American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1877-11-24
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
HON. LYMAN TRUMBULL, of Illinois,
ex-United States Senator, was recently united
in marriage to Miss NIaryJ. Ingraham, eldest
daughter of the late Captain John Ingraham,
of Old Saybrook, CT. The bride and groom
are cousins.
SENATOR MCDONALD, of Indiana, be-
gan his working life as a saddler.
Mrs. MARY j. PROCTOR, of Rochester,
N. Y, bequeathed the bulk of her estate,
amounting to about 100000 to various be-
nevolent institutions of the Episcopal
Church.
HON. A. H. STEPHENS lives at the Ma
tional Hotel, Washington, and despite his
desperate physical condition, is CHEEKY in
valid. A Washington correspondent says
He wears gloves on his hands as small as
those of a 10-year-o child, relishes rich
food, though butter and eggs are forbidden
him; takes an occasional Whit of tobacco,
and when in health has two ounces of whisky
or brandy after dinner.
SENATOR MORTON leaves an estate
variously estimated from $40, 900 to $50, 900,
which includes farm in White County,
bank stock and one-half interest in the
indianapolis Journal. The entire property
is left to his wife, with the request that it
be administered for the common benefit of
herself and their three sons.
DIR. PIERCE, of Buffalo, the we'll
known patent-medicine man, has been elect
ed member of the New York Legislature.
SENATOR FERRY, of Michigan, is an
old bachelor and an Elder in the Presbyte-
rian Church.
PROF. JAMES ORION, of Vassar Col
lege, died while crossing Lake Titicaca in
Bolivia, Oct. oath, and was buried on little
island in the harbor of Puno, a Peruvian
city on the shore of that lake. He was born
at Seneca Falls, N. Y, in 1880, and attained
high distinction as a scientific Investigator.
Prof. Orton had been on two previous sci
entifc expeditions to South America, the
first one 1867 and the second in 1873. His
last venture was undertaken about a year
ago, his object being to complete his eXami
nation of the headwaters of the Amazon.
Miss Won ELsNER, of Cincinnati, has
recently made successful debut as an op-
era singer in Paris. Her stage name is Mile.
Litta.
JUDGE THos A. SPENCE, Assistant
Superintendent of the Railway Service, died
on the 10th.
GA-ON11ED O1A1Eo OudnCI-
berger, of Colorado, who has been confined
in the Kansas Penitentiary for the past eight
months, where he was sent after being
found guilty of robbing the Government of
$4,000, has been pardoned by President
Hayes. 1t is announced that Shaffenberger
is going to Europe.
IT was reported by telegraph from
Paris on the 18th that the Pope had been
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long survive. Later dispatches deny the
truth of the report, and state that although
the Pope is quite weak, he was able to give
audience to several persons on the 18th.
A COMMITTEE of Republican Senators,
headed by Mr.. Edmunds, had long confer
ence with the President on the 18th, and, it
is understood, fully acquainted him with the
| general tone and sentiment of criticism eX-
pressed at the recent Senatorial caucus con-
cerning various features of his policy.
COMMODORE VANDERBILT's will is
being contested by Mrs. LIE Bau, daughter
of the dead hundred millionaire, who was
cut off with pittance of 100000 She thinks
her father was unduly Influenced by his son
William H., who received the bulk of the
fortune, and that there ought to be an equit-
able division of the property. This is a nut
for the lawyers engaged, among whom are
Judge Jere Black and Scott Lord for the
plaintiff and Judge Comstock, Mr. Chiffon
and the Schells, father and son, for the de.
fense.
GEN. BUTLER, in a recent interview
with newspaper correspondent, said il
reference to the Presidents Civil-servict
policy: "Think of it, Why, don't know
what itmeans. haven't been able to learr
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not in the habit of giving any opinion abou
matters whose meaning don't know. Th'
Lord probably never intended that 1 shoulC
be able to comprehend it, 1 suppose, be
cause have not yet been able to-"
COLONEL PRoUT, of the Egyptial
Army, is now visiting Fort Leavenworth
Kansas. He is a Colonel in the Khedive'
army and Vice. e-Governor of the Territory o
l Sedan. He was sent to London by the Khe
r dive to superintend the construction of
: number of steamboats, that are to be use
on the lakes in the interior of that country
The Colonel was formerly connected wit
the United States Army, but has been in tn
L service of the Khedive for the past six years
I CONGRESSMAN SMALLs and L. Cas-
g Carpenter,of South Carolina, have both bee
}. tried before a Jury and found guilty of tn
charges preferred against them-the formt
: of bribery and corruption and the latter
k forgery.
GENERAL SHERMAN'S official salaT
amounts to $4,000, inclusive of the usu
combinations for supplies.
> THE following additional nomination
T. by the President were transmitted to Il
!, Senate on the 14th: Manuel GOWN,
81 Florida, United States Consul at Leghorl