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will make ample provisions for them and
General Grant.


New York, March 31st.-Dr. Douglas has
issued the following bulletin: General
Grant has improved in all respects since
Yesterday. His sleep is quiet and scarcely
disturbed by irritation of the throat Local
applications have reduced the amount of
secretions so they do not give the suffocat-
ing feeling which was SO disagreeable on
Sunday He takes his food with relish and
without Inconvenience"
NEWSPAPERS HOLDING THE DEATH-wATcH.
Newspaper reporters are still about wait
ing for the dissolution or any radical change
in Grants case. Several newspapers have
hired rooms for reporters in the immediate
neighborhood of Grants house, 10 prevent
being beaten on the important news.
THE FEELING IN THE SOUTH.
The Times specials from various parts of
the South say the false report of Grants
death was received there yesterday. In all
cases flags were hoisted at half-mast, and
many Southerners she'd tears Correspond
ents declared that grief at such an event
would be shown by the boys in gray as well
as in blue.
4 QUIET DAY = CAUSE OF SUNDAY NIGHTS
ALARM.
New YORK, March 31st-General Grant
has had very quiet day, and his general
condition Is encouraging for the present
and the symptoms promise a fair night.
The difficulty Sunday night was the result
of eXudatiOns from the membranes OF the
throat and nose, increased by nervous ap-
prehension that rendered the muscles of
the throat more rigid and less easy of man
agement. These eXudations, which accom-
pany generous diseases at certain stages,
were less copious to-day, and in conse-
quence it was a quiet day. The cancerous
lump at the end of the Generals tongue is
not vet active, and the trouble of few
days past was the result not so much of
The development of the disease, as q conse-
Quence Of the lower vitality of the patient.
Should General Grants demise soon occur
il will be because OF falling strength, and
want of vitality to withstand the disease, as
it now Is, rather than from the disease il
self.
SLEEPING NICELY.
NEW YORK, March 31st = Midnight
General Grant has been sleeping nearly all
the time since 9o'clock. He has just taken
his nourishment wei, and appears to be
easy. His pulse is the same, and his breath
ing is free from pain.
An Infamous Woman.
PHILADELPHIA. March 3lst.-At the Cor
oners inquest this afternoon on the body of
Alice Kirk, aged %, of Pottsville, who died
in the house OF Mrs. Maria NJ. Hoepfner,
of this city, it was shown that the deceased
came To the house in perfect health, and
Mrs. Hocpfner performed criminal opera
ton, causing the girls death the next day.
Several women sWore that operations had
been performed upon them there, and it
was also shown that children born in the
house mySteriously disappeared. Twins
born healthy were found dead an hour
later. one witness sw0re that daughter
Of the prisoner, now in New Mexico, told
her that infants were burned in the furnace.
Mrs. Hoepiner was committed to await the
action Of the District Attorney.
Mercantile Failures.
New York, March 31st.-The mercan-
tile failures for the quarter ended to-day,
reported by Il. q. Dun IL Co., number 3G5S,
which, compared with the corresponding
quarter Of last year, shows an increase of
502 failures, or about II per cent. The la
bilities Of the quarter Just closed foot up
SIG, Isl, 95l, against $40 lSG,97S for the cor
responding period of last year-an increase
of nearly $6,000,000
Life Imprisonment Preferred.
Lone ISLAND CITY On. " March 31st-
Chas. H. Rugg the Maybee murderer,
whose application for a new trial has been
refused by the Court OF Appeals, said 10 an
Associated Press reporter: | don't know
whether | shall petition the Governor to
commute my sentence. | think | ought
not to be hung Imprisonment for life
would suit me better, think. | shall make
a confession, but not until near the end.
To be Hanged for Rape.
New ORLEANS, March 3lst-John Bap-
tiste (colored), convicted of rape on white
woman last November, was to-day SEN
fenced to be hanged.
Rough Telegraph Operators.
CHATTANOOGA. March 31st.-Thc Western
Union Telegraph Company have reduced
wages in this city II per cent.
The Inevitable Result.
NEW York, March 31st.-Hiram II.
NiInpton. formerly a Wall-street broker
and worth about S2,0000 900, was to-day
committed to the care OF the Commission
ers Of Charities and Corrections He beg
cared himself by drink
Labor Demonstration.
SHENANDOAH pa, March 31st-The
largest labor demonstration in the anthra-
cite coal region for the past ten years was
held to-day, fully 5000 miners being ASSEM-
5led. Six new branches were formed of the
Miners and LabOrerS Association.
The Suffering in West Virginia.
New YORK, March 31st. - Reports of
starvation am, destitution in West Virginia
continue to be received In Doddridge
county the cries of children for bread are
frequently heard. There is no seed for the
new harvest, and the outlook is discourag-
ing.
4 Coiored Man Nomintted for Office.
NEW YORK, March 31st-Thc Republic
cans, for the first time in the history Of
Rhode Island, last night nominated Il col
ored man for Il Representative in the Leg
islatuFe, the Rev Mahlon Van Horne. The
San says he is popular and will be elected.
The Hudson Open.
NEW YORK. March 31st.-SteamerS went
as far rs Newbure yesterday, and reported
that the Hudson is open as far as New
Hamburg.
JEFF. Davis Seriously III.
NEW YORK, March 31st-The PoSts Jack
son, Miss. special SAYS; JEFF. Davis illness
is serious. Ills age is very much against
his recovery.
The Philadelphia Mint.
PHILADELPHIA, March 31st.-The coinage
at the United States Mint here during
March amounted to 81 200 492, including
100, 200 silver dollars