Milford chronicle., 1885-04-17
NEWS NOTES.
Happenings of Interest to All,
At Home and Abroad.
The Illness Of Grant.

The Illness OF Grnnts
Gen. Grant passed q comfortable day Monday
and not being in pain was cheerful. In con
yersation with his physicians he spoke Of {
strong impression be felt that he would re
/ cover, although he said he knew the chances
were niuety-nine in a hundred against him.
Nearly four months ago Gen. Grant was told
/ that the cancer was eating away his life, and
/ that he could not recover. He said nothing
about it at the time, because he did not wish &c
worry his wife.
General Grant had been gaining strength
steadily in the forty-eight hours prior to Tues
day morning, but at 4:S0 o'clock the General,
who bad been sleeping quietly awoke and
/ took nOurshment. Almost instantly afterWard
he was seized with a paroxysm Of coughing,
which ended in a sudden flow Of blood from
the mouth. The accident that all along the
pbysicians had feared had arrived. The raw
ages Of the disease had so weakened the walls
Of an artery Of the throat that the strain Of
coughing burst it. The physicians were
sent for, as well as the absent ones Of the
family. II was believed that the end had
come. Gen. Grant was the only person that
was calm and collected.
In the early forenoon Of Tuesday General
Grant slowly recovered, and the bulletins we're
again forsaken. At IL O'Clock, while there
had been no recurrence Of the hemorhage,
the patient was found to have grown weaker
with pulse 80 and temperature lOl.
At 4 O'Clock DR.. Newman who was present
said: "The people all seem to be your friends
at present"
/ l"Yes." said Gen. Grant, ''and have many
friends on the other side"
'Yes," repeated DR.. Newman, ''and they are
waiting for you"
$50 they are, =" returned the General. Then
he paused a moment, and added;
II wish they may not have long to watt
r. IL 49,
reception room after the-bulletin went out.
"fhe end is near, he said. "There is little
doubt of it now. l don't think that stiEluants
will be used to any great extent, for though we
may possibly tide him over another night, the
end, as l say, is undoubtedly very near, and,
besides the General wants to 60. He feels
weariness at the trouble which has been taken
in his behalf, and he would be glad to be free
or course, we cannot with certainty predict,
but, as have said, the end is not fat away. 3"
At I1:9O Tuesday night the pulse had in
creased 10 81
A bulletin came out at 1890 on Wednesday
as follOws;-
Gen. Grant has been comparatively COM
Portable during the morning. He has seldom
coughed. Some temporary pain in the throat
necessitated the application Of cocaine. He has
taken his nourishment and has had no pain in
swallowing. His pulse is now &C and temper
ature 995 degrees"
Gen. Grant became 50 well Thursday that
all of the doctors withdrew from the house for
a time and left him, for the first time in many
days, in the sole care Of his family.
He ate heartily and with appetite, and felt
so well that he walked about the room for
exercise. The nurse Henry was the only one
who had remained with him during Wednes-
day night.
The chief incident Of Thursday was the cable
message from Queen Victoria. 1t was received
at the heuse late on Wednesday night, but was
not made public until Thursday, because it
was desired that the message and tho answer
should 60 out together. These read as follows
"AIx-LEs -BAINs, 8th April, 1885.
''AIrs. GRANT, General GRANT, New York;
'The Queen, who feels deeply foryou in your
anxieties, commands me to inquire after General
Grant. DOwAGER MARCHIoNEss OF Ely"
"April 8, 1885.
',MARcHIoNEss OF ELY, Aix-les-Bains:
"AIrs. Grant thanks the Queen for her SYM
pathy, and directs me to say General Grant is
no better. FRED. D. GRANT"
On Friday morning a physician said: SIT
will surprise Gen. q ants physicians very
much it he dies within a week. The chances
are that he will live two weeks longer, and
would not give much odds that he will not live
until May"
Thursday night the patients sleep was not so
sound and uninterrupted as the night before
but he secured several hours invigorating rest
nevertheless He slept upon his reclining chair
IS usual. DR.. Douglas remained at bis side
There was no anxiety in the house and all the
'amily secured an undisturbed nights
epose. The general impression seems to
Dc that barring unforeseen circumstances,
here is no danger Of the end coming for at
~aeks vet. The doctors feel certain
can hold out that much
j.. HY ZION ~ th" condition
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Dear Sa ea ~; -, |
IS sixty full and regular. -lheer-
.ture normal. He has taken nourishil ent
egularly and well.
Some mention was made to Gen. Grant Fri
day morning Of the battle in Afghanistan.
This at once aroused his interest," and he called |
for his spectacles and the morning paper. He |
read for little time, and then suffered the |
paper to drop in his lap, and fell into doze. |
A bulletin at II O'Clock said
"Gen. Grants condition remains Lubstan- |
tally the same. Pulse, %; temperature, SO |
respiration, 18 He slept well during |
.he night, but not profoundly. He awokC |
clear, and has taken nourishment as usual"
This bulletin was sent out Saturday morn |
ing: Gen. Grant has been quiet during the |
evening; has dOzed mo of the time, and at /
present is inclined to fall into a natural sleep /
Thus far the administration Of the anodyne /
has not been necessary, as the patient suffers |
20 pain The pulse is GO, and temperature |
normal He has taken the usual amount Of |
On Saturday morning Gen. Grant was in
great agony. He partly arose from his chair
md said;
doctor, this pain is unbearable. I must
lave relief"
every well, General" replied the doctor,
you shall have it"
He then administered morphia in the right
rm, and within fifteen minutes the pain had
ubsided and the General sat in his chair with
lis eyes closed.
Gen. Graut had at II o'clock Saturday night
severe paroxysm of coughing. with a spasm
# the glOttis, which was soon relieved. At
fclock Sunday morning the bulletin said: He
S now sleeping Pulse u; regular.
During Sunday the General suffered severe
y. He has of late become somewhat less tract
ible, particularly when he is suffering as he
loes in the coughing fits. On such occasions
le manifests a wish to be let alone, and does
lot submit readily to the efforts Of the doctors
o relieve him. Many distinguished visitors
allied Sunday.
At a. m, Monday, the following bulletin
vas issued:-
''Gen. Grant has been troubled during the
after part of the afternoon and the entire
vening with a mucous secretion in his throat,
nd has cOughed considerably in consequence
Ie has also suffered from two attacks Of
hoking which were attended with difficult
reathing. These were happily relieved by
1cal applications and the removal Of the
hegm. He is now dOzing in his chair, after
aving slept on his bed for three hours. His
ulse is y, and temperature normal"
THE FISH CASE ENDED.