The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-07-17

BIS GOOD SPIRITS AND IMPROVED APPETITE
Mr.. COXKLgNg- HANDSOME BOUQUETS.


Mr.. c0xKLINg HANDSOME BOUQUETS.
! DR.. Bliss said, Just after the President
bad taken his meal ave are giving him
more solid food now, and II helps bin Won
derfully. This morning we gave him a
little beefsteak and beef juice on toast, and
some sweet bread, and he relished II. Up
TO this time he has slept well all day, and
/ has bad no fever al SILL" Mrs. DIR. Edison
was with the patient nearly all day, and
/ Mrs. Garfield also, administering tenderly
10 his wants. Beautiful flowers, fresh
culled every morning from the White House
consei yltory, are placed near the patients
bedside at bis request. He Is very fond OF
flowers, and when well always has bright,
( fragrant bouquet upon his desk In his pri-
vaie effice. To guard against possible
danger, which IL said 10 arise from having
! flowers in room at night, the Presidents
/ handsome bouquets are removed from the
sick-TOom at twilight. And In this conOec-
| ton IL may be stated that relic-hunters
already in the field apply daily for leaf or
rosebud from one OF these discarded
nosegays.
BUT FEW CALLERS.
Callers at the White House are few these
DAYS, and those are mostly confined to off,
Gals. The list to-day iHcludcd District
Commissioner Morgan, who has just re-
turned TO the city; Senator Butler, Of
South Carolina; eX.Speaker Randall, First
Assistant Postmaster General Tyner, Con-
gresham Dezendorf, OF Virginia; T. S.
Johnson and DR.. j. T. Cooper, OK ALE
gheny, Pa; George S. Morton, L. S. row.
| Ter, and A. p. Ketchum, Of New York.
Mr.. CONKLING AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
When ex Senator Conkling chilled at the
White House last night, says the Baltimore
American CORES pendent, he gave his card
| to one OF the ushers stationed In the lower
vestibule OF the main entrance TO the EXecu-
tive Mansion, directing that it be taken to
Mrs. Garfield AT the same time he directed
the usher 10 say 10 Mrs. Garfield that he
fully appreciated her trying position and
would not disturb her; that he simply
called to pay bis respects, TO assure her OF
his profound sympathy, and to express the
hope that the President would speedily re-
cover. After leaving this message for Mrs.
Garfield. Mr.. COnkling inquired about the
condition OF the President and left the
house. On the porch he was met by gen.
tleman who knows Mir. COnkling very well.
and whom he informed that he had called
| to pay his respects to Mrs. Garfield and to
learn the condition OF the President, and
tha, he was rejoced with the assurance that
the President was steadily improving, with
every prospect Of speedy recovery. The
President was not informed last night OF
Mr.. COnklng's call.
HOW THE PRESIDENT REBUKED ART AND
SCIENCE.
| Not the least important element in the
formation Of the general opinion that the
President ia recovering is the fact that the
! Dr. hoe g1nnOiQhpg which no
washed down, not with the gustO OF hum
cry pic.uicker possibly, but with fairly.
laudable relish and sparkling glass OF rare
old Tokay wine. As be held bis glass in
bis weak, nerveless hand, it caught the re-
| Election OF the sunbeams thrown from The
water in a small aquarium on the window
| sill Turning 10 Crump, the Whte-House
steward, who was serving him, he said
| "Bily, neither art nor science can catch
and hold that color, eh 7"
cit is certainly very beautiful" replied
Crump.
eyes; and in order that neither art nor
science may have this as lasting rebuke
TO their inefiiciency III drink it,"
THE "NICH0LAs JACKSON" LETTER.
With reference to Toe " Nicholas jack
son - letter, the District Attorney says that
the letter written to The Star was in a dis
guised hand, and that Detective McElfresh
discovered nothing at Annapolis yesterday
in the shape Of facts sufficient TO place the
act upon the one party suspected. He
thinks that further search will have to be
abandoned, as Identification is impossible.
The FUND FOR MEs. GARFIELD.
Steward Crump was asked yesterday:
"Does the President know ANYTHING OF
| The fund that the country is raiSlngi"
Yes; think be does; but don'tknow
who told him. He has no idea Of the
amount, or who it Is that has charge OF it,"
=" But is he not curious about it?"
| eyes; he frequently asks me; but
avoid answering him as much as possible,
and say when he speaks OF this topic, ON,
never mind; the country is raising some
mOney-a considerable sum-and 1t is all
right. You need not mind anything about
it,"