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The state capital., 1891-10-31
JACKSON WILLIE, ILL.
NEWS AND NOTES


Mr.. J. E. Bates will winter in thu
: southern part of the state with rela
tives and friends. Mr.. John War
field spent several days at Pittsfsld
his old home. Messrs Henry Bask g,
and Riley Brown had slight alter
cation Monday. Mr.. Basket receiv.
ed an ugly, but not serious wound
no arrests Mt. Emory Baptist peo.
pie are building new parsonage.
Mr.. Harry Maui, is suffering from
an injured hand in which he stuck a
nail. On last Monday, quite con-
course of young ladies and gents,
went to Bluffs to spend the evening
with Mr.. and Mrs. Dan'l Charles at
their pleasant home. The evening
was spent in games and conversa-
ton: all unite IN hearty praise of
the hospitality shown them. Those
present were: Misses Katie and
Fannie Cortun, Emma Smith, Birtie
Boyd, Lizzie Cuminins, A. Brown
Of Canton, Mo-, Lizzie Brannon and
Messrs Viries, ORGY. Baker, Harris
and Porter. Messrs Edwards and
Cowen, wanted to get there ahead
of time, so started ont to walk: they
must have got lost, as they failed to
show up. On Monday evening the
22d, Mt. Emory church and Sunday
School. gave benefit concert for
their organist, Miss Birtie Boyd: the
concert was success, and quite a
little sum was realized. The pro-
gram was as follows:
Prayer by the pastor; instrument
tai solo, Miss Birtie Boyd; recita-
ton, Miss Cora Dabney; vocal du-
ett, Misses Sallie Spencer and Ida
Chapman; recitation, Miss Minnie
Stanford; vacal solo, Miss Camie
Robinson; recitation, Miss Georgia
Harden; essay, Mr.. Robert Brown;
, ecitation, Miss Ida Chapman; cho-
rus, choir; recitation, Lydia Blue;
vocal solo, Julia Spencer; instrmen-
tai solo, Miss Georgia Harden; rec
itation, Miss Laura Barnett; tenor
solo, M. Comodors Cowen; instru-
trio, Messrs Hubbard, Har-
ris and Holly; recitation, Mr.. Mel
son Porter; chorus, choir. The pre-
gram was well rendered: many pro-
nounce 1t the best concert of the sea-
son.
The Editor made sllc-t mistake
n saying Mr.. Early is a lover of
lowers; he says he is alover of
towels, and game towel at that, OF
which he has quite number. Mes
RS Wash Cooper and John King, 8
vent hunting and succeed in bag {
sing some game: Johnnie got one
quirrel: we arc uner the impress :
on he got it in Central Park, as .
hey are plentiful there. Several I
# our young girls have received ;
ards to attend a grand ball at Pc q
ersburg, on the eve Of the 30th.
Ir. Sol Cowen is now cheit cook at
4. 2. Finks restaurant and lunch
ounter. Several of our young Ia 7
lies are very CONSPICUOUS around the
:. R. Depot: very bad place for
'oung ladies. How can man go to
ed and hunting at the same time? !,
We would feel ourselves under OBJ !.
igations to any one successfully =
diving this problem: perhaps Ly- q
IAN Tepp can do so. M. B. H. =
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CAIRO, ILL.
NEWS OF THE WEEK

