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Cleveland Us Gazette.
VOL. 1.-NO. 15.
CHAMBER FURNITURE.
e extend an invitation to-day to our friends and customers to
inspect our handsome stock of
Furniture
Our assortment of these goods was never larger than now and are
constantly adding new styles and designs. Having extensive con
nections with manufacturers both East and West, we buy Bedroom
Furniture on very narrow margins, and thus are able to defy com
petion in prices. Give us an early call before our stock is depleted.
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CLEVELAND, OHIO.
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HH necessary ■■
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rock. Rival Clothiers
pretend to compete 8
with our prices, but
notwithst an ding
the fact that their
goods are of an en- ■
- tirely inferior kind,
their prices have H
never come down to
ours and we will see to
IT THAT THEY NEVER SHALL.
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g KINGS OF CLOTHIERS. P
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OF
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-AND-
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AT
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Our stock of second-hand instruments is now
Very large, having taken in exchange several
of late. These instruments have all been put
in complete order and are very good, many of
them in tope and style, and would answer well
t he pur pose for practice, and we will take them
at, any • tine in exchange for new at our regu
lar cash prices. We have about forty Melo
deons, many of them nice 6-octaves, piano
case, and as good as new in every respect.
We are now receiving daily our fall stock,
which will comprise the finest lot of Pianos
and Organs ever brought to Cleveland.
Piano and Organ Repairing a
Specialty With Us.
Come irt and see what can be done to im
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the hands of experts. It pays well to have
man) old pianos repaired. It costs but little
and improves the tone very much and en
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leave order*.
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November L 1883.
DIVORCE_NOTICE.
Joseph Jones, whose last known place of
residence was Hot Springs, in the State of Ar
kansas, but whose present place of residence
is unknown, is hereby notified that on the 2Vth
day of October, A. D. 1883, his wife Julia Jones
filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, her
petition for divorce, charging him with wilful
absence and grow neglect of duty for more
than three years last past, and praying for
divorce, and restoration of maiden name.
Said petition will be for hearing after six
weeks from the first publication of tnis notice.
Pate l < Jeveland, 0., Oct. 59,1883.
JI LIA JONES,
her Attorneys.
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A SELF-MADE MAN.
A Short Sketch of the Life of Ex-Sen
ator Blanche K. Bruce, Regis
ter of the Treasury.
England's immortal bard once said
that “some men are born great, some
men achieve greatness, and some have
greatness thrust upon them;” and it is
not difficult to tell which one of these
classes the world has always placed
foremost in its respect and admiration.
Kings beget kings, and these may some
times, by their lack of character and
want of wisdom, overthrow an empire
or distract a nation. The everchanging
impulses of national life, especially
among nations where the people rule,
sometimes lift above the heads of his
fellow-men a man who, left to his own
resources would die “unwept, unhon
ored ami unsung.” But the man who,
in the face of the malignity of foes and
the perfidy of friends, rises, by force of
his own strength of character, to the
level of greatness among his fellow
men, has in himself the elements of
success, and the world applauds- in
earnest. It is not impossible that
among his own contemporaries a man
may soar to heights not attainable by
any proper estimate of his real worth,
but the subsequent historian is apt to
view him impartially, and look more to
what that man has done than to what
has been done for him.
That, man is great in a country like
ours who rises to honorable distinction
among his people. The processes of
denationalization and renationalization
which are in constant operation here in
our country open the avenues of great
ness to every man—making it at least
possible for liim to achieve greatness in
church and in State.
No man of his race has occupied a
more prominent position before the
American people for the past few years
than has the gentleman whose picture
we present to our readers to-day. -^fc-
Hon. Blanche K. Bruce was born on
the first day of March, A. D. 1841, in
Prince Edward’s County, in the “Old
Dominion” State, Virginia. His early
life was not marked with that ambi
tious enthusiasm of youth that usually
finds a lodgment in boyish hearts, for
the dismal cloud of slavery overshad
owed his pathway, and beyond this he
conld see no ray of light or of hope.
He met with all the hardships and dif
ficulties incident to his circumstances
in life in his subsequent struggle to
prepare himself for the duties and re
sponsibilities of the “new dispensa
tion.” Very little of his time has been
spent within college walls, and so no
college degree has been conferred upon
him to give him distinction on paper.
