Evening journal., 1890-09-01
eREAT BIG QUARTERLY
COLORED PEOPLE HOLD THEIR
ANNUAL RELIGIOUS FEAST.


Services and GA Freneh street.
Yesterday was "Big Quarterly, anC
Wilmington was filed with representa-
tives Of the colored race from the Della
ware and Maryland Peninsula and from
Pennsylvania and New Jersey. From
time cut of mind the coaored people Of
this region have met in Wilmington OF
the last Sunday in August and celebrated
Big Quarterly"
The visitors began to arrive Saturday
morning and kept moving in until noon
yesterday. Every train brought several
Of them. The Philadelphia, Whining
ton and Baltimore, Baltimore and Ohio.
and Wilmington ana Northern railroads
ran special trains aud their cars were ell
filed The FIRST nsmed brought many
people from Kent and SRsaex counties.
These people are nearly all queerly
dressed and are more quserly spoken.
The other roads brought large numbers
Of people frsn Pennsylvania and Mary
land.
The steamboats, too, were crowded with
eoiored people, all beund for Wilmington
to spend big Quarterly" The people
who did not arrive by means Of any Of
the before mentioned ways, either
AhN4 VA A0Au tAtO i6E CttYs
All the streets and highways leading
to the city were crowded with teams Of
all classes, ages and descriptions, each
with it's load Of colored people. Many
who live in the neighboring villages and
farms walked TO the city. Some of the
teams used to convey the people to the
city were the most Anticipated and
laughter provoking vehisles imaginable.
Dearborns, farm wagons, hacks, coupes,
family carryalls, sulkys and nearly every
kind of wagon or carriage was pressed
into service.
French street, on which the celebra
tions are held, literally swarmed with
colored people all day long. Beginning
in the early morning, crowds began to
form, and at midday the street was so
packed with people that one could scarce.
~ find passage through them
Religious Exercises.
The quarterly meeting proper WINS held
last evening, and the regular quarterly
routine business was transacted Serv-
ices were held in the A. o. NJ. p Church,
on French street, between Eighth and
NsDth, and in the tent In the rear Of 10.
Both were so crowded all day long that it
was with difficulty that the people moved
about
The exercises began at seven o'clock in
the morning with love feast in charge
Of the Rev. Peter Spencer williams. At
10 30 o'clock the Rev. Daniel Russell
preached an excellent, interesting and |
eloquent sermon in the church. At Q 80 |
o'clock the Rev. r. II. Edwards OF New |
Castle preached very good sermon and |
IN the evening an entertaining and in |
structive address was made by the Rev. |
Edward 81. Scott, of Klkton, Nd. In /
the tent st the same hours as In the /
church noted, preachers of this locality /
gave very good and stirring sermons.
AT the Ezion Church, a sermon on the
subject, "a Heavenly Excursion, . was
preached BY tae Rev. DR.. ]. Hudson Rid
ID cks, In the morning. The sermon was
we'll given In a clear, concise manner
which showed careful thought on the
idea which the minister wanted TO carry
out. The same minister preached at the /
evening service a sermon on the subject /
0f the The House That Leads to He'll " |
The sermon was given with terrible
emphasis meant to strike terror to the |
heart Of the evil doer.
Throughout the afternoon harvest
homes, were held ut the church.
The other colored churches held SER
vices especially adapted to big Quar-
terly, all Of which were interesting and
instructive.
All around the vicinity Of the A. U.
A. 2. Church were groups Of oolored
people shouting and singing. Zach was
singing different hymn, and all were
beating time with tbs feet and hands So
that the effect was lndicrous. but the
eolored peoples earnestness and religious
zeal made up for ali the other defcien-
sies.
Observations on abe Street.
One is struck. while standing on
french street, with the variety of colors
which Is passing increasingly before the
eyes. The colors are the hues of the
Fariegated costumes worn BY both men
ana women, but particularly by the
latter. IL seems as il each colorad
woman passing had picked out the most
striking costume possible aud height
ened its effect by every art known TO thu
sex. Purple seems the prevailing favor.
1te and It is seen in al shades Costumes
are seen which are dyed to include
every color Of the rainbow. Red. white
green, blue. yellow, purple dresses Ait
oy, and each is Of the most striking
shade Of It's own particular color.
small boy was seen with a bright /
yellow hat, jet black coat, Immaculate
wife trousers, red garterH and vivid /
green Stockings This shows the man
ner IN which many of the oolored visitors
are arrayed, but such apparel Is not met /
with 80 much as in former years.
An amusing spectacle on French street |
was large coiored woman who was
carry an &bnOrmally large cat wrapped
ap IA paper. The cat made a spring u
get away at every step, but the woman
held on with death grip and kept NUT.
tering that ''she would take that cat
home or bust. Happily she did the
former.
The crowd OF people in the streets was
not so large as it Was in former wears.
but II was greater than last year.
The hack drivers were coming money
Yesterday in conveying loads of eolored
people TO and fro. There were SO MANY
hacks and other conveyances that some
narrow escapes from death under the
wheels or other serious accidents were
made. Many of these narrow escapes
were due to the watchfulness Of the no
lice and had it not been for their GREAT
pened.
Two teams became caught in the mid
Ole OF French street in the after-
noon, while the street was crowded ana
travel was impeded for some time before
the police could straighten out the ain.
calty.
Most of the East district policeman
were on duty on French street, yester
day