The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1892-07-02
DRIFTWOOD.
Caught Floating on the News Gu,
rent and Steered Into
Our Once by our Army OF Correspondents
at all Points Of tho Compass, Care
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Franklin W. Weaver, prominent COL
ore man of Marion, Ind died suddenly
Friday. It is believed he was poisoned.
The New York Age has enlarged from
a six column folio to six-column quarto.
Peter Jackson just few days ago dis
covered that be broke one of the small
bones of his wrist during his fight with
Slavin.
Misses Mary Toles and Julia Talbert
two Afro American girls were among the
forty-nine graduates from the High
school of Indianapolis last week.
The Atro-Americans of Kentucky met
in Convention in Lexington last week
and voted to raise IS 900 to test the lega-
| lity of the separate coach bill and to
engage Col. r. G. Ingorsoll to conduct
| the case.
A detachment of Afro-American
rscruits left the recruiting depot at
Davids Island, New York harbor Tues
day for Fl. Missoula. Mont for assign
ment to the companies of the o5th in
fantry stationed at that post.
A clerk of the Ocean House last
summer told the writer of this para
graph that "Uncle John" possessed
more clothing than any one of the COT
tagers-that he had tons and tons of it
given to him and treasured the garments
in a big roomful of trunks.
George Dixon the Afro-American
pugilist of Boston has won the feather
weight championship of the world by
defeating Fred Johnson the English
champion in New York, after fourteen
rounds. The fight is said to have been
one of the gamest or record.
Morton and Boyer the two colored
murderers: of Camden N. Y, were SEN
fenced last Friday morning to be hanged
July 20. Boyer broke down and cried.
Morton was not effected in the least and
went to his cell smiling. The death
watch was Immediately put on.
Uncle John" the venerable Colored
man who for nearly fifty years has been
attache of the Ocean House at Newport,
| died last week. His grave is heaped
high with flowers, many of which are
tributes from wealthy cottagers, among
whom the old fellow WAS highly es-
| teemed.
Monday Mrs. Summers white lady
living near Woodbury., KY, was as
eaulted by an Afro American named FL
ders. The man was captured that night
and locked up. Tuesday mob Of 500
led by the cousin of the outraged woman,
took the Afro American from Jail and
lynched him.
Mrs. Alice Cavener, an old widow liv.
ing in Union City, Tenn, was assaulted
by Felix Satterfeld, a notorious Afro.
American tough. last Sunday night.
, Satterfeld was arrested Monday taken
before Mrs. Cavener and Unidentified.
He is now in Jail. Great excitement pre-.
walls and lynching is feared.
A lion escaped from his cage at Te-
cumseh, Ala, few days since just as
the train was slowing down on approach
ing the town. He sprang into crowd
of Afro-Americans and they scattered
like sheep. One woman swooned and fell
near the lion who rushed on her with
mouth wide open. AS she did not move
he shifted the body turned it over with
his paws eyed it suspiciously and walked
of. He thought the woman was dead
and the swoon saved her from his ter.
rlble jaws. He was shortly captured by
his tanner.