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Read “L’Histoire des Heros D’Afri
que” thfe week carefully. ’’
Verily ^e sun domove." Eight
Ku Klux have been found guilty and
will be sentenced Monday.
Hon. J. R Green has returned from
New York City, where he participated
in a mass meeting.
The Gazette is indebted to Miss
Viola Holmes for several interesting
articles.
It is a little peculiar that it is the
Southern Judges who are letting their
brightest light shine at present.
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Ohio people did not help free the
colored people in order to degrade
them, Civil Rights bill or no.-—Press.
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Next week we hope to present a
portrait of the “Old Man Eloquent, 0
Hon. Frederick Douglass, and his speech
in full. ____
Read the three C advertisement.
They are recognizing the existence of
our paper and helping both themselves
and a laudable enterprise. < .
Wk wonder if there is a place hot
enough for those white Christians (I)
who in their churches have comers for
their colored visitors and members?
W» are indebted to Prof. James M.
Gregory, of Washington, and Colonel
James Lewis, of New Orleans, _ for
valuable papers and other favors.
Dr, J. T. Newman, a colored physi
cian of of New Orleans, has been ap
pointed by a Democratic Mayor and
confirmed by a Democratic Council as
Sanitary Physician of New Orleans.
The editorial writer of the Macon
(Ga.) Telegraph Messenger is a typical
Southern crank on the Negro problem.
His editorials, one of which was repro
duced by one of the daily papers, make
us tired.
The mass meeting at Halcyon Hall
last Monday evening was a decided suc
cess. The letter received by the editor
of the Gazette from Hon. Frederick
Douglass when read was greeted with
tumultous applause. It will be found
elsewhere in our columns.
According to the Columbus Dispatch
“there was heaps of trouble on the old
man's mind" in the indignation meet
ing held by the colored citizens there
last week. The Supreme Court was
given “Hail Columbia," so to speak,
because of its miserable decision.
Excellent letters from Chicago,
Youngstown, Buffalo, Wilberforce and
numerous other points were crowded
out of last week's issue, such was the
demand upon our columns. Corre
spondents must shorten their articles or
the editor will have to.
It is hoped that the Judge who is to
sentence the eight Ku-Klux convicted
in Georgia will impose the severest sen
tence within his power for such crimes.
They can be spared, and it is regretted
very much that the customary lynching
of the South is not the proper thing
for wretches.
Guilty devils always are in fear.
Just so with Texans. The colored people
were holding a mass meeting and peace
ably discussing the recent outrageous
decision of the Supreme Court when
lo! dispatches were sent broadcast over
the State and country stating that five
hundred Negroes in Milan County,
Texas, were in arms, uprising, indig-
^held in
awhile.
sre try
ing w cut vui AJuvrlCan Clt-
bmns. The Negro, however, “won’t
hfary headed political demagogues*
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KVIBnME Or MIMI'ENN. I
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you to notice this evidence of our suc
cess; continue and increase your pat
ronage; speak a good word for us if
we are deserving, and be sure you
have your friends as well as yourself
take the Gazette. We have tried hard
to give every week a good, neat, newsy
paper, apd believe we have succeeded
thus far, remembering all the time
there is plenty of chance ’for improve
ment. But nothing succeeds like suc
cess, and it is with great pride we give
ample notice'of our success by add
ing four columns to our already popu
lar paper. There are several things
we have tried to impress i upon the
minds of our friends all over the coun-
try, particularly those in the Forest
City. Chief among them is the fact
that we do job printing at as reasonable
rates as any house in the city. The
firms who advertise in our paper are
among the best in the city and show,
by advertising in the Gazette, that
they wish the colored people’s patron
age. Show your appreciation of their
interest in the welfare of our paper by
patronizing them. We have the newsiest
paper in the State of Ohio. If you do
not instantly see this fact, at! we ask of
you is to compare intelligently our paper
with any other in the State. The
Gazette thanks its many patrons for
their interest and substantial support
and hopes to doable its circulation in
two months by its own work
and the help of its many
willing friends. Our friends out
side of the State are numerous and en
thusiastic. We desire to especially ten
der our thanks to them and hope their
interest in the Gazette will increase
with its size, and that they will endeav
or to double the sale of our popular pa
per in their several localities. In re
turn we will endeavor to make better
each week our paper.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
The defeat of the Hon. John P. Green
in the recent Ohio election is a down
right calamity to his immediate con
stituents and to the State at large. We
tender Ohio, not Mr. Green, our sin
cerest condolence.— Christian Recorder.
The college waiters who have been
wringing the gold dust from the mill
ionaires at Saratoga during the sum
mer are now emigrating to Florida ho
tels, where they will labor during the
winter.
Ed. G. Walker, the colored man
whom Governor Butler nominated for
the Charlestown Judgeship, and who
Was rejected by the Executive Council
and again nominated and rejected, has
entered a libel suit for $ IC, 000 against
the Boston Post for defamation of char
acter.
