The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1889-09-14
MULTUM IN PARVO,
News Pertaining to the Colored
People of the Land of the Free
and Home of the Brave,
Gathered From Everywhere.

.Of the six deputy collectors of In
ternal Revenue of Louisiana there are
three Colored men. I'LL. ...l
Fannie Bryant, the Birmingham, Ala.
quadroon accused of murder, was found
guilty and sentenced for life.
II. D. Castleberry, the town marshal
OF Pelham, Ca, was shot while attempt
ing to arrest a Colored man implicated
in riot.
George Bush an alleged Colored
ravsher was taken from the iail at
Columbia, Mo-. last Saturday night and
lynched. 10 u:
Charles Young ethe Colored cadet at
West Point has passed his examination
and graduated and is now on a leave-of-
absence. a.u.
A serious shootin sc1ape occurred at
Houston, Tex, Monday night between
Lee Baker and John Deggs. Deggs was
fatally shot.
Mr.. A. w. Harris prominent CoIored
lawyer of Petersburg, Va, has been ap-
pointed Inspector of Customs at New
port News, Va.
A genuine Stradivarius violin 16s
years old is in possession of Thomas Will
liams, Colored, of Ches,ertown, Md.
Its value is $4,000.
Hon. Henry w. Blair, author of the
"Blair Educational Bill'' has accented
an invitation so speak on the bill at
Charles Street A. NJ E. Church, Boston,
Mass, next Tuesday evening Sep. 18th.
j. Willis Menard, the first Colored
man in United States congress, has been
appointed to position in the census
office. Menard, who represented a.
Louisiana district just after the war, is
now resident of Florida.
Mr.. Thomas E. Miller, the Colored
man who ran against Congressman
Elliott in the same district in which
Small lives, has fled his papers and pro-
poses to contest Elliott's seat. The dis
trict contains 1886 white and 81, 800 COL
ored votes and it showes fraud on it's
face for a Democrat to claim to be elect
ed FROM such district.
At Kansas City, Monday, John M.
Campbell, ~ years of age, shot and
fatally wounded Dell Tyler, Colored,
and also shot Robert Scott, also Colered.
Campbell became involved in a quarrel
with Dell Tyler, who slapped him in the
face. Campbell thereupon drew his re-
volver and fred two shots, one of them
taking effect in Tyler,s groin and the
other in SCOTS foot. Campbell lives in
Orrick, Ray County.
John Alexander, the Colored gambler,
of Columbus, O., whose place has been
raided by the the police twice during
last week, was fined s25 and costs in the
Police Court Monday morning on both
charges, It was generally supposed that
he would get term Of Imprisonment;
but in aprivate talk with Mayor BrueK
before Court opened the Black Prince
attempt to open a game here during
Bruck's term of Office as Mayor. On the
strength of this promise he was let off
with fine. -: .3....... 20
Smith, a Colored man living five or six
miles from Americas, Ca, caught a
seven-foot alligator in steel trap set for
the purpose in Muckalee Creek, The
trap caught the ugly brute by one toe on
his hind foot and held him securely.
When the man found that he had &C.
cured his prize he notified the people,
who took their guns and went to the
creek. Smith took long pole, put it
under the beast, lifted it up SO that the
parties could fire at the white spots back
Of his fore legs, and they let four loads
of buckshot into the animal, killing him
instantly. The people of that section
had big time off ofalligator steak, which
is pronounced superior to beefsteak any
time.