The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-02
GRANT WORKS FOUR HOURS,
And Adds Another Chapter to His S.
tory of the War of the Rebellion.
The Family and the Physician Deny Re-
sponsibility for the Alarming Statement
Made Yesterday by Colonel Dent.

Mt MCGREGoR, n. Y, July 1.-Between 8
o'clock last night and s o'clock this morning
General Grant, according to Dr. Douglas, slept
about nine hours. On ths same authority the
patient slept profoundly after midnight and
during the early morning hours. There was
little coughing or effort to clear the throat, and
the physician was scarcely called upon to treat
the affected parts during the night. The mini
mum of morphine is being given, and that is
divided as recently stated. If the first half of the
regular nightly allowance not only neutralizes
the pain but induces sleep, the second haltls not
given. Although five or six drops Of morphine
have been given the patient nightly for many
weeks, he has not grown in the least to crave it,
and he now regards the anodyne only as means
to an end.
In the early part of his severe illness General
Grants lowest ebb seemed to be reached nightly
between and o'clock, while now, if one pc
riod of the twenty four hours is more depressing
than another, it falls between and o'clock in
the afternoon. Such periods are marked by
what the General desiSnates as a stuffy feeling
Of the throat and affected parts Last evening,
however, and again this morning, the patient
remarked a lessened stiffness of the tongue. 1t
seems more plant and less heated, or tense,
when efforts are made to move or use it.
The morning opened cloudy, with tempera-
ture of ffty-six at the cottage, and the air damp
. and chilly The sick man is spending the morn
ing at ease in his room without being dressed.
During the forenoon the General frightened
rs though he had enough of sleep. Before lunch
he had employed fully an hour in writing matter
which will become part of the forthcoming
book
There came to the notice of the family, this
morning, press report purporting to come from
Washington and in which these words occur,
:redted to Colonel Dent who is brother of
Mrs. Grant II am afraid that General Grant
will not last many days. To-day received in
formation from the family that the cancer has
commenced to infame the jugular vein, and
death is question Of only few days. in the
opinion of his physician" Much pain was occa-
stoned the family by this alleged utterance
upon the authority of the family and by request
1t is denied that the statements have any war
rant from the household of General Grant or
from his physician.
The entire day was passed quietly indoors by
the patient. During the afternoon, DR.. New
man asked him if he felt steadily increasing
weakness. In answer to this question the Gen
eral wrote as follows II do not know there
is any special weakness. l worked good four
hours to-day and wrote a short chapter for my
book. | scarcely use my cane in going about my
room. Often when l go out l have to look
about for it to find it."
The General retired between and o'clock.
Aside from restlessness, the result of his brain
work to day, Doctor Douglas anticipates good
night for his patient.