The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1890-04-19
MULTUM IN PARyO,
News Pertaining to the Coloro4
PEOPLE Of the Land of the Free
and Home Of the Brave.
Gathered From Everywhere.
There is only one Colored person in
freeport, ILL.,. city of II, 600 inha5i-

There is only one Colored person in
Freeport, ILL.,. city of II, 900 inhali-
tants.
It Is estimated that more than twenty
five thousand Colored people have emil
grated during the past winter from the
south Atlantic states to the Mississippi
valley.
Sylvia Drake, mulatto woman. was
recently appointed postmistress at
Rocky Mount N. g. This caused bitter
feeling among the white people, and
last week Mrs. Drake wrote a letter.
In which she denies being Negress,
saying twc-thirds of her blood is of the
best Anglo.saxon origin and adding
that she is proud of the small quantity
OF Negro blood in her veins. She ex-
coriates the newspapers for theie strict
ures upon her.
Willie Leaphart, lad, recently con-
vlcted of assaulting white girl in Lex
ington. S. c. and sentenced to ba
hanged in that town, was saved from
the gal!ows, He was to have been
hung Friday, but executive clemencv
saved his neck. Great many people are
excite d over the respite and declared if
they had expected it no power in the
state could have saved Leaphart from
lynching. The thanks of the Afro
Americans of the United States are due
to the upright Governor.
One day last fall, while picking cotton
Ellen Powell, a Colored woman at
Toombsboro, Ga, lost bag containing
20 IN silver. One day last week, after
thunder cloud had just passed. she was
at work in the same field knocking down
cotton stalks. Seeing a beautiful rain
DOW across the field, and thinking at the
same time of the lost money, her en-.
ployer told Ellen to go to the end of If
and she would find her money. She
took him at his word, and just in front
OF her about one hundred yards or more
where the rainbow appeared to be. she
looked on the ground and found her
money.
a friendless Colored octogenarian.
William Brown, a pauper, was found
DEAD In his bed at a livery barn Mon
day night at Eau Claire, Wis. and was
accorded an elaborate funeral 'Wednes-
day. Three clergymen and the presi-
dent of the Young Mems Christia As
ISOLATION participated. Many leading
citizens were present. The commander
OF the Grand Army post led the process
sion to the cemetery and Grand Army
men acted as pall-bearers. The BODY
was Inferred in handsome casket lined
with white satin. 1t had deyeloped
that Brown was a veteran of the war
and served in Company F, Third United
States Heavy Artillery.
At Brunswick Ga., Saturday MORNING
W. W. Baldwin was fined 81 for push
ing of the sidewalk Colored woman.
This fine enraged Baldwin. and on
leaving the courtroom he made an in
sulting remark to the Judge. Police
Ohcer Massey was sent to bring him
back. When he attempted to do so.
Baldwin shot him twice, inflictinp fatal
wounds. Baldwin then shot Marshal
Houston, who met him on the stairs. :
but Houston's wound is not fatal. Off,
Ger Wilcher at this juncture came rush.
ing at Baldwin. who turned and at
tempted to shoot him also. Before he
succeeded, Officer Wilcher had grappled
with him, and in the struggles for pos
SESSION of the weapon. Baldwin acci-
dentally shot himself in the thigh. He
was overpowered and finally lodged in
Jail.