Rev. Massiah of the Episcopa
church, left over the I. G. r., fo1
several points East on mission work
tor his church and school: we wish
him success. Rev. Gill of Mound ci
tv otficiates in his absence. Mr.. w
Wilkerson, our real estate broker
will convert the church purchased
by him and removed to 10Th and
Walnut ST. eets, into frst-clas Oh.
era House for the accommodation
of Colored Troupes. Rev. H. Ali
son preached at 10th sire 1t Baptist
church Sunday. Mr.. Frank Black
wellof 18th street, speaks we'll OF
business in his line: plastering and
paper-hanging: give him a call. Mr..
John Webb is quite sick. Mr.. hom-
as Bates, for two years the popular
barber at the Halliday House. is a
skilfull and reliable artist: send him
the Capital. He says it IS the paper
for our Race---a neat, clean and spi-
cy little sheet. A party, consisting
of Mr.. A. A. Martin and wife, Miss
es Olive Duncan and Venie Vaughn
and Messrs Thomas Bates and J. r.
Bullet, enjoyed the pleasure of Wis
iting the electric light and power
house, and were very kind y shown
through the various departments,
by the two chef engineers, Messrs
Frank Madison and Jacob Amos (col
ored) [Mr. Albert Frost (colored)
is engineer at the City water works
and were pleased with the working
Of the machinery. Cairo has more
colored men employed in these sew
eral departments, than any city in
the state. Mr.. l.. P. Parker, of the
Halliday House, ever on the alert,
has just had completed one of Simp-
sons patent Bake Ovens. and now
has one ofthe most complete work
shops in Southern II. Fire at Birds
Point, Mo-, destroyed much valua-
BILE property. Hon. Walter War
der and wife, have returned, after
brief visit north. Mrs. L. w. Hal
hday, although greatly bruised up,
is slowly improving: we wish her a
speedy recovery. The County Com
missioners have appointed Miss Nan
ME Mckee, County Superintendent
of Schools, to fill the vacancy caus-
ed by the death of Mr.. Riley Balm.
The long established grocer house
of Stratton K Bird, was closed by
heritf Hodges, y yosterday. Mr. F.
Hersler, the popular clerk OF the
Holiday House, is able to be out,
after severe attack of malaria te-
yer. Capt. Jewett Wilcox a former
proprietor Of the St. Charles Hotel,
now the Halliday, is in the city on
\ visit. The concert given by Mr..
A. W. Staten, was very largely at
teuded, enjoyed by all and pronon-
ced success. Miss |. Hill OF Mound
City, spent a few days in this city,
the guest of Mrs. John Bedford.
+ + a tirst-class meal, go to Mr.. Ma
than Dyers, corner l0thand Com
mercial ave. Two instructive and
interesting sermons were preached
1t the A. NJ. E. church Sunday, by
Rev. G. H. sheen, pastor. Both
iiscourses were delivered with rare
ability, and will doubtless do much
good. The 'Autum Tea, given by
he Ladies Aid Society, was a grand
success. The Christian Endeavor
society, is proving to be an useful
auxiliary: it was organized by the
ate Prof. McEwen, and is one of
,he evidences of his Jealous infu-
once in the A. NJ. L. church.
The state capital., 1891-10-31

What do our Irish friends think
Of the following insulting ''slings''
al honored members Of their race,
which appeared in the columns of
the Daily Register Of this city, on
last Saturday; "P. Il. Donnelly, a
mail clerk in Secretary Pearson's
ctlice;" "P. II. Donnelly, Pearson's
mail carrier OF Springfield" O'Con-
nell and Donnelly FOR their indetat-
igable labors while the latter was
drawing pay from the State?' And
yet the leading organ OF the Demo
critic party, 1.-The peoples paper,
the friend OF the poor and oppress-
ed, is asking yopr support.
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4 Noble Work BY A No
BILE Man,

Albion w. Tourgee has started
the formation Of Liberty League
designed to cooperate with our Col
ored fello x-citizens in the legal as
sertion Of their rights"
We are confident that good will
result from the movement. / he
great majority of the citizens of the
North are in favor of justice, and
the enjoyment OF all citizens of their
legal rights. In such an enterprise
the Afro-Aerican ought surely to
The state capital., 1891-10-31
We are this week the recipient of a

We are this week the recipient of a
fine large sized photograph OF MI. "A.
Martin our efficient and successful COR
respondent atCairO. Ii was taken for one
especial benefit, and we prize il highly.
NJ. martin is, and has been 1or some
time Steward OF the halliday house,
one OF the most popular and best equip
PED hotels IN the state. He is perhaps
che only colored man III the state,
holding like position, and the re-
sponslDllity OF the position, Is evidence
or his htness and worth.
The state capital., 1891-10-31

Dr. 4. w. Henderson, in giving
an account Of his recent attendance
on the Ecumenieal Conference at
Washington, ID. G., "says the Met
ropolitan \. NJ. E. Church, is the
largest and most costly edifce own
cd by any class or denomination in
that city, and yet Afro-Americans
possessed but small proportion of
the wealth, and enjoy but few pub
lie privileges"
Costly churches and fine organs
alone. will not give strength and
dignity to our race. Wea th, char
acter and intelligence must be com
bined. Get money, get houses, get
lands; back these up with virtue.
morality, education and Religion,
and the combined forces of ignor-
ance and prejudice, cannot retard
our advancement.
The state capital., 1891-10-31

ne Gazette AMI Chicago COnsery d.
tor were The only race papers to give last
week that splendid letter sent Out by the
secretary ot the " orld's Columbian fair
board " lady managers. We scooped
'cm' "Brer' COnservator.'--C Cleveland,
co. Gazette.
You are little too Previous
''Brer" smith. Look over the files
OF your exchanges, and you will dis
cover that the letter referred to, ,ap-
peared in the { apital OF Oct. 18th.
The state capital., 1891-10-31

