The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-04-23
NEWS CONDENSED.
THE DYING SOLDIER.
Gen. Grants Obstinate Battle with
Death

There has been an extraordinary Inn
provement In Gen. Grants condition during the
past twenty hours. and the physisians and
month hence, says New York dispatch OF tho
morning of the 10th inst. The General was
dressed IN street attire yry ana shS se
felt better than for two weeks The swell
ing on his neck much reduced Iester-
day morning soon after ESQ, and while Mrs.
Grant was in the adjoining room. the General
babe the servant bring him n pad OF writing
paper. On it he wrote q bulletin, as follows:
1The doctor tells mel am better this moi ming.
am better am better. i am better than
have been IN two weeks u. .. GRANT.
Having SO written the General handed his
bulletin to the servant and told him he should
carry IL to Mrs. Grant, who was sitting In the
library almost IN Eight OF her Husband, The
servant delivered the MESSAGE with formality.
Mrs Grant read il, showed IL TO DIR. Douglas,
and both. laughing. entered the sick room,
where pieasantries passed, the General joining
with q smile. gentleman who Is thoroughly
conversant with Gen. Grants ailment said ito
night: The marvellous improvement In the Cen
erals condition is not az all surprising to me.
He may live two or three>weeks and he may live
four months. III hesurvives until the early part
of summer he will bs taken out of the CITY 70 the
mountains. probably, as do not think the sea
air would agree with him; II he had strength
MIA III he improves in the same ratio In the
next few days he will be- driving In the park
this week: He tried threefarieties OF nourish-
ment to day, and, being in facetious mood,
referred to them as his three courses" small
incandescent electric light In used in the exam
ination Of the liberation of the Generals throat
and when introduced into the sufferers mouth
Eliminates the parts effectively
continued improvement In the condition OF
Gen. Grant was noted by the bulletins tele-
graphed from New York on the morning of
April is. He had passed a comfortable night
securing many hours of refreshing sleep, and In
the morning chatted pleasantly with members
of the family and the doctors There is talk Of
taking the General to the mountains as soon as
the weather relaxes somewhat IN its severity,
provided, of course, that he continues TO i'm
prove" says one of the dispatches. The Cen
eral chafes constantly a. his confinement to
the sick room, and longs for a change, and
1t is thought that II he can be successfully re-
moved to the bracing air of the mountains there
will be more chance for him to regain his
strength. 1t Is also thought that he would be
troubled less with the accumulation OF mucus
In the throat II he could breathe the dry atmos-
phere OF the inland mountain segion. instead Of
the humid air of the coast. Rev. j. p.
Newman, the Generals pastor, vas interviewed
by a reporter. Gen. Grant Is very much bet
ter said the parson He converses readily
with those around him, and seems TO be quite
cheerful and happy. lie is sitting partly dressed
provement in his condition. The color Of his
skin is different He looks more like healthy
He is tb s10yes up y iss th Whole The
country have been offered up for him,
and they are being answered. He now believes
he will get well: He feels and feel that the
applications Of so many millions OF people tor
such a contamination will be answered. There
IN grand chance Of the Generals getting we'll
again His improvement may be credited par
To-day, as parted from him, he pressed my
hand and said: Thrice have been in the
shadow of the valley OF death, and thrice have
come out again.
continued Improvement in Grants condi-
ton was noted in the bulletins issued on the
morning OF Friday, April II, and the belief was
gaming strentth that the illnstrioqs patient
surprised his family and friends by walking
down stairs unaded. while the former were at
lunch, and, after taking his place at the table.
ate cold mutton, cut very small, and maca-
roni. Senator Chafee, speaking OF this
surprising evidence of returning strength, re
marked, The family were entirely surprised,
but highly delighted. and now indulge hopes
that he may get well entirely. His throat is bet
ter less painful, and the doctors say there is an
improvement in the disease itself.
am somewhat inclined TO think there is
som thing in that " That is merely an agra
waited case or liberated sore throat?" Eyes.
sometime of that kind think there is pos
sibiiiy OF II at least I asked DR.. shrady
about IL, but he does not think He says
int some of the little pieces that have
been taken from the sore have been
subjected to microscopic examination
by other physicians, and they have
all agreed that it was epithelioma cancer. He
f. is my opinion that there is at least chance
that they were. Mr.. Dana said editorially in
the Sun. in it's issue of April IL: THE improve
ment in Gen. Grants condition steadily con-
tinues. IL is now ascertained that his disease
is not cancer. and there is no reason in his
physical organization why he should not re-
cover his heal h entirely"
New York dispatches OF the morning OF Sat-
urday. April IL. reported favorable progress in
Gen. Grants case. The illustrious patient
passed Friday in quiet manner. at times pac-
ing his room, and suffered no pain in swallow
ing his food He talked freely with members OF
the family. In contradiction OF the statements
sent out that the Generals malady was not cam
cerous, but only an aggravated sore throat, the
doctors want the public 10 understand that
The is suffering from epitheIial cancer OF
a malignant form, and incurable There
cannot be the slightest doubt OF this. ASIDE
from TIE many diagnoses that have bscN Made
the progress and symptoms of the disease have
been practically in the line marked out by the
highest medical science for its DEVELOPMENT
Not a physician or expert who has been con-
nected with the case has differed from his col
leagues In the result Is OF his investigation"