American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-01-24
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

| L FRANK LESLIE, Unc Wcu huOWH pun
| Usher, died on the 10th.
PARNELL and Dillon had a grand re-
ceptisn at Philadelphia on the 10th.
MAJOR Ross, Il well known and
| wealthy merchant of Greenville, S. c., on
the 18th, shot his son, Oliver G. Ross, aged
81, through the heart, killing him instantly
The only provocation for the horrible and
unnatural crime that the son had just
married young lady, Miss Cavingel, to
whom he had long paid attentions, but
whom the father declared he should not
we'd.
PARNELL and Dillon had an enthusi-
astic meeting in Boston on the night of the
18th.
THE House Committee on Elections,
in the contested case of McCabe VS. Orth,
Ninth Indiana District, has granted the pc
tition Of contestant to go on and take testi-
mony.
GAMBETTA, Republican. has been re-
elected President of the French Chamber of
Deputies.
Ex-EMPREss EUGENE has notified
the steamship company that she will en-
bark with small retinue on board the
steamer Cape of Good Hope on the Goth of
March. Arrangements will be made to eX-
pedite the voyage so as to enable the eX-Em-
press to arrive at the scene of the Prince
Imperial's death by the first of June, the
anniversary Of that event.
SENATOR LAMAR had stroke of
paralysis at his home in Jackson, Miss, on
the 18th. His condition, although declared
not dangerous by his physicians, was such as
to give his friends grave apprehension.
GEORGE G.. HARDING, editor of the
indianapolis Saturday Herald, has been ac-
quilted after weeks trial upon the charge
of attempting to kill Light, editor of the
Democrat. Harding was defended by eX-
Gov. Hendricks. There was no question
as to the main facts of the shooting, but the
Jury evidently held that Harding justi
fed in attempting to kill Light for what the
latter said about him in the Democrat.
Gov. HOYT of Pennsylvania has
aroused great indignation among the Repub-
licans of the Luzerne district by his appoint
ment of Stanley Woodward, an old school
mate and intimate personal friend, but an
ardent Democrat, to the Judicial bench in
that county. Stanley Woodward is son of
the late Chief-Justice Woodward.
AMONG recent nominations made by
the President are: f. b. Pomeroy, United
States Attorney for the Territory of Arizona;
EltHTN AthlISOl, oUlltu
General, New Mexico.
SAMUEL j. MEDILL, managing editor
of the Chicago Tribune, was the 18th
married at Quincy, H., to Miss Nellie b.
Carson, only daughter of Gen. John B. Car
son, General Manager of the Hannibal and
st. Joe Railroad. The wedding and recep-
ton were conducted in Il style of great mag
nificence.
GENERAL GARFIELD, United States
Senator-elect from Ohio, had public recep-
ton at the Capitol at Columbus on the eve
ming of the 14th.
PROF. SAMUEL GARDINER, formerly
Government Electrician, and well known
inventor, died suddenly at Buffalo on the
18th.
Mr.. b. w. LEWIS, Jr., First Vice
President of the Wabash, st. Louis and Pa
cifc Railroad Company, has resigned, and
he is succeeded by Mr.. A. l.. Hopkins, who
is advanced from the position of Second
Vice President.
PARNELL has an income of 1900
from his estates.
LANE EMMONs, Treasurer of the
Town of Everett, Mass, is a defaulter to the
amount of $4,000 and has 'absconded. 1t is
said that other officials are implicated.
REV. ALBERT BUSHNELL, the first
American missionary to the western coast of
Africa, died at Sierra Leone on Dec. . last.
Mr.. Bushnell was Il native of Rome, Oneida
County, n. Y, and went out missionary
in 1S43. He was very influential in pro-
and ameliorizing the condition of the ma