The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-08-04
THE PRESIDENT.


WANhlN0EONs Suiy -
There was very decided Improvement IN
tho Presidents condition yesterday. aud he
seems to have already recovered tho ground
lost by the relapse which set in Saturday.
He took m increased quantity OF nourishment
and rellshed II. He expressed himself re-
peateily during the day rs feeling much bet
TER. There was an entire absence y
feglle feeling yesterday afternoon, which
the physicians regard as most-hopefnl sign
For tho iirst time III three weeks the patients
temperature At the evening examination was
normal. There WAS a fnll. FREQ discharge of
healthy pns during the day. Tho patient has
obtained moro sleep than usual, ana has been
greatly refreshed thereby. The physlclans cx-
press the belief that the Improvement OF yes
teraay MAS u permanent gam, and that the pa
tient Is on the way to complete recovery.
The examinations OF the Presidents wound
which have been made within the last four
days have led to different conclusion as to
tie course and location OF the ball from that
which was at first entertained. II il now pref
ty certain that It did not penetrate the liver
and that, il it touched 1t, 1t Graxed It in ils
doanward course !; that it is not located in the
anterior wall Of tho abdomen, and did not trAy-
eIse the abdominal cavity, but went downward
after being interrupted by the rib and 10 now
located in what the doctors describe ~ the
right lilac fossa. This il the cavity between
tile front OF the hip-b0ne aud tho ribs which
contains the small intestines. No effort viii bo
made to extract tho ball at present unless It 10
found to be troublesome.
morning newspaper publishes an interview
with ien. Crocker, Warden Of tho JAIL about
Gniteau. Croker said. speaking of 0uiteau:
..There has been no event III his life during
the past week that has boen worthy OF Men-
ton. He eats, sleeps and wAkoa up like any
other prisoner. No one has como to see linn
from tho day he was brought here. No ono
lua ms asasf. stx.A frtap,.Niv int. ia1
him. He does not seem TO have
any friends. GnitcAu u a quiet A any
other prisoner. Ho seems to have made mp la,
mind to patiently await the result. He has not
asked for lawyer. He has not asked to 500
any one. | asked him II he wanted law
CLAIMS to hc q lawyer himself. He
knows enough not TO talk. Ho il sane
enough not 10 talk. He reads mostly the Bible
and serious works. There il nothing peculiar
There has been nothing in his actions here to
indicate II any moro than in the condition of
othc- criminals. don't think ho u : man of
strong moral convictions"
WAsHINerox, July %.
The condition OF the President continues
favorable and encouraging. II il believed by
ono Of tho physicians that the patient will b.
able to leave his bed in ten days. While
this appears a rather too sangnine state
lnent, the medical staff believe that the
wound ia healing, and that, unless
stane unforeseen change should occur, his re-
eo.ets now is mer,ly matter OF time. Last
evening there VAS slight rise in the pulse and
IN the temperature, caused by stoppsgc of the
.irsinage-tnhes, which prevented the regular
flow OF the pus. When the tubes acre
cleaned the fow resumed aud the fever
/ eah.lded. The patient rested quietly
duing the night, aud this morning ID doing
nicely. In the belief that the carpets in the
! sseh-room s.creted too much dust and absorbed
impurities from the atmosphere, they were yes
l.rlay taken from the floor, after the Presi-
dent had leen removed to another chamber,
! overlooking IaIase etle Park.
WAsHIsaToN, July 50.
Yesterday was substantially = repetition Of
the Day before in the Presidents case, except
that the fever came on later in the evening
ani MAS not so marked. Tho temperaiure
through the day was normal. aud the pulse
ranged from a2 to rs. The patient said that he
ielt decidedly bsiter, and oppressed Z
tl,,ls ;ar more solid food He also said
thai Ls iels stronger, aad asksd = y