The state capital., 1891-05-09
LOCALS AND PERSONALS.

Peoria visiting friends.
Agents wanted throughout the state to
handle the Capital. Apply for terms.
Mayor Lawrence is more than equal to
the emergency Who dare deny it.
Col. VIM. Head delivered tenn
perance lecture at Champaign last
week.
Mr.. Hatcher an old resident of this city
is III. Old age is part cause of his all
ment. He has our sympathy.
Mr.. Abe l ee of shelbyville was in the
city Monday and Tuesday, visiting his
friend Mr.. J. NJ. Dyson.
Mr.. Geo. Birdsong left Tuesday
night for Cairo, to visit relatives
and friends.
Oracle, the youngest daughter of MI.
Charles Nelson, is seriously i'll with fever
and much anxiety is felt for her recovry.
Rev. P. @. Cooper arrived in the city
on Tuesday and left Thursday for Alton.
He reports Rev. D. A. Wilkinson ill with
10 grippe. He brought us some cash.
Mr.. Ed. Thompson entertained the
following persons at tea Sunday even
ing: Misses Murphy, Maddox Bradshaw
Payne, White and Brown, and Messrs.
Neal and Nelson.
Mr.. Thomas Donnegan has ac-
cepted the advice of Horace Greedy
and gone west. He is we'll pleased
with that section, and will shortly
send for his better half.
The Excelsior Trunk Factory, on
the corner of 5th and Washington
stre ct, is the best place you can buy
a frst-class Trunk at reasonable
prices.
Paulin and Patterson have the
incest and cheapest line of wall pa
per in the city. 210 North 9th ST:
this is the place to 60.
Miss L. G. johnson of Chicago, and
Miss Maude Williams of this city, who
have been teaching the young ideas how
to shoot at Columbia, Mo-; visited our
office on Wednesday. Miss johnson will
be the guest Of Miss Williams while in
the city.
A grand pic mic is in contempla-
ton at the famous pleasurable re-
sort at Havana, H., and we hope
the pastors Of the churches at Jack |
sonville, Peoria and Springfield |
will unite in their efforts to make
it grand success.
If our readers desire to retain
the confidence of the State Capital, |
they must respond in deeds, not |
words. We have met in the person
Of Mr.. Jacob Edwards, a man Of
deeds, one who, when he says send |
and get your money, never turns the
collector away. If all of our sub
scribers would do likewise, the
Capital would have smooth sailing,
and its editor given much needed
mental and physical rest. We have
recently cut off about 60 of these
"promise" subscribers, and if many
others whom we know too well do
not pay up, we shall gracefully
strike them from our list.
While Rev. T. w. Henderson has
made many needed improvements,
not only on St. Paul A. NJ. E.
church, as well as the order and
decorum Of the congregation, our
attention was, on Sunday night,
directed to the conduct Of certain
gentleman CD who, in their zeal to
introduce their visiting friends,
entirely blockaded the aisles
Of the church. These gentlemen
~ we are informed, were not even
present during church services, but
came in after the benediction was
announced. We know the elder
will make mention of it at some
future time.
We especially desire to call the
attention Of the ministers of the
various churches to the fact that we
are publishing non-secrtarian
which takes a high
stand for religion, morality, virtue
and the material advancement of
our race. The duty Of a minister
Of the gospel, is to inculcate these
principles; hence we ask their
hearty cooperation. In the prose
cution Of this important work,
We give employment to our own
race, thus qualifying them to enter
upon the duties of life. Give us
from time to time synopsis ofyour
church work; urge your members
to subscribe for the Capital, and by
50 doing you as well as ourself, will
contribute TO the upbuilding Of our
race.