The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-09-07

, OlOg uOpOG dO 10. All was / ttiS
. there. The track was clear, dn,
} there was no smoke. The Pyesi
dents train passed slowly, not stop
: pl G. There were few persons
about.
Chester, Pa, 5.-While the loco
motive of the Presidents train was
receiving coal ut LamOkin, Agnew
told Dr.. Miner, of this city, that
he President had improved since he
left Washington, and was getting
along comfortably. They were glad
to get out of Washington, for the
heat was oppressive The doctors
on the train were pleased with the
progress the train was making. The
car was quite free from jolt or jar,
and they had high hopes of reaching
Long Branch with no bad results.
The President had suffered very
little fatigue. Agnew seemed in
excellent spirits.
The train passed at twenty-five
miles an hour. The Presidents car
was closed tightly. No bulletin was
thrown out.
| Wilmington, DEL, 6.-The party
passed at 9.47. There were 1900
lpeople at the depot. His pulse is
said to be a little higher.
| Lamokin, Pa, 6.-The Presidents
train ran from Wilmington here,
fourteen miles, in fourteen minutes.
It coaled in seven minutes and left
at 1921.
Philadelphia, 6.-The President
continues to do well. There was a
brief stop at Bay View, and the
wound was successfully dressed
The speed then made was fifty
miles an hour. Ne discomfort is
| felt by the President. The vibra-
| ton of the bed is no greater than at
a lower rate of speed. The train
ran over the P. w. and B. division
| of the road forty-nine miles an
hour. When the President was in
formed thai more than half the
journey was completed he was
greatly pleased and said this was
decidedly the most interesting day
of any since he was shot.
General Superintendent Kenney,
Of the Philadelphia, Wilmington
and Baltimore division Of the Penn
, syivania Railroad, was on the Pres
ident's train. He says it is true the
, pulse fell ten beats before reaching
Baltimore. The President seemed
cheerful. and when asked if he
would like to travel faster replied
yes" He rather liked it. Kinney
says he seemed to be in very good
spirits and was not under the eff.
, fects of any Opiates. He was as
rational as could be and occasionally
chatted with the doctors. Kinney
: was surprised to see the number OF
| people who turned out, particularly
t in untry places, to witness the
{ pas sage Of the train. At prominent
places crowds OF people raised theil
: hats with reverence and I'LL seemed
affected by the gravity of the situa-
, ton.
, West Philadelphia, 6.-The train
left West Philadelphia at 1850, and
Holmesburg Junction at lila.
Monmouth Junction, 6.-The Pres
, idental train passed here at 1851
pm.
Freehold, 6.-The train passed al
: 1928, running a mile a minute.
81 Elberon, n. j., o.-The train
bearing President Garfield arrived
: here at 10 this pm.
Long Branch, CDR. Hamilton
asserted, this morning, that he be.
} lieved the removal would be bene,
5 fetal because the change of scene
{ from the malarial climate Of Wash.
: ingtop and of the effect on the Pres
: ident of his wish being complied
, with. He thought he would mend
> at once. At $50 a squad of regulars
arrived from Governors Island
under Captain J. N. ingalls,, mum.
bering thirty. They will be about
the cottage. The cottages are al
/ ready. The press is complaining OF
the very inadequate telegraph facil-
tiles. the nearest Office to the Presi.
dents cottage being a mile. A land
breeze is blowing and it is quite
! sultry. g
i Alto the President was in his
: room at the cottage and his pulse
was 102. The weather is hot, but q
! good breeze is blowing.
!, PRAYERS.
Chicago. 6.-Reports are coming
in from all over the country show
ing that prayers are being offered
! in all the large cities to-day for the
recovery Of the President, and VIII
lagos and hamletS are joining in the
invocation. Business, if not en-
: tirely suspended, seems to have been
dropped for the time.
GOV. BLACKBURN IDEAS.
Lexington, Ky, 6.-Gov. Black
burn, in an interview, says he still
believes the President will die; that
tn ball struck the spine and has
now gone down. carrying consider.
able pus with it, which will form
another cavity. His nutriment is
! insufficient to repair the drain and
give him strength.
Ex-Congressman Blackburn eX-
! pressed the belief that the physi
! clans were but cheering him, and be
would die. He was a splendid fell
low, and would do his duty and
treat the south fairly. His stalwart
successor would be the reverse, anC
would be worse than the devil Il
the soath.
." Long Branch, 6.-The evening Of
fetal bulletin is AZ follows.