School Commissioner A. J. Smith, of
Jefferson County, Ky., is in wantof sev
eral competent'colored teachers. His
address is Louisville, Ky.
Ex-Cadet Whittaker has made a de
mand on the Judge Advocate General
for a copy of all the documents in his
case. The record covers 75,000 pages.
It is said the case will be re-opened
.when Congress meets.
* The Washington monument, which is
being built just in the rear of the White
House lot, when completed, will be 550
feet high, and will be the highest struct
ure in the world. The structure which
ranks highest now is the tower of the
Cologne Cathedral, which is 511 feet
high.
John W. Harrison, of Buchanan,
Mich., has invented an automatic
bridge on which he has re-
cently secured a patent. Mr. Harrison
is a colored man and the inventor of
several important mefehanical imple
ments, the patents of some of which
have been bought and very profitably
used by the Studebaker Manufacturing
Company, of South Bend. The Hon.
J. S. Hinton is the recipient of the pho
tographs of the last patent.— Leader.
Advices from Hayti by way of Lon
don state that half the city of Port-au
Prince has been destroyed by an incen
diary fire, started, it is supposed, by
sympathizers with the revolution. The
city is said to be entirely in the hands
of the mob, who are pillaging and mur
dering in all quarters. The Govern
ment forces are bombarding the town,
and its entire destruction is not im
probable. Five foreign war ships are
present, and will do all in their power
to protect the lives of foreign residents.
As a practical measure for protection
the colored people of Louisville say:
“We call for a systematic National or
ganization among the colored people of
the United States, through which indis
criminating common carriers and other
public conveniences may be known,
and hereby call upon the colored men
engaged in every branch of business in
the South, their' friends and all with
whom they may have any influence to
import their supplies and export their
■products with such corporations exclu
sively in every case where it is possible
to do so. We call upon the influential
colored men of the North, East and
West to put forth such efforts among
their friends and the friends of the
race in commercial circles as will
strengthen the bourse indicated
True.
When the Republican bosses and the
Republican party openly throw the
Negro off as uead weight, as they have
done on the Civil Bights decision busi
ness, they may as well have commenced
to chew off their own ears for spite.
The Negro has commenced to kick at
last, and the probability is, he will con
tinue to kick until some party or parties
go to grief. The political welkin is
ringing and a wronged people tire again
gathering around the old church door,
preparatory to giving a war whoop
which will cause the mood of political
demagogues to boil with anguish and dis
appointment The well known Freed
men’s Bank swindle, by the bosses’
political henchmen and wire-pulling
speculators, is almost as fresh in the
minds of the people to day, as it was
when the robbery was first made
known. Now comes the decision of the
Supreme Court in regard to the Civil
Rights Bill, which, in many respects,
stripe the Negro of his protection as an
American citizen. All of which has
been brought about through bossism
and monopolists, and the Negro can not
and will not stand it He is going to
prove these assertions to be facts at the
ballot-box, and until then he will con
tinue to kick, and kick to an alarming
extent- Savannah (Ga.) Seho.
wrivw on von”
Gents’ Fine Gaiters - sewed—with
box toes and tips a larg*> lot bought
cheap, and selling thirty-three per cent,
lees than actual value, at the POPt LAR
SHOE STORK. 62 PUBLIC SQUARE.
CIVIL RIGHTS.
The Harmonious and Enthusiastic Mass
Meeting at Halcyon Hall Last
Monday Evening.
Speeches by Messrs. Green, Swee^
and Hamilton—-The Resolutions
and a Letter from the Hon.
Frod. Douglass.
Quite a crowd of ladies and gentle
men assembled at Halcyon Hall last
Monday evening to take some action in
regard to, and hear discussed the recent
infamous decision of the .Supreme Court
in declaring the sections of Sumner's
Civil Rights bill unconstitutional that
directly interest our people. R. A.Bol
den was elected chairman, and on
taking his seat said “we did not wish
anything more than the laws which
protected the white citizens do for
them, and we will be satisfied with the
same common law if it governs nW alike.
The purposes and reasons for passing
the Civil Rights law he glanced at, and
said that while the very act of our hav
ing to apply for a special law was a dis
grace to the American people, still
what we do must be done judiciously,
and as coming from an
intelligent and law-abiding peo
ple.
The following named gentlemen were
the vice presidents: Frank Haines, H. C.
Smith, of the Gazette, J. E. Brown,
James R. Snyder, Isaac Thompson, M.
Tilley, J. F. Reddick, J). R. Raynorand
David Fowler. L. W. Turner was
elected secretary, with R. A. Jones and
Frank Anthony as assistants.
The chairman named the following
committee on resolutions: Madison Til
ley, T. H. Edmunds, James Snyder and
H. C. Smith, He then introduced Hon.
John P. Green, who was received with
applause.
