Democratic Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 July 1881 — THE PRESIDENT. [ARTICLE]

THE PRESIDENT.

Washington, July 21. President Garfield passed a very comfortable lay yesterday. Ho took a little solid food in lie morning m addition to the usual quantity >f liquid food, and gained considerably in ■•tren;.;tb. He continued to gain during the veiling, anl the afternoon fever has ibsided. A piece of cotton cloth about a pcirter of an inch square, with woolen fibers ■iliermg, eame away spontaneously with the uis from the deeper part of the wound. Dr. levlnu n said the discharge of this piece of ; ith indicated that the wound is drained to the ■ ttoni ; the wound, he said, continued to heal icely inside, and that, at the present progress, lie patient would be out of danger in a few days. The President has taken to reading the daily joiit'n.'’is, and listens to the telegrams and Jeters of sympathy which have accumulated since he shooting, in which he takes the deepest interest. He is well enough to laugh heartily at the cuts in the pictorial weeklies. Washington, July 23. The President continues to progress favorl>'y. He is gradually gaining strength, and he physicians are now all but confident of his recovery. The wound continues to discharge healthy pus. Yesterday a fragment of bone •ame with the pus, which indicates that the depths of the wound arc being drained, still the President is very weak. The physicians sav that tho food which he receives is now efficient to add a little to his strength, and to supply the waste which is constantly going on through the wound, but it is found that ho is not jet capable of resisting any unusual excitement, and, for this reason, tho surgeons in charge insist upon as perfect quiet as can be secured. Hon. George B. Loring, Commissioner of Agriculture, had an interview with the President, ni which the latter recalled his promise to visit the Wisconsin State Fair, and declared that lie had not yet given up the trip.