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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-12-18
ST. PAUL.
: WEEKS RECORD IN MINNESO.
TA'S CAPITAL.
The Saintly City and SANITY City Folks
Newsy Items Of Social, Religious and
General Matters Among the People, Boil
ed Down ,--.r-.-,.. --...---. -.,..g.- K

Should you need any plumbing or gas
fitting done you cannot find more com.
petent or prompt workman to as the
same than G. J. Confoy No. 4S3 Wabasha
street. Try him once.
Cheapest place to buy coal. Best
hard coal %,70 per ton; Maple wood
So 50 per cord. All kinds of fuel in large
and small quantities w. T. Horsnell
Room 210 over Yerxa.s.
Odd Fellows Hall, 325 Wabasha be-
tween 3rd and 4th streets. Tuesday
Wednesday and Thursday evenings Dec
.2s-29-s0. Single admission Is cents sea-
con tickets IS cents. Character Carnival.
Col. s. E.. Hardy, who now has the
lunch counter at Donnelly's saloon, hear
corner Fifth and Robert, serves excel
lent meals at ID cents. and with dinner
gives free glass of beer. Don't forget
the Colonel. .a.....ss...
. jill y illinghar1 & Co., coal dealers
In order to take care of their resident
district trade have established an Office
at BIZ Rondo corne: of Harrington and
installed J. L. Sslim as manager. Orders
for fuel left with him will receive prompt
~ ,'. .."s.. -.
Everybody is invited and expected to
appear in some representative costume
each evening at the Odd. Fellows Char
acter Carnival. Literary and musical
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-12-18
POT-POURRI.
A COLLECTION QUAINT AND
CURIOUS ITEMS. ~
Gathered From Here, There and Every
where-scraps Of Information on Many
subjects-Delectable Tid.bits for Daint,
Delivers tho World Over. ..

The burial Of an Afro-American veter-
ans body in the special G. A. R. plot at
Hiawstha, Kan, so incensed the widow
OF q white commander OF the post that
she bad her husbands body disinterred
and reburied in private plot.
A man at Cincinnati was struck bv a
train while riding bicycle. He was
thrown 30 feet into the air, made two or
three revolutions, and came down in
response to the law of gravitation, still
cIinging to the saddle. The wheel had
pneumatic tires and rebounded, break.
ing the force ofthe mans fall and thus
saving bis life. q ~, fa5vf.AS
The following is copy of sligo IN a
remote Georgia county: "A Few Bright
Scholars Takin to Lern Written, Spellin
an F'ggers." A traveller, noticing the
sign, asked the principal where he had
graduated. The principal pointed to a
cotton field nearby aud said: Fright
over thar, sir; behind Georgia mule.
under July sum-"
A Bucks county man spent 10 years of
bis life trying to get the appointment CT
postmaster, Finally he worked bis
strings properly and was appointed.
When he learned that be was counted
only as fourth class postmaster he i'm
mediate]y resigned. He said he had
worked long ebough to be a frat class
class postmaster and derned if he hadn't
eenee enough to know it. .t.:
The case of Miss Havisbam ia "Great
expectations" has lately been parallel
ed in England by Mics Clarke of Chat
terie, in cambridgshire, who has Just
died after forty-fiye years in her bed.
IN 1862 she had disappointment ia love
snd forwith retired to he- bedchamber,
which 9 be never left alive. She was
in comfortable financial circumstances
and found her chief diversion in fancy
needle work.
The South Carolina preacher who de-
clared that "moonshinine" il not Elm
against heaven is reaping the reward of
bis craft in the shape of largely increas-
ed attendance upon his exhortations
IL he should now assert the sinlessness
OF lynchiDg Afro--Americaps hg would
swell bis congregation that be would be
obliged to abandon his church edifice
and bold his services on: doors, in the
tent of nature. -.-....-. '-t'.
A woman living in Louisiana is sup
porting herself comfortably on the pro-
ceeds OF farm on which she raises
nothing but mint. All the principal
hotels and resta urants IN New Orleans
purchase their mint from her and she
makes enough during the summer
months, when juleps and other cooling
drinks containing mint ere in demand
to enable her, to live comforta bly
through the winter.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-12-18
MILWAUKEE, q w !! ]. 3
THE CREAM CITY OF THELAkES
AND ITS FOLKS.
Items of all Sorts Gathered Together by
Our Ubiquitous Reporter and Served up
in Dainty Style for the Dedication. Of
Our Readers.

