The Washington critic., 1885-07-28

thongs Opinion Of Grant - The
Sheridan CrayOn - Retiremcnts
From the supreme Bench.
"The istory Of the different houses
connected with Grants stay in st.
Louis" says Tie Republican of that
cry, sis sCon told. Some twelve miles
south OF the city is the old Dent farm,
on which Whitehaven aud Hardscrabblc
stand. Whitebaven is the old family
home Of the Dents. The house is over
half a century old, aud it Is yet, despite
It's age, handsome structure 1t is
here that Brevet Second Lieutenant
Grant came counting Mss Julia Dent,
the sister of his old clnssmatc, riding
over from the barracks, only four miles
away. II was in Whitehaven that most
of Grants children were born, and the
tendcrt st. associations Of his life are
associated with it. Hardscrabblc rot
its peculiar name from Grant himself.
| He christcned it after he hal built IT,.
| Not many OF our cities can show in
their envilons u log house built by the
hands of President Of the United
States. Old Mr.. Dent, after Grant had
left the army, presented his son-iu.law
with sixty acres of land, and The future
| General at once went to work to build
a home upon 1t for his family. lie was
very poor-so poor that Fred Dent had
to lend him the money to buy the floor
ing, window sash aud duorways OF his
house. According to the good old
custom, when the logs were shaped
and ready, the ncighb Is gathered in
to help raise the house, The hou:e
OH Fifth and Cerro streets, OIL the
southeast corner, was in its time u fine
tcsidence. 1t still bears traces Of the
style aud fashion Of its former occu.
pants, but it, has fallen from its higl
estate, and Is now u boarding house
which adveltiscS The day beard to be
found within. The house uil Seventh
aud Barton streets was for time
Grams properly. When he moved
into ST. Louis to 20 into the real estate
business he traded Hardscrabble for the
Bartou-street property. There was &
flaw in the title, however, and tn,
property was taken away from him. II
was not till after the war that hG re-
The house Is u frame, full Of surprising
doorways and unexpected stairs. 1t il
n little bit Of cottage"
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GLOW many new Justices Of the Su
preme C)ult will President Clcvclant
be called upon to appoint during hi
term?" asked tho Memphis Apaldnch,
, correspondent of an attachc Of that il
lustrious tribunal the other day
"TherC are Fcvcral of them arriving II
the retiring age, arc there not?'
"YeS," he answered, "there are fOu
whose age and service will permit then
to retire within the next year or so
whellr they will Ito so, however, i
another question. 1t docs not alway
follow that because a justice arrives II
an age which would permit him to re
tire on full pay, he will do so. Indeed
few of the justices OF the Supreme
Court have retired upon reaching th
age and service fixed by law. In almos
every case they have served from on
to five years longer than they wer
actually required. $50 those VIII
are congratulating themselves tina
the country will have four Demo
cratic Judges on the Supreme Be1cl
next year instead of one, as
now has, may find themselves mistaken
Justice Bradley arrived two or thrc,
years ago at the age and term Of servic
which would permit him to retire, bu
he is still on the bench, to the grca
satisfaction of his colleagues, who d.
Q sidcraby past 20, but still one OF tn
ablest men on the bench and Il yer.
/ valuable one, too. Mr.. Chief Justic
!, Waite, MIR. Justice Miller and Mr.. jus
tice Field will arrive at the retiring ag
and term OF service during the com
ing year; whether they will retire n
once or not has not been determined.
"Does it follow thata Democratic Pres
ident would appoint Democratic jus
i tices?" "Wcll," he said with smile
sit has always happened that way cx
cept in the case of Mr.. Justice Field
appointed by President Lincoln, h
was a war Democrat and is n Democra
still, rs is well known"
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nccrning the significance of til
word Grant" Rev. William Arthur
father Of ex-President Arthur, says i
his chronological Dictionary of Fam
| lily and Christian Surnamcs :" "Of thi
name Grant Playiair remarks that
may be derived from the Saxon, Iris
or French. In the Saxon Grant sign
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