The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-08-03
THE BEST DAY
80 Fan IN TIE PRESIDENTS CASE.
HIs Appetite Good, Had His Digestion
In Keeping with II-stFonEeF than
~ any IIme-FAVOEablo Pro.
EFena Toward Recovery.

WASHINGTON, August g. Dr., Bliss re
ports this afternoon that the Presiden
has had the best day he has known sine
his injury. His appetite is good and b
takes nourishmsnt we'll, His voice
noticeAbly stronger than at any time here
toIore, and he has been all day entirel
free from fever, The range oil the pulls
is below 100. and the temperature AM
respiration has continued normal. In al
respects he has made favorable proRres
toward recovery.
The President continues 10 make favor
able progress toward recovery. One gooI
feature In bis Case 10 an increased appe
lite. He now pSFtakes more freely o
solid food, and his bill OF fare has beer
extended so as to embrace the genera
things hitherto forbidden, including cof
lee, ot which he drank halt q cup yes
terday for the first time. The suTgeonI
continue to give him koumyss occasion
ally In place Of an equal quantity OF milk
and although this mild tartar slimulani
has little 10 recommend 1t to the aver
age taste, the President expresses q de-
Clded iondness for 1t and drinks II eager
ly. The morning examination to-day
showed q very healthy discharge from
the wound. The nature o, the discharge
showed that supuration is going on
along the remote track OF the wound, az
we'll As In that portion near where the
ball entered.
The President had for breakfast some
beeisteak and toAst saturated in milk. His
pulse this morning WAS bstter than at
auy time ol his iluess, His diet will be
changed and the amount vi nOutishnent
Increased ~ the tone oi his stomach im.
proves. The Presidents puIse is better
and stronger in tome aud character than It
has been NJ any Time since the shooting
and 10 fact all his sympt0tns are Of more
favorable character than ever.
Quiet reigned supreme at tho White
House to-day aud tonight, aud there
was little 10 break the dun muuUrOuy VI
the scene. Callers were fewer GhAn usual.
Even the Cabinet OtIiCeu have abandoned
their daily calls. The Attorney General
was the only Cabinet officer VII called
this morning, and evan he did
not enter tue building. lie stopped
at the main door aud ob.aiLed q copy OF
the bulletin, and fealiug encouraged al It's
contsn,R drove OF without aIighing.
The President good naLntedly said to
General Swain this morning: Il will be
with you awhile longer, Swain"
lie was quite cheerful this moFninH,Rnd
was allowed to talk to Mrs. Garfield, who
sat for long time by his side.
1t stated that the President, when at
breakfast to-day, held up piece Of
steak on hls toIk and said 70 DR.. Bliss:
GLOW much shall take Of III"
DR.. Bliss 10 reported to have answered I:
"Don't bite of more than you can chew,
Mr President"
Jennings cooling apparatus, which has
been out OF uae during the past two days
on account Of the Coolness Of the weather,
was again put In operation TODAY. Tho
question OF removing the Ptesldent Is now
being talked oi at the White House. II 10
thought that in three weekS, II he pro.
crosses As be now does, It will be
entirely sale to give him u trip. The sea
voyage is what Is best thought OF by the
physicians. II the President continues
10 gain strength without any serious
break, II IL almost safe to predict that In
three weeks he will start on q short voV.
age 10 the TallApoosa, which will be ready
10 receive him. Ia view Of the steady
improvement In the Presidents Condi.
ton, the members cf the Cabinet are be.
ginning to think again of their le' ves oi
absence for trips that they had planned
aud which were upset by Guiteau aud
his pistol. DR.. AgneR stated to a friend
this afternoon that the President was Ger
tAinly doing very well. Indeed there
was no feature In the case they could
wish TO be improved. His present prog.
ress was in every way satisfactory.
Tho President hes taken nouriShment
three times up to O'Clock to-day. He
had some newspaper headings read to
him, but care was taken to lot him hear
nothing that would be likely to exercise
his mind. He Ia now able to msks use OF
his arms 10 lift himself abouta little, and
can draw up his legs without help. be
makes no complaint OF pain In the back,
though al! the lower portion OF hi1 body
is very eff. PAins in his lower exttemi.
ties have pretty we'll disapp ppeAred too
Another employe OF the White nOuse,
one OF the servants, last night sucCumbed
to the IN ,lsria and vent home siCk This
makes eight people employed At the
" hi,e House who have bsen taken alex
with the naIa,ia and had 10 quit work
since the President was shot.
Mr.. 1wining, Engineer Commissioner
OF the DiattlCt OF Columbia, holds that
the malaria at the White HOuse is not
caused by the Potomac fats. He sAys:
"My impression 10 that the sickness Of the
Executive Mansion is caused by imperfect
dfainage. have not examined the mat.
ter myself. Il is stated that there Ia an
old brick surface sewer under the Man.
Siou. IithAt is 80 II would accjuut In a
great extent Tor any sickness there The
brick sewers are tight, you know. We
place under q house iron plpv or glazed
sewers. believe the Inspector Of Plumb.
Ing Ia investigating the matter under the
direction ot the health officer II the
malsria cime from the fats II ought 10
effect the persons al the Klggd Houie and
other places In that vicinity, but there
appears 10 be. no unusual amount of
sickness there
Df. Bliss said TO a Western Associated