Mr.. VIM. Roach is on the sick list.
Mr. Brown of Medford is in the city on
business.
Mas. A. V. Raimey and daughter have
returned from St. Louis.
Mr.. Robt. Grant has taken the manage
ment of the Davidson bathrooms.
Mr.. Frank Bowman was indisposed
for few days. He is now out again.
Mr. Mack Moore of Mooresyille Tenn,
has been engaged at the Plankinton.
Mr. J Miles Jr entertained his friends
at whist at his residence 409 Wells St.
Mr., Geo, J. Wheeler who has been on
the sick list for few days is able to be
out again. ""- ."&&
Miss Rountree OF Indianapoli, will be-
the guest of Miss julia McNamee during
the holidays. p
Mr.. J. J. Miles has been appointed u.
G. W. M. ~ the M. w. G. M. of Illinois
for the 9TH district
Nh. Robt. Walker Of Evanston III. has
accepted a position in the PIankinton
for while.
Mr. w J Miles, of Linden Station War
rem Go. Va, sent The APPEAL sgent some
samples of produce from his farm.
Miss M. Berry entertained few
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-12-18
BLACK PATHS TRoUBADoURs
At the Grand Opera House, St Paul

At the Grand Opera House, St Paul =..
Blqck Patti, tie greatest singer Of her
race who has won triumphs in every
part Of the civilized world, will shortly
be seen here in conjunction with the
"Black PATHS Troubadours'' which is
said to be tie most imposing organiza-
ton OF Afro American performers in ex-
istence.
There are fifty people in the company
and the principal members are famous
by reason of their association with the
vaudeville stage.
White comedy and vaudeville hold con
spicuous place on the programme yet the
great feature of the performances is the
operate Kaleidoscope which occupies
the final half hour. In this are intro
duced the happiest selectit ms take"
from "Grsnd Duchess ''Trovatora.'
"Carmen," Daughter of the Regiment
"Fsust, "Tar and Tartar" "Bohemina
Girl" "Maritsna,' Lucia" and ERGO.
letta" The solos, quartettes and chorus.
es as sung by Black Patti and her talent.
ed associates have proven to be verl
table sensation.
The coml any is directed by Messrl
Voelckel and Nolan theatrical lnanager'
who have had long and successful ex-
perience in directing gigantic amueemen1
enterprises. They have surrounded
Black Patti with the beet company tina
could be brought together, and the stage
presentations are marked by the ex
quisite and costly costumes which adorr
the performers and the very effective
| and artistic machinery.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-12-18
AT PINEY RIDGE"

At the BIjou Opera House Minneapolis.
Another new southern play called "At
Piney Ridge" written by David Higgins
will be presented for the first time in
this city Dec. 10, at the Biiou. The
play was given its premier in New York
City last February and had successful
run Of eight weeks, and received quite
favorable comment from the press Of
that city. The play has boon commend
ed for the simplicity of it's story and for
tue manner Of telling it. The theme,
while not new is presented in such q
natural yet convincing manner asto rom
der the play one Of unusual interest.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-12-18
White Bear and returned to prison. He
laughed when he came in and said be
had only gone for stroll, He will do
no more strolling outside of the walls
A MISSISSIPPI, FASTIME.

