The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-04-04
NIGHT DISPATCHES!
General Grant Up and Walk
ing His Room.
The Rial Rebellion Making
no Progress.
Reason Why Postmaster
Pearson was Nominated.
Action of the French Cham
bar Of Deputies
General Grant.

New YORK, March 3l.-6:SO q. m
Gen. Grant has thus far passed
very quiet night. sleeping by turn'
In the chair and bed for five hours
At $3.50 q. u. he csughed consider
aoly on account of irritation In hi
throat, but obtain ed relief after tht
use If the gargie. The pulse Is reg
uiar, and he has 3 fair amount o.
force Ia breathing. He swallows
without difficulty. having just taken
scme liquid nou,ishment.
GEO. F. SHRADY, NJ. D.
At 3 O'Clock callers ut Gen. Grants
house learned that the General was
sleeping quietly. A little after that
hour Cyrus w. Field called. He was
told that the entire family had been
up all night aud Dr.. Shrady had Or
dered them to bed this morning. He
Is still on dutv at the house.
At IL q. m. DR.. Shrady issued the
following bulletin: General Grant
feels muoh refreshed after q good
nights rest: His pulse has Improved
som -what In fullness aud force. He
has taken breakfast with some rel.
ish. Some slight soreness Of the
throat has been relieved by local ap-
plicatiOn."
At 1:3O p. m. General Grant was
reasonably comfortable and partOOk
Of refreshment with relish.
Shortly after tais DR.. Douglas
called and had q consultation with
Snrady about the advlsabIlity Of al
lowing General Grant to 60 out for q
drive.
AT 2:S0 p. m. the General was rea.
sonably comfortable and partook of
refreshment.
Dr.. Snrady was seen at one o'clock
and he said that he regarded 'he pres-
ent condition of General Grant as
very hopeful. A consultation Of the
Generals physlcians will be held
this afternoon.
At 4:8O p. IN. Dr.. Douglas iasued
the ,ollvwl, z bulletin: "teu. Grant
Is approved III all respects since yes
terday. His condition In more hope.
full in all respects than yesterday. His
SLEEP IS quie. aud scarcely d urbed
by irritation of the throat. Local
ap Jiication- have reduced the quan-
THY Of secIe.iOns 30 they do not give
the suffOcatlng feeliux which WAS s.
disagreeable on sunday. He takes
his food with will and without
Inconvenience"
J. w. DOUGLAS, M. D.
Shortly # er 4 o'clock d.. Douglass
and Rev. DR.. J. P. Newman came
dOwa tue steps of Gen. Grants resi-
denve together. DR.. Shrady had de-
parted about an hour earlier. DR..
D"u lass entered bis coupe and was
driven If. D.. Newman strolled
down towards Madison Avenue and
was met by a reporter. General
Grants condition Is much more
hopefll. 'said the old soldiers f,rmer
paslor. "Why, he f-ltsp gopd Dr..
Douglass has gone of to visit his
other patients. The General has
asked TO have all the windows
opene ana when I left he was walk
Ing cheetfully about the bedroom"
A number Of idlers and loungers.
among whom were q few women,
gathered o rosite the Grant home
stead and gszed long and earnestly at
the house and eagerly scanned all
persons who entered or left it. Two
detectives from the central Office are
detailed to look after Objectionable
characters. At $50 p. m. DR.. D 'ug-
las returned to General Grants house.
Shortly after he disappeared within,
q carriage containing General Daniel
E. Sick les and Judge John r. brady
drove up. Tney entered the house
and remained about ten minutes.
When they emerged Gen. Sickles
said: II noticed no great change In
the Gen-rAl, and his voice was good.
He was walking about the ROOM"
General Grant is BETTER" said Judge
Brady, "but his condition Is critical
still. He has had two or three of
these attacks, and may not be strong
enough to resist the next one.'
General Coils sent some beautiful
HOWors