Evening journal., 1891-08-31
LAST EDITION
BIG QUARTERLY MEETING.

Crowds of Colored People on French
Street sesterday-small Number of
Visitors.
Yesterday was "Big Quarterly, . but It
was rot SO big as usual, the total number
of visitors being estimated az only
1903. The white and colored people Of
the city who visited French street made
the crowd very large, so that this
thoroughfare WAS thronged during the
day, often from 5000 to 10, 600 people
being there. The visitors were chiefly
from down the Peninsula with some
from Philadelphia And Camden, who
came here by boats Some OF those from
Maryland came By train on Saturday
evening, and numbers from the sur
rounding country got to this city In car
riages yesterday morning. The crowd
which assembled around the A. U. M. P.
Church on French street near Eighth,
WAS composed chiefly OF young people,
although now and then could be seen an
aged patriarch with silver locks curiously
coiled above bis dark visage and
buxom matrop, whose garments indicated
the style that was worn about twenty
years ago.
The usual religious exercises were con
dncted both in the church and the camp.
but the crowds that came to Wilmington
seemed more bent on worldly pleasures
than In chanting "deeprsisestof de Lord. .
Among the preachers present were
Rev. J. Fl. Brickhouse, the pastor of the
church where the Big Quarterly was held,
Rev. P. =. Williams, Rev e. II. Chippey
and Rev, w. A. Woodward Rev j 81.
Brickhouse preached on Saturday even
ing. Love feast was held yesterday
morning by Rev. P. 3. Williams and Rev
E. q Chippey, and throughout yesterday
services were held almost continuously
during the day.
A favorite mode of recreation was the
taking of carriage rides on the street
cars. This colored dudes, accompanied
by their girls" took rides out to River
view, the Rising Sun and to Union streets
and back and seemed very well pleased
at the result
A squad of policemen were detailed
early in the morning to French street
and two officers were stationed on every
three blocks No crowds were allowed
to congregate on the corners, the officers
always keeping them moving The
dIizzling rain which fell throughout the
day made it very unpleasant for those
who wished TO remain out of doors.
Around the p, w. & B. station large
crowd remained from early morning until
evening late, b1t the four officers who
were there succeeded admirably in pre-
serving order. The number of arrests
was small. By midnight the street was
clear and another eightieth anniversary
Of the African Union Free Methodist
Protestant Church was thing of the
past.
Just after the o'clock train had gone
out on the w. & NJ railroad. Yesterday.
negro walked up to the ticket Office and
asked:
Say boss, habe de las train gin out
on de Baltimoah Central Railroad"
Yes Wheie do yen want to gof"
~ wants to go ter Kennel Squah
When told that the last train had gone
out on the Baltimore Central road, aud he
could not possibly catch it by w. & N.
ceonnection the happy thought Of Lamo-
kin. Pa, struck him.
Well, now, lookee heah, boss, cain :
git on the p, w. & B. train and git Ter
hennett SquHh by way Oh locomoshpn7'
The ticket agent laughed and said be
could not
Good, Lo'd. den, boss, dis niggah's
got ter walk from Chsdd's Fohd ter Ken
nett Squah."
The old gag of fooling the negro with
dollar soldered to the head Of a nail
which was driven into the sidewalk was
also INDUCED in and was heartily en-
joyed by the crowd that watched the
fun. Invariably every negro who saw
the dollar stopped to pick it up. First il
would be portly woman who would
make the attempt and another walking
behind would fall against her, again a
well dressed girl would have her fingers
spoiled while the number of dudes who
spoiled their trousers in STOPPING was
innumerable.