The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-08-03
ALMOST WE'LL
THE PRESIDENT SITS UP IN
BED AND EATS.
OTHER NEWS ABOUT HIM.

WAsHINGroN, July 30, A, Pm
DR.. Boynton says the President is
decidedly better this morning
than he has been at any time since
he was shot. He has been elevated
in bed by means of pillars, and has
eaten a small quantity of beef steak
prepared for him by Mrs. Garfield.
The President has expressed him
self as feeling much better and
stronger to-day than at any time
since the shooting occurred. He
watched the clock this morning
from about till 9:20, at which mo-
ment he remarked: DWELL, it is now
exactly four weeks since was shot. :"
DIR. Boynton is of the opinion that
the progress of the patient toward
recovery will not be impeded again,
and that he is now we'll OH the way.
The attending surgeons feel assured
that the President is recovering
strength as rapidly as could be ex-
pected, and say he is in excellent
spirits generally speaking. The
| patients recovery is considered at
present to be merely a question OF
| time.
DIR. HAMILTON MUCH ENCOUR-
AGED.
Doctor Hamilton sent the follow
ing telegram to his wife this fore
noon: "Mrs. DR.. III. Ii. Hamilton,
The Octagon, Seabright, New
Jersey.-The President has had a
pleasant night he is now sitting
partly up in bed While Mrs. Garfield
is giving him a little beet steak.
We are in the best ofspirits, feeling
that his recovery is almost absolutely
assured.
CSigned1 III. Ii. HAMILTON.
MARCHING TOWARD RECOVERY.
| WASHINGTON, July $500 A. NJ.
The Presidents case has made
continued progress in the right di-
rection ever since the removal OF
the particles Of the shattered rib /;
in fact, the best progress made in
any twenty four hours since the
shooting has been made since yes
terday morning, and at IL o'clock
last night he was authOritatively
declared to be in a more favorable
condition than at any time since its
occurrence. Last evenings exam
ination and dressing of the wound
added greatly to the encouragement
of the physicians, who were not
slow to show increased hope to the
members of the Cabinet at their
usual evening hour at the White
House.
.t. MRS. GARFIELD. .
When asked what truth there was
in the statement that Mrs. Garfield
had suffered extremely from the eff
fects of the strain upon her mind
during the past few days, Dr. Boyn-
ton said there was no foundation
whatever for the report which had
gone abroad to the effect that she
was i'll. "In fact" the doctor CON
tinued, "Mrs. Garfield is feeling
brighter and In better spirits this
morning than at any time since she
was sick. You may say that she
went to ride last evening and re-
turned feeling refreshed, and that
her husbands present condition is
very encouraging to her.
THE PRESIDENTS NURSE TALKS.
Crump, the Presidents nurse,
says he slept like baby last night
"He told me this morning" he adds, |
''that he began to feel like man
once more. He's mighty weak yet,
but a few more like last night will |
set him on the right track There |
are no indications of an approach
ing chill, and the flow of pus is full |
and natural"
THE ASSASSIN IN HIS CELL.
Guiteau is still confined in his |
isolated cell. He has not even ask |
ed for a lawyer. There have been |
no callers at the Jail who have man
Tested a kindly interest in the as
sassin, and it is difficult to say how
any legal defense will be provided
WHERE THE BULLET MAY BE.
The most interesting opinion on
the Presidents wound yet given
comes from DR.. Hamilton, who is
by a correspondent of the
New York Herald to have said as
follows
"From the examination which I
made yesterday and the day before,
and which were repeated by other
Of the consulting board,
[ consider it almost certain that the
ball has lodged In the lower part of
the abdomen on the right side,
There is at this pont defined hard
ness, due probably to any area of
around the ball, which
point is tender upon pressure and
quite distinctly circumscribed. Sur
5eon- General Barnes informed me
hat for day or two previous pres
iure upon this point caused a dis j
charge of matter from the Orifice of ,
he wound. 1t is to be presumed,
that this indicates the ,
of the ball deep in the lilac I
osse, behind theintestines, and quite .
emote from the surface. AS the !
'OIIlU Is SlUudICu GWCIN0 VI lICUGu o
inches from the point of entrance of !;
he ball, the ball cannot be sought :
Or or extracted through its original
rack. Nor can it safely be reached .
present by direct ihoisinn. The 4
me may arrive when it may be, or,
hat is more probable, the ball may a
radually change its position, passing r,
,wer down in the abdominal cavity, n
nd make its exit by some of the o
atural outlets Of the body, as many "
alls have escaped which have been Il
eceived into human bodies, and .,
ithout exposing the life of the r
atient to any particular hazard. | =
link and state in this matter what =
the general conviction of the =
embers of the board of attending ~
ld consulting physicians. A few ~