Huntsville gazette., 1885-02-07
NEWS and SENTIMENT..
(From Colored Exchanged

Register Bruce weighs 215 pounds>-
Congressman Smalls is soon to wed
Washington lady.
The two colored West Point cade Is rank
high in their classes.
Rev. Anthony Walker was hanRsd for
murder IN Texas.
Congressman and Mrs. O'Hara are fre-
quently out into society.
Hon. John F. Quarles diedst Flushing,
N. T.. Jan. 28, 1886.
Howard Williams. steward Of the Exeo-
utive Mansion gets salary Of 81, 500 per
A beautiful silver urn WAS presented to
Bishop Shorter at Savannah. Ga, last week
BY his admirers.
The Savannah. Ca, Echo occupies
front rank in eolored journals. 1t is to
have grand reception Feb. 18th.
Eli Brazil murdered man named Bush
in Chattanooga, Tenn, Jan. 2lst. The
murder caused great Local excitement IN
bob" Church, the, weslthiest colsred
man Of Memphis. recently wedded rsdn>
Cd young lady school teacher Of that city.
9Bishop Gross Of the Catholic Church,
Savannah. Ca, proposes to erect . home
for the educational and religious training
Of eolored females.
The eagerness with which some of our
leading colored men north and west are
seeking to prove that they have long since
been Democrats, is to say the least dis.
gusting.-Selms Post.
There il nothing more needed in this ci-
" than an cid folks home for our people.
Richmond. (va). Planet.
Why are 80 many ovlered men looming
up in the Democratic party ?-Exchange.
They want oface.-Va. Critic.
The unwise determinations that tend to
shut the colored youth from avenues Of
labor into which he is we'll qualified to en-
ter, operates to the detriment of society by
depreciation Of v.lues on one hand, and
| BY incumbe. ing the state with unrecipro-
cal dependents.- Herald Mansion.
The Negro has come from four to seven
millions in the United States since freedom
and they are property holders to the
amount Of 414 each. for the whole 7,O0O,.
600, es 39S, 0Oo, 600 in the aggregate. This
growth from nothing when they we're freed,
and in spite u every hindranee BY law,
violence, and fraud. 10 . mathematical dem
onstration Of their industry and reasonable
fsueality. y.-9outh Western.
Mrs. Sarah Patterson, who resided on
Causey street, while on her knees at pray
sr. near the fireplace. caught fire, and be-
fore the flames could be extlnguished. was
burned 30 badly - to prove fatal. Her lit
tie Aisl caught Are. while attempting to
sxtinguish tho flames. but received but
slight injuries. Tho mother died in few
days after the sad accident Memphis
Watchman.
Col. A. K. Mcclure says without quail
iaostion that Alabama is to be the leading
State Of the entire South. Also that when
navigation is opened from Mobile to Rome,
Ga. and to the heart of the Warrior coal
fields. time that will surely come, Mobile
will bs the leading city in galaxy Of pros
porous Southern communities. -Montgom-
cry Citizen News.
In tho q. 8. District Court at Baltimore,
Nd. Judge Morris awarded Martha Stew
art and three other colored ibellants, 500
each, damages against the Baltimore, Ches-
psaks snd Richmond Steamboat Company,
for exclusion from sleeping apartments.
The Arksnsas Legislature contains the
following colored members: Messrs. J. B.
Brooks, 8. II. Scott, 4. Il. Kersh, l. G..
Bailey. w. B. Jacks, J. 81. Bradford, G.. 81
Jones and Ed. Glover.