Man Killed Against the Protest of the
Husband of his Victims.
Brook Haven. Mise,. Dec. l1,-Addi-
tional details of the murder of Mrs
Brown Smith, white, and her four chill
dren in Lawrence county on Wednesday
and the subsequent lynching of the supo
posed murde rer were received to-day.
After capturing Charlie Lewis, the al
legged murderer, the mob placed him
alongside " Of several other men and
asked the little girlwho was spared by
the murders to pick out the one who
killed her mother. She at once pointed
to Charlie Lewis. This strong evidence
to the mob made it difficult for Sheriff
Gazzel t. induce the people to turn
Lewis over to him for safe keeping. He
aeeured the m he would have the man at
BaDkstown Ferry yesterday morning for
trial. As promised be and his deputies
arrived there on time, with Lewis. A
mob Of two bundled men armed with
eho' guns and Wincheeters and Quickly
surrounded the officers and infested that
they give up their prisoner. Brown
Smith. the man whose familv was muir
, dered, pleaded with the crowd to be
patient and not rush hatily into q thing
! thew might regret. He said that while
he did not doubt his child's word, she
was so yonng that she might have been
mistaken, After parleying for some
time the mob, under the leadership Of q
CIV determined men, made rush fol
Lewis and got him from the deputies
after q hard struggle. They then
placed . pillow line around his throat, put
him on . horse and drove him under d
tree. The halter was fastened to limb
and the horse driven from under the
victim, leaving him TO strargle TO death
in mieair. He denied his guilt to the
last. 1sS
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-12-18
PAID FOR HlsicRlME.
"A Tramp Assaults Lady and is killed IN
Heb der Strange circumstances.

der Strange circumstances.
Hannibal, Mo, Dec. u.-Bill Under
wood, recently released from the peni
Tertiary, last night called at the home
o: Christian Pabst, white, q farmer,
living four miles southwest of here, and
demanded money. Pabst refused and
Underwood drew a rev. liver and made
him lie on the floor. He then pressed
the revolver against Mrs, Pabs e temple
and comdelled her to bind her husbands
arms and feet with twine. The brute
then took her into another 1oop and
assaulted her. This mortiug she man
aged to elude him and ran to the house
of her brother-in-law, LOUIS Pabst. q
mile distant. Louis returned with Q
shotgun. Underwood met and disarmed
him and made him walk into the room
where his brother Christian lay bound.
Louis suddenly made bound for IN
derwood and after scuffie secured the
gun and moment later the riddled
corpse Of Underwood lay stretched on
the floor. Mrs. Pabst may die. F,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-12-18
friends at cinch at her residence.
present spent a delightful evening.

lIlehos at clucn at her residence. All
present spent a delightful evening.
The ladies of the Aid society will
hold their elections OF officers at the
residence of Mrs, &. Whitman next
Tuesday evening. IT,. -
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. J. Wheeler of 1925
Wells st., have announced the engage
ment of their daughter Miss Ida 10 Mr..
Walter COPYRIGHT of Racine. Wis.
Mr.. Chas, L. Sharpe passed through
Kansas City on his way to California.
His friends now see that he. did not com
NIT suicide rs was thought ~ his leav-
Ing 60 mysteriously,
The Widows Son Lodge elected the
following officers on the 9TH ,ins': W. T.
Green N. W.; A. V. Raimey S. W.; E.
AlexanderJ. w.; J. Stewart Treas. Wmi
HarRrow Sec.; and F. Newton, Tyler.
Capt B Buford has been appointed
by the M w 6 NJ of Minnesota, as nj w
G IS to look after the friendly relations
between the jurisdictions Of Illinois and
Minnesota. This ia an honor any one
should be proud Of
Princess Elijah chapter Of the Eastern
Star elected the following officers ~ the
first Tuesday of December: Mrs Thomas
Of Racine, Matron Mrs. Hargrow As
aociate Matron,; Mics Berry Sec; Mrs.
Hamilton Teas; Mrs. Hawkins e IN
duc:rtss Mr. L Palmer Patron; Steward
Warden.
The StGeorge Commandery of Chicago
contempates giving picnic in Milvauke
the coming summer. If they succeed
it will be he first time in the History Of
the city that Afro-American Sir knights
have trodden the streets Of this city.
What will our pale faced brethren say7
Come on Sir Knights you are cordially
welcome. fitting hospitality will be
extended you.
Mr.. Edward Blackwell and bride
have returned from their bridal tour
Mr.. Blackwell can be found at the Plan
kinton, while Mrs Black will remain
for the present with her fstherin Racine
until spring when she will join her hus-
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band here where they will reside in the
future. Mr. 2 Moore her father will sell
out bis interests in Racine and 60 to
Seattle where he will resid Q in the future
The followers Of boxing In this city
will have an opportunity to witness some
rare sport at the rooms Of the Milwaukee
Athletic society on the evening of De-
cember 20. Athletic Director crane has
been hard at work and as result has
secured som 9 excellent attractions in the
boxing line. One of the features of the
show will be the meeting between John
James English otherwise known ns
"Peek-a-Boo," and William Mason Far
rell, better known to the sporting world
as Zulu" These men are Afro-Ameri-
cansand, have bean training for some
time for the contest. They. are clever
boxers, esch having peculiar etyle Of
his own, but they have confidence and
will make pretty set-to.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-12-18

