The Indianapolis leader. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1879-1890, 1880-08-07
EVANSVILLE DEPARTMENT.


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Special Correspondence
A great many Evansville people think the
rustic cackle of their burgh the murmur of
the world. Well, in some things, Evansville
can claim supreme eminence. We have
many would-be great men. We have the
best beer and the poorest fire department in
the State. We have more shiftless, dirty
and repulsive men on the street than any
other city. We are like cancer preying on
the vitals, seriously troubled with more than
our share of bad and naughty women. And
what is singular, the majority are white wo-
men.
There was case in point before the JUS
tice, yesterday. Mrs. Malone has reveled in
the bliss OF an unsavory record ever since
the mind of men runeth not to the contrary.
But she was never brought before the Courts
until some overly-vlrtuous white men, seeing
some cOlored men enter (which was very
naughty, her house, began to prosecute her
and her household. Evansville white men
and women are mighty ''onsartin," in many
ways.
RNER-STONE.
Sunday was a gala day in the history of
the lives of many of our citizens of color.
The Liberty Baptist Church, Rev. G. Nc
Farland, pastor, have been exerting every
effort looking toward erecting building that
would be in accord with other church build
ings in this city. They have met with many
discouragements, but their pastor inspires
confidence in the feeble, and so far they have
many reasons to congratulate themselves
By dispensatien granted by ID. ID. W., of
the Masons, the Mcfarland Lodge, No. 5,
were prominent in the laying of the corner
stone. The church is to be neat building
i'll the modern gothic style. The architect
being j. Il. Prick, who has built some OF
our finest churches. Its dimensions are
5OxoO feet, with seating capacity of about
600. The Masons at p O'Clock, Sunday, to
the number of thirty, headed by the Me-
chanics' Band discoursing music of a grand
character, marched from their Lodge room
to the church. Rev. Mcfarland called the
large concOurie present to order, land Rev. NJ
Lewis, of A. NJ. f. Church, lead in a prayer
replete with noble and cheering thoughts
Rev. DR.. Miller, of the Baptist Church
| (white), delivered the grafton of the day
The large choir, swelling with the import.
| ance and magnitude of the occasion, sang an
| anthem with much satisfaction, Mrs M. Find.
ley at the organ. Four craftsmen were sen,
down to bring up the cornerstone, which
WAS elevated and lowered to slow music II
was tried by the proper implements, the
square, level and plumb, and the besutifu
| and impressive ritualistic ceremony of the
Masons was listened to with open-mouthed
| wonder. The stone was anointed by the
pouring on of wine, corn and oil. This i:
the first building erected by colored people
at which cOlored Masons have assisted in lay
| ing the corner stone. And the Masons de-
serve credit for their knowledge OF what was
required of them. They then turned the
| building over to the contractor, Z. j Worm
sley. The stone has the following inscrip
tions: "Behold | lay in Zion chief corner
stone;" and. Yet on this rock the church
shall rest and envy rage in vain The NJ
| sons who were most prominent during the
ceremony were Ed. James, g. NJ; ID. Rouse
ID. q. NJ, Edwin +. Horn, q. S. w.. K. 7
White, e. j. w. Articles generally placed
in corner-stones were then deposited by the
pastor. The church during the day anG
night received Sl6325 cash. We heartily
POLITICAL.
The Weekly Herald is the name of new
paper published in the colored mans Interest
| by Waddill and Cooper, edited by 6. &
Calhoun. 1t is conducted on the style o.
Our Age. Mr.. Calhoun is newspaper man
| of much ability and would be valuable
man on any paper. All the bright locals
that made the Age famous came from his
pen.
Papers here are not appreciated a.
they should be, by the colored people even
and though all the Republican papers have 9
grab at the publicprinting. the colored paper
| is left to flock by itself There will be a
waking up one of these days by the party
| Speaking of parties, the canvass has begun here
| in a fiattering manner. The Young Mems
Republican Cub have organized with abous
500 names, of whom about 200 are colored
The whites and blacks work together. This
| is as it should be. / don't ask social recogni
ton, for there are some white men / wouldn't
associate with. But in politics every man is
| the equal of another. The Democratic paper
the Courier, which has "Negrophia'' bad
takes much delight in reviling the white Re-
publicans for the mixture in the Club; and
its dirty arguments hurt few Republicans
who are in the party for what it does fol
them. In the Club the officers as in the
positions within the gift of the party, are
held by the white Republicans. 1t remind:
me of a story, as Lincoln used to say. Ar
old woman's husband had Just been made 8
Corporal in the army. The children all cried
with joy, "Then, mother, we are all Corpo
rals;" and the good woman, with fire in hel
eye, replied, "No, you brats, you are not Cor
pOrals. Me and the old man are the only
Corporals in the house." l have told the
tale, and you are TO work out the mora
which the story is told to point and adorn
A few hackneyed colored politicians who
by stirring up the deep can be thrown to the
top with::the dregs, are in favor of separate
clubs, which they can manipulate to their
own advantage, using the colored men as
stepping-stones to something for themselves
| A meeting of that kind was held last night
and the writer called to the chair. After q
full discussion by Messrs. McCrary, Nichols
Jackson, Henderson, Calhoun, Hasty, Find
| ley, and others, it was decided by large
majority to remain as we are. On the ad-
journment of the meeting Nichols, McCrary
and Shorter and two others held meeting,
| McCrary chairman, Nichols mover of resO-
| lutions and Shorter as Committees. They
| also adjourned to meet and form next week
an Old Mems Republican Club.
The mass convention of the First Con-
| gressional District meets Thursday at Prince
| ton. Hon. William Heilman, our present
congressman, the most solid business man
and leading Republican of Indiana, will, we
| are certain, be renominated, and of course
| will be reelected, for he is worker. His
| opponent, Hon. j. j. Kleiner, is a gentleman
in every sense of the word; yet he is DEM
| ocrat, and gentleman and Democrat like oil
and water, seldom combine. At least that is