Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-08-09
EASTERN INTELLIGENCE.
THE CONDITION OF THE PREsI-
DENT.
A Surgical Operation Performed
on Him.
the OPERATION A GRAND
SUCCESS.
No Further Trouble from Pus
Anticipated.
All His symptoms Are Now Very
Favorable.
THE CONVENTION OF IRISH
MEN DELAYED.
All His symptoms Are Now Very
Favorable.
THE CONVECTION OF IRISH
MEN DELAYED.
special to the sEsr1ErL.l

At present he appears better than yester-
day morning. Pulse. "a; temperature,
9S.4; respiration IS.
10 A. Mt having become necessary to
make a further opening to facilitate the es-
cape of pus. we took advantage of the i'm
proved condition Of the President this
morning. Shortly after the morning bull
letin was issued he was etherized. The
incision extended downward and forward,
and a counter opening was made into the
track Of the ball, below the margin OF the
twelfth rib, which it is believed will effect
the desired object. He bore the operation
well, has now recovered from the ether
ization and is in excellent condition.
WASHINGTON, Aug. S.-The following
has been sent to Minister Lowell: During
the past three days the President has
periodically experienced q rise of temper
ature, indicating another obstruction to
the flow Of pus. Asurgical operation was
performed at 9 O'Clock this morning by
DR.. Agnew, assisted by all the surgeons
in attendance, by which free communica-
ton between the pus cavities and the sur
face of the body has been established.
The operation was performed under the
influence of ether. The President en-
dured it well, and at this hour, 11:30 A.
NJ, is doing as well as could be hoped.
(Signed) BLAINE.
1. P. M.-The necessity for the opera
ton became apparent to the surgeons yes
terday, when they found that the drainage
tube, of the size hitherto used, could no
longer be passed along the track Of the
ball between the ribs. The process of
FORMULATION at that point had gone so far
as TO partially close the %orifice, and the
ribs prevented the pushing aside of the
flesh, which was healing between them,
enough SO that a tube could be intro
duced. The result Of this state OF things
was that the pus formed in the deeper
| parts of the wound rather faster than it
could escape through the half-obstructed
| opening, and its gradual accumulation be-
gan to cause disturbance. We therefore
decided to make an opening into the track
of the ball, below the last rib, SO that the
ribs should no longer prevent the keeping
| open of the wound by the solid back
| ing which they afforded to the graduating
flesh between them. The operation was
performed at She request of the other
surgeons by DIR. Agnew. As soon as the
patient had been put under the influence
Of ether, a long and slightly curved in
| strument was introduced into the wound,
pushed between the ribs and carried down
along the track of the bullet until the end
could be felt below the last rib from the
outside. Holding this instrument in the
wound as a guide. DR.. Agnew then made
a counter ~incision below the twelfth rib
cutting directly through the integrement
until bis knife met the first mentioned in,
strument at the point where he wished to
intersect the back Of the ball. The opera
ton was not a difficult or dangerous one,
and the patient bore it and the etheriza.
ton extremely well. There is now an
opening to the deeper parts of the wound
which does not pass between the ribs, and
which can always be kept free and unob-
structed. No further accumulation of pus
is anticipated. Since the operation the
patient has rested quietly and is now
asleep. His pulse at this hour is 100, and
he has neither fever nor any other IN
favorable symptoms.
Proceedings that Were Not AMIGA
BILE.
CHICAGO, Aug. S.-The convention OF
Irishmen was somewhat delayed to-day, by
a reason which is variously stated. One &C
count says there was a disturbance as to
the custody Of the 500. 900 skirmishing
fund. Another report, and one well au-
thenticated, is that the convention will not
adjourn before Wednesday, owing to
charges made by the well known J.. Curran
keegan, a reporter formerly on the Provi-
deuce Telegram, and George l. West, q
member of the convention, and reported
to be its Secretary, who has taken a promi-
nent share in its deliberations, is a paid
spy of the British Government. Keegan
has alleged that be knew West in Ireland,
and that he was a detective connected with
the Irish c~onstabulary, and was once dis
charged from his position that Vests
father and brother were d~isreputable Irish
citizens, and that West has been here some
time in connection with the work of ferret
ing out the slayer Of Lord Leitrim. Kee-
gan's statements are denied and branded
as unreliable by West, but not by all the
delegates. The Western Press reporter in
terviewed West, who is q fine looking and
plain spoken man. He gave q straight
forward denial to Keegan's story. He said
he was born in America, and had never
been out Of it. Rhode Island is his native
State. He was baptized in the Providence
Cathedral, and has been a constant and
aoei'O PaitArou VI ING 1Eleu CAUSE from
boyhood, and his fidelity to ireland was
never before questioned. He saws Kee.
gan's motive for this attack is to gain no.
toriety.
The Inter-Ocean has received news that
r. W. Grove started from Peoria for Chi
cago this morning. but no trace Of him can
be found here.
Terrible Casualties from Lightning.
CHARLESTON rs. C.), August ga letter
to the News and Courier, from the west
ern part Of Darlington County. gives an
account Of terrible and extraordinary cas-
ualties from lightning. On Thursday after
noon q group Of 20 men, all white road
hands, were standing elise TO the house OF
J. W. Cliburn. near Hartsville, when a
stroke of lightning killed four men and
wounded all the remainder. Five of the
wounded are desperately hurt and MANNED.
There was no storm at the time, though a
heavy rain fell shortly afterward.
One Blacksmith Kills Another.
OMAHA, NEB,, August This morning,
John Peterson, a wagonmaker, died from
the effects of a pounding, received at the
hands of G. A. Nistrom, a blacksmith.
whom the former bad assaulted with a file.
Both men were ~neighhors, and were In the
habit of drinking together and quarreliny.
The inquest WAS begun this afternoon, and
Nistrom was arrested.
The Strikers.
WnKEsBARRE, Pa, August 7. = The
strike among the driver boys and slate
Of the Susquehanna, Coal Com.
pany, at Manticoke. continues. Two thou
sand miners and laborers are thus thrown
of employment.
A Mysterious Discovery In a
Church.
New York, August 7.-Aftsr the ser.
vice in the Foarteenth-street Presbyterian