New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-07
PERSONAL.

| Mr. John +. Slater has endowed the Park Con-
pregational Church of Norwich. Conn, with
| $4,000
President Arthur will. it Is reported spend the
| Fourth of July mt Woodstock, Conn. the guest Of
Mr.. Henry Z. Bowen.
Ex.yice- President Wheeler is rapidly recovering
from the illness with which no has for some time
past been. afflicted.
General John w. Phelps, who ran for the Pres-
dency in 1880 on the anti Masonic ticket. has just
been getting married at the age of seventy years,
evidently intending to keep pace with ex-senator
David Davis In the race Tor 1854
Senator Cameron of Pennsylvania was in Harris
burg last week looking in better health than for
wear before. He will sail for Europe on Thursday
of next week. and remain until just before the
Christmas HOLIDAYS Ills family will accompany
him to Europe, and remain there for a couple Of
years.
IL i,due to Mr. Hendricks The Indianapolis Times
thinks 10 SAY that if he has toe lie docs not
exhibit IL to the public. In this respect he differs
FROM number Of other statesmen, both Democrats
and Republicans. Ii may be added that n sore toe
does not necessarily argue old age or approaching
death Thousands of boys have Survived sore toes
and lived long and prospered As matter Of fact,
Mr. Hendricks is in excellent health"
A rrivate letter from London just received in this
city SAYS. concerning recent statements that Mr..
Gladstone Is visibly failing: "Ifsiled to see 1t.
I sat near and in full view Of him, and have no
hesitation in saying that IN manner and movement
ho was as sprightly as the youngest member of the
House He came at4 p III, and was informed that
he would certainly remain till the close OF the SIT
ting-2 u. N. For n man of his age To do that night
after night must require iron constitution. lie
seems as ruddy, hale and hearty as man IN his
prime"
A letter written by Mr. Disrael Q.ord Beacous-
r. II fho nf al Ia Ced
change from Radlcalism TO Conservatism has just
been published for the first time in The Preston
CEngland) Herald Touching upon the theme of
popular suffrage portion of the letter runs as fol-
lows: Though it is now nero point of historical
curiosity, must observe that advocated the bal
lot in 1892, because it was part OF the Tory scheme
of n century before, and for the reasons as it
was suggested by Sir w. Windham, and particularly
Sir John Hinde Cotton, almost Us distiD guisned
leader of the country party In the days Of the first
Georges 1t seemed to me that the borough constit-
uency of Lord Grey essentially, and puTposoly,
a Dissenting and Low Wing constituency, consist
ing of the principal employers of labor. and that
the ballot was the only instrument to extricate
from these difficulties. | do not know, at this mo-
ment whether Sir John Hinde Cotton ever brought
forward the Ballot as "A substantive proposition IN
the House OF Commons; but he advocated 1t, aud
the suggestion was favOrably received, especially
by the Church. Political history Is not suf-
iiciently known now but when started IN life it
is not an exaggeration TO say that the mind of the
country, even In the Houses of Parliament, was q
complete blank upon it. Tho Tory party had lost
all their traditions, aad this ed to their fall to the
mess they made about the Roman Catholics aud
Parliamentary Reform. ! have for forty years been
laborng to replace tho Tory party in their natural
and historical position In this country. am III the
sunset of life but | do not despair of seeing my
purpose effected"
PROVIDENCE, r. l., May Ex-senator Anthonys
symptoms are not quito favorable tonight, al
though no material change III manifest.
SAN Francisco May Ex-senator Edmunds ar
rived here this afternoon. lilo refused to be inter
viewed" on any subject lie said lie wanted to
wash of the dust of travel and 20 to church.
CONCORD. N. H., May G.-Secrctary Chandler
arrived here this afternoon from Washington, hav-
ing been called here on account of the dangerous
illness of his mother