Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 July 1885 — THE NEWS CONDENSED. [ARTICLE]

THE NEWS CONDENSED.

TBK sin. Reports from Monet MaeGrogor leave little room to doubt that Gen. Grant's dis- - is steadily progresaing toward a fatal termination. The swelling in tho throat and neck is hardening and increasing, and the ulceration burrowing deeper, and the illustrious patient is slowly but surely growing weaker, although ho continues to devote n little time each day to work upon his memoirs. Tho following bulletin of the General's condition, prepared by Dto. Bhrsdv and Douglas, appeared in tho New 1 York Medical Record of Juno 27: The prom-ess of the disease trom which Ocn. Grant Is suflerlne Is. barring accidental oompll-Cftlon-j, slow. Comparing the condition ol tho patient with what If. was a month ago. the changes which have token place can bo appreciated. Taking t-lila period of time Into consideration, It can bo said that the swelling under the anglo of the lower jaw. on the right side, has Increased, and Ims become harder and more deeply fixed. It has shown a tendency to progress in a direction downward and forward upon the right sldo of the nepk. the Infiltration extending Into the neighboring glandular structures. Tho lancinating pains In those t arts, although, fortunately, not frequent nor severe, have a significance which can not be Ignored. Trio ulceration on the right side of tho base of the tongue has become deeper tnd morn Irregular, although Its superficial urea has not petooptlbly Increased. This Is the seat of the j>aln occasionally In swallowing and when certain examinations of the throst are made. The destructive process on the right side of tho uvula Is apparently quiescent, although a now portion of the margin of the palatal curtain Is showing a tendency to break down. The voice has been reduced to a whisper, dpo partly to inflammatory involvement of the vocal chords and partly to nervous stony of tho latter. Thero is some impairment of general st rength and some loss in weight, although the appetite is unchanged and the usual amount of nourishment is taken. ’1 he removal to Mount MacGregor has so tar proved beneficial. It has enabled the patient to recover lost ground, ami thus in a measure has counterbalanced the effects of his local malady. A NEW trial was denied in New York to James D. Fish, President of llio lute Marine Bank. The Judges held that tboro might be oriminnl misappropriation of funds of a national .hank bv means of a loan, the contrary being a point raised and relied upon by Fish's attorneys,,. .Tho boat rare between the Harvard and Yale crows, at New London, was won by tlo> Harvards by fifteen lengths. Twenty-nine out of thirty-one of the national banks in New York whose charters expire during the present fiscal year have received an extension of charter for twenty years. The desire for extension throughout the United States has been almost unanimous. .. ,I’nf. 11. S. Baer, of Philadelphia, successfully porfomied the Utesurian operation upon a lady fifty years, old who had been afflicted thirteen years with what was supposed to be a tumor.... John McCullough, the actor, was last week handed over to,tho care of tho Bloomingdale Insane Asy.mn authorities by three of his closest friends. . . .Ex* President ,lames I>. Fish, of the! Marino Bank, New York, was sentenced by Judge Honediet to . ten years' imprison meat for misappropriating the funds of tho hank..,. The old United States steamer Niagara, which was used hi laying the first Atlantic cable, is to he burned at Apple Island for her metals.... The Bouthwark IVoolen Mills, near Philadelphia, shut down to avoid a strike for higher wages.