Huntsville gazette., 1885-12-12
NEWS AND SENTIMENT.
(From Colored Exchanged

On0 third OF the IL ,OOO lnhableants
of Wyandotte, Kan. are colored.
A colored evening Daily is couten-
plated in Philadelphia.
The Memphis. Tenn, Beale St.
Baptist church cost $4,000.
Prof. r T. Greeners SALARY as
civil service examiner is 81 800 q
year.
There are in New Orleans and Vi
entity SO Baptist churches With
about 200 ministers.
Tho Nstcnay, Mias., Democratic
Postmaster 2. .ointed three Of his
four clerks ca ,d.
Dayton o hs- sn excellent reading
room. The inii: lion fee is $40 and
monthly dues 81
K J. Smith, ESQ, of the Mont
somery bar has Hucceeded in clear
ing = client held for n anslaughter.
The Metropolitan Z. Nj. E. church
At Washington, recently dedicated,
cost SIS 900.
Baltimore, at least the colored
population, is still struggling for col
ored teachers in its colored schools.
Louisvilla, KY had it's first case
in state court tried before a color
ed and white Jury, few days since
The will of David Dickson, Of
Sparta. Ga, beqnesthing 500. 600 to
his mulatto daughter Amanda Dick.
son has been sustained in court. The
Plaintiffs will appeal to the Supreme
ouurt.
Hon. Frederick Douglass and ex-
Senator B. E Bruce have declined
the invitation to deliver addresses Oh
Emancipation Day. January
at the New Orleans Exposition.
South Bend Ind. will be the first
city in the United States to run
street cars With electric power
Staunton (Va.) Critic.
The original company Of Fisk
University gave two of their inimitt
able concerts at the First Conerega-
;ional church Tuesday and Wednes-
FAY evenings. Washington D. G..
| Advocate.
A White preacher and two others
were peppered with shot while steal
ing chickens last Saturday night in
Richmond Va. They had lines
baited with corn. which they put in
the hon roost.-Ex.
Hon J. R. Jones colored, recently
elscted to the legislature from Neck
leuburg. Co. has had the notice Of a
contest served on him by his white
opponent. e. L. lynch. Mr.. Jones
Was elected by about 500 majority -
Richmond. Va Planet.
| Philadelphia has eight practicing
colored physicians two of which are
women, all having diplomas from
hrst-class medical colleges; one col
ored lawyer, . graduate of the law
department OF Yale college; three
,olored artists, MIR. Henry y. Tan
ner, Mr.. David B. Bowser, and A. q
5ii lum. and number of colored edi
tors. s.-Ex.
Captain Alexander Haley, proba-
bly, the only colored sea captain who
ever took an American vessel over
foreign sess. did recently at Bali
more, aged &c. He was taught nsvi
| CATION while on the bark Coriathian.
bv Captain Richard Bennett. He
afterwards was mate under Captain
John G,ddison. and subse equently
was self cte,l to command the schoon.
ar George L Macsill, a packet trad
ing to Lih+~ir nj the west coast Of
Africa --K.a5f- City Free Press.
At Bevie., =, n crowd Of white
miners began as upon the colored
miners while tt coiored miners were
retaining the mails to the stables.
Several OF them X are wounded and
two e white aud . colured miner
killed,
The tolored OTpt ..ns' Home in
Chsttarcogs. Tenn. W.. DESTROYED
BY are recently. Fifty four children
were inside the bnildiug when It
tsok hre. Int all were rescued with.
ont accident The Home was insur.
ed. and will be replaeed bva large
bu ldinv. - CleyelsrSd G,uotta