Huntsville gazette., 1885-12-05
NEWS AND SENTIMENT.
[From Colored Exchanges ]

From Colored Exchanges.
A Post of the Grand Army Of the
Republic was recently orgaa zed at
Augusta, Ga.
The Masonic Grand lodge O
Virginia convepes at Richmond mex
Tuesday.
The Tuskegee Gala Normal
School students now occupy their
elegant, new Alabama Hall.
Ex- Minister Jno. NJ. Langston has
been appointed by the Virginia
Board of Education President Of the
Va Normal and Collegiate Institnte
at Petersburg, Va.
Booker Washington, president of
the Tuskegee Normal School, in Ala
bama passed through the city this
week enroute for New York.-Rich-
mond (Va) Planet.
The Civil Rights bill in
troduced into the Georgia LegisIa-
ture recently was defeated, three col
ored members only voting for it
Elk.
The colored voters of Denver, Col
orado, supported the Independent
ticket IN the recent city election.
The entire Ticket was elected IS IN
Francisco Elevator.
Until the coIored people organize
and sustain business ENTERPRISE
among themselves they will remain
hewers of wood and drawers Of wa
ter.-Ex.
The Virginia Legislature will stand
AS follows: Senate Democrats, 80,
Republicans 10. House Democrats
70, Republican 80; giving Demo
cratic majority of 69 on Joint ballot.
-Staunton Critic.
Richmond. Va, has four colored
lawyers Cleveland Gazette. Better
that. We've four, and the
same number of colored doctors, also
an apothecary, doing a thriving bus
mess, owned and controlled by col
Ored Richmond Planet,
On Sunday morning last the house
Of MIR. Peter Morris, colored gentle
man residing near Springdale, a few
miles from the city,, was destroyed
by fire, together with 10 or 12 bales
Of cotton, his entire crop, upon which
there was no insuran ce. Memphis
| Tenn Watchman.
1t Is an absolute fact thas the col
ored teachers in Atlanta are getting
only half pay. All they ever got, in
the way of raised salaries, was
through Gov Brown, the brave old
champion Of free education.
The colored population of the Do
minion of Canada is 1884. distri-
buted as follows:-Prince Edwards
Island. 155, Nova Scotia, 1902: New
Brunswick, 1858; Quebec, 141; On.
tario; II. 063; Manitoba, 25; British
Columbia, 294; the Territories. q
Elk.
The colored people in Montgom-
cry are making marked prosres
One man has bought land put "
SIX neat, substantial dwellings, this
year. Another, Mr.. James Hale
owns aud operates large piaiaipo
mill in connection with an exl nsiye
contract business Then there is a
belt of houses encircleipg the civ
nearly ell Of which ere owned by col
ored people. Letter.
"John s. Wise made seventy
speeches during his recent cam.
paign," in Virginia, says the Nash
vile Free Lance This is . hand
some showing, but MIR. Wise made
one speech too many. He delivered
it at Norfolk, Sept. % "The mills
OF the gods grind slowly, but thew
grind exceeding fine Mr.. Wise
may yet be happy.-N. z freeman
Those who wish to give newsna-
per substanti Il encouragement shonld
not simply indulge in praise bnt
ought to come down with the dolIa~o
Compliments are appreciated, but do
not pay printers, house rent, paner
bills and dGzel other unavoidable
items OF expense In PUBLISHING .
newspaper. A Great many thonght
less persons think newspaper mn,
ctn rnu hin,, eli Little r. oe -