The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-08-03
The Condition Of Senator Ben Hill.

The Condition Of Senator Ben Hill.
Atlanta, Ca, Special to the Chicago Tribune
Meeting DR.. r. B. Ridley, sQn-in-law Of
Senator Hill, aud one ofhis afehains ply.
sicians to-day, questioned him upon the
condition and treatment of the senator
Speaking in very depressed spirit, Or. Rid
ley said: The patient is put to sleep every
night about o'clock with a hypodermic in
lection of morphine, and does, not awake
<until II o'clodk the foil owing nj oning. He
is then dressed and rests dining the day in
an easy Chair near the window of a pa.
vilion attached to the north side of his resi-
dence; opening to the east sonsa gyeranda.
There lie sits the whole day subject
to the most assiduous attentions from his
relatives. He reads a~@4jttle occasionally
newspapers, .his !. ai1a sonte. devotional
works-also writes down hispassing i'm pres
sions, writes a few letters, and COMMUNE
Gates to those to whom his almost inarticu-
late murmurings are nnintelligible. Three
grains of morphine are administered daily,
the patient meyer being. allowed. to come
thoroughly from under the influence His
food consists Of milk, into which the yolks
Of eggs have been added and beaten, with
little whisky. About three quarts of this
mixture is passed into the .patiert's stom-
!! HE cancer, Tor SUCH The disease i i! &C.
l1nowledged to be by all but those who have
not had any connection with the case, has
destroyed all the tissues ofhis throat and
! mouth on the left side as well as the left
jaw. The opening is SO large that two or
three fingers can be nassed up into the mouth
fropabelow, andsthe spalatecan beseen WHEN
theS fredericksburg dosyn.and one stands at
bis ieas Nhe;o utter earot q artery Is exposed,
andsptisatioh is plainly Visible The soft or
only such tough elastic substances as COM
pose the walls of the artery are left intact
What is left Of the tongue is attached to the
right side by a very slender ligament, and
the constant 1earis felt that it will become
dHachedsand 4aff Sintos I'll Ell patfent's throat
while asleep. His mouth is kept filled with
absorbent and antisept.c cotton, which is
frequently changed, as is the dressing on the
outside.
No internal remedy is now gire nor has
any, been administered, since the abandon
lnent sof the French cancer c1ire which con-
sisted OF The injection into the circulation
Of purified carbolic acid, the object being to
destroy The generous GERMS Of the blood
The evidences of the sufferers entire resigna-
ton to the fate in store for him are nlmer-
Gus. The other day he called his son Char:
! ley TO him saying: IF am soon going to a
| better land, Charley. Don't you wish that
you could come along too} These are the
happiest days ofmy life.
.&a%'Tlie Assassin of Cavendish.
The New York Heralds st. Thomas dis
patch says: The assassin of Lord Frederick
Cavendish, who was arrested at Puerto, Ca
belle, Venezuela, gives his name as VIM
l(1Westgate.& He MAS arrested the 10Th inst
'on his own confession. He skipped on May
under the name ofO'Bryon, on the Brit
sh bark Gladstone from Swansea to Tuca-
cas-. He says he left Dublin on the night of
the 9Th Of May by steamer to Swansea The
names ofthree Of his accomplices and other
details Of the murder, were taken by deposi-
ton before the British consul. He says he
was employed by O'Connor and other influ-
entail persons. Parties who have seen the
man give credence to his confession. In ap-
pearance he is tall and slender. He says
the .plice of the deed was f2Oto each of the
assassins: He said that f2O pounds was
worth more to an Irishman than an English
mans life. It is believed that the Venezuela
government will surrender him, although
there is no extradition treaty.