Mr. Green, who had but recently re
turned from New York, where he had
addressed a similar meeting, spoke
most eloquently for an hour and twenty
minutes. As he but recently gave his
views of this decision through the col
umns of the Gazette, it is hardly nec
essary for us to dwell upon his speech
of Monday night last. He thinks the
Supreme Court has erred in this in
stance; that the Court has departed
from all the teachings of the Republi
can party, and that this decision was a
bad precedent, of which the Democrat
ic party may some day take advan
tage.
E. S. Sweet followed Mr. Green and
spoke at some length upon many salient
points, producing some strong argu
ments to substantiate what foe said.
His principal statement tallies with that
of the Gazette—t. e. the Negro has a
destiny he must work out.
Mr. J. T. Hamilton, of Wauseon, 0.,
the last speaker, captivated the audi
ence by his humorous and eloquent
talk. He tried to impress upon those
present the great importance of unity—
in his own language, “we must stick
together." A great deal of truth and
an important thing, we must cultivate
more, expressed in a few words. He
also said that this decision of the Su-
Supreme Court ought to be the means
of stronger and better union. True.
Mr. Hamilton will be a welcome visitor
to all our public gatherings, we can
assure him.
The Committee on Resolutions re
ported the following, which was*
adopted:
Whereas, The Supreme Court of the United
States has solemnly declared its opinion that
the Congressional enactment known as the
Civil Rights law of February 27.1875, is not in
accordance with the United States Constitu
tion. and consequently imperative as a meas
ure for the protection in his manhood rights;
and.
Whereas, The customs and traditions of
many of the States in the Union are inimical
to the Negro as a soldier and as a citizen, he
finds neither in the common law nor in the
sentiments of his white fellow-citizens that
full protection which he has earned by his
loyalty and devotion to the Nation in its hour
of extreme need; therefore, be it
Resolved, That it is the primal duty of all
lovers of their country, and friends of justice,
without respect to party lines, to see to it
that the full and equal protection of the laws
are ottered every soldier and citizen without
regard to race, color or previous condition of
servitude.
Resolved, That it is the paramount duty of the
colored voter to give his aid and support to
that party or coalition of parties that will
give force and meaning to the utterances,
pledges and demands of the Republican and
of the Democratic platform of 1872, in respect
of the protection of -the colored soldiers and
citizens in their manhood rights.
Resolved, That the progress of the colored
American citizen in morals, education, fru
gality, industry, and general usefulness, as a
man, and as a citizen, makes it a part of sound
policy and wisdom to maintain and protect
him in the enjoyment of the fullest and most
complete rights of citizenship.
Resolved, That wp invite the co-operation of
all good men and women in securing such leg
islation as may be necessray to complete our
freedom, and that we advise the immediate
organization of civil rights associations
throughout the country, through which proper
agitation and earnest work for our cause may
be inaugurated and carried out.
Resolved. That we petition the President in
his annual message to recommend to Congress
the passage of a la w that will l»e constitutional,
and will protect all of its soldiers and citizens
alike: and if notice of the same is not taken,
we will petition his successor.
Madison Tilley,
T. H. Edmunds,
H. C. Smith,
James Snyder,
Committee.
The following letter was received by
the editor of the Gazette:
Washington, D. C., Oct. 27.
H. C. Smith, Esq.:
Mr Dear Sir: I would gladly be with you
on the evening of the 29 th if that were possi
ble. Now is the time when young, able and
eloquent men should come to the front. Five
and forty years of service have diminished my
ability to stand the wear and tear incident to
the great battle for civil rights now upon us.
Your young men have been educated in vain
if they cannot now bear up the ark of free
dom. Yours truly,
Frederick Douglass.
MARION.
Kansas City and Wyandotte.
Special to the Gazette.
October 29.
Everything in the social world in and
about Kansas City is quiet; no hops, no
coffees, no parlor concerts—nothing
but hard work and politics.
For two weeks we have had continu
ous rains and plenty of mud. and there
is not in all this wide world mud that
sticketh like our Kansas mud.
The first snow fell on the 24th. which
of course greatly delighted the little
folks. To the older ones it suggested
nothing, perhaps, but coal bills and the
need of overcoats. One could almost
foolishly wish he were again a child,
w'hen all life's years were free from
care and disappointments.
Just over the way there is a thick
forest of beautiful trees, whose leaves
are gold, purple and crimson. They
are just ready to fall. Indeed every
breeze sends showers of them to the
earth. They are far more beautiful
than when they were full of life, andso
one’s last years and days should grow
more beautiful to the end.
The burdens and cares of life should
beautify the soul as the frosts beautify
the forest leaves.
