The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1885-12-02
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

tend Vice President Hendricks funeral.
In speaking of the matter he said:
In the first moments after the shock
of Mr.. Hendricks death l yielded to
my inclination and declared my inten.
ton to be present at the funeral of the
Vice President. OF course, in reaching
that conclusion, l did not put out of
view the peremptory rush of public
business, or what deemed the sufficient
consideration of my duty to the people.
The public business thought / could
dispose of by additional application and
more hours of work, and | considered
it to be my duty to the people to an.
swer the tender sentiment of respect
and affection for the dead Vice Presi.
dent, which does them great honor. 1
am satisfied now that was at fault in
considering the question, in that l did
net take comprehensive view of the
duty l owe the public, as 1 should;
that is, l did not look at every phase of
it. and l am afraid my strong personal
desire somewhat clouded my judgement.
| am now reminded by some of the best
and most patriotic and thoughtful of
our citizens that the real and solemn
duties OF my Office are at the National
capital, and that in the present peculiar
and delicate situation of affairs I ought
not to take even remote chance of &C.
cident, incident to travel. to crafty a
sentiment SO general and so character.
istic as that involved in this subject.
l have been profoundly impressed by
these considerations, but most Of all in.
fuenced by the strong and unanimous
presentation by the devoted friends of
the late Vice President living in his
State and city, and their Endorsement
by the noble and patriotic woman, who
in the infinite sorrow of her widowhood
reflects the spirit and character of her
honored husband in her solicitude for
the public good. / am now certain
that neither my desire nor the senti-
ment referredIto, nor the difficulty that
attends in this case the change of de.
sign, nor any stubborn idea of heroism.
will justify me in subjecting the
country to any greater chance of dis.
aster than attends my performance of
strict duty here, and that l ought not
to inhict upon my countrymen even the
unrest and anxiety attending my de.
parture, absence and return in attend.
ance upon the funeral ceremonies"
The New York Tribune reports the
first successful arterial TRANSMISSION in
Bellevue Hospital. The method was
the injection of the solution of salt and
water into an artery against the action
of the heart, the theory being that the
heart is stimulated by arterial tension,
and that one innocuous fluid is as good
as another. The patient was a middle.
aged woman with strong constitution,
who had been shot by her husband in a
fit of jealousy, the ball entering the
side OF the face and carrying away part
OF the upper jaw and badly fracturing
the bone. After week of apparent
progress in the hospital the nurse dis
covered late at night that Mrs Connolly
was dying, secondary hemorrhage hav.
ing set in. The body was cold and
clammy to the touch and the dew OF
dissolution was on the forehead. Hy.
podermic injections of whisky were
given at frequent intervals and warm
bottles and cloths applied. The lacera.
ted artery in the jaw was found with
difficulty, the heart beating SO low that
the bleeding points could not be seen.
All the ordinary remedies failed. The
surgeon used injected solution of salt
and water, and the heart gradually beat
stronger. In few minutes the patient
returned to consciousness, and, though
very weak for some days, has finally
recovered.
The suit of Caroline Taylor against
the Shenandoah Iron Company and
Senator Jones of Nevada, to recove,
Sl4,O)O on promissory notes, and in