Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-11-23
NOTES AND COMMENTS

Pittsburg, Pa, has two colored lady
representatives in the recorders office,
namely, Miss Florence Billow and Miss
Amelia Clark.
A Tennessee court liberated wife be-
cause ''the defendant does not wash
himself, thereby causing the plaintiff
great mental anguish
In Pennsylvania henpecked husband,
was relieved from the yoke of matrimony
because ''the defendant struck the
plaintiff a violent blow with her bustle.',
One man has been discovered by the
Boston Herald, who has joined the
Democratic party this year. 1t is be-
lieved that he is planning a campaign
paign among the dime museums.
Kansas City Star: Everywhere in this
country, where decency prevails in
politics and where there is the slightest
respect and reverence for party prin-
ciple and party honor, there vii ] be
assur ed rejoicing over the crushing de-
feat of Hill and Tammany.
w. H. Sheppard is distinguished
man in the Southern Presbyterian
Church, and the only American Negro
who has ever been made a fellow of the
Royal Geographical Society Twenty
two years ago he was a poor little
colored boy playing around the streets
of Waynesboro, Va.
Humboldt Times: While Democratic
journals have insisted that the McKin-
ley bill was responsible for the terrible
depression of the country, the people
have, in Il voice of thunder. that echoes
from ocean to ocean, placed the re-
sponsibility where it belongs. The
people know what has hurt them and
they can be depended upon to protest
whenever they are given an opportun-
ity.
Christian Clipper: Mr.. Benjamin T.
Hunter, one of the ablest financiers of
the Afro o-Americans in New York, has
just purchased through his chief at
torney, Hon. Henry j. johnson, a nice
plot of ground in Richmond, Va, upon
which he will build !, nice silk factory
IN 1895, which. when completed will
cost $4,000 and will furnish employ
ment to 120 ordinary laborers and 3S
clerks and bookkeepers. Mr.. Hunter
is stirring man and as inancier has
no equal in his race. It is said by those
who are in position to know that in the
course of two or three years, he will
nave at least six factories running in
the Southern States, which will fur
nish employment for about 100 colored
men and women. He is a native Vir-
ginian, and has that pluck and shrewd-
ness SO characteristic of Virginians.
Omaha Progress: One of the men who
had been selected as juror in the trial
of the murderers of the six Negroes
near Millington, Tenn, expressed him
self on oath that he had formed no
decision as to the result of the trial.
but forgot soon after and expressed an
opinion that he would never hang a
white man for killing Negro. The
judge, praise his soul high in heaven
promptly ordered him tried for perjury
and swears that if found guilty will get
five years. This is a new record for
Memphis and bright one indeed, and
if this cause is kept up, tits possible yet
that some poor dis neck Will fill
moose. Let Memphis lead the van and
redeem herself from the curse of the
law and escape the wrath of an eveng-
ing God.
The first colored woman to receive
the degree of Nj. A. in the United
States was Miss Mary Patterson, who
graduated from Oberlin College in 1862.
In speaking of her, the Woman's Era,
of Boston, says ''The schools of the |
district have sustained an irreparable
less in the death of Miss Patterson, |
who for twenty-five years rendered |
valuable service as a teacher. When |
Oberlin College opened its doors to
women she was courageous. indeed, |
who dared to brave public opinion by
taking what was commonly called the |
gentleman's course, on the principle |
that it belonged exclusively to the
lords of creation, and no woman need |
apply Only young women of the lofti-
est ambition and the keenest thirst for
knowledge presented themselves as
candidates for the degree of A. b. Miss |
Patterson was among the first to prove
to the world that Greek and the higher
mathematics could be mastered not only
by young women of the favored race
but by their sisters of the oppressed |
race as well. Nothing better reveals
the fine spirit, the re>olute will and the
strong intellectually of Miss Patterson
than her decision to take and complete
the classical course at that period"