During the recent Baptist association
held in Wyandotte. was pledged
toward the portdta.se of a printing
press, which will cost SI,OOO. This
association will in a few weeks, it is
hoped, own this press and send out
from St. Louis a paper that shall be a
credit to the Negro. ' If nothing but the
maturing of this one plan had been
accomplished by the gentlemen of
this association, the meeting would
then have been one of profit.
Since the Civil Rights bill has
been declared unconstitutional, other
amendments affecting the Negro may
ere long be found to be unconstitu
al. There is need that the Negro learn
the manly art of self-defense.
Every printing press owned by the
Negro, every good paper printed by
the Negro, is a means of self-defense.
We hold, too, that it should be a part
of the religious creed of every colored
family in the land to give its support to
some colored paper.
Friday, the 26th, was teachers’ pay
day in Wyandotte.
All things human fail us sometimes.
Our treasury failed us this time. We
are consoled, however, by the fact that
those who would have received fifty
dollars last Friday will receive twice
fifty dollars when the next pay-day
comes. Makion.
* WILBERFORCE.
Civil Rights Ably Discussed by Prof.
B. F. Lee and Our Able Corres
pondent-Personals.
The State has gone Democratic, the
Supreme Court has decided the Civil
Rights law unconstitutional and we
are still pursuing the even tenor of our
way not alarmed greatly by either. We
have read with considerable interest
and amusement the action taken in
regard to this matter by the people
most interested, in different sections of
the country. While some have been
very violent in their expressions,
denouncing the Supreme Court and
Republican party, others have been
more considerate and viewed the matter
as the work of a tribunal that is too
honorable to allow prejudice to influ
ence them in a decision of such vital
importance. Let it be just or unjust,
it has left us with our own destiny to
carve. The Civil Rights bill may be
declared unconstitutional, the political
parties may not show us the
recognition “we feel we deserve,
but there are the true principles
of manhood implanted in each one of us
that none of these things can crush out.
And in the development of these prin
ciples lies our most sure road to civil
rights. There is no surer way of dis
arming prejudice of its venom than to
prove ourselves the equal and superior
of those harboring that feeling. And
there has been no action since we have
enjoyed our freedom that has made
more apparent the fact that we must
educate and accumulate wealth than this
decision, which has placed us on an
equal footing with every other man, re
gardless of the disadvantages under
which we labor. It has placed the
marble and chisel in our own hands,
and whether we shall prove ourselves
skilled workmen in carving a future
that shall secure to us all the rights of
Sood loyal citizens is a problem that
emands our most serious attention and
earnest efforts in solving.
Professor W. P. Scarborough was
called home to-day by a telegram an
nouncing the death of his father, who
resided in Macon, Ga.
Mr. John G. Brown, who was brought
home quite ill from Pittsburg nearly
two weeks ago, is some better. Miss
Hallie Q., his sister, of elocutionary
fame, is also home having severed her
connection with the Stewart-Wilber
force singers. ■ We judge the man
ager has experienced quite a loss in Miss
Hallie, as having completed two suc
cessful engagements and entered upon
a third under his management, she not
only added to her own reputation as an
elocutionist but swelled the coffers of
said troupe in no inconsiderable degree
'by her reputation already established.
Mrs. Professor J. P. Shorter bade our
worthy Professor a kind farewell last
Friday morning and took her departure
for Covington, Ky., on a visit to her
father, Elder Lankford. Although we
have never experienced “the sadness
of dissolving” domestic relations we
extend our sympathies to the Professor
and trust he may not loose his appetite
in his forced bachelorhood.
Bishop D. A. Payne is home for the
present.
President B. F. Lee discussed the de
cision of the Supreme Court in quite an
able manner last evening. He took for
his text the parable of the Good Samari
tan. He compared the Negroes to the
wounded man, Charles Sumner to the
good Samaritan and the Civil Kights
Bill to the ass upon w hich the wounded
man was placed by the good Samaritan-
Now the good Samaritan is dead, the
ass is killed, and the wounded man is
once more exposed to the mercies of
his enemies. He became eloquent in
the discussion of the wrongs of his race
and portrayed vividly the inconsistency
of that prejudice that measures a man’s
worth by the color of his skin. He de
clared the bill constitutional and the
action of the Supreme Court as unjust
and illegal.
Rev. M. K. Wilson has removed his
family to Wilmington, 0., his future
field of labor.
Oh! that some bird bad flown from the sunny
South,
And built its nest in the Supreme Court’s
mouth—
And stopped that aifful decision.
Droit et Avant.
DAYTON.
Grand Banquet-.A Most Interesting
Letter by Our Representatives,
Mitchell and Miller—Personals —
Numerous and Interesting Musi
cal Notes for the Enlarged Gazette.
FIRST OF THE SEASON.
The American Sons of Protection
will have a grand banquet at their hall
next Wednesday evening. Music by
the Fourth Regiment Orchestra. Now,
young men, do not forget the ladies.