He spent a short while at Oberlin Col
lege , pursuing while there an elective
course, but soon left there, and, en
dowed with a thirst for knowledge and
a practical idea of its usefulness and
necessity, determined to educate him
self by contact with the men and things
around him. There was nothing re
markable in his career until his entry
into public life in the State of Missis
sippi, during the reconstruction period
in 1868. First going into the State as a
planter, and identifying himself thereby
with the material interests of the State,
he soon displayed those qualities of
mind that attracted the notice of his
neighbors then, and which, in a broader
field of action, have given him such
prominence in public life. In 1870,
within two years after going into the
State, he was elected Sergeant-at-Arms
of the State Senate, a position which
brought him at once in close acquaint
ance with the leading men in the State,
and gave him an opportunity to develop
that judgment, tact and executive
ability which have so signally charac
terized his after life. In 1871 he was
appointed Assessor of Taxes in Bolivar
County; and in 1872 when the offices of
Sheriff and Assessor were consolidated
he was elected to fill the dual office,
and at the same time elected a member
of the Board of Levee Commissioners of
the Mississippi River. These elections
at once indicated his popularity in the
State and county, and the satisfaction
that he had given in his previous official
relations to the people. At this time
his aggregate official bond as the high
est county officer and as Levee Com
missioner was §120,000, which amount
he secured without difficulty in a county
where nearly the entire bulk of landed
estates was in the hands of the Demo
crats. The satisfaction which he had
given in the discharge of these import
ant official trusts was fully attested by
his re-election in 1874, without an op
posing candidate among his party
friends.
It was soon seen, however, that his
services were needed in a broader arena
of public action, and in February, 1874,
he was elected United States Senator,
to represent his State in the highest
councils of the Nation. Not only
the election itself but the spirit
by which it was prompted, as well as
the unanimity with which it was con
ducted, was an evidence as compli
mentary as it was gratifying, of the
high esteem in which he was held by
the people of his adopted State. He
was elected on the first ballot bv each
House, thus making a joint ballot un
nessary. He took his seat in the Sen
ate March 4, 1875.
His career in the Senate is a’ matter
of public record, and there is little need
to repeat its history here. Like all pub
lic men, whose motives and actions are
alike to common censure and common
praise, Senator Bruce did not escape
that amount of public criticism which
so often impedes the} progress and
blights the hopes of men in public life.
Censure would be given where praise
was merited; and his motives were oft
| en misunderstood by those who should
i have known him best. His course in
the Senate and out of it, in the councils
of the Nation and in his own domestic
circle, has had often to pass in review
by an unrelenting foe. But happily for
him, as for all men, an impartial public
looks at a man in the light of the suc
cess he has achieved. Coming in
to the Senate at a time when not
only his section and his race needed
able defenders, but also when able
•statesmanship and wise diplomacy were
necessary to avert the then impending
political crisis, his six years’ record is
untainted by dishonor and unmarked
by error. He had the wisdom and
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HON. S. K.
bravery to say nothing when he had
nothing to say; but when he did speak
his speeches were noted for their char
acteristic vigor and practical common
sense. His first set speech was deliv
ered in 1876, when the Senate had un
der consideration the resolution offered
by the late Oliver P. Morton, to appoint
aeommittee to go South and investi
gate the election frauds there. This
speech clearly defined his exact posi^on
on the vexed “Southern Question,” and
was an exact and relentless expose of
Southern “methods” of politics. When
the Senate was discussing the propriety
of giving the Indians land in severalty,
Senator Bruce made a forcible argu
ment, setting forth his views on that
subject. When the Chinese Immigra
tion bill was before the Senate, and all
the party leaders on both sides of the
Senate were taking their stand for and
against the bill, all eyes were seemingly
turned to the Senator from Mississippi,
who, it was thought, would find his
duty as a statesman in conflict with his
duty to his race, or, at least, would
meet with some embarrassment
on that question by paving to
play the difficult role cfwAmeriean
and Negro. But tvhen the test
came, and he was called upon to record
his vote on that question, he made an
impromptu speech of a single sentence
which silenced the solicitude that hung
upon his choice. It was this:
“Mr. President, I desire to submit a
single remark. Representing, as I do,
a people whp.but a few years ago were
considered essentially disqualified from
enjoying the privileges and immunities
of American citizenship, and who have
since been so successfully introduced
into the body politic, and having a large
confidence in the strength and assimila
tive power of our institutions, I shall
vote against the bill.”
