Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-06-20
Gen. Grant Better.
HIS COMDITION SLIGHTLY IN
PROVED SINCE YE9TERDAY-
the SWELIING LESS.
HIS VOICE A q Dbl E.

MOUNT MCGREGoR, N. T., June 10.
1t was after 10 O'Clock this morning
when Gen. Grant was aroused for the
day. He had slept we'll after the doc
tor attended him, shortly after mid
night, and he dozed through the morn
ing. Dr.. Douglas this morning used
these words after having examined his
audible this morning. He seems very
we'll. The swelling outside seems less
and the irritation inside ie slight. To
sum up, his condition ID very good
better than . week ago. think the
change il beginning to benefit him"
| At noon, the General, just after
being dressed, walked out into the pi-
azza and Joined DIR. Newman and the
family, who again sat for . family pic
ture. The entire family 10 now here 1t
the cottage,
The General made his first appear
ance during the day ct noon, when he
sat on the veranda for an hour. He
then ret ired to his room after being
photographed with his family around
him. At 2 ID he had not emerged
ago in. DIR. Douglas says the General
comparatively we'll to-day.
Late in the afternoon Judge Hilton
nd son came up from 6arotoga and sat
with the General and the family upon
Grxy, of the insane asylum 1t Utica, Was
also . visitor of the Generals during
the afternoon. DR.. Cray is an extreme
ly stout man, and General Grant wrote
upon q card which he handed to his
caller is bit Of grim humor
Yonr shadow has grown no less
'since ! last saw you, but you will notice
The doctor laughed and the General
family smiled.
The httle engine of the Mount Mo-
.Gregor Railway pulled up the noun
ain two cars full of people from Sara
"a )ga. A number had come up in the
II .orninE train, and many strolled down
tx 9 paths by the cottage, and while the
g eneral, Eadge Hilton, Drs. Gray and
d. 'uglas formed group ON the front
col 'ner of the piazza, the sightseers
for ned groups among the trees at a
res pectable distance. The unavoidable
wea riness caused by visitors to the
Gen erAl was'not wanting to-day, though
not affecting him to marked degree.
Miss Drexel, the young mistress of the
Gotta &c, came up on an afternoon train
and tpent the interval until the time OF
the re turning'trRin with the ladies on the
piazza,, and at times the General lent his
presen ce to the party. The sisk mans
| right ear, tas side of the glandulaI
lswelllng, waa'to-day TILED with cotton
to protect tho ear, which is sensitive
through symr athy with the local Diff
Guilty. The General coughed occasionally
to-day. though his cough was not
unusually troublesome. All in all,
however, the General was nos ont of
doors 80 much as yesterday. - sun-
down there had been no noticeable
variation of the conditions that
prevailed on Thursday.
General Grant spent this evening
| upon the cottage piazza until nearly
8 O'Clock, and when he entered the
house he walked into the front room :,
where he wrote . note for Col. Fred.
Grant, calling she attention of the latter
f, to certain matt srs he desired attended
to in connection with the work on his
book.
This symptom of reviving interest in
this work is regarded by the family to-
night without pleasure.
| About 10 o'clock DIR. Douglas retired.
There had been no coughing after the
General entered the house.
The doctor demonstrated his assur-
ance of good night by going to bed 80
early, and the family were equally
| cOntident