally resolved to
take his chances in ciyiiii cci;yii life"
T, Vas. CRAFTS FINANCIAL RESOURCES
! The Commercial Adrertiser this after
noon says: The financial resources avail.
able to Mrs. Grant are at present moi
exactly ascertainable, since they are de-
pendent somewhat upon the action O.
. CONGRESS as to the balance of the gen
erals retired pay for the current year
The receipts from the generals bool
will be hers. Estimating these receipts
at 30 cents per volume for an edition o
100000 copies she will receive S225, 900
an annual income of $4,000 at per cent
To this will probably be added $1,000
year as widow of an ex-President anC
the net rental of the Sixty sixth stree
house, which, outside OF interest anC
taxes, may amount to $4,000, SO that il
all probability if, as is reported, Mrs
Grant has a full life interest in her hus
bands property she will, in the course 0
1
$l5,0 900 or $4,000. This is all independ
ent of the income arising from the trus
fund of $3.50 900. In that sum of none
the general possessed the right of dispo
sition, and until his will is made publ
! it will be impossible to say whether h
has given his wife life interest o
, whether he had distributed this none
among his heirs
, LEFT FOR MOUNT NJ 'GREGoR.
The members of the Grapt family lei
the Fifth Avenue Hotel this morning
They went to the Grand Central depo
and took the train for Mount McGregol
THE BIER REMOVED.
Several covered wagons to-day too
. away from the City Hall the bier upo
which rested the remains of Gen. Gran
: while lying in state The floral offering
were also removed, and will be placed a
, the tomb. Curious people through th
day loitered through the black corridors
: stared at the spot where the body lay an
: eagerly seized tufts of moss and leave
I. that had fallen upon the floors.