The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1891-10-10

Fred Herald is the only Colored pilot
on the Mlssis sippi river.
Georgia last week had another victim
to lynch law; Colored man charged
with the same old fad, rape!
Mr.. Hamp Bell, a chivalrous?) Texan,
last week hunted and killed Colored
man who accidently ran against his
wife.
Alexander Coffee, wealthy Colored
man of Wichita. Kan, committed suicide
Monday because church organization
refused to pay money he had loaned it.
S. Brown, blind organ. grinder, has
been sentenced to the Indiana peniten.
tiary for eighteen years for beating his
eight-year old step son to death last
August.
Rishop Arnett, Rev. Derrick and sew.
eral other prominent Methodists, have
issued a call for convention of all the
Colored Methodists of America to meet
IN Washington, D. c., in October next.
The superintendent of recruiting SER
vice has been directed to send all the
available Colored infantry recruits at
Columbus Barracks, Ohio, to such points
in the department of the Dakaota as the
commanding general may designate for
assignment to tie Twen,y-fifth infantry.
Mrs. Margaret Armstead, Colored,, of
La Porte, Ind, whose funeral took place
Monday, had reached the remarkable
age of one hundred and two years. The
deceased was born in North Carolina
and came to La Porte when the place
contained only two houses, She was
the mother of ten children.
Addison Leavelle, middle. aged COL
ored man residing in the Barker's Mills
precinct, in the southern portion of
Christian county, KY, was arrested and
taken to Hopkinsville and lodged in Jail
Yesterday, charged with having commit
ted rape on Mary Leavelle, bis young
daughter, who gave premature birth to
child several days ago. The girl tells
thrilling tale of the wrong committed
against her and the indignation against
the father is great.
John Grow and Sam Wheeler, both
Colored men of Marion, were severely
logged on the bare back at the whip.
ping post at Princeton, KY, FIR stealing
turkey. The Sheriff performed the
service. This is the first time the whip
ping pest law has been used in that coun-
try for twenty years, and this law is a
special act, applicable only in Crittenden
county. and was passed in 1890. The af-
air has stirred up considerable feeling in
Crittenden county.
At a Colored dance near Shelbvville
KY, last Saturday night, Frank Ashby
shot and Instantly killed Jim Burley.
1t appears that Burley was standing
talking to Asby's best girl, with his hand
on her shoulder. when Ashby came up
and with an oath ordered Burly to take
his hand off. This he refused to do,
when Ashby pulled his gun and fred.
The murderer made his escape, as there
was no officer present and no effort was
made to capture him.
The quiet title town ofLitchfield
N. Y..is agitated over Sensational
elopement that occurred there some six
weeks ago, the facts of which have just
leaked out. The woman is Jennie
Smith, good looking blonde, aged 25
| wife of James Smith, a well known farm.
er of that place. They were married
four years ago, and have two pretty
children. The man is an Afro Ameri.
can Familiarity known as "Buck" Smith
aged 20. He began working on the farm
of James Smith last spring, and he been
there all summer. His employer often
drank too much, and on such occasions
abused his wife. The young Colored
man took Mrs. Smiths part, and she
soon formed warm attachment for him
with the above result. Isl
s.e Canton, Miss. ..-. ...