The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1890-02-22
MULTUM IN PARVo.
News Pertaining to the Colored
People Of the Land of the Free
and Home Of the Brave,
Gathered From Everywhere.

Charlie Shively Louisville drummer
was fatally shot at London KY, Satur-
day by drunken Colored man.
Minnie Peterson Colored domestic
at Aenia, Ohio who recently skipped
with all her employers clothing got one
year sentance in the pen. F..
John Breckenridge CINCINNATI COL
ored preacher of decided Bohemian
proclivities has been sent to the work
house at that place for stealing an over
coat.
The next man to meet Peter Jackson
in the ring will be Frank P. Slavin. The
California Athletic Club will not wait for
Sullivan to make up his mind to accept
their offer of $3.50 -.
Senator Davis on Monday presented
24O petitions from Massachusetts, asking
Congress to suppress the expectation of
lntoxicants to Africa now amounting to
100000 gallons per annum.
Last Friday Rev. A. P. Miller, of New
York. was awarded $500 damages in a.
suit against the Peoples Line of ALBANY
and New York steamboats, for refusing
him state room on account of color.
Fifty-four Colored persons were bap-
tised in the Ohio river at Huntington.
W. Va, Sunday. Three ministers offici-
ated and those who were baptised stood
in the cold water test exceeding we'll.
At Allendale, S. c., forty Colored
women dressed in male attire and nearly
beat to death an old Colored woman who
expressed the opinion the Colored men
recently lynched in Barnwell county cot
what they deserved.
Green Brown was arrested near Co.
l1mbia, S. c., Saturday charged with
assasinating the aged father of the sher-
it of Chester county. A mob wished to
lynch the prisoner, of course, but to the
credit of the sheriff he protected
his Colored prisoner and placed him i'm
place of safety.
James H. Miller, a Colored nan, died
in the hallway of his home, No, ITS
Third avenue New York through q
blunder of Morris Miller, twenty-three
Years. old. at an early hour Sunday
morning. The dead man was killed bv
large jack-knife held by Morris, who
intended the blows for the dead mans
brother.in-law, William H. Lawrence.
A quaint hill of sale was found few
days ago in the Queen County Clerks
office at Jamaica L. I. bearing date April
IL 1872. The will shows that Frederick
d. Kettelas of New York city in consid-
Grafton of $lO5 conveyed to DR.. Nathan
Shelton of the town of Jamsica Negro
boy named Thomas, aged IL years s
months and II days, with the warrenty
that he would ever defend the title
against all claimants.
Boss, you got mach?" au innocent
country-looking Colored boy INQUIRED
of young man who was hurrying home
late few nights ago in Savannah Ga.
The young man stopped and handed
over lucifer. "Wait minute, boss,
till | see what kind of ring dis is
which jist picked up heah." Striking
match, the boy held out what ap-
peared to be gold ring with diamond
set. "Boss, dis pears to be dimund
ring, and if anybody ketch me with him
I'll git in trouble. How much you glib
me for him?" After some chafferinr
the young man bought the "purest gem
serene" for $2.75. and the innocent boy
disappeared in the cleaning, as it were.
The next morning the young man ex-
amined bis diamond ring, and found it
was thinly gold washed thing, with
beautiful glass setting in pure lead,
worth at auction alb outtwenty-fve cents
a dozen. ..... ... ...
Baltimore. February 1S.-Several days
ago Rebecca Jones. Colored, went to the
University in Maryland Hospital to
have bullet removed from her skull.
She claims to be the wife of one of the
Navassa rioters. One year ago she said
her husband married another woman
and she became jealous. It caused
trouble, and one night during the quar-
rel he fred No. 81 revolver in her
face. The bullet lodged in the temple.
just above the right eye, and knocked
her off chat ron the floor. A doctor
examined the wound, but did not re-
move the bullet. In short time the
wound healed and gave her no incon-
venience until lately, when it became
very painful. Yesterday Prof. J. Edwin
Michael opened the old wound and
found the bullet fattened out until
it was nearly the size of quarter. He.
also found the skull had not been in
jured in any way. Prof. Michael says
that it is wonderful case, and lie can
not understand how the skull escaped
deing fractured.
| Franks Find.
| Hamilton, O., Feb. Is. Frank Rector,
a young Colored man, in the employ Of
Sam Millikin; in the city has fallen heir,
to the snug little sum Of $ls, 600. A few
years before the late war slave by the
name of Lewis Clark was given his free
dom by his Southern master. The
young man at once came North and
settled near Winchester, Ind, where he
prospered and amassed quite fortune.