, 1881-09-11
IMPROVEMENT.

Special Dispatc. to The Ckicaqo Tribune.
LONG BRANCH, n. j., Sept. l0.--The hurricane
that was Yesterday announced has not yet up-
penrcd. III its steud there came, before MIDI
night a heavy, murEy, rain-1nt!en mist. which
towards morning turned to sultry rslin- The
weather., which day before Yesterday changed
20 degrees In Two hours-frpm equatorial
hcat to tcnlperute-changct' u.::n this morning,
and the hcut Of the hottest summer day re-
turned with an atmosphere that was tilledwith
drifting clouds OF mist and heavy with rain.
The brcezo from the sea died away, and
what hreeze there WIS was hentcd, sticky, un-
invfgDr atfng-- 1t WAS 4 murky dog day, wruppcd
in fo1-as unreasonable here as the other Won
dcrful things Of this remarkable summer.
" hnrever the effect ron the President mus lie,
the tide Of travel. which since the PRESIDENT as-
rived has been SO heavy towards the Branch. il
setting buck again, for
FASHION SIICNs A FOf;
Mt the seaside tn September. The President.
improving US he certainly has been since he left
the maIuria Of Washing ton, has made no per-
ceptibl.. gnin- He bns not put an ounce of
flesh upon his shEnnkon form. Said one
who saw him yesterday: "Yon eau
spun his leEs just above the kuee-joiEt
with QUE hand. The fingers seem to begin at
the wrist, and you Gun clearly trace the dividing
line from the wrist to the fingers ends. The
flesh seems to be simply lytne about the bone.
and to form Il loose covering for It," 1t is said
that the Presidents
-: Nor HIMSELF AS CHEERFUL
us he was twentyfour hours ago Or. Bliss even
said iust night that, when the President was told
how pleased tho people Of tho countr; we're to
hear Of his improvement, ho replied TINT they
hud
LITTLE TO FEEL PLEASED OVER,
thereby conveying the idea that he did NOT cou-
slider his own progress rs being very Hrcat 10
night, still, his attendants talk very hopeful
Col. Rockwell, being asked in what particular
the President louked better. said: His tfps
have recovered their rcanesB. and his eyes afe
bright He has little appetite. but can eat what
is necessary to support lifo and supply tue MT
tcra for the healing Of hi3 wound. The swell
ings have gone dnwn-
THAT ON THE BACK,
which wns about the size Of Il hens egg when no
left Washington, eau now scarcely be seen IT
is difficult to tell you how ho looks better, but
he does in thousand wnys."
- Have any new arrangements been made 1os
his coulfort?"-
.Yestertay we got set Of ar- pillows Of as
sorted sizes, anu these make him feel easier.
When he feels tired on one side from lying lon2
in one position we place
AN !A1E-rlLLOW
under him, and initiate 1t us much as We IKE
His position is thus changed In tho. gentlest
possible manner. aud to just the point where he
is most comfortable We expect today one OF
those easy chairs which can be arranged ID any
position Il patient likes. We 40 nut intend 10
place him in it at once, but 1t will be ready when
needed"
n1s. AuSEw Is NOTED FOR HIS RET1CESCE,
and from the first has declined to tnlk. tie aas
left thAt for Dr.. Bliss Flo has arrived 10 tako
his place ut the sick bed, relievlng LIT.
Hamilton. Being asked if he noticed A5
particular, change in the Presidents con"
dttion since he loft him here. lmo1e-
tintciy after his removal from Washington.
be said he thought that he had improved. hu1
be also said that when he s>Aw the President As'
be was In Il very low condition. and it is ren'em-
bercd now that. on Sept. Il; Dr. Agnew wrote %
4 friend that he had always graveiy douote1
whether the President could recover. Or. bliss
has at lust acknowledged that tho fears Oh
trouble in the lungs, ultcutcd for the first tl'n.
two weeks ago In thoae dispatches, did e1ist anst
That the symptoms which then gave rise to 1nes"
fcurs have not ret disappeared.
srEAK1yG OF THE LUNGS.
be says: We have examined them very closely.
In sounding them ut first VIC found that u a'o
lot extend nor did tho flat sound VIC bad re- re-
marked become any more noticeable II sun
exists, but Is not in tho least sign OF lnnS
roub'c, but arises from tho shock commun''
:atctI to that region from the shot"
"Then there are no signs OF abscesses forfuln*
hcrc:"
None whatever"
In describing; the external
SEARCHES Fol: THE BALI, ::
)r. Blfss snys: "Tho ball Is In position TO ~
'usily removed That Is,:we think it IS
''And do you propose to cut for It soonT'
Not Immediately, certainly" -,
1-tr 1,.,.+or ,,,,, .,o~s ..t,1 ,1<o,+ +ha cON+f-
ion Of the wound. and responded: IL The no" ~ ~
'us is healthier now than it was before. II
lot lar@e in quantity. We dress 1t only ohce
|ay now There are signs ct granulasion seh!
pparent." 81.
- You st!!f use the cathetery' al ,
'' fes; but We are using 4 amal!er ons .e.9