SOCIETY NOTES— G. U. O. OF O. F.
The Sisters of the Household of Ruth
gave a social last Friday evening at
their hall on Second street, and had a
very large attendance. Everyone had
a delightful time. Mr. J. A. Miller, of
the Gazette, and Mr. William Murphy,
want to become members of the G. U.
O. of O. F. They can ride well.
The G. M. C. drills every Tuesday
evening. They are getting ready for
next August.
PERSON AI..
Rev. Mathews, of the Baptist Church,
preached in Xenia on last Sunday.
Mr. George Holmes and wife left
for Delaware last Monday to attend the
funeral of his wife's sister.
Miss Bessie Adams left for her home
in Urbana Thursday, but will return
again i^on. A. M. do not cry.
Rev. P' P. Tolliver delivered a very
able sermon last Sunday at Jamestown
in the A. M. E. Church'
Mr. Anderson Jones and mother re
turned home last Wednesday from Vir
ginia, where he has been fqr his health.
He is looking better.
Mr. Edward Taylor is on the sick list
this week.
Mrs. Preston Langly was on the sick
list this week, but is better.
Mr. Frank Kinney, of the “Patriot,"
was in our city Tuesday, the guest of
Rev. P. P. Tolliver. He wants an agent
for his paper.
Rev. Green, pastor of the A. M. E.
Church at Shelby, 0., passed through
our city Monday.
‘M USUAL NOTE?.
Mr. M. H. S. Walker, manager of the
New Orleans Jubilee Singers, was in
our city making arrangements for his
company to appear at the A. M. E.
Church Tuesday evening, Nov. 6.
Those who are lovers of music should
not fail to hear this company as it is
one of the finest companies of the kind
traveling.
The A. M. E. Church Choir was not
opt Sunday. They were absent from
the city. .
Mr. H. S. Wood’s Quartette sang
some of their old plantation melodies at
Grace M. E. Church Friday evening.
Their singing charmed the audience.
The Cantata for the Orphans’ Mu
sical Club, entitled “The Night of Glo
ry or the Birth of Christ,’’ is very hard,
so we cannot play.
Xenia.
Joseph R. Lucas, claiming to have
hailed from Cincinnati, was sentenced
to five years in the penitentiary last
Tuesday on the charge of assaulting
one Mattie Davis with intent to rob.
Lucas came to Xenia last June, and
having secured a position in the ton
sorial parlors of Charles Nichols, lo
cated here. Until he was arrested for
the above-named charge he was a
Golden Daniel in the best society of
Xenia, and spent his leisure time in
pulling the strings of several of the
first class young ladies’ hearts. It was
currently gossiped after his arrest that
he had served a term in the peniten
tiary for his part as principal in the
first degree in the diamond robbery of
General Durbin Ward in Warren
County, but such was not con
clusive until the day of the
trial, when the Clerk’s records
from Warren County verified the same.
After the arrest of Lucas he made it
known in divers pieces of poetry com
posed by himself while in jail that he
was a married man and father of one
child, the latter of which died during
his stay in jail, and in the poetry he
spoke in very affectionate terms of his
family, which was read to the jury by
his attorney in his argument, but it
seemed to have little or no effect upon
it, as he probably thought it would.
Perhaps the young ladies had no sus
picion when they stepped on Lucas
what they were stepping into. How
ever, they wiped their feet and retired.
Local editor Johnson, of the Review
may have been unnecessarily grandilo
quent when he objected to the Hon. E
G. Walker as Judge of the Charleston
Municipal Court on the ground that his
presence there would be an outrage
upon liberty, common sense and the
civilization of the nineteenth century.
Mr. D. A. Rudd, editor of the Review,
was in town this week on business. Can
it be possible that Mr. Rudd is organiz
ing a still hunt for the nomination of
the Hon. Fred. Douglass to the Vice
Presidency in 1884. If he really wants
to try him he ought to have no trouble
in getting the Republican party to con
sent. Their hope of success is doubt
ful and the most the campaign can do
for them will be to give Mr. Douglass
for*¥ice President.
Mrs. M. Harrison, of Memphis, Tenn.,
is in the city this week, the guest of
Mrs. L. Manley.
Subscribe for the Cleveland Ga
zette if you want the latest news con
cerning the colored race. •
General notorious train robbers, in
cendiary and bank robbers, were ar
rested here on the 29th. They resisted
the police to a considerable extent,
which ended in broken heads and
maces, but nevertheless they were
lodged in the tin top to await the re
sult.
Councilman Maxwell tendered his
resignation last week, which was ac
cepted by the Council. Mr. Maxwell
removes to Wilberforce, where he has
been appointed clerk of the board.
Deck.
Oxford Notes.
[Spencer Towsey is the Gazette’s agent for
Oxford.]
Rev. D. W. Mitchell, pastor of the A.
