The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-07-23

tend the 0on0raFe uoetn Dou 0u y uuio1
sumrnOus, or await through the hour
and Into the night for the end, more
than they were prepared 10 hnd ths
patient alive In the morning.
a SUDDEN SUMMONS.
AT o'clock, however, ~ the three
physicians were % dinner Harrison
cams to the hotel and called DR.. Doug
las. boon afterward another messenger
summoned Drs. Bhrady and Sands
and they repaired 70 the cottage, CLOSE
egress Of the doctors and the clergyman
from tho hotel was, however, 90 quiet
ly effected that lew know they had
been called 70 tho cottage. Arriving
there, they found tho general evidently
sinking. Tho general seemed restiess.
WWould you like :, 10 down, father? 2"
asked Colonel dra - who noticed his
fathers restlessnet
General Grant I . led and at the
same time essAyed = riso unassisted,
but tho effort was . . ,reat ana
HE SAL = LACK
In tho chair and th 'olonel ana the
nurse aided him arise ana then
supported him to he bed where
ho was carefully low = vi TO reclining
position, and partly y his face.
DIR. Douglas ther Z: lied tho chair
back and one OF u % physicians has
since remarked tina )Sie general has
now leit his chair for tho last time.
The belief Is that General Grant has
at length
LAIN DOWN TO DIE.
Tho family were all gathered at tne
side of tho sick man, and again DR..
Newman, at about the Same hour as
last mig ght and at Mrs. GRANTS request,
knelt beside General Grant and
tears were on the cheeks of the
men as well az of the women. The
doctors stood somewhat apart and the
family was near It's fast-sinking hesd,
and then after an hour death seemed q
little less rapidly gaining on the man
II has pursued
JUST NINE MONTHS TO-DAY,
for 1t is just nine months ago today
that General Grant walked into DR..
Douglas office to seek his professional
aid for the cancer that has done what
two wars could not do. Then the doc
tors and the clergyman strolled out
upon the piazza and ga, near tho par
lor window, and Jesse Grant joined
them, but the other members OF the
family remained In ths sick-room.
and watched and waited while the
general answered ''yes' or "no"to sew
eral questions.
Time passed slowly and at length AT
S:l5 O'Clock Dr.. Douglas left this cot
trges
"He is dying" said tho gray-haired
physician.
twill he livs an hour?" was asked
again.
Is passing awsy, was tho repIy.
Atteg ) iittle time a. the hotel Or.
DOuglss returned 70 the cottage.
AG9 O'Clock the generaps pulse wss
up 10 the point OF 1856 beats 70 the min
uto and was flultering.
at 9 O'Clock General Grant was
sleeping peacefully, out his puls5 was
high and ilutteripg.
At 1880 his condition was regarded
as slightly batter, ana he VIA sim
quiotly eleepiug, but fears were enter
tanned OF drifting into UncongciOus-
ness. He seemed 10 bo suffering no
At Il o'cloch General Grant awoke.
His torehegG and hands were
colder but his feet warmer.
Mind clear and cnmprehendlng
passing events, Opinion prevailed
mat tho death would cCme between
the hours OF one and four am.
At midnight he was Sill awake
and quiet. Great anxiety Nyas
manifested ior tao Gaining
bour. A bottle OF hot vatei
was placed at his feet and mustard sl-
rlied To MS stomach 10 produce arI-
doislwarnth.