CURIOUS PHASE OF INSANITY.
f A singular phase of insanity, that of a monomania for commerce, has developed itself in the case of Mr. Orville D. Grant, brother of ex-President Grant, who has just been removed to an asylum at Morris Plains. Mr. Grant appears to bare been a kind husband and father, but to hare had a sort of monomania for commercial transactions without any capita], while his mind was so unsteady that he could not be trusted on long journeys alone. According to the 'JNew York Times ' he went to California, last of all, to attend to what he called large milling interests of his, and to push the fortunes of an invention for cleaning wheat, from which he expected great things.- , He returned in June, since then his mania lias been worse than ever. Of "ourse he did not bring back the anticipated fortune. On the .contrary;-he lias spent or invested in unremunerative enterprises nearly or quite all the 50,000 dols. he had formerly made in the timber busiht-s?. About three weeks ago he went to Boston and entered info contracts for pianos and other 'manufactured articles to the extent of more than IOO.uOO dols. Hs friends went on to Boston, cnnrell.d tun contracts, paid his hotel bill, and thought him home. Dr. Morton, his physician, ventures ho opinion ,as to his ultimate, recovery.
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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume IX, Issue 495, 9 January 1879, Page 2
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