M. E. Church, arrived on the 25th with
his family, and found his house filled
with friends and well-filled baskets.
The Home Aid Society gave a festival
in Horner Hall last Saturday evening
which was a success.
Mr. Fred. Shackerford, of Hamilton,
was noticed upon our streets last Sun
day.
Mrs. Betsy Crawford, Oxford’s old
reliable carpet weaver, is ready for busi
ness. Residence on South Wray
Street.
Rev. Bankings, of Middletown,
preached at the Baptist Church last
Subbath.
The last game of ball of the season
will be played at College Corner in a
few days, between the Modocs, of this
place, and the Rail-splitters, of the Cor
ner. Wm. Williamson, the champion
colored amateur catcher of Butler
County, will don the gloves and mask
for the Modocks.
Mr. and Mrs. Rockhold, Miss Sarah
Sims. Mr. David Churchman and Geg.
Johnson, all of Liberty, smiled in upon
Oxford friends, and were present at the
Graves-Brooks wedding.
Miss Lusia Young has returned home
from a visit among friends in Lexing
ton, Ky. Her friends welcome her
home.
Henry Stevens was taken suddenly
ill last Tuesday with the fever.
GRAVES—BROOKS.
Mr. Wesley Graves and Emily Brooks
were united In the, bonds of holywed
lock at the residence of Rev. Austin, of
Hamilton, last Thursday evening. The
happy couple returned to this place,
where a house furnished awaited them.
They were the recipients of many val
uable presents. The groom is one of
those good kind of boys who arc liked
by everyone. The bride is a lady, and,
in all, they are a happy couple. Suc
cess and happiness is the wish of their
many friends and the Gazette.
Elija East has just recovered from a
spell of the fever.
That voting colored gent that was
seen walking along the street wiih a
Cincinnati belle who is visiting here
here had better look out, as his girl
was not far oft witching him. Take
warning. Spence.
Our Readers’ Attention to
one hundred dozen imported kid
gloves. Every pair branded Old Reliable
and guaranteed not to rip and equal to
anr glove sold in the city at fl.W—our
price tl. STKIXFIELD.
Old Reliable Clothier and Tailor.
MASONIC DEPARTMENT.
[Jere A. Brown. Grand Secretary of the Grand
Lodge, of Ohio, Editor.]
We cordially solicit news of any and all
description fro’> the Lodges, Chapters,
Commanderies, and other Masonic or
ganizations, not only of this State, out
from other Jurisdictions as well. Ques
tions pertaining to Masonic Jurispru
dence and the Order in general will be an
swered according to the best authorities
and the practice of this Jurisdiction.
The committees appointed by Ezekiel
Commandery No. 3 and Red Cross
Commandery No. 7, K. T., to form a
general Committee of Arrangements
for the entertainment of the Grand
Commandery for the State of Ohio,
which assembles - in this city next Au
gust, met on the 28th ult. and effected
a permanent organization as follows-
Sir John H. Cisco, President; Sir John
8. White, Vice President; Sir Eli Lucas,
Treasurer, and Sir W. H. H. Griffin,
Secretary. After talking over and
settling the necessary preliminaries, the
committee adjourned until the 3d inst.
Ezekiel Commandery No. 3 gave, on
the evening of the 80th ult., one of
their popular entertainments and drills
at Halcyon Hall, which was well at
tended. Everything passed off in good
order, and all went home happy at
spending such a pleasant evening.
The Grand Chapter R. A. M. and
Grand Lodge F. A. A. M., of the State
of Illinois, have just closed their re
spective annual meetings held at the
city of Springfield, that State. A
pleasant and profitable session was a
marked characteristic of each grand
body. The reports from the subordi
nates show a marked increase in mem
bership and entrance. The following
officers were elected: Grand Chapter—
M. E. G. H. P„ James Taylor,
of Chiago, Ill.; R. E. G. S.,
Richard E. Moore, of Chicago, 111.
Grand Lodge —M. W. G. M., Austin
Perry, of Mattoon, 111.; R. W. G. S.,
Richard E. Moore, of Chicago, 111.
QUESTIONS.
First: When a Lodge surrenders its war
rant how does a member of that Lodge pro
ceed to become connected again with a
Lodge?
Answer: A Lodge ceases to be a
Lodge when it surrenders its warrant,
and its members are regarded as un
aftilliated Masons. In this jurisdiction
the precedent has been established that,
upon application to the Grand Secre
tary, who-is satisfied that at the time
of the surrender of the warrant they
were in good standing, he may issue a
certificate to that effect, which certifi
cate answers in lieu of a Dimit,
Second: Is it an offense for a brother to di
vulge anything that may be done in the
Lodge, especially suspensions or expulsions?
Answer: Yes. There is a statute of
the Grand Lodge for this State which
distinctly defines how such proceedings
are to be made public. AV hile it does
not specify in words that it shall not be
conveyed as our questioner asks, all
usage tends to convey that fact, with
out it being defined in so many words.
