The New York freeman., 1885-03-07
CONTENDlIVG FOR THE RIGHT.
SERMON To cHE g. U. o. OF
o.
A Crystal Wedding franz etTna ID Iiahe tho
Gen. Walkers l. 'Suie ~ " W.
CansuS=Sncial Gossl v.

a Crystal Weooing ecture on the
Census Gossl ~ j,
BosroN, Mar. 3.-That our oCloLeu v,s,,
zens are thoroughly alive to the II , ~ on" III
Of obtainn their civil Iiglts hi 1.h ~
shown this week. Besides an aim, s a =, o"S ~
less interest in the case now pendil ,.lJ,b
Superior Court, a step has been mao ~.
must produce some practical good. At IS
| centmeeting held for the purpose of exi -
ing our indignation at the outrages Pc =
| trated on US, committee was appointed =.
carry the spirit of the resolutions into eftecI -
This committee and some Of the leading cit
liens appeared before the House committee
on judiciary last Thursday morning and
presented the draft of bill increasing the
| penalty for such violations of the law as
has been spoken Of already. The bill was
drawn by Judge James Russell, an old and
| true friend of the race and is so broad that il
| it becomes law no discrimination need be-
feared hereafter. The Judge also appeared
| before the committee and argued at length
in its favor. The fact that there was no
opposition at the hearing, leads us t. be.i:vs
the committee will report it to the house as
an early date. 1t is no doubt severe dis
appointment to many to hear that the cases
in the Superior Court against the rink man
ayers have been again postponed. This time,
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the delay.
The fifth annual thanksgiving sermon 70
the G.. U. o. of o. F. was delivered in
Charles Street Church, Sunday evening, by
P. G. NJ, Rev. F. j. Cooper of Newport, r.
|. The attendance of members Of the order
was unusually large. The Patriarchs wore
their handsome regalia and made an impos-
ing appearance. The other branches of the
order, including the Households of Ruth
wore dark clothes with roseates according
to degree. District Master A. B. Latti-
more called the assemblsge to order and
after the singing of the opening ode by the
order, fervent invocatory prayer was
made by P. c. M, J. T. Jenifer, who acted
, as chaplain for the occasion. Excellent se-
, lections by the choir followed and then ther
, Rev. F. S. Cooper was introduced, thu whole
body rising and honoring him in hearty
Odd Fellow style. He took the words oc-
curing in James iv-17, as the scriptural basis.
of his theme Diligence required in Odd
: Fellowship and Christianity" In eloquent
n language the reverend gentleman reviewed
i the nobleness Of the principles OF the order,
70 logically showing that the requirements OF
,r Odd Fellowship should be strictly observed
and inpressively alliPs AttsaitiaP i Ps,t te r.
BE- tie obligations Of Odd Fellowship were ver1
~ similar. He was attentiYely listened 70
J. throughout. At the close after liberal col
ar lection had been gathered the order rose and
4 sang the closing ode. The friends of the
: | order-and they are legion-were out ess
., asGsss, although the rain made it unpleasant
3. for many.
ia Mr.. J. F. Ransom who has been seriously
h i'll is now convalescing.- notice that the
,o newest car on the Highland Railway bears
i. the name of Wendell Phillips.-Emanuel
- Sullayon of New Bedford accompanied by
fhair IN
I?O town last week They stopped ab Mrs.
ct Piper's on North Russell street.
or Mr.. Frank Bland informs US that so many
" of his patrons were SO highly pleased with
90 his concert in fremont Temple that he il
M considering the feasibility Of giving another
e in April to meet this almost general de
r. mand
- Gen. Francis A. Walker, President of th'
~ Massachusetts, Institute Of Technology, de
Id livered lecture lat Friday evening, in II
~ course upon the Census" His subjee
was the Census and the colored race" an
he showed just how much progress we hav
made, aualyzed the elements, poinied on
F the breakers and the hindrances now bt
IN fore us. The lecture was largely attended
arl almost solely by white people thOugh.-Ml
~se and Mrs. Simon Morris of 81 Melrose stree
an celebrated their crystal wedding last even
Az ing large number Of friends and rela
tbe tives attended and many handsome present
ol- in crystal and glass were received: Th
ith complimentary testimonial to Mr.. M.
md Overton by Miss Louise A. Derdenger, tt
lies talented elocutionist, occurred last evenin
id. in Patriarchate Hall and was grand SUI
,hn cess The frequent bursts OF applauI
,eIl which interrupted her renditions shove
The how thoroughly she had won the hearts {
ra- her auditors After the concert those I
he inclined continued their pleasure by tn
A, ping the light fantastic toe.-We unde
ms stand that A. II. Grimke, Esq, is an a
plcant for position at the State House
the board of health, luacy and charity.
20 Mr.. j. Gordon Street. tho former corrs
nan pondent Of THE FREEMAN left tonight for t
the South, carrying with him the good wish
= to of his host of friends. The children of
sT Twelfth Baptist Sunday School gave an
uch teresting and successful concert to-nig
ain under the direction of Miss r. NJ. Washir
ton.-Items Of interest will be gladly
ceived at 18 Cambridge street, where cop
of The FREEMAN may be obtained and
of business regarding The FREEMAN can
leet- transacted. oTEWAkT Il. hoff
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