| Show PRESIDENT GItIN grants CHANTS VISIT TO gr GEX gen q 11 lilane KANE lane fram FROM correspondence which appears in the new york jyerald we learn that Fresi prebi president dont grant has been paying a visit to general thomas Thomai aj L kane at the lat tera teia residence ce in the mountain reg ns of pennsylvania general kane lives ilves inthe in the grate grateful kemem ur ances anees of thoen the entire people of utah territory for his philanthropic labors in their behalf in the tho midat midst of their deep troubles when they were a stricken and persecuted n people and afterwards when we wb were re ruthlessly assailed and almost universally condemned as unfit to live everything concerning him will therefore be read with deep interest by the lat ter day saints for lor there is no person outside of their church for whom they feel so warm a regard as general thos L kane the correspondent says that the president in that wild but romantic vicinity certainly enjoyed that recreation of mind and rest of physical energies which he had failed to find elsewhere from the time of his departure from the national capital on his summer tour in the elegant mansion erected in that forest region by general kane the presidential party found all the personal comforts of the city and in the courtly of their host hogt general 1 kane rane lane cane and his hia excellent lady they were surrounded by all the society necessary to make their sojourn interesting and pleasant the president threw off his usual reserve and exhibited a vivacity of manner and freedom of conversation which would probably have surprised surprise d some pe people opie ople to add if possible to the pleasure of the visit general kane invited senator cameron to join the party knowing the wish of president grant to rest and be undisturbed the general made his arrangements with the assistance of a detachment of his old Buck buek bucktail tall tali retainers that no persons 1 unless invited or wit tai permission should be allowed on t portion of his Is large estate immediately ing his mansion the tho president was therefore allowed full fall opportunity to rest and take an evening horseback ride through the forests and over the mountain heights of the surrounding spurs of the alleghenies general kane like a wise physician so regulated ted the movements of the president that he should enjoy something new every day the day on which the correspondent wrote nad had been spent in trout fishing and the president said respecting it that he had never enjoyed himself more since he was a boy than he had bad that day in closing his letter the correspondent the question would now naturally be asked who is this general kan kane e any one conversant with the battles of the army of the potomac will remember the brave Buck tails of pennsylvania their commander was colonel afterward afterwards a major maj or general thomas L kane general kane is descended from some of the best stock in the cou country he is in the forties in age and lace ver ven very y small in stature but with a good face and eyes of life which show the I 1 character of the man the father of general kane was some years ago judge of the united states DIS district brict courtin court in pennsylvania and celebrated for a decision adverse to antislavery anti slavery princ prine principles I 1 p es he is also the brother of elisha kent kane the celebrated are arc ie explorer in his youth general was of legation in paris subsequently he was w as pent by the government on a mission to the mormons cormons who were moving from nauvoo westward afterward he made the peace the united states forces under sydney johnston and the mormons cormons Mor wor mons at bridger pass general kane entered be the war of the rebellion at the head as I 1 C have said of the pennsylvania buck ails tails at gettysburg he commanded a ri gade in the repeated engagements n which he participated general eane kane was waa r everal several times i severely wounded those hose most In inconvenient conven lint bein being g olie bild one ball through the mouth and another disabling his right leg from the effects of which he ista Isla is lame meto to this day general kane lives here in princely style his thousands of acres of prim primeval eval forest and underlying and undeveloped coal veins lie lle all ail around him he idmon ismon is monarch archon of all he surveys heis hois he is the soul of refinement and wields A povl powerful erful luence influence nf over the people of the ii neighborhood i bo it would almost seem beem that they were the retainers of a baron barou of ye anel anci ente day than the fello feilo fellow citizens of a distinguished and enter enterprising ing la landowner nd owner the house in which the general resides is of the suburban villa sty style leon on a large largo aicale with towers and elizabethan gables within it is elegantly furnished and possesses many curiosities left the general by ha hi brother the arctic explorer the town of kane is situated on the summit of one of the tho spurs spur bof bot of the alle gh anies about 2500 feet above thebes the bea sea the town contains about 1000 low lom inhabitants and is named after aften general kane the place contains the machine shops of the philadelphia and erie erle railroad nall Bail road and a round house capable of containing sixteen locomotives which are used in drawing trains over the heavy ascent and descent which lie ile on either side of kane summit A large hotel igo feet front has hns been built but is not yet opened the surrounding country abounds jn der dier and bear and a great variety of tho feathered game besides fine specimens of the spring water species at 0 f the ninny finny tribe through the energy and enterprise of general kane and the mckean and elk county land ladd and improvement company of which captain clay is agent thil this section of the state of pennsylvania fifteen yea years 1 8 ago a wilderness shows remarkable wealth and development and promises not only to be a valuable coal coat region but the pasture lands of immense numbers of cattle for the pennsylvania market |