The Marine Firemen seem to be
alive to their own interests, especi-
ally on the Mississippi River, and
are organizing for Protection At
Cairo, recently, club was organ
lied, making five in all; the others
being located at ST. Louis, Memphis,
Nlcksburg and New Orleans.
The state capital., 1891-10-31

AfroAmericans too often think
that the prejudices with which they
encounter, and lack OF political rec
ognition which they receive, is On
account OF Color, but the more bu-
siness they represent, and the more
wealth they acquire, The less Will
be the prejudice and ostracism.
The state capital., 1891-10-31

be among the first to respond, and
for the benefit of our readers, we
will state that, Mr.. Tourgee asks
every one who feels sufficient inter
est to do so, to cut out the declara-
ton, of which the following is a
copy, and 4uail to him at MayvilJe,
N. T.; enclosing two cent stamp for
the return of circular. or reply to
same:
= hereby approve the object of form
ing "Citizens Equal Rights Associa-
tlon," for the purpose of securing and
disseminating information and encour-
aging and assisting in the legal assertion
of the rights of National citizenship, and
agree to cooperate with the same when
organized.
Post office,
County,
State.
The appeal is addressed to the
readers of the Inter Ocean, but the
object is such worthy one we hope
those who are not counted among
that number, but who love Justice
and fair play, will give hearty re-
spOnse to the call,
The state capital., 1891-10-31
ROCKFORD ILL.

The African NJ. f. society Gives a LII
crative entertainment.
There were two entertainments
for charity last evening. One was
mimic and the other was real, and
1T is a question whether those who
attended the Charity Ball at the OBJ
era house went away from the en-
tertainment better pleased than the
people who were in attendance at
the G. A. r. hall and listened to the
program prepared by the newly OF =
gauized A. M. E. society. The en-
tertalnmet was for the benefit of
the new African church, and the
sum realized gladdened the hearts
OF the directors of the church as we'll
as the entertainment did those who
were fortunate enough to be in at
tendance.
Rev. S. B. Jones, the pastor of
the society, presided. The program
was one of some length, and each
number found new favor with the
audience. Miss jessie Williams rem
dered piano solo, the male quar-
tette responded to several encores.
Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Simms sang a
duet, and the guitar club led by W.
Donley and Messrs. Waffle and
Simms, played several selections.
Miss Harbugh, Miss Susie Donlev
and Mrs. w. R. Donley gave some
pleasing readings, and Miss J. Tuck
er, VIM. Donley, Miss Bertha Will.
Jams and Boley Wheelock rendered
instrumental selections that proved
very interesting to the audience.
Chas. W. Wood, the elocutionist.
scored the great success of the eve
ming, however. His best effort was
the portrayal of the struggle of the
young man who wanted to learn ell
ocution. He was compelled TO ap-
pear again and again, and it was
only the announcement of refresh
ments that stilled the applause and
gave the elocutionist chance to
rest.
The entertainment was a success
in every way, and it is estimated
that between $50 and S75 was clear
ed for the benefit of the church.
LINCOLN, ILL.
Mr.. Charles Nelson has gone home to
see his mother, who now is in very
preeearious condition.
Miss Ada North, formerly of this city
and now of Alton, arrived Friday, to at
tend "grand BALI which nobody but,
herself knew anything about, but to keep.
the lady in good spirit. and make her
visit pleasing, the boys, will proDably
be given about January.
Mr.. Bud Orendoff, is endeavoring to
organize, base ball club, which he wish
es to call the "Black Pearls" but says he
is not organizing for this year.
The state capital., 1891-10-31

Let the Afro Americans of Illinois
come together, buy homes and encour-
age their boys and girls to learn trades
and have ambition to be more than a
servant or porter in some hotel, or a
waiter in a dining room.
The state capital., 1891-10-31

would not be one left to associate
with it, or advocate its false and
pernicious doctrines. 1t is q con-
slant menace to human liberty and
constitutional government; and the
sooner tits buried beneath the frown
and indignation of a broad, liberal
and patriotic sentiment, the better
will it be for our Free American
Institutions.
The state capital., 1891-10-31

We regret to learn of the serious
illness eff the Hon. T.B. Stamps edit
Or of the Standard-P Pelican. Keep
q stiff upper lip Brother Stamps.
The state capital., 1891-10-31

We have received two very able ar
ticles: one from Quincy, and the other
from Macomb. They will appear in our
next issue.
The state capital., 1891-10-31

