The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-12-12
Particulars Of his Last Sick
ness and Death.

QuIulR bLle IdSb ulOuE1 Vi Ills HlI0
illness, but it soon became evident
that his strength was unequal to the
hard task to which he set himself
He wrote only three or four careful
articles, not one of them half col
umn in length. The most notable
perhaps, was that entitled "Conclu
sions," wherein he summed up his
views of the canvass. In all, he wrote
less than three and q half columns af
ter his return, contributing to only
four issues of the paper. Two Oh
three times he handed his assistant
short articles, saying: ''There is an
idea worth using, but I have not felt
able to work it out properly. You
had better put it in shape" At last,
on Tuesday, the 18th inst, he aban-
doned his effort to visit the office reg
ularly, and sent for the family physl-
clan of Mr.. A. j. johnson, the friend
with whom he was guest, and in
whose house his wife died. Every
effort was made to induce sleep, but
he grew steadily worse till it became
evident that his case was critical. DR..
Geo. G. S. Choate and others were
called in consultation, and finally it
was decided to take him to Doctor
Choate's residence, two or three miles
from Mr.. Greeley's own country res
idence at Chappaqua. Here he re-
ceived the unintermitting attention
of DR.. Choate. Dr. Brown and 9th
ers were called In consultation. The
insomnia had developed into an in
iammation of the brain, and under
this the venerated patient rapidly
sank. At times he was delirious, at
other times as clear-headed as ever
He lost flesh and strength with start
ling rapidity, and in a few days the
possibility of his speedy death forced
itself into unwilling recognition. 1t
was not, however, till Thursday, that
his associates and family brought
themselves to admit it, and even then
they still clung to his faith in the
vigor of his constitution. On Wed
nesday night he failed very rapidly.
Thursday afternoon and evening he
was deemed somewhat easier. During
the night he slept very uneasily, NUT
tering occasionally, and frequently
raising his right hand. Toward the
morning he was more quiet, and be-
tween s and 8 o'clock he fell into q
nearly unconscious condition, which
continued with some intervals during
the day. He made occasional excla-
nations, but most of them, in conse-
quence of his extreme weakness and
inability to finish what he began,
were unintelhgible. About noon,
however, he said quite distinctly, and
with some force, 81 know that my
Redeemer hveth." During the day
he recognized various people, his
daughter many times, members of
his household at Chappaqua, Mr.
John r. Stuart, and Mr.. Reid.
On the whole, he suffered little,
seemed to have no more than the Or
dinary restlessness which accompa-
MES the last stage of the disease
During the day his extremities were
cold, and there was no pulse at the
wrist. The action of the heart was
very intermittent, and constantly d-
minishing in force He had not ask
ed for water, or been willing to drink
it, since his stay at DR.. Choate's, but
during Friday he asked for it fre-
quently, and up to within half an
hour of his end, he manifested in va
rious ways his consciousness of what
was going on around him, and even
answered in monosyllables and dintelli-
gently questions addressed to him.
About 81 o'clock he said very distinct
ly, "It is done," and beyond the
briefest answers to questions this
was his testutterance. His youngest
daughter, Miss Gabrielle, was with
him through Thursday evening.
Throughout Friday the elder daugh-
ter, Miss Ida. was in constant attend
ance, as she had been during the
whole of his illness, and of Mrs. Gree.
ley's before him. Other members of
his Chappaqua household were pre-
sent, with Mr.. and Mrs. John r. Stu
art, and few other friends. Moth
ing that science or affection could
suggest was wanting to ease the last
hours.
The wintry night had fairly set in
when the inevitable hour came
Without, sleighs were running to and
fro, bearing to Chappaqua, the near
est telegraph station, the last bulletin
which the thousands Of anxious hearts
in the great city near by kept de
manding. Within, the daughter and
a few others stood near the dying
man, who remained conscious and
seemingly rational and free from
pain, though now too weak to speak.
In an adjoining room sat one or
two more friends and the physician.
At ten minutes before seven O'Clock
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