Show A SPLENDID HALL General Grant Sleeps Well and Feels Better No Cause for Immediate Alarm is Felt Taking Nourishment Regularly smd Resting Quietly I General Grant Sleeps and Dreams Nnw YORK April 46 30 am General Gen-eral Grant awoke after a continuous sleep of eight hours and related in a lucid and humorous manner his dream while under the influence of the anodyne He feels II refreshed and cheerful and asked for a I cup of coffee His pulse is the same NEW YORK April 4Last night was a comfortable one for General Grant He slept quietly in his easy chair with his feet resting oil a stool from shortly before 11 oclock until halfpast 6 oclock this morning He was MUCH REFRESHED BY HIS SLEEP Of eight hours unbroken save when gently aroused to take nourishment at regular intervals During the early mbrning the patient had occasional attacks at-tacks of coughing His breathing during the night was comfortable Doctors Douglas and Shrady remained with the General all night and Col Fred Grant I was in his room most of the time A SURPRISING IMPROVEMENT I 11 15 a m The improvement which the last statement suggests in the condition condi-tion of General Grant continues since I taking his coffee he has had some strong I liquid nourishment his throat has been I attended to and the irritation which began be-gan to trouble him has been allayed He walked firmly into the other room to have I his mouth and throat cleansed He is resting quietly now in hiseasy chair His pulse is about as yesterday at this hour STILL RESTING NEW YORK April 4i p mGeneral Grant has been very quiet since the last report He has taken his nourishment I regularly his pulse is 72 and he does not I I complain of his throat The accumulation accumula-tion of mucus was easily removed by gargling without other medication He moves from room to room when required without trouble He is now restipg in his eaal chair after having been on his bed for a few moments Signed DOUGLAS BETTER THAN FOR A WEEK PAST I At a visit to General Grant at 2 p m > by Drs Barker Shrady and Douglas the Generals condition which has been uniform uni-form during the day was unchanged After having his throat attended to General Gen-eral Grant returned to his easy chair J3jDrs Barker and Shrady arrived about 2 oclock When Dr Barker left the house he said General Grant was a little better than he has been for a week that his throat was easier and that the mucus mu-cus was less adhesive and thrown off much easier j |