Secretary of State Pearson, seems
to be wearing his Honors easy.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-12-28

Among the most valuable of the ex-
changes, relating to financial and min
ing affairs, which reaches this Office,
the NUGGET takes pleasure in commend-
ing the New York Mining and Frnan-
cial Journal. The general mining news
in that paper is earthly reported and
the essays and editorials upon the silver
question touch the material points in
that important issue. Yet, it is some
times funny how careful editors get
matters confused when reporting min
ing matters from distance. Ia the
last issue of that journal they have the
DeLamar and the Trade Dollar miaes
located in the Occur ID Alenes.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-12-28

The snow blockade has come, which
if continued long will impart, for a time,
a dizziness to DeLamar which will be
felt. The snow storm of Saturday night
deprived us of a mail and of church SER
vices on Sunday morning. A warm
wind on Sunday morning for a time
stopped the snow from drifting and men
and teams were out on Sunday and
brought in the stranded mail which laid
all night two miles from town, but the
stranded minister was left at Boonville
to return to Silver City, where he was
called to officiate at couple Of we'd
dings. When it storms in these noun
tains it is not a Dakota blizzard; but
the way the wind can pile up the drifts
of snow and stop travel in our mountain
gulchessis caution to travellers. But
these great snow drifts are after all a
wise provision of Providence. They are
the storage reservoirs for the valleys
below. They supply the water for the
years crops in the valley ranches.
Without these great snow drifts, the
streams would dry up and the prolific
producing farms would be deserts.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-12-28

MARRIED.-In Silver City, Idaho, on
Sunday, December the 81, 1891, by Rev.
George Buzzelle, Mr..H. c. Anchor and
Miss Sadie Conner. The happy groom,
respected citizen of DeLamar, has re.
Gently completed a Feat cottage in town
and has been lucky in finding so anna
BILE and accomplished young lady to
share it with him as his bride. The
bride, for the past two years, has taught
the Silver City grammar school and is
highly esteemed and popular. The
NUGGET welcomes the happy couple as
neighbors and wishes tor them both a
long life and prosperity and happiness.
May the SHOWS which now lie around
their future home, melt away in the
sunshine of the coming spring and the
flowers alike surround home where
happiness through each succeeding PEE
riod of SHOWS or flowers may continue
to abid, ca nd may the tidings going from
their Idaho mountain home to the far
off island in the Baltic Sea, where the
light of heaven first dawned upon the
infant vision of the groom, or to the
Empire State, where the bride was born,
always bear news of blessings enjoyed.
Lucky Jack
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-12-28

The New York Mining and Financial
Journals latest quotations on DeLamar
stock was $3.50 per share. 1t is singu-
lar that such a usually well informed
and reliable journal should have re-
porte this stock at less than half the
lowest price it has sold at since the
company was organized. The latest sale
in London reported here was at twenty
shillings and three pence, as against the
quotations of last week, in the same
journal at 1913. The Mining and FL
nancial journal has probably been i'm
posed upon by some one trying to bear
the stock.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-12-28
It as too bad.

III was 100 DAD.
The house was ell prepared for them
The lamp and the kindlings in the par.
lor stove were al! ready for lighting.
A man shoveled walk to the front
door, so that the bride and groom could
have easy access to their neat domicil.
Friendly hands aired the linen in the
bridal chamber so that everything was
in readiness for their reception, but
they came not.
1t was not their fault.
The old Storm King was solely to
blame.
Silver City is only seven miles from
DeLamar, but that seven miles of road
is holy terror, sometimes.
= 1t was holy terror yesterday.
The bride and groom came not, for
that reason only.
The clergyman who united them is
man of grit.
He waded through three miles of
great snow drifts, and got there.
No disappointment through him.
But no lights burned in the new
home last night.
The Storm King was to blame.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-12-28

! MARRIED. In Silver City, Idaho, on
Sunday, December 27, 1891, at the Epis-
copal church, Rev. George Buzzell off
ciating, Mr.. Meserve Merrill Getchell
and Miss Ida Maud Hays-Miss Anna
Brunzell and Mr. r. III. Leonard, Jr.,
bridesmaid and groomsman The bride
is the eldest daughter of District Attor-
ney Charles NJ. Hays, was born in Sill
yer City and is universally esteemed by
hosts Of acquaintance. The groom, a
young gentleman from Maine, is a
nephew of County Treasurer S. 7. N.
Smith, mine host of the Idaho. He has
been resident of Silver City for the
past three years and has made friends
of every body. The match, on all sides,
is considered to be very happy one,
and the NUGGET only echoes the wishes of
every one when it wishes for the happy
couple long life of prosperity and hap
piness. They have house fitted up
for their reception and will at once be-
gin housekeeping. At home on We'd
nesday for all their friends, without
cards.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-12-28