Do not do so.
Sir Knight Charles E. Newton, for
merly of New Orleans, La., will locate
permanently in Buffalo, N. Y., remov
ing there on the 11th inst. We recom
mend him to the Craft of that city
as a sterling and upright Mason, “well
skilled, etc. ’
We are looking anxiously for that
proposed “Plan of Relief,” with which
one of our sanguine and zealous broth
ers was so enthusiastic over a few
weeks ago. It should have material
ized ere this, but suppose the ardor of
the aforesaid brother has become some
what cooled and dampened by reason
of the late decision. Do not let that
discourage you, brother, but work
harder foi; everything and anything that
will tend to our advancement and ad
vantage.
Application has been received for the
establishment of a new commandery in
a growing and thriving section of the
jurisdiction, which, if consummated,
we bespeak for it unlimited success.
Several questions remain to be an
swered, but our correspondents must be
content to abide their turn, as we can
not uevote all space at our command to
that alone. All will be answered in
due time, however.
ODD-FELLOWS’ DEPARTMENT.
James R. Snyder, - - Editor.
While visiting Wheeling, W. Va.,
some months ago, we had the pleasure
of meeting our esteemed District Mas
ter, Bro. James H. Jones, who is prin
cipal of the colored schools of that city.
He is a young man not twenty-four
years old, and is considered one of the
best educators in the State. In
our opinion he is one of
the brightest and best informed
Odd Fellow’s we have ever met. As the
time is drawing near for Brother Jones
to visit the lodges of this city, I would
advise the brothers to have their lamps
trimmed and burning; in other words,
attend your lodge lecture, so as to pre
pare yourselves to meet him when he
comes.
The members of Charles Sumner
Lodge are making preparations for a
grand entertainment to be given on the
evening of November 29th. Further
mention will made of it in the future.
We are informed that Brothers Jo
seph Ricks and Joseph Brown will not
emigrate to Florida, as was their inten
tion, but will at least spend the winter
with us. We are unable to give the
Brothers’ reasons for changing their
minds. Can it be the decision of the
Supreme Court, or what?
We are pleased to say that the house
hold of Ruth is once more in a lively
and prosperous condition, and we hope
that all brothers will take an interest in
this branch of the Order and assist the
good sisters to make it what it ought to
be. Prevail upon your mothers, wives,
sisters and daughters to join us and
help to carry out the good designs of
this branch of our noble Order.
Allegheny.
Death again has visited the family of
Captain John H. Taylor, of Allegheny
Patriarchie. Bro. Taylor lost two
children in September, one on the 13th
and one the 14th. Mrs. Taylor, who
has been sick for a long time, died on
Wednesday of last. week. She bore her
afflictions with Christian fortitude and
was a member of the A. M. E. Zion
Church, from which she was buried on
Friday morning at 11 o’clock. Bro. Tay
lor has thesympatby of bis many friends.
We are glad to hear that Ohio is com
ing to the front with a paper in the in
terest of the G. U O. of O. F. We long
to greet the Odd Pillows' ^igpal. It
will be received with, willing and open
hand. I’hc L- dges in Phtsturgh and
Allegheny are adding to their ranks
nightly. Such has been the influx
of” initiations that business has to lay
over from meeting to meeting in or dcr*
to properly make the candidate. All
the Lodges here are in a prosperous
condition.
Avery Mission, A. M. E- Church, was,
reopened on Sunday last. The Rev.'
Chambers filled the pulpit and preached
an able sermon from the 2d chapter of
Paul’s letter to the Ephesians, 19,
20, 21. 22 verses. At 2:30 p. m. Rev.
W. A. Robinson, of North Avenue M.
E. Church, preached to a large congre
gation from the 28th chapter of Isaaih,
16th verse. At 7:30 Rev. Jenkins, of
the M. E. Church, preached from the
77th Psalm, 7th verse. The church has
been very* handsomely frescoed and re
painted/ the windows having been
changed, and stained glass now adorns
the windows. The improvements are
very noticeable. The choir,. tinder thes
management of Miss Lizzie R. Pul
press, the organist, rendered some fine
music for the occasion. Miss Pulpress
deserves great credit for the active
part she takes in the choir and church
affairs in general. The following col
lection was taken: At the morning
services, $147.24; afternoon services,
$95.50; evening services, $50.88.
Milwaukee.
William Owens, Esq., has gone to Chi
cago, and report has it, to prepare for the
greatest event of his life. If that be true,
Milwaukee will suffer the loss of another
fair damsel.—O. W. Dorsey, Jr., has re
sumed work again after a few days of
recreation.—The young men of society in
Milwaukee do not intend to be. behind.
They are preparing for several nice enter
tainments very soon.—The church has just
been nicely cleaned and whitewashed,
which makes a great improvement in looks.
