The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1889-04-20
Minneapolis MATTERS
DOings in Society Circles in the
Flour City-Gossip of the
GOssipers.
Interesting Items.

Interesting Items.
Baby Henderson has been quite sick.
but is much better.
Mrs. M. W. Weaver is enjoying a visit
from her sister of Grandville, Ohio.
You can get The APPEAL at A. H.
Watkins barber shop 254 4th ave. S.
Mr.. J. G. Todd has been quite ill for
the past two weeks, but is now better.
Mr.. E. H. Hamilton has been very
i'll with the Quincy for some time, but is
now able to be up.
Miss Mary Black of Oshkosh. Wis,
spent last Sabbath with Miss Ella Un-
derwood 5l7 10th ave. S.
Why suffer sleepless nights when your
baby is not well? You can buy DR..
Bulls Baby Syrup at all drug stores for
quarter of dollar.
John A. Boone and Miss Hattie B.
Boone, accompanied by Mrs. Scott
Blake, visited their mother Mrs. M,
Boone at Mortified Minn., a few DAYS
this week.
The sewing circle of the Zion Baptist
society will open their fair soon, and
hope to be able to realize several hun
dred dollars, so as to enable them to
make payment OH a church lot.
The grand Testimonial benefit given
in honor of Mrs. R. J. Coleman took
place last Thursday-eve Apr 18th at the
Labor Temple hall on account of. the
street car strike, there were a great
many who could not conveniently at
tend, which materially effected our
financial success but socially they DON
ned the honors over all other entertain
ments of the kind yet given in our city
Ehe committee are very thankful to the
kind pastor of St. Paul Rev. J. NJ. Hen
derson, and to Mesdames, Clay, Wilson,
and Prof. Luca, for their valuable as
sistance rendered also to Misses O. V.
Woods Maud Ralston, Cora Napier, and
Messrs. VIM. Lester and J. M. Allison,
and especially to Mrs. VIM. Smith, who
for many years has rendered to the pub
lie more valuable service with her es-
teemed talent than any individual we
know of in our city. We have the
thanks of Mrs. R. J. Coleman to tender
to her kind friends of St. Paul and Min
neapolis, for the courtesy shown by
them.
Last Saturday about IL O'Clock while
the streets were thronged with excited
people, eager to see some result of the
street car strike, on the East side of the
river in q little brown cottage, number
ing 5lS Quincy St. N. E. lay one of our
Oldest citizens, and breathed to the
world his last, while surrounded by
chileren. grand children, and great
grand children, that venerable old man.
"Rasthmus Cannon, died on his birth
day, after living to the great age of one
hundred and one Q0D years, at his
home Saturday last, at IL O'Clock. Mr..
Cannon was born in Charles Co., Vir-
ginia, April 18th 1889. He was from
that time until 1868, under the iron
chains of slavery to the white man, but
to God he was converted when quite
young and lived to the day of his death,
an exemplary christian. He has been
married twice, and his last wife sur
wives him. He came here 26 years ago
and settled on the banks of Fort Smell.
ing from there he located on the East
side, where his children, and children
children, has grown up around him,
and did comfort him in his old age.' He
leaves to ponder over his we'll spent life
large family consisting of his widow,
now 70 years of age. four sons living,
three of whom lived near him, and one
in California. His sons living here are:
Mr.. Mack Cannon, and family, Mr.. Red
Cannon, and family, and Mr.. Bay Can.
non. His daughters living near, at his
death We're: Mrs. E.. Anderson, Mrs
Hattie Thurman, Mrs. Mary Speaker
and Mrs. Alice Renfore, ali of whom
have families. Twenty zone Grand chill
dren, and nine Great Grand children
His funeral was preached by Rev. Hick
man of St, Paul, Monday at 2 O'Clock y
M, at the Zion Baptist church on tn,
East side. The church was filed Will
friends, and in the pulpit were 81,
preachers and all had something to sa,
relative to the good deeds ofthe de
ceased. Among many others one was Q
the organization of the Baptist peopl
in this city. About is years age, Rasth
mus Cannon, then an old grey-heade
man called his neigbors together an
organized them into what is now know
: as the Zion Baptist church.