The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-09-22

+, Mrs. j.. Frank Wheaton is on the sick
list. 49, -. 81.
Mr.. j. @. Adams was a guest of Mr..
Robert Lee at dinner last Monday.
Rev. and Mrs L. Christy of Daven-
port are the guests Of Mrs. Henry Rob-
erts. $.
The song, "Cloudless Skies" will
long be remembered by all those who
heard it.
Mrs. Lewis and Mrs. Cleggett of Des
Moines were the guests of Mrs. r. J.
Coleman over Sunday.
Rev. and Mrs. Brooks entertained
at luncheon Saturday evening Bishop
Grant and several others, strangers in
the city.
Rev. Brooks and wife entertained al
dinner Wednesday Mr.. and Mrs. Neal
Mrs. Steward and Mrs. Earnest of De.
catur, Ill.
Among the visitors from Hastings
Mimi, who attended the conference
were Mrs. John Wallace, Mrs. J
Gooden and Miss Josie Edwards.
Mrs. Addie C. Minor of St. Paul rem
dered her services readily and cheer
fully in assisting the choir at st
Peters church during the conference
The ladies of the city are working
up a Woman's club, which is badly
needed here. All the ladies who have
been visited will please meet at the
home of Mrs. Jennie Kemp Tuesday
afternoon.
Geo. W. Nelson, the East Side drug
gist, is keeping in line with the prog
ress of the aye, inasmuch as he is i'm
proving his store by the addition of an
elegant up-tQ date soda fountain, from
which he promises will be drawn a
sparkling soda, second to none in the
city. When YOU are out wheeling give
him call.
Mr.. w. M. Jenkins, the well-known
hotel man OF Minneapolis, has leased
the dat No. 9 Second street north and
has remodeled and refurnished it with
all modern improvements. It is stu
ated in desirable location, being one
block from the Nicollet house and
three blocks from the West hotel The
rooms will be let to those who desire
neat and comfortable rooms at reason
able rates. Call at No. 9 Second street
north, first fiat for w. M. Jenkins, pro-
prietOr.
The African M E. conference, which
was in session from Sept. IL to II, has,
among the very few changes, assigned
Rev. D. r. Butler to the charge of st.
James, the first A. M. E. church in
this city. Rev. Butler comes to us
from the Chicago district and is quite
an able young man. He was educated
in the public schools and Rust uni
versity of Holly Springs, Miss. He has
made close study Of church polity
and believes in a forward movement.
Bishop A. Grant has sent him here to
unite the work that has been under the
care of Rev. j. Will King, the evangel-
ist. He will conduct meetings at the
church on the East Side at 1920 a. m.
Sundays and at the mission, on Sixth
avenue and Fourth street, at 8 p. m.
At $3.50 p. m. Sunday he will organize
at the mission Sunday club, to which
all persons are invited, especially the
hotel and railroad men, as we'll as men
of leading professions This club will
be organized at once that the men may
not only have some place of more than
ordinary decency to resort to, but that
they may. come under the moral, intel
lectual, and spiritual influence of the
church. Sociological and questions that
pertain to the welfare of the race will
be dicussed there from time to time.
The effect will be fully set forth Sun
day at p. M Good music will be fur
nished by noted artists. Rev. Butler
will move his family here at once and
take up his residence on the South
Side. .-> ..tas. < g..