The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-04-13
GEN. GRANTS CONDITION.
No Material Change and Death Not
Soon Anticipated.
ANNOYING Spells OF COUGHING.
The Reports are Enough 10 Kill Him
file Reads Them.
ANNOYING Spells OF COUGHING
SOME sooTH-sAYER NONSENSE.
Nsiiie and Freddie and Parson Newman
Senator stanford Arranges Pa
oihe slope Trip If tho General
Recovers Sufficiently.
THE DELIRlUM TALE DENIED.

NEW YORK, April 12.--Gen. Grant
passed quiet night, with the exception
of fit of coughing, with which he was
attacked about midnight. He fell
into natural slumber at o'clock, from
which he awoke two hours later. Dr..
Douglass remained all night with him
and did not deem it necessary to sum-
mon either Of his medical colleagues
during or after the cough
Shortly after noon the patient,s
throat was treated. He walked into the
library, where the doctor passed the
morning.
At2 p. m. Drs. Barker, Sands and
ShradY arrived, and they were i'm com
sultadon 40 minutes. DR.. Darker said
the condition of the generals throat
admitted of freer examination than for
many days. The laryngoseope was
used, and by the aid OF strong light
reflected into the throat the deyolon-
ment Of ulcers was noted. Tho ulcera.
tion has not made much progress dur
ing the last two days, though there has
been q gradual increase during the
week. The inflaMation in tho throat il
not so pronounced as al one time The
patients general condition, DIR. Barker
says, was better, though it is still preca-
rious. He is suffering from weakness
and exhaustinn.
The question WIS asked: ais there auv
reason TO fear speedy fatal termiua-
iion Of the disease?"
There is no special cause o fear more
than in the last two or three days,
though we must be prepared for emer-
gencies.o
The following bulletin was issued at
3 p. IN:
Gen. Grant has been very quiet since
the fit of coughing last night. He has
taken nourishment regularly His
pulse Is now ", temperature 9& At the
consultation just held, Drs. Barker.
Sands, Shrady and Douglas present; ;
the treatment pursued was approved
by all. j. Ii. DOUGLASS. M. ID.
G. II. SHRADY, NJ. ID.
Senator Ohaffee and ex Senator Roscoe
Oonkling called between 3 and 4 o'clock
The latter said the general was quiet
with, 10 him, no apparent ch nge since
last Friday, when he called. s5natoi
Leland Stanford visited the h0uAe In til,
afternoon, bringing flowers.
When DR.. Newman called Al
ll:3O O'Clock yesterday morning, he
entered the library, next to the generals
room, and spoke TO and shook hands
with Mrs. Grant and Mrs. Sartorls,
"Father," called tho latter, "Dr. New.
man Is here" Whereupon the general
LETT his char, walked into the
library and greeted DR.. Newman
lie remained few minutes, then re.
turned to his room with The remark
that the air in the library was too cold
for him.
The conversation of the household be.
fore the general Is always cheerful and
pleasant and family affairs and every
day matters are discoursed. The cen.
eral is not delirious. He receives only
eight minims of morphine In IL hours.
THE GENERALS DREAM
has by letters from many soOth savers
been interpreted by some to mean thal
he VIII live II days, by others as many
weeks, and by others as many years, Il
being the number of dollars the general
had with which to pay the duty Oh
the satchel he LETT on the wrong side Of
the fence. The astrologer who proposed
good days and bad ones for tho general
has thus far been right. 1t was proph,
esied That II the general survived March
81 he would live until September. THAI
remains Tn be seen. If the patient lives
till summer Leland Stanford will en-.
deavor TO take him 10 California In 4
special car. The probable good result al
the western climate on the general,
health has been discussed, Senator
stanford urging that the general would
be benefited thereby.
COL. FREDDY EXPATIATRs AGAIN.
At9o'olock tonight Col. Fred Grant
speaklng OF his father during the day
says that he had Coughed good deal
and had altogeth er, a bad dav' altbougI
tho paroxysm of Saturday night hld MOI
recurred, The general was very low
nut Col Grant did not appreheiid thai
the end would come tonight. Four day,
ago, he said the general walk d without
seeming difficulty from the front to the
rear OF the house, but each day sluoo he
had moved about less, and to-day, wber
he walked to the rear of the honsC
through tho hall, he stopped TO rest be.
lore returning. Twice during ti.is A.
| tornoon the general walked into his of
nee and remained thort an
hour at one time and three
quarters of an hour at abelbeT
conversing with those who were rear.
Col. Grant stated that his father had
not at any time been delirious, in The
sense ofmental faultlness, but he had
been much under the influence OF NOR,
phia for week, aud that for twenty
minutes or a half hour, as the influence
was passing of, the general would ok
perionce n dreamy-somi-uncOn
ness, during which he might and often
did recur In brok en- sentences To dreams
that had been extremely vivid during
the Influence or the anodyne. A casual
caller In the room might catch sucn dis
jointed utteranoes and regard them as
an evidence of delhi IN, but those who
were with him from the time Of his
awakening TO the time the influence
passed oil, would be able 10 follow aud
fully understand the context and rela
tion OF the generals utteranoes.
SLEEPING AND DozINo.
NRw YoRK, April l3-I2:3O n. m.--Gon
Grant has been troubled during the lat
ter part OF the afternoon and tho entire
evening with an increase OF mucous 80
cretions In his throat, and has coughed
considerably In consequence. He also
suffered from two attacks choking
which were attended with difficult
brCuhing. These were,happily rellevnC
by local applications end the removal o
tho phlegm. He is nov dosing In hi,
chair, after having slept on his bed fol
three hours. His pulse IL ~ and tenn
porature normal.
GEo. +. SHRADy, NJ. D.