American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-07-19
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

CAPTAIN EADs has received from the
Government another half million dollars on
account of his jetty contract, having reached
depth Of 20 feet.
GEN GEORGE G. BINGHAM, ex-Ad-
jutant- General Of Missouri, an artist Of some
local celebrity, died suddenly at his home in
Kansas City on the It'll.
CAPT. H. WILKINSON, well known in
river circles, committed suicide at vicksburg
on the It'll, shooting himself through the
right temple with pistol. Cause, financial
troubles.
ALANsoN Work, an old-time Adolf
ZIONIST, who, 40 years ago served three years
in the Missouri Penitentiary on a 12-years'
sentence for assisting slaves to escape, died
at Hartford, Conn.,, on the 9th, aged so years.
SENATOR BAYARD will sail for Europe
shortly with Mrs. Bayard, who has been di-
rected to take a course at one of the Ger
man watering places.
SENATOR WADE HAMPTON is said to
be suffering severely from his amputated
leg, and has gone home to South Carolina.
JAY GOULD, accompanied by his son
and Superintendent Clark of the Union Pa
cific Railroad, has gone to Europe, ostensi
bly, on pleasure tour.
Mr.. JOHN F. SEYMOUR, aged 81, q
brother in-law of Bishop Seymour of
Springfield, was shot and killed ON the night
of the Sd, in the grounds attached to the
Protestant Episcopal Seminary in New York
City, where he resided. He went out dur
ing the evening for the purpose, as stated,
of ordering some trespassers off the grounds,
and not returning, search was made and his
dead body found. Whether he was shot by
one Of these malefactors, or whether he was
struck by a chance bullet, is likely to re-
main a mystery.
Mr.. CHAs. j. BONAPARTE of Balti-
more, although now made Independently
wealthy by the inheritance of much of his
grandfather's hoardings, still works hard in
his law practice and displays great ability
therein. He thinks, now that the Prince
Imperial is dead, that the Napoleonic dynas-
ty never will be restored. Mr.. Bonaparte
has apparently no aspirations in the direc-
ton of the French throne.
SECRETARY SHERMAN is announced
to deliver a campaign speech at Portland,
Me-, on the 23d inst, and he will also make
several speeches in Ohio during the pend
ing campaign.
DIR. ALEXANDER CLARK of Pittsburg,
Penn, q well known Methodist divine and
author of numerous books, theological and
miscellaneous, died at the residence Of his
friend Gov. Colquitt at Atlanta, Ga, on the
9Th. DIR. Clark went to North Carolina to
deliver the annual address to the students
Of Yadkins College, was taken sick with
typhoid dysentery, and died quite suddenly.
He was 45 years of age.
Mr.. JEFFERSON DAVIS authorizes a
friend at Washington to contradict "posi-
lively and with authority" the report that
his name would be presented to the Missis
sippi Legislature as a candidate for the
United States Senate.
MARSHAL IMAGINATION has been re-
fused permission to attend the Prince I'm
perial's funeral.
THOMAS M. EGINToN, Esq of Win
chester, KY, a prominent Republican State
politician, died suddenly at Lake Miune-
tonka, Mimi, on the 10th.
FREDERICK RICHARD LEE, the Brit
ish landscape painter, is dead.
Mrs. DIR. j. w. IRWIN, a young,
beautiful, and talented lady Of Evansville,
Ind, deliberately shot herself through the
heart on the 18th, dying in 10 minutes. Mrs.
Irwin was a daughter Of Rev. ID. ID. Mather
Of Fostoria, o., and had been but seven
weeks married. Her husband is young
physician OF good practice. :" far as known
their married life was congenial, and there
is no accounting for her tragic taking oil.