Butte, M ont, Dec. 1.-THE Afro
Americans of Butte have called an in
dignation meeting to be held this eve.
ming to protest against the governor
granting extradition papers in the case
of Joseph G. Johnson, who is wanted IN
Missouri Tor having eloped with Kate
Neal, prominent white girl of Sweet
Springs, near Kansas City. They are
greatly excited and indignant over the
affair. They claim they. can prove that
Johnson came here on Nov, Is, ard was
employed for more than week at
Butte cafe as a waiter before the young
woman left her home, They also claim
that she followed him here and after
her arrival he took her to a boarding
house conducted by lady on East
Granite street. TO this lady Miss Neal
stated that shs left home because she
loved johnson and that she knsw she
never could eet along happily there with
the neighbors with an Afro American
husband. She stated most emphatically
that she came her of her own free will
and gave every appearance of being of
sound mind:
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-12-18
St. James A. M. e. Church.

Quarterly meeting at st. James A. M.
p. c'urch Sunday the l9.h. Rev Bum
dy the Presiding Elder will preach morn
ming and evening. Rev, w. s. Brooks
of MINNEAPOLIS will preach at 8 P. M.
and the Lords Supper will be admins
tered. All who have no church hone
are ,rdirlly invited. Rev J.C. Ander-
son. a tor.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-12-18
I'M Baltimore Escapes From Prison blu,
Is Soon Captured

sam Baltimore Escapes From Prison but
r. is Soon Captured
Sam Baltimore who, it viii! be- remem-
bered, made thu dastardly assault on
Miss Amelia Williams now Mrs. Turner
in this city in October in 1895 and who
about q month later. was sent to the pen
itentiary to serve an eight year sentence
made his escape Tuesday morning. Bal
timore was trusty and was employed
in the stables, which are outside the
wallis and it was customary for him to
enter upon his duties at S O'Clock. q. m.
He arose Tuesday morning and went to
work as usual: but soon afterward was
missed from the stables. A thorough
search was ut once made fer him but
without avail. #'g
Wednesday afternoon, however, he
was captured by some farmers near
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-12-18
program by best local talent each eve.
ming. Fine music to enliven the occa-
sion. December 2o-29'9O Odd Fellows
HILL e.

The place to 20 to get heating stoves,
az we'll as all sorts of stoves and hard
ware, is Adam Decker & Co.'s, on Jack
son street, between Fourth and Fifth
streets. This old firm is having time
irving to wait upon the crowd which
fills their rooms from morning to night.
They have some bargains in sec md
hand stoves Call to see them.
{ Those who partook of the elegant
Thanksgiving dinner at st James church
on Than ksgiving Day cannot but remem
per it. The ladies promise to discount
that dinner by the one they will give on
Christmas Day in connection with the
fair Those who desire to make up din.
ner parties are requested to leave orders
with the president Mrs. NJ. D. Pettis.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-12-18
What q Forum Is Like.
SHE FOLLOW ED HIM.
TRIED TO GET AWAY
FROM KATIE NEIL.

