The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-08-18
WARRINGTON NOTES.

The fobr1l0 COndltlOn OF the FreGl00nC
for several days having suggested to the snr-
geons that the cause WAS the detention Of pms
In the cavity Of tho wound, they took advaue-
age, on the morning Of the 9Th, Of the patients
improved condition to make another incision
into the track OF the bullet below the
margin Of the twelfth rib. This operation was
successfully performed, the President having
first been etherixed. Although suffering some
nausea from the anpsthetic, he soon regained
his previous condition. The present incision,
the physicians declare, can be left open and
unobstructed as long as may be necessary, and
the best results are confidently expected.
The Treasury Department has re-
ceived about e4O 000, 900 worth Of bonds for
continuation from English holders. The Lon
don g ency will BE- closed at once.
Secretary Blaine has been suffering
from malaria and I tendency to chills.
President Garfield performed his first
official act s,nce the shooting, on the 10th inst
He affixed his signature to paper extraditing
. criminal wanted BY the Canadian authorities
Secretary Blaine has gone to Maine,
whsre he will stay several weeks.
During the last fiscal year there were
Ase4 pilots examined BY tho Marine Hospital
Service, Of which number ll8 were found color
blind.
As soon as the President gets out Of
danger, says Warrington Telegram, Dr.. Bliss
intends to publish . correct statement OF the
controversy that WAS made By Dr.. Baxter Just
after the President WAS shot - to Baxter's
right to take charge Of tho case. Bliss
statement win be In substance that in
tho first place, he was called to the
President It the depot By member Of
the Cabinet, Secretary Lincoln. Hs took
charge Of the case, and tho next morning (Sun-
day) after the President was shot Bliss called
the Presidents attention to the necessity for
some system about the treatment Of the case.
Meantime the President had reacted from the
shock. and was capable Of exercising judgment.
He told Bliss that he wanted him TO
take entire charge and control Of the
him, and would surrender everything to him
Bliss asked him who he wanted associated in
the case, and the President replied that he
would leave that entirely to Bliss. Soon after
Bliss saw Mrs. Garfield, and she ratified ell the
President had said, and requested Bliss to take
charge OF tho case.
A Washington telegram OF the 11th
inst says: To-day President Garfield wrote
| his first letter since the shooting. Il Was to
his mother 1t Mentor, and assured her OF his
confidence in recovery. Mira Garfield read to
him considerably to-day, both from private let
ters and newspapers. The President il begin
! ming to take much interest in public AFFAIR.""
Washington kilograms Of the 18th
inst. report the President's condition, at that
date, - fairly satisfactory. Tho pulse ruled
rather high, but the attending surgeons seemed
% view this lightly, and asserted that the pa-
tient was steadily improving. DR.. Bliss
was slightly poisoned BY : cut from
one Of the knives used in removing the pus
from the Presi ient's wound. DR.. Blackburn,
the Governor of Kentucky, expresses the opin-
| ion that Guiteau's bullet was detected to the
spinal column, and that the President will un-
doubtedly die from his wound.
The Treasury Department are making
an effort to put stop to the custom Of punch
ing holes in coins. They viii invite the public
to refuse any clipped money.