Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-07-17
GEN. GRANT AGAIN At woe,v

He Dictates n Newspaper Column of W..
ter-His Improved Condition. "a'
SMoUNT MAcGREeoR, N. Y, June ..
During the week which General Grant ~
spent here he has materially improved. nv
Douglas said yesterday morning:
General Grant could not have Hr,.
New York until this time with weather s.s
ss when we left. He was sinking very ra susa
" there. In making a comparison of TIM G wv
erals condition OF a week ago and now ,asl
is q central fact that must a,usn
be considered-a fact that pains ~
deeply Il all the times
that is that we must stand by and watch u. wv
course Of this illness with the conscious,s@.s'
of being unable to stay it. Starting from ,Ts.
fact, sthe incidents of daily change NAV W.
noted. YOU ask me if General Grant con- "
as much now as then. l can not tell dean,.'
ly. Sometimes in taking foo he coughs ~,
it might be thought it was from other cousss
Is he stronger? To that / would say thai -
might this morning walk back and forth W
tho piazza with less fatigue than would bor.
resulted ono week ago. The air is COO, ana
the change hns benefited him greatly, malins
him more comfortable the past week than M
would nave been without tho change. vl.l
local conditions, the area OF exterior swellin,
is certainly less than when he reached tos'
last Tuesday, aud the afflicted parts inside a,.
no worse. / can not say that his Spirits 81
courage are less than a week ago. In sho,,
the General has benefited as much Us corl,
nave been expected by any change, and toda,
he is stronger than when he came here"
The night was a cold one OH the mopDs.
ain A civ nsplnor yQctnrdQv nnr,;,-, |
mercury marked fortv-four degrees. Whsn1
the General awoke he said, in a.voice o1,a
clear: 81 have had q good night. sen.
well and feel rested"
In the afternoon the General dictated M
some time in a whisper to a stenograp|a
After sleeping half an hour he said, in ri
ply to a question by DR.. Douglas, that hi
throat did not feel tired as a result and thai
he did not believe the dictation had hnI
him. He then spent some time in writing
and after that sat before the log-fre \
the cottage. While there DR.. Dous
las came i'll and made some remaIJ
about the work he had done. The Genera
produced his little conversation pad, which
he handed the physician after having writ
ten Oh it as follows: II have now dictated
| and written out all the notes I had nrs
pared, and now / shall not have that on M
mind any more" When the family Al
! down to dinner the General again went n
his room, and when DR.. Douglas left TN
cottage at six O'Clock to go to his dinner
the hotel the General was again sleep
ing. The doctor said he thought It'd
Generals sleep after his dictation, and
again after his writing, would bad
ance the cXertion made in debating. TbJ
doctor did not apprehend a reaction durn1
the night. The doctor Endorsed all 81
pressed opinion that General Grant las aJ
complished more than upon any one da
during al extended period, and that It'd
work was such as he could not have dom
III any day of the last week he spent
New York. The result of the dicta,iu
and writing was nearly a column in
ordinary newspaper.
The General spent the evening quiet
with the family in the parlor by the fre
place. AT 1880 o'clock DR.. Douglas LEI
him pppared for sleep. The doctor said
despite the use of his throat in dictatio1
the swelling on the outside is tonight LED
than at any time since the General CAM
here. The swelling is decidedly d
creased"