The bee., 1882-06-24


picnic.
The prone made given at Bethel Hall
on Friday was failure.
The strawberry festival which has
been ia progress at st. Angustine's
Church closed Friday night.
Prof. Philip Paul Qainn johnson
lec.ured last Tuesday evening. The
lall was crowded-with chairs.
The picnic given by the Female
: ,arta Club last week at the Van Ness
P4tk was an event Of much enjoy
ment
A picnic was given by the Link Club,
10. j, for the benefit of Peter Ogden
Lodge, No. 1874, at Rick's Park, and
Fss 2 success.
The largest stock of mems, boys aud
rhildren's clio hing aud straw hats to be
sold ut reduction at b. Salomon's, 706
Seventh street, Northwest.
ItCongress ever makes an sppropria-
ton tOr valuable services rendered, it
should certainly make an appropriation
fr Walter ID. Plower, who rendered
sBch valuable services as a spy.
lev. Henry Bayly, the founder of
:he First Colored Methodist Church,
has commenced the history of his
work. and w. c. Chase, the local editor
Of this paper, has been engaged to edit
It. The book will be completed in nine
months.
Great bargains in shoes at the Boston
shoe house.
The graduating exercises of the
sumner School took place a few days
ago, and were largely attended The
essays by the Misses Simms were highly
complimented. Trustee Brooks deliv-
cred brief address, In which he gave
the pupils some good advice.
Everybody should read the BEE next
next week. The most wonderful devel-
opment in the history of journalism
will be made. Never before did such
circumstance happen. The world aud
creation VIII be startled. Read the
BEElAread the BEEF Next week
The closing exercises of the Anthony
Bower school took place last week.
Mrl. Thorn. .Jkins, the principal, with
her corps of excellent teachers, partook
of fine repast at her residence after
the exercises. Mrs. Thompkins is
highly thought of by her teachers as q
lady Of refinement and fine executive
ability.
What was the excitement all the
week at Mrs. l.. Chase's ice cream
saloon? was the topic during the week.
All we could ascertain was that there
were several gallons of Fussell's cream
on hand and the people were not salts
fed until they bought it at ten, fifteen
and twenty cents per plate, and fifteen,
twenty. five and fifty cents per box. We
shall all go there this evening.
A large crowd assembled at the
Chamberlain building, Wednesday
morning, to listen to the graduating
exercises Of that school. Miss Il. e.
HoTard, principal and Miss E. V.
Chase assistant, carried out the order
Of exercises TO the qualification of the
many present. Miss Howard has quite
a number of good teachers under her
SpeTisioa. among whom arc Misses
ANie Maitin, Parthenia Woodson and
Ane2ja Ringgold.
,, FIX cheap shoes go to Richold's
avenue.
~, Inc NJ, L. Q, association has engaged
P.ss; alss Ada Hard, the lady who presented
AiceIutht A~tL-- with q life-s size por-
trait, to paint life-size portrait OF
George z. Castin, who died two or
three years ago. The picture will be
presented to the family under the
auspices of the M. p. @. Association, at
AS5ury Church, July 6. Mr.. Charles
Y. Stewart, one Of our enterprising
young men of this city, has the man.
agemont of the affair, assisted by
NJ. Theophilus Howard, and there is
no doubt bat that the presentation
exercises will be grand.
Don't fail to see Richold at 491 Penn
syi7aniG avenue.
HE Press Convention of Colored
Journalists will meet in convention
@ ihe FIfteenth-st street Presbyterian
SAlrch on the 9th, 28th and 29th OF
the present month. There will be two
sessions q day. The committee of
arfangements will issue tickets of
admission, At meeting held at the
residence of Mr.. @. A. Lemar, Saturday
evening, the committee decided TO give
an excursion to Mount Vernon. Mr.. J.
W. Cromwell, chairman of the commit
zee OF arrangements, read quite num-
Der Of communications from different
fepresentatiyes OF the press, expressing
lneIr mteotion of being present at the
convention.