A select little party went up to the
Garfield mine one night last week to
have dance. 1t is amusing to hear
some of them tell of the tribulations of
that sleigh-ride, especially of the ride
home, down the mountain road through
a binding Snow storm. Several of the
boys had to hunt their hats the next
day, but all of them report that they
had pleasant time at Mrs. Morgan's.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-12-28

Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Morgan gave a
Christmas dinner to number of their
friends up at the Garfield mine. When
this clever couple set themselves up to
entertain their friends good time is an
assured thing. We know, for we have
seen it demonstrated.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-12-28

Several families living in the upper
part Of town arranged very handsome
Christmas tree at the residence of Mrs.
Lendburg on Christmas eve. Mesdames
Jordan, elder and younger. Steele, Lowe
and others, took hand and loaded the
tree with beautiful presents for their
friends, and the Misses Lendburg en-
tertained the party with their usual
grace and hospitality. From several
parties who were present the NUGGET
learns that it was very enjoyable
Christmas gathering.
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Jordan Valley Correspondence.

JORDAN VALLEY, OGN., Dec. %, 1891
Editors Nugget:
Cold, clustering winter is here. Tn,
country is covered with light mantl,
of the beautiful snow. The farmers ar,
feeding the hungry stock. The young
man, with matrimon NAL look, is GU
with his best girl, and the jingle of the
sleigh bells can be heard Throughout
the valley.
DR.. Richter Was down to see Ching
Poy, the Chinese merchant who is in
the last stages of consumption. His
time an earth is short.
Jas. &. Gussman has gone to Caldwell
after his winters supply.
William Il. Maher, who lives on Lone
Tree creek, is building new residence
across the line into Idaho. It is only a
short distance from his present resi-
dence. The Democratic party in Owy-
hee county gains one vote.
Ben Boyer, the Jordan valley post
master, and ID. Munger are still bach
elors; but they have been making
some purchases lately that look awful
suspicious.
Clarence Van Duzer, young man
and former resident of Jordan valley,
has been appointed by the Gov. of Ne
vada, land attorney for the state of Ne
vada, to reside in Washington. CLAIR
ence was one of the solid memb ers of
the Literary and Debating Society here
and used to write some very spicy ar
ticles for the society paper-The Bum
bic Bee.
Not knowing what to write about, and
as Christmas is close by, thought
Christmas poem would be quite appro-
pirate for the NUGGET. l thought l
would write one, and have it rhyme in
a majority of the lines bring in about
Santa Claus and miuce pies, playing
freeze-out for turkeys, etc. l set my
poetical thinker at the right pitch and
went for it. Now the landlady has
couple Of small boys, that are the result
Of her first marriage, and when they
are engaged in playing horse about the
house, with an occasional slogging
match thrown in, according to board
ng house rules, it is very difficult to
and stick to your subject !;
1t least that is my experience, and if
ever | attempt to write any more poetry
shall betake myself TO some secluded |
pot where no one sees me but the ruler
If the universe. After | had finished |
ny Christmas poem, that l had hoped |
would startle the literary world, land 1
.uess it would If it had bee published)
discovered, upon examination, that l
lad Christmas, the Fourth of July and
'aint Patrick's day all mixed up to-
ether so that it looked more like crazy
'atch work than anything else can
hink of. If [ had my choice l would
ather be a Democrat than to write
oetrY. Yours. MALHEUR.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-12-28

Boise City is to have a fve-stamp mill
and small smelter. This will be a
great convenience to prospectors and
owners of new properties who wish to
know their value but it would be Of
much more use to the miners in Owy-
hee, were it located in Nampa or Cald-
well.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-12-28

There will be another dance at Silver
City on New YEARS. eve, They will try
to make it just as pleasant as the for
mer ones have been. We are beginning
to think, however, that young society
and matrimony. Let's pray for good
roads and all go up again.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-12-28

All accounts due M. B. Gwinn previ-
GUS to the organization of the d. Nj. Co.,
must be settled at once, or the same will
be placed in an attorneys hands for COL
lection.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-12-28

The DeLamar Mining Company ship
ped out, yesterday, eight bars of Blu ion
weighing II, 140 ounces, and valued at
$4,000, being the second shipment for
the month. Shipments are now made
three times per month, instead of twice
as heretofore.