Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1885-07-04
CITY NEWS.
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Encourage the enterprise by adver-
Using with us.
There is quite number of strangers
in the city.
Go to Blacks Lunch Counter, 1856
Minnesota street.
Mrs. Morris has opened a frst-class
boarding house, where you can obtain
good day-board and furnished rooms,
at reasonable rates, at $50 Minnesota
street. Give her call
Try the celebrated Lainda Cigar, at the
Ryan Exchange, 415 Robert Street.
All news that will be of any interest to
the readers of this paper, will be CRATE
fully received.
We are much obliged to the Washing
ton Bee, who under the head of "Not
True" in it's last issue, appraised us Of
Mr.. Cromwell's whereabouts.
All subscribers will please notify us if
they fail to receive their paper promptly.
Sam. Black is doing exceeding well
with his lunch counter, and if you
want a good meal give him call.
We were over to Minneapolis this
week and called upon some of the lead
ing citizens, among them Messrs, Grey
and Marshall, and Rev. Newton who re-
ceived us kindly and offered us much
encouragement.
To patrons and the public and to
house-keepers in general, ifyou wish to
economic, read carefully our list of adj
vertisement and you will find that time
and money can be saved by purchasing
your goods from them. Don't put it off
for another day but 60 and see them.
Rev. B. Wilkins preached very fine
sermon on Sunday evening, at Pilgrim
Baptist church, which was listened to by
very large congregation. He needs to
be encouraged in the laudable under
taking he has begun.
At the Sunday school of the Methodist
church, on Sunday June %, they had a
general review for the quarter, and the
exercises were very interesting, showed
a great improvement in the school, and
the interest taken in the welfare and
progress of the school by the scholars.
The Prize Festival at the Methodist
church on Tuesday evening was very
was quite satisfactory. Mrs. Morgan
was awarded the first prize and Mrs.
Henry second. There was large atten-
dance of our best citizens.
I'll be col darned! The Times has gone
under! I reckon it is just as we'll. Well
sab, boys, whose sheet persents COM
mendable pearance now?
The St. Paul Times was closed Wednes-
day last at four p. M, on mortgage
held by Phillips and Buell.; the Pioneer
Press seems to take the matter very
much to heart. Perhaps it is because it
loses the Times printing.
The Ryan Hotel opened last night
with grand banquet, rendered to the
bonus subscribers to the hotel fund. The
affair was grand one in every particular,
and the service of the colored crew was
exceptional in every particular, showing
clearly the superiority of the negro as
servant over the white man, in every
respect, and we only regret that SO many
hotel proprietors fail to recognize that
fact. But the time will come when we
will compel them to do so by our gentle
manly action and faithful discharge of
duty at all time, that will cause all public
men to respect and admire us.
Pursuant to the call at the Pilgrim Bap-
fist church for the purpose of organic
ing literary society, the meeting was
largely attended, and was called to
order by Mr.. J. H. Hickman with the
following remarks: .I..5
Ladies and gentlemen, this meeting has
been called for the purpose of discussing
the feasibility Of organizing debating
society, or possibly to do still better to
revive and rehabiliate some one of the
many defunct organizations of the same
church. III
It is at all times commendable in any
persons or class of person to have a
desire for knowledge, knowledge that
not only benefits the individual seeker,
but tends towards the improvement
and elevation of society.
I desire to bring out by judicious dis
cussion, the best means calculated to
give us the desired result, viz; the ac-
quirement and dissemination of Lit
erary and scientific knowledge.
believe, that an extensive in
formation on all subjects is calculated to
improve the mind, and that in order to
fit ourselves for the varied duties of life,
we should cultivate correct mode of
speaking and qualify ourselves by prac-
tice to express our opinions in public in
a correct manner.