Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-06-27
Grants Co ndition.
THE BEST DAY HE HAS HAD
SINCE u IL ARRIVAL AT MT.
McGREGOk.
LET US HAVE~P FAC E.

Il -S-AS----
MT. MCGREGoR, June 26.-Between
II O'Clock and noon General Grant
entered lis Bath chair at the foot of he
piazza. The top was let down. He sat
easily back among the cushions and
Harrison then seized the lever, and
which may also be used to pull the
affair. The faithful servant took a
course up the slope toward the hotel
and the bluff. 1t was hard tugginR
and the General was amused. At len 9Th
the brow Of the mountain was reached,
and the vehicle stopped for its occupant
to enjoy the scene Of the valley and
mountains. Dr.. Douglas and the As j.
sociated Press correspondent stood ne ar
the General.
When Harrison made facetious
reference to his having become a
draught horse, the General smiled, and
drawing forth his pad wrote the follow
ing, which he handed to the Associated
Press representatives: : For a man
horses this is 3 considerable come down
in point of sp,sd."' Reply was made
that though there WAS leas npoAd .L.-s
WAS more safety Whereupon the Gen
eral glanced at Harrison and then wrote
In response: M horse will not run
away up hill The General joined
audibly In the laugh that followed this
sally. Mrs. Grant, Mrs. Fred. Grant,
Mrs. jesse Grart, and Mrs. Sartoris
followed and stated themselves on
Rustic settees near the General.
I" Do you oherve," remarked DR..
douglas, wit q smile, that Mrs.
IGrant's dauplter and daughters-in-law Ia "
are dressed in the national colors pr
And SO they were, Mrs. Fred being
dressed in red, Mrs. Jesse in white, and
Mrs. Sartoris IN blue attire. The Gene
RAILS chair was lifted to the hotel piazza
and he was wheesd around the honst
on the broad versnda. He repeatedly
lifted his hat in response to salutations
After an hour of nch outing he return
ed 20 the cottage.
The Generals afternoon was chief.
spent on the veranda, where at time
he dozed. Dr.. Shrady bid him good
bye and left for New York at 2 As thi
afternoon. Soon after DIR. Douglas ga
down near the General. This is tn
0 best day you have had since you cam,
here, is it not?" he asked of hi
patient. Decidedly " replied tn
: General In An audible tone.
oil The evening was spent upon the piaz
"a by the entire family the General sit
: ting beside DR.. Newman, who came u
J, the moutain with his wife this evening
Q lAt9o'clock the Gene tal retired, Th
l. usual amount CT morHhia was give
him, though DR.. Douglas was of the in
. lpression that the patient might hav
, slept without 1t.
During the conversation to-nigE
!: upon memorable utterances, Genera
lGrant wrote that the expression " 1t
o us have peace" appended to his fri
letter OF acceptance, was not thought {
II up to the moment when it was writer
's 1t came naturally as d fitting close
l. what had been written before.
p~ -
Reducing the Butter HOuse Fore
VI What Is known as the " butter houl
g Salaries OF Sr44T 'eatHTs Of the IL
.; 5000 each, and severa laborers at 81
J" each, will be dropped from the pay-Io
~ of the Sergeant at Arms at the END
this month. Nearly all these men
l.. Hepublicans. AT the same time, o
I'D assistant doorkeeper of the Senate
AZ $500, two messengers al $!i4o eac
so and one employe OF the folding ro'
will be- dropped. Of these, two
gh Democrats, one is Republican and
IN politics of the other ~ unknown.
ne The Attorney General says he
T., reduce the force of examiners in
The Department of Justice considerably,
the he finds that there is not suiiicient w
to be done TO justify the employment
rge the entire force"