The Indianapolis leader. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1879-1890, 1880-08-28
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COLUMBUS, August 21.-Columbus is .
pleasantly located, growing, manufactur
ing, and railroad center of $1,000 inhabi
tants, and an Afro-American population OF
from 5000 to 1000. We have two Baptist
Churches, second Baptist, Pastor Rev.
James Poindexter. and Shiloh Baptist, Pas.
tor, Rev. Mr.. Scott. There is one A. NJ
Z. Church, Pastor, Rev. B. w. Arnett.
Our schools which will open shortly are in
charge of the following corps: E. J. War
ling, principal, Misses, Virginia Copeland,
Ella j. Green, Mary E. Rodin, and Mr.. j.
j. Sparroer. The fact that we have citi-
zens engaged in very many departments of
human activity is scource of great salts
faction. OF this more hereafter. W have
an excellent military company, oficered as
follows; Captain, Ed. Brown; Lieutenants.
| B. F. Payne, and William Moten. The
late reunion was an immense affair in the
way public Of demonstration. The boys
selling presidential badges have large
stock of Hancock emblems left, which shows
tina political drift or soldier sentiment. Our
Douglass Literary Society will open the fall
Campaign next Friday night. The cam
paign political is about opened, and the fire
will keyt up along the line from now until
November. / trust that Hon. j. S. Hinton
may be elected as his past labors for his
party and race. demand and Justify shall
from time to keep you informed concerning
matters of general or special interest.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
Mrs. Mosella Wilson, of the Queen City,
has gone.
Miss NJ. E. RodiR is visiting friends in
Waverly.
Mrs. George w. Williams is expected
home soon. r
Henry Coins is about as lively boy as
you find them.
Miss Della Abrams, of Chillicothe, is Wis
iting friends here.
Mrs. Lucy Dickey, of Columbus, is visit
ing in Washington, d. @.
Hon. j. Henri Burch, of Louisiana, was
in the city last week.
Miss Meta Pelham, of Detroit, is the guest
of her cousin, Robert Day, jr.
Euclid Garnes, Esq, has returned from
his trip throughout Southern Ohio.
The friends of the late Professor S. A.
Neale much lament his decease.
Miss Bette G. Cox, of Washington, D.
c., is visiting the Misses Porter.
Miss Mary z. knight, of Columbus, is
visiting friends in Detroit and Toledo.
John G. Brown, ESQ.,. of Dayton, lately
made very pleasant trip to Allegheny, Pa
Miss Lillian Coins, niece of Hon. George
w. Williams, is attending school at Ober-
lin.
Messrs. Herbert Clark and Henri Fort
shed the light of their countenances upon us
the other Sunday.
Mr.Alexander Morris and wife, and Mrs.
Rebecca Smith, of Louisville, visited Mr..
David Stanton this week.
Misses Edith and Mary Fossett, of the
Queen City, have been the guests Of the
Misses Allie and Emma Hall.
Rev. James Poindexter attended conven-
ton to consider the instruction Of the blind,
held in Louisville last week.
Mrs. l. M. Troy, for some time the guest
of her sister, Miss NJ. Estella Rodin, has re-
turned to her home in Cincinnati.
Mrs. Kate Jordan, of Louisville, is here
to witness the nuptials of her sister, Lizzie
Washington, and Mr.. John Kelly, of Gin
cinnati, next Wednesday evening.
Mr.. E. j. Warning has returned from a
two weeks stay at Lancaster, o.. doing work
as a special correspondent for the Ohio State
Journal Of this city. WRAIGN.