Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-09-01
PRESIDENT GARFIELD.
wAsn1xorox. Ans.

tA pecteu Alat the emu Is NIGH nope sui re-
mains in the breasts of those nearest him, but
It is the hope which exists IS long az a spark of
life remains n the PROSTATE form. The patient
Is losing strength, and the liquid nourisbment
administered seems to have 10 strengthening
effect whatever. His mind wandered nearly an
OF yesterday. The trouble appears to arise
from the condition Of the swollen psroiid
glaud The pus has accumulated in at least
half a dozen cells in addition to the one in
which the lncisiOn was made on Wednesday, and
the Inflammation is spreading, it is feared in
the direction Of the brain. All these ildi-
cations point to tlood-poisoning. One VINO
Is IA position to know says that the pus which
flows from the wound is no longer Of a healthy
character, but has become thin and watory
that 1t is the exception now when the Presidents
mind Is clear, and that for greater portion Of
the time his mind is in a wandering, partially
stupid, condition; that there is 10 longer
hardly possibility that he can live and that
the tlnal result, It is feared, mag be expected
Saturday or Sunday. He has vitality enough.
it is believed, to last at least forty-eight hours
MIS- Garfield, either blinded by her hope or
Misguided by the physicians, has not until
within few hours realized that the President
was III 30 low a state. or that il was possible
that he would die. She was very much over
come Whon informed how very low he was,
and that the physicians feared the worst
Blame midnight dispatch il almost hopeless.
The only hope lie has il in the fact that the
stomach retains a small quantity of liquid food.
Beside that. all is dark The President has
lost, not gained bad symptoms have appeared.
The swollen gland is red and angry. Other
symptoms excite alarm. The mind is wa uder-
ing and somewhat beclouded. His strength is
falling. That Is the startling story.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 81.
Twenty-four hours have elapsed since hope
~ Tho Draa;5a,t,s raoox,o,, ,pas a NO ,lopad oYd
he still lives. He may continue to live for three
or four days, tie doctors say, but the mournful
conclusion remains that each day draws him
one day nearer to the grave. The capital ID
IN mourning. The outward signs of grief
have not been yet put ON, but all hearts are
" deeply stirred as though the end had come.
The nation is Watching at the bedside of
dying President, and the vigil is nearly fin
lshsd.
To describe the painful anxiety with which
every word uttered by the physicians to-day,
every look and gesture by the men who are
lighting with death, has been re-
Geiycd, would be impossible. The
most encouraging words which they
could utter conveyed so little hope that the
worst would almost have been preferable.
When the President was Shot, and the phvsi-
clans could not tell whether he would live out
the night of the % Of July, all hearts were
g,addenod by the news that he had one chance
10 1--we. Twice SINCE then has he been down
almost into tie depths Of death, and
stout hearts trembled, but did not fail.
Even now he has chance for life
the chance thst gimmering spark of vital
lty always holds OUTPUT too feeble and uncer-
tam for human hearts to grasp. The thought
" the grief which prevailed IN the sick-Toom
was sufficient 10 bring tears to many eyes A
strong, true and patriotic man. faded and vast
Cd almc beyond recognition, lying upon his
couch, at times his mind wandering and Lis
nervous fingers nodding in accord With some
unfatnomable symphony OF an unsteady BRAN,
me face dishgured Icy an unSainly swelling,
from which tine accumulated poison slow
ly dropped departed strength visible in
shrunken features and modonless limbs
his stricken wife seated by the bedside per-
forming, with loving hands, every comforting
mlnistratIon. She who has been the great
supporter of her husband in his trouble
foeds HIM as she would feed a child. and gives
no evidence Of the agony which is tugging at
hei heart. The physicians are constantly by
the sick mans side watching anxiously for some
new danger TO be met, or eagerly looking for
tho first manifestation OF a favorable change.
