Huntsville gazette., 1885-03-07

He still owns his Mississippi plantation,
and has money in Government bonds"
kJohn r. Lynch, prominent Mississip-
plan. who has served three terms in Con
gress, is worth over $4,000.
Capt Smalls. the South Carolina Con-
gresham, has money, and fine estate at
Beaufort O
Senator Pinchback, OF New Orleans, lives
ID one of the finest houses in that city. He
made $50. 600 in one deal once. He is fully
able to bet So, 600 on pair of trays, as the
story goes. EtF
Dr. Gloster, of New York, was worth
|s1, 600 600 at his death, inheriting much
from his father One of Gloster's sons-in-
law is worth $50, 900. He has a four story
drug house in New York. One half of his
clerks are colored, others white.
New York has q large number of very
wealthy oolorsd people. Baltimore has at
least a dszsn eolored people worth from
$40, 900 to $150,O00. Boston has . large
number Of wealthy colorsd people.
John II. Lewis has the largest tailoring
establishment in New England His clothes
are worn by all the Beacon Hill dudes. He
did a business last year Of S1.600,000 He
has a large number of employees.
Cincinnati has some rich colsred men.
A colored furniture dealer there could get
check cashed any day in the week for
s1O0, 900. Robert Gordon was really wealthy.
At his death he owned thirty brick houses.
His check was good at any bank for $780,
900. He gave his daughter, at her mar
riage with George H. jackson, $50, coo in
United States bonds. Gordon made his
money in coal. DR.. Jimmie" Clark, turn
key at the police station. pay taxes on S50,-
COO Several colored men are worth from
SIS, 900 to $40, 900.
ST. Louis has fifteen colored men in good
circumstances. There are six Of them who
own stone fronts, and more valuable real
estate is owned by st. Louis colored men
than by the colored people of any other
city. 1t was here that Billy Robinson had
his famous barber shop, under the Lindell
Hotel. This was the finest barber shop in
the world. It's walls and floor, with the
French plate mirrors set into the marble
wallis cost S13, 600, and the furnishing OF
the whole cost more than S25, 900,
The West is full Of wealthy colored men.
San Francisco has fifteen men of our race
who are worth from 5000 upwards Den
Vel has colored mine owner named Sam
pie, who will, in all probability. be a mil
lionaire. He came East this year in his
own special car. Detroit has a rich colored
druggist, who has big store on Woodward
avenue.
John G. Jones, who lied sometime ago,
left his widow at least s400, 600 in property
for Cook county. 1t is said he lett large
sum of money to the Chicago public libra
ry. His widow. very estimabie lady, lives
in fine style. She is the head and front OF
Chicago bon ton.
| indianapolis has two or three colored
men who pay taxes on $1,000 to $4,000
William Guliiver owns some valuable prop
erty
Cleveland has also number of wealthy
colored families, and their homes are as
pleasant as any in the Forest City. There
are dozen families in Buffalo worth over
$3C, 900, and colored photographer there
has a summer home at Niagra Falls. In
Albany the Kenmore Hotel is kept by a
colored lady. The Wormlsys own . fortune
made in keeping hotel in Washington, and
in Baltimore and Philadelphia there are as
many well-to- do colored men as there are
members of the United States Senate.