Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-04-13
Grant Coughing.
PASSING A VERY REsTLEss SUN.
DAY-A GLOOMY VIEW DE THE
GEN ERALS CONDITION
TAKEN BY FRED GRANT

TAKEN BY FRED GRANT.
NEW York, April 12-All Saturday
night General Grant slept only An hour
and half. He went to bed about IL
O'Clock and was almost Immediately
seized with fit Of coughing, accom-.
panied by spasm of the CLOTHS.
He was awake again before six O..
clock from the slumber into which he
had fallen at little after four. Then
he took his nOurishment and was quiet.
or and easier. The first bulletin OF the
day was then issued. 1t read as fol-
lows:
Ga. m.-General Grant had, after II
O'Clock, quite quiet night. At four
O'Clock this morning he fell into neu.
tral slumber, from which he has lust
awakened. His pulse Is ~, tempera
ture normal, voice strong.
j. II. DOUGLAS, NJ. d.
This bulletin was Issued at 3 D. m.:
3p. m.-General Grant has been very
quiet since the fit of coughing last
night. He has taken his nourishment
regularly and we'll az usual. Pulse
| now, "; temperature, 80. At the con-
sultation Just held, Doctors Barker,
Sands, Shrady and Douglas present,
the treatment pursued was approved
by all.
GEORGE. SHRADY, M. d.
j. II. DOUGLAS, M. ID.
During the day DR.. Newman called.
He was shown into the library next the
Generals room and shook hands with
Mrs. Grant and Mrs. Sartoris.
Father" called the latter. "Dr.
NaUunan bara Wharannnp .ba
General left his chair, walked into the
library and greeted MIR. Newman. He
remained few moments and then. re.
turned to his room with the remark
that tie air In the library was too cold
for him.
AN ANXIOUS NIGHT.
DIR. Newman came from the house at
10 45 tonight. 81 expect a very anx.
ious night" he said In answer to a
question. General Grant has had a
bad day and think there has been a
recurrence of the coughing. DIR. Shrady
is in the house and the General at this
moment is quietly sleeping"
1.30a a. m.-General Grant has been
troubled during the latter part of the
/ afternoon and the entire evening by an
increase OF mucous secretion in his
throat and has coughed considerably in
consequence. He has also suffered from
two attacks Of choking. which were
attended with difficult breathing. These
were happily relieved by local applica-
ton and the removal of the phlegm. He
is now doing in his chair, after heving
slept on his bed for three hours.
His pulse is ~ and temperature nor
NAL. GEORGE f. SHRADY, M. d.
New YORK, April 12.-At nine o.
clock tonight Colonel Fred Grant, in
speaking OF his fathers condition dur
ing the day, eaid that he had coughed
a good deal and had had altogether q
hfday hight nah tot required. .he
General was very low, hut Colonel
Grant did not apprehend the end would
come to night.
DREAMING ABOUT SHILOH.
Colonel Grant said that his father
had not at any time been delirious In
the sense of impaired mental faculties,
but that be had been much under the
Influence Of morphia for q week, and
that for twenty minutes or half hour
rs the influence WAS passing off the
General would experience dreamy
semi mi-copsciOusness, during which he
might and often did recur in broken
sentences to dreams that had been ex
Itremely vivid during the influence ol
the anodyne. A casual caller in the
room might catch such indistincl
utterances and regard them as an evil
dence of deliriun, but those who were
with the General from the beginning ol
his Weakening to the time the influence
passed off entirely would be able to
follow and fully understand the con-
/ md ra1ottn,, ~ tho GanaraDa r1t
terances.
But Colonel Grant stated that befor'
morphia was used his father often talk
ed in sleep or semi miconsciousness. Fol
instance, at one time he spoke In thii
way and said General Wheat, which
is your regiment? Where are you
men?" and Colonel Grant explained
that at that time his father thought ht
was at the battle Of Shiloh, for Gen
eral Wheat was there and Genera
Grant thought he was getting the for
ces into line again. This WAS before
morphia WAS administered to q great
OK tent, but since the anOdyne has been
used freely the General has had SINH
liar illusions, but while recalling them
Iduring the dreamy doze of waking
from sleep by morphia the recollection
Is not 30 prompt or vivid.
A ca~e in point was mentioned by
Colonel Grant. The influence Of the
opiate was passing off on Friday OF
Saturday, when the General calculated
It's the strangest thing in the world,
and then stopped but a. intervals CON
tinued until he had thoroughly awaken
ed and was, as the Colonel raid, "Cleal
as bell" Then the General explained
to Colonel Grant that he thought he
was out in Indiana and WAS calling al
the house Of Thomas A. Hendricks.
Then he began awaking and slowly
Recognised the furniture and fittings OF
his own house, wherein his dream had
been that Of Mr.. Hendricks residence
and then 1t was that, between sleeping
land waking, the General had ejacula
tied Its the strangest thing In the
world."
An Enj oy able EntertafnEs ent.
Il A very enjoyable entertainment WA
given last Saturday evening by Jeffer.
son Council, No. 10, o. U. A. N. at theil
hall Fourth and King streets. Addresses
were made by ex,S State Councillor
Little, National Councillor Of tht
IDauphtess of Liberty, X s, johnson, O