American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-06-29
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

THOMAS EWING SHERMAN, eldest
son of General Sherman, says the Catholic
Rerietc, has sailed for England, where he
proposes TO enter the Novitiate of the So
ciety of Jesus. He is %, and was educated
at Georgetown College and in the Law De-
partment of Yale. His father has reluctantly
but fully consented to the step which the
young man has taken.
LIEUT.. ToTTEN, U. S. A, was killed
by the ears near Cold Springs, n. Y, on the
18th.
CADET DERBY, who leads his class at
West Point this year, is a son of "John
Phoenix"
A. b. STOCKwELL, of New York,
formerly President of the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company, has been adjudicated
a bankrupt, with liabilities of over million
dollars.
ANY person knowing of the wherea-
bouts of the children of Gen. Earl Van
Dorm, will do an act of kindness by COM
municating with Gen. Wheeler, CORTLAND,
Lawrence County, Alabama. 1t may be the
means of greatly benefiting the children.
MINISTER MOVES has returned from
France in order to testify before the Potter
Investigating Committee.
w
cratic Representative in Congress from the
Twelfth Pennsylvania Luzerne) District,
has been renominated by the Greenback and
Labor Reform party.
REPRESENTATIVE T. J. QUINN, of the
Sixteenth (Albany) Congressional District,
New York, died on the 18th.
GEN. RENO has addressed a letter to
Hon. II. B. Banning, Chairman of the House
Military Committee, asking an investigation
Of certain charges made against him in the
public press in connection with the
Custer massacre. General Reno
states that if this request be
refused he will ask military court of
inquiry. The responsible author of the
charges is Fred. Whitaker, author of Life
of Custer, and he claims that it was through
Renos cuIpability that Clusters band were
annihilated.
THE wedding of Col. Russell Hast
ings and Miss Emily Pratt, niece of Presi-
dent Hayes, was solemnized at the White
House on the evening of the 10Th, Bishop
Jaggar, of Ohio, officiating. The wedding
was very quiet one, only the immediate
friends of the President and his family, and
of the bride and groom being present.
THE President and Mrs. Hayes at
tended the commencement exercises at
Princeton College ON the Goth.
The Vermont Democratic State Con-
vention, held on the Goth, nominated w. ii.
fl. Bingham for Governor. The resolutions
advocate the gradual substitution of green
backs for national bank bills.
CONGRESSMAN SWAN, of Maryland,
was married at Princeton, n. j., on the
Goth, to Mrs. John II. Thompson, sister-in-
law of Speaker Randall. The groom has
the mature age of 20, and the bride
80. She is the widow of a former Senator
from New Jersey. Swan has been Governor
Of Maryland, and United States Senator
from that State. 1t is said to be love match.
Both the bride and groom are very wealthy,
Swan being a millionaire.
Hon. JOSEPH PULITZER, of St.Louis,
was married on the 10Th to Miss Kate Davis,
one of the reigning bellies of Washington, and
q relative of jefferson Davis. Although the
wedding was intended to be private, large
number of distinguished people were pres
emit, including Senators Lamar, Gordon,
Cockrell and Armstrong.
CHARLIE Ross father, who has spent
all his property in the vain search for his
lost boy, has been appointed by Gov. Har-
tranft Master Warden of the port of Phil
adelphia, with salary of - 500.
Hon. DANIEL SHEFFER, of York
Springs, Adams County, Pa, recently cell
ebrated his 95th birthday. He is probably
the oldest ex-Congressman living, having
been elected in 1896.
EX-CONGREssMAN VANCE, of Ohio,
has been adjudged insane and sent to an
asylum.
MOSES A. WHEELoCK, for &c years
President of the New York Stock Exchange,
killed himself on the 23d. Financial troubles,
loss of position in the Exchange and intem-
perance are said to have been the causes.
THE estate of the late William C. Bry-
ant is valued at $3.50 900, and, with the ex-
ception of a few trifiing requests, is divided
by his will equally between his two daugh-
ters, one unmarried and the other the wife
Of Mr.. Parke Goodwin.