—The members of the Ladies’ Union Aid
Society are busily engaged in preparing
for a fair to take place in about six or
eight weeks.—Mr. J. W. Foster, of Minne
apolis, Minn., spent three days in our city
on his way to Chicago.—We are pleased to
say that the Cleveland Gazette Jis read
wi ;h more interest than any colored paper
ever sent here.—Buffalo Bill’s peformance
here this week has caused several of our
modest young men to have a desire to go
out West and be cowboys. Go ahead,
young men, but be careful lest you have to
comeback on one of those long-eared ani
mals,like the young man now with Mr. Cody.
We can’t tell which looks the sadder, the
young man or his beast. Jet.
Mr. P. C. Clark mourns the loss of his
little son, H. F. W. Clark, who died
Wednesday morning, the 17th inst., with
congestion of the lungs, aged eight months,
five days. Elder Holley conducted the
funeral services at three o’clock p. m.—
Mr. Daniel C. Coates is doing a very good
business with his electro-thermal baths.
He is patronized by some of the wealthiest
people in Milwaukee. He claims to be the
only electro therapeutist masseur in the
city. Mr. Coates is a very promising
young man of about thirty-five years and
quite an honor to his race.—Mr. S. B. Bell
returned last Thursday from St. Louis,
where he has been visiting friends and
relatives for about two weeks. —Elder Hol
ley’s family arrived in the city Thursday.
—Milwaukee is more lively at present than
it has been for a year. Jet.
James A. Day is the Gazette’s represen
tative at Milwaukee. — [Ed.
Important Notice In Reference to
the time of Cleveland, Columbus,
Cincinnati and Indianapolis Rail
way, Indianapolis and St. Louis
Railway, Dayton and Union R. R.
Cleveland, October, 1803.
At a meeting of the General Time
Convention, held at Chicago, 111., Oc
tober 11, 1883, at which a large major
ity of all the railroad mileage of the
United States and the Dominion of
Canada was represented, it was agreed
that a previous recommendation of the
convention to adopt uniform standard
of time should be put in effect with the
general Autumn and Winter changes,
which are to be made on Sunday, No
vember 18,1883. The standard adopted
for the railroad lines in the territory
traversed by the “Bee Line System” is
that of the Ninetieth Meridian and will
be called “central time,” which com
pares with the time now in use, as
follows:
Cleveland time is 33 minutes faster.
Columbus “ 28 “ “
Cincinnati “ 22 “ “
Indianapolis “ 16 “ “
St. Louis “ 1 “ slower.
In other words, from and after the
date above given, the trains of these
companies which have hitherto run by
Columbus (Ohio) time will be run by a
standard which is twenty-eight minutes
slower. A. J. Smith, G. P. A.
Words to the Wise.
The new commercial season is open
ing, and is therefore an opportune mo
ment for a few words to the business
men of this city. N one of you will ob
ject to sell to colored persons, for
money is as good from the hands of
one person as another. The patronage
of persons of color is as much to be de
sired as anyone else, because it yields
the same product—money. The col
ored trade is doubly desired, for it is
cash, which is infinitely superior to
booking debts.
Do you want the colored trade? You
cannot, if you value your prosperity,
say no. How can you get it? By rec
ognizing the existence of a colored
newspaper and advertising in it. Our
people read their papers, as our wide
and extending circulation will attest;
and very naturally feel kindly disposed
to those who appreciate their enter
prises. Some of the best merchants in
the city have tried advertising in the
Gazette, and they say, “with the best
results.” One rates are ;fair. Show
yourselves to our people.
RAILROAD ITEMS. ' '
Wm. H. Pernell, - . . Editor
First-class passengers complain con
siderably on account of the dirty con
dition of the stockmen who occupy the
berths in the same sleeping cars.
With a profusion of dirt and their loud
and boisterous talk they make a por
tion of the night hideous. We would
like to have some individual lay the
matter before the Supreme Court' that
it might determine who shall or who
shall not ride in public conveyances.
It has been suggested that if all the
railroad companies would adopt a
plan making all unused tickets
void unless sold at regular offices
of said railroads, there would be
a great panic among th*
ticket scalpers and less dishonesty
among the railroad employes. For an
unused ticket in its present state ap
pears to be as strong an inducement as
a U. S. bank note.
The Wagner company's Boston and
Buffalo run was discontinued last week,
leaving more porters idle.
Mr. Daggett, who is now superin
tendent for the Wagner company at
Detroit, has made a few changes by
dismissing a numtier of (the sleeping
car company can not do without me)
employes. Perhaps that is why some
of the sleeping car runs have been dis
continued.
Lake Shore detectives Cavanaugh
and McManu made a trip from Toledo
to ('leveland Tuesday on a solemn oo
• asiou. They were engaged as pall
bearers.