The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-07-16
GEN. GRANT.
An III hammered Clown Intrudes
Upon the Patient.
Local Conditions -as Regards Pain
and Swelling Improved.
A Tribute from Mississippi DEM
ocrats.

VIcKsBURG, Miss, July 15.-The Demo-
Gratis of Warren county, Mississippi, met in
convention here yesterday, and endorsed
Governor Lowry for reelection. The con-
yention also adopted the following resolu-
ton:
Resolved That all join in the nations grief for
the sad aff1iction which has befallen General
Grant, Americas most illustriouS citizen, who was
war.
MOUNT MCGREGoR, N. Y, July 15-Gen
Grant slept about eight hours between 9
o'clock last night and the same hour this
morning He awoke only to take food at in
tervals, and otherwise there was no cause to
arouse the physician during the night. The
conditions this morning show little, if any,
change from those of yesterday. During the
forenoon Gen. Grant slept nearly three hours
and between II and o'clock was dressed.
An hour later the General was, on the piazza
engaged with papers. His voice has again
become husky and less distinct, and no per-
son besides the physicians and members of
the family, and they rarely, are speaking to
the General this week. He is being afforded
absolute rest and his pulse in its fulness and
regularity proves the wisdom of this course
Between and O'Clock while General Grant
was alone on the piazza, the mountain train
brought from Saratoga party of visitors.
one OF the number, man of gray hairs,
boldly assembled the steps of the cottage and
sat down beside the General. He seized the
sick mans hand and persisted,in holding fast
to it and talking to the General in the mean
while. Harrison protested, but his objec-
tions. were unheeded. General Grant at
length drew his hand away from the rude in
truder and took up his writing pad He
wrote upon it that his physician had ordered
him to have no communication with any viSi
tor, thereupon the General arose and sought
refuge within his cottage and his outing was
spoiled by this boorish intrusion when the ut
most efforts are being made to conserve his
strength by quiet. AS the General entered
the cottage, Col Fred Grant who had been
informed of the presence of the objectiona-
BILE person walked out and advised the visi-
tor that his father could not be fatigued sby
calls or conversation with strangers The
intruder then went down the steps and ex-
hibited with great glee the writing of the
General to the large company of visitors who
had thus been deprived of the opportunity to
see the sick man at a respectful distance.
The physicians are justly annoyed by so un-
warranted an intrusion and at time when
for three days the press has been stating that
absolute quiet had been enjoined in behalf of
the patient. The General did not again ven
ture to come out of doors until late in the
afternoon.
This afternoon Drs. Douglass and Shrady
made thorough examination of the pa
tents throat and all the affected parts. The
org original n nodosltles were found now to ex-
at present on the neck below the jaw, and
are also noticeable above the edge of the
jaw on the right cheek. They have not in.
creased in hardness since the last official re-
port, although they are more clearly defined
because the infiltration of the OVERLAPPING
tissues has subsidized and left the modular
humps and cancerOus mass on the glands
more clearly denfned.
AS stated above. the swelling about the
palate is less, and the ulcer at the base of the
tongue, as felt by the finger in the eXamina-
ton, is not increased in area or depth since
the last report. The same hardness and ele-
walton of the rims of the ulcer are noticea-
BILE, and the hardness about the sore, indi-
eating intiltration, was of course observed in
the examination. The examination caused
no pain.
There has been less pain in swallowing
than at any, time since coming, here. The
whole, local conditions are relatively i'm
proved as regards pain and swelling, and a
hope is entertained that the quiet may result
iu an improvement of the Generals system
| The day has been quiet one except for an
intrusion which considerably disturbed the
General in the afternoon, and the indications
favor another quiet night