Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 June 1886 — Ex-President Arthur. [ARTICLE]

Ex-President Arthur.

[New York special.] There has been a turn in the condition of ex-President Arthur. The steady gain that is said to have been going on for the last month has stopped, and it is said on good authority that he has taken a considerable step backward, and that there are grave doubts as to his ever getting well. The nature of his disease gives rise to many conflicting symptoms. It is well known that in similar cases, where the patient has appeared to be on the road to recovery, very suddenly appeared a dangerous and perhaps fatal relapse. While it is not true that the relapse has come in the General’s case, he has of late been getting weaker, and his vital force has been greatly lessened by tho return of the attacks of insomnia which were so troublesome in the early part of his sickness. A friend who saw him recently was much struck by the physical depression that seemed to involve the entire muscular system, and every movement of the body was languid, and, to a certain extent, uncertain. That the General’s family are somewhat alarmed is shown ih the close and continuous watch that is kept over him; but, while the danger of a relapse is ever before them, a hopeful view is taken of the case, and however active or serious the symptoms may become, there is no indication given of discouragement. It is just discovered that the celebrated jellies from New York State are made of apple peelings, with a liberal quantity of glucose and coloring material.