The Alleged Abduction of Katie Neil
Proves to be Case of Infatuation for
Man who Tries to get Away From
Her.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-12-18

: do not know that she was s,ftuou1 !;
but she Was ugly, and. with Z woman,
that = half the battle.-Hsins.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-12-18
ST. PAUL MINNEAPOLIS MINI SATURDAY

sreecrs are crossed by StePFza3s&& s3kzs
same height as the trott0ir on e1rdgS rs.
While these stones were for the convenience
Ut the foot passenger, still they were not very
Enuch in the way Of the biga or o-wheeled
chariot There are twelve inches or more be-
tween the stones, and the horses were so
loosely harnessed as to be able to step over
them very easily. ~ isT
There must have been bountiful supply OF
water for the Streets since we come across
many public fountains, besides the ones we
know to have been in the residences. It hasn't
yet been discovered whence came the supply:
probably the water was brouEt - aqueducts
from the mountains. The sire usually
carried to a head through gru, Z
spouting from the mouth and SO falli.. b..
into. the bowl below. There are places
these carvings worn smooth Just by the re-
peated pressure of the hand, as each success
sive passer-by stopped to quaff the sparkling
water. There is food for melancholy reflec-
ton when we think of the many, many human
beings who must have leaned over these
fountains ere the stones could have been SO
worn. '- .-'.'. r. .5%sE <'~a, ~.
What Forum Is Like.
The forum Of the Romans was the ante
cedent of the modern Italian square. don't
know, either, that I should limit the square to
Italy, for nowadays in the smaller towns in
Iowa and Illinois we, too, have the public
square," Arranged around it are the stores,
printing office, the banks, the shops, and the
postotfice. Now, multiply the population of
such town by ten or twenty; crowd the hab-
ttattons into the smallest possible compass,
Continued in 7th Col.
The Union. [volume] (St. George, Utah) 1882-1898, 1897-01-02
COST or HAULING CROPS.

The question of securing better
country roads to- connect farms
with the railroad stations is be-
coming more and more important.
Throughout the life Of this coun-
try it has been left to. the farmers
themselves to lay out and improve
country roads doing the best they
could with the limited means and
appliances, mt, their disposal and
building the best roads they knew
how. Railroad and steamboat
lines have been heavily subsidized
by the government towns and
cities have levied taxes for their
construction; but the country
highway has been left in the hands
OF the farmer for him to take care
of as best he might Now that our
transportation facilities have been
developed into the greatest system
of it's kind in the world, and when
our wheat and corn, grown. in the
fertile plains Of the Northwest arc
marketed abroad; when this. Eu-
ropean market begins to be- over
run with competitors from Russia
and South America,it becomes i'm
portant that every step in the
growing and transportation of GER
calls shall be made as economical
rs possible. With the help of
improved machinery, one man
prepares rs much land for cultiva-
The Union. [volume] (St. George, Utah) 1882-1898, 1897-01-02

ton as was formerly done by two;
one man with modern binder ac-
conplishes what formerly required
nine men and the steam threshing
machine handles as much grain as
100 men could formerly handle
with the fail The cost Of ship
ping bushel of grain from Chica-
80 10 New York is today one-6fth
OF what 1t was at the close OF the
wax and we can ship it from there
to Liverpool for 4 cents where it
used to cost log cents, but the cost
OF carrying a bushel of grain for
four or six or eight miles, from the
farm to the railway, is very little,
if any, less than it was many years
ago.
thought to be made possible for
the towns to construct hard roads
without ver-burdening themselves
or the county with taxes. This
can he accomplished by the meth
The Union. [volume] (St. George, Utah) 1882-1898, 1897-01-02

People having relatives in
Chicago or vicinity, and would
like to have them visited by one of
our elders, or gain any information
from them, will do we'll to address
elder G. d. Fjeldsted, 400 Mil
waukee Avenue, Chicago, III.
The Union. [volume] (St. George, Utah) 1882-1898, 1897-01-02
ALKALI SOILS.


