The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1890-03-29
MULTUM IN PARv0.
News Pertaining to the Colored
People of the Land of the Free
and Home of the Brave.
Gathered From Everywhere.


mission to Madagascar.
A Colored banjo player named Henry
jackson was shot and instantly killed at
Springfield, ILL.,, Sunday by an unknown
companion.
George Washington, of Palatka, Fla,
has fortune in his mouth. He can
whistle any melody making perfect har-
mony of the first and second parts at the
same time.
The boiler in sawmiil at Petersburg,
Tenn, exploded Saturday instantly
killing Carl Davidson, twenty-year-old
boy, and dangerously wounding Mack
Green, the fireman.
Leavenworth, Kan, now rejoices in
the fact that it is one of the few cities
which has semi-weekly-"Tbe Afro
American Letter" published Wednes-,
days and Saturdays.
On last Saturday at Cincinnati, Alfred
Hughes had a fight with Mamie Dobson
and attempted to stab her with knife.
but steel corset-rib saved her. And
still some folks object to women wear
ing corsets.
An old Colored lady in Dallas, Texas,
who claims to be one hundred and forty
five, gives very clear and consistent
history of her life. Although very
feeble she still keeps her love for pipe
of tobacco.
There is Colored man in Hickory
Mountain, N. c., who is the champion
runner of the state. He is great rab-
bit hunter and hunts without dog or gun,
and can catch more rabbits by outrun-
ming them then anybody else can With
dogs.
Two Colored men Alexander Steven
son and Benjamin Daley were killed by
the outbound Cannon Ball train on
the L. & N. road at Lincks Depot Nash
vile Monday. A misplaced switch was
the cause ;.several other people were in
jured.
Jennie Page, Colored girl fourteen
years old, at Rockville, Nd, put arsenic
on the bread and molasses which she
gave to three little children. In ex-
PLANTATION she said that she had never
seen dead person. and that she was
anxious to witness funeral,
The Colored people of Greensboro,
KY, are making strong objections to
the white teachers in their schools and
very sensibIy claim that if they are to
have Colored schools they must have
Colored teachers. Mass meetings have
been held looking toward bringing about
the desired change.
The Frankfort, KY, Court of Appeals
last Saturday affirmed the judgment Of
the lower court in awarding seven years
confinement in the penitentiary to
Charles Hines, for killing his brother-in-
law, Thomas 6. Phillips, on Main street
in Louisville last September. Judge
Holt delivered the opinion of the court.
Nellie Davis, Colored woman of
Florence, S. c., last Saturday became
angry with her ifteen-year:old adopsed
daughter because of some trivial act of
disobedience, and while the child was
asleep in chair, she saturated her
clothes with kerosene oil and set fire to
them. The girl was horribly burned
from head to foot, and died from the
effects of her injuries in an hour. The
woman is in Jail and expresses no rerget.
The old Jewish law ought to be applied
to in her case. 5
Mel. J. Cheatham, who was hanged in
Grenada, Miss, on Wednesday of last
week was the first white man ever ex-
ecuted in that state for the murder of q
Negro. James S. Longstreet, of Grenada
County, the lawyer who defended Cheat
ham, made his last appeal to the govern
or, but could not move him to commute
the sentence or grant respite. The
best C?) citizens of Grenada County also
petitioned the governor for commuta-
tatlon, but to no purpose. The governor
said that he was convinced that Cheat
ham was guilty and he did not propose
to interfere with the sentence. Cheat
hams victim was James Tillman. and
the killing was was cold-blooded as
sassination.
A sensational swell wedding took place
in Charleston S. G. last week. The
whole of the Afro-American four hun
dred were present. Nothing like it has
ever been seen in the South. The
groom was DR.. William Jones and the
bride Miss Mary Parkerson. The
groom was alfred in costume fashioned
after James O'Neil's Monte Cristo dress
in the third act-satin trunks, silk bose
and silk waistcoat trimmed with Valen-
ciennes lace. The bride wore cream
colorea silk robe. with pale blue silk
brocade front, V-shaped corsag and
golden slippers. The wedding was con-
Quoted in the French Italian style, with
attendants, grooms, ushers and maids of
honor. The Baptist Church was densely
packed, and the street within two blocks
was SO crowded that platoon of police
men had to head the bridal procession
and clear passage through the throng.
After the services at the church Vene-
tian receptian was given at the residence
of the brides mother. Tie house and
grounds v ere illuminated with Chinese
lanterns. Colored society was stirred to
its center by the event.