In this manner the hours fly by and night
falls without sign of hopco or a ray OF comfort
While i. cannot be said that there was much
improvement IN the patient condition yester-
day, 1t Is at the same time true that INC did not
lose ground and that he held his own better
than WAS anticipated by the physicians He
took more than the usual quantity OF liquid
food, and assimiIated it, and no synp-
toms OF gastric disturbance followed
Ills mind was clearer than on the
day before, due, doubtless, 10 tie fact that the
suppurHton through the ear of the paTotid
gland removed tue pressure from the BRAIN
The patient rested more easily and slept more
than on the previous day, and the color oil his
skin and his general appearance was more
healthy. The pulse and temperature were
.omewAat higher than on the previous
day however, and the character OF the
pus flowing from the wound was not as healthy
rs It had been. There was less OF it, and it
appeared to have wa.ery appearance. Dr.
Boynton thinks that tins is owing to tie presi-
dents enteebled condition aud the thinness of
hls blood. Mrs. Garfield has not vet lost ltDre
she firmly believes that her husband is gong
to recover.
There was very touching episode in the
ach-rOom last night The patent recognized
ms VIE sitting by his bedside, and addressing
her III weak and trembling voice. salcs
" Crete, You had better 80 to your room and get
little rest" Mrs. Garfield begged to be per-
mitted to stay little longer, whereupon the
President remarked that he feared the time
WAS at hand when they should separate for
ever. Mrs Garfield WAS severely .haken bv
this last remark, bat, like the brave good
woman that she Is, sine mastered her feelings
and appeared composed.
Col. Co.Ehl, District Attorney at Washing
ton, has been summoned home from Cape Nav.
lie says secret organization has plotted to
take Guteau from Jail and iDhict upon
him torture which viii lie warning to assas-
SINS. Even the jail Guards await an excuse To
shoot the hend, who has had scarcely any sleep
since the first relapse of the President.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 90
Despair has again given place to hope. Yes
teraoy at noon few p rsons in Washington
expected that President Garfield would i've
iCrty-eight hours. Some even of those about
MIN lad privately begun TO make arrangement.
IA TO what they should do ifttr the fatal result
should come, hut to-day no words have come
from the siekroom hut those of good
cheer. The President is stll improving The
danger seems to fo growing less. There
bnYo been three continuous favorable bullet rs.
Gen. Swain and Col. Rockwell have tcle-
graphed to their friends that tic President has
not been 20 well for d week Secretary Blaine
mas sent n cheering message to lue t. and Tic
physicians I'll speak words Of hone.
we are exceedingly hopeful, said Dr.
A<ncT. as he and DR.. HlmIlton were !. ayine
he Waite House grounds after tue evening
dressing. : We are exceedingly hopeful.
There must lie turn in all uses. and It may
be this is The cfisis, sad flat favorable turn
has COME pI II mtcn expressed sinilar
49, ~ - 1tAf " NitA Nl IA AiiC dtt ta -hlu .
The President uuw has more than an even
chance"
WAsnEGToN. Aug. %.
Tie Presidents condition this morning Is
decidedly encouraging, and the feeling among
physicians. nurses and friends els that Ii this
Improvement can e maintained for forty-cight
ho4rs there will be reasonable ground fer con
hdeuce IN ultimate recovery. The one draw
lac., % TINS hopeful outlook consists IN the
Tact that fears are entertained 81 the
formation of Assesses upon the lungs -
complication that has hcca dreaded cye,
since the existence of blood poisoning became
fully eslabi@he1. One of the surgeons is re-
ported AS having said that in sounding The
Presidents chest a somewhat dull Response was
produced by the percussion, and that there was
reason to fear that this was Indicative ii alb
seesS formation on the lungs a state of things
certain to prove fatal unless speedily checked
A Whale Parents Devotion.
Sperm whales usually travel in
schools, and, i'll going into body com.
bosed Of "cows and calves" tie latter
although yielding but small amount of
Oil, are struck first. BY this method
both are captured. The mother will
not leave her offspring, neither will it
attack the boat but viii remain close
to the calf, apparently urging it to es-
cape 10y sounding or by flight. The