The report OF the Wyoming Elk
perimental Station on the cause
prevention and treatment of in
luries caused by alkali in the soil
contains few points of general
information which are worthy OF
note.
The public know of two kinds OF
alkali-black alkali and white
aIkali. Black alkali is carbonate
OF soda, and is much the worst
kind. White alkali may be sui
plate of soda (Glauher salts, sui
plate of magnesia. Epson salts, J
or common salt
Injuries by alkali are of three
kinds: the bark of the plants is
rotted and corroied at the surface
Of the ground, the soil is puddled
or formed into q kind of cement,
and the vitality Of the plant is i'm
paired. Seeds fail to sprout or
sprout but slowly in alkali soils. -
Unless carefully treated, alka
soils grow worse as cultivatid
continues. Irrigation waters an
rain dissolves the alkali ! in IL
lower soil, and as the soil dries OF
these waters rise to the surfac
evapcrate, and leave the alkali
crust on the ground In, tn
alkali regions, much Of the waite
used for irrigation contains con
siderable alkali.
Alfalfa and other crops tina
shade the land, prevent the crust
ing of the surface. Keeping /,
mulch Of fine earth on the surface
by frequent and shallow cnltiva1
ton, also prevents crusting.
Alfalfa, Mellilotus and sugar
beets, do better than most other
staple crops on alkali lands. Rye
withstands the attacks of alkali|
better than any other grain, and|
wheat stands second and barley
third. Oats and turnips are easily
destroyed.
The Australian salt bush grows
we'll ON strong alkali lands, and isl
said to make very good forage.
Such crops may gradually exhaust
the soil Of it's alkali poisons d
put it Id condition for geneA
farming. 49, "a
The Union. [volume] (St. George, Utah) 1882-1898, 1897-01-02
S Y STEM


NEW TIME CARD: in effect April s, 1896.
Trains arrive snd depart at Salt Lake
ARRIVE.
From Chicago. Omaha. ": Louis. Kan
From Helena, Butte, Portland, San Fran
ciscO, Ogden and intermediate points, 9:O5 q. N.
From san francisco. oaobe valley. og-
den and intermediate poipk, 7:1b D. NJ.
From Chicago, Omahs. St. Louia. Kan.
sas City. Denver and osd~n $3.50 q. m.
"From Frisco. Milford, N+phi. Provo
and intermadate points. 9:45 q. m.
From Mercur. TiDtic, Provo. Nephi,
Manti and intermsdiate points. $3.50 p m.
from Terminus, T.oele end Garfield
Beach. 4:00 p. m
Tor Chicago, Omaha, Denver, Kansas
City. e. Louis. Ogden and Park City, 700 q. m.
ecal Express, for San Francisco. Og- 80,
den. Cache Valley and intermediate
points, tf $500 q. m
local Exprsss for ogden and informed. : = :
Atlantic Express for Chicago, omaha.
Denver, Kansas City, Ut I.0nis, Butte. H ,afg
Portland and Fan trancisso. 7:co p m.
Local Express for Eurrka, Mercur, TIN
tic. Provo, Nephi, Msuti and inter
snail and I xpress fos Provo, Nepbi, ~ = -.
Milford, Frsco a. d Intermediate points 100 o. m
t,rixed train for osrhert Beach, fooeie (, ','
and Terminus, ,A4sf ~9. s+aa7'' @T:45 d. IN.
y strains South of Ju9b run daily except Sunday.
fDaiiy except Sunday
CITY TickEr OFFICE. 2Oi MAIN Sr.
Telephone No. 25O.s
u. Il. BURIEY
General Agent Passenger Department.
q. H. II. CLARK. 41
OLIVER W. MINK,
K. ELLEkY AN DEgSON,
JOHN w. DOANE, @
FREDkkIC II. COuDERT,
- ncCcsScre.
K. PICKFNs0N, General Manager.
2tdee3l K, L. LOkaX, G. p. Is T. 4.