This speech was wired to all parts of
the country, and before he had taken
his seat his fellow Senators crowded
around him and congratulated him upon
his significant remarks. He was fre
quently called to preside over the Sen
ate, and an incident worthy of remark
is that when he was first called the first
Senator to address him as “Mr. Presi
dent” was ex-Senator Allen G. Thur
man, of this State. He was a member of
several of the most important com
mittees in the Senate, and had the chair
manship of two committees —the Missis
sippi Levee Committee and the Commit
tee on the Freedman's Bank. And
associated with him on these committees
xveresuch Senators as Generals Gordon
of Ga., and Cockrell, of Mo., Blaine, Kel
logg and Garland. As Chairman of the
Freedman’s Bank Committee he found
the affairs of the bank in the hands of
three commissioners at an annual sal -
ary of §3,000 each, and he succeeded
in placing the entire management of the
institution in the hands of the Comp
troller of the Currency with an annual
expense of only §I,OOO, thus saving an
nually §B,OOO to the poor depositors of
the bank. He opened negotiations for
the sale to the Government of the large
bank building in Washington for nearly
a quarter of a million dollars, thus
paving the way for the dividend pay
ment that soon followed. His practical
work in the committee rooni and his
worth in the Senate champers were
known and appreciated by his fellow
Senators.
During his Senatorial term he mar
ried Miss Josephine B. Wilson, eldest
daughter of Dr. Wilson, of this city, and
at one time a teacher in our public
schools. This event took place at the
residence of the bride's parents on Perry
street, June 24, 1878, immediately after
which the Senator and his bride took a
tour through the principal European
cities, where they were the recipients
of marked attention, both from the
distinguished foreign nobility and
from the distinguished Ameri
can residents abroad. They were
entertained by Minister Welsh at
London and by Minister Noyes at Paris;
and throughout all their travels they
were welcomed and received with ail
the official courtesy and social distinc
tion belonging to the dignity of the Sen
ator’s position in his' own country.
Mrs. Bruce is a lady of remarkably at
tractive personal appearance, m com
plexion a blonde, and one in whom no
remaining trace of her African ancestry
is visible. With rare accomplishments
and a refined and elevated bearing she
has presided over her husband’s resi
dence at the Capital City with dignity
and grace, and made it a fit social ren
dezvous for his official peers.
Mr. Bruce left the Senate as he had
entered it, a dignified and honorable
Kntlem an and an efficient and practical
gislator.
In a recent speech before the Senate
Hon. George F, Hoar, of Massachusetts,
referred to Senator Bruce in these
terms: “We have all of us seen him
here * * * In courtesy, modesty,
dignity, wisdom, tact—in what other
needed quality did he fall below the
character of an American Senator?”
As a delegate to the late National
Convention at Chicago Senator Bruce
was called temporarily to preside over
the convention, and one of the first
delegates whom he recognized to speak
was the late President (Tarfield. After
leaving the Senate two prominent
Federal positions were successively of
fered him by the administration—the
mission to Brazil and the third Assistant
Postmaster-Generalship—both of which
he declined. He was appointed to the
Bosition he now holds, .Register of the
L S. Treasury, by the late President Gar
field on the 23d day of May, 1881. In
this latter position he has displayed the
same executive ability that has charac
terized his course in other official rela
tions. The perplexing and intricate
questions of departmental practice that
daily come up for his decision are de
cided with a readiness and an ability
that have both astonished and gratified
those having business before his office.
As an authoritative officer in the
greatest financial institution in the
world Mr. Bruce can look back on the
pathway along which he has come and
exhibit at each step the grand possibili
ties of the American citizen of to-day.
Born in obscurity, reared amidst per
plexing obstacles, and reaching a proud
position among his fellow men before
arriving at even th§ meridian of life,
Mr. Bruce gives us one of the best ex
amples of the long list of self-made
men—men who have made themselves,
and made their country great. Along
with Douglass, Lincoln and Garfield Mr.
Bruce’s name will be honored because
in his life and in his example he has
honored his race, his times and his
country.
Written for the Gazette.
L’HISTOIRE DES HEROS D’AFRIQUE.
Dans L’lsle de Ste. Domingo.
BY PAUL GASTON.
No. Vlll.—Henri Christophe.
Henri Christophe was born a slave in
the island of New Granada. At the
age of eighteen he went to Ste. Domin
go and became maitre d’hotel, or land
lord in one of the principal cases of
Cape Francois.
Natural genius, combined with as
liberal an education as his youthful
condition afforded, added to the station
he now occupied, gave him opportuni
ties for the acquirement of the classics.
Opportunities which he improved to
such an extent that on his arrival at
maturity he was regarded as the intel
lectual superior of his contemporaries,
Vincent Ogr and Andrew Rigeaud,
though they bad spent their youth in
the most eminent schools of France.
Perfect master of eight languages,
he became the most polished gentle
man, as well as the most skillful and
beloved General of Toussaint’s staff.
Being six feet three inchet in height,
his imposing appearance as a cavalier,
or in full uniform on the field of battle,
became the admiration of every be
holder.
Majestic in carriage, an eye full of
fire, an impetuous flow of speech, a
daring disregard of danger, rendered
him the idol of his followers.
An easy adaptation of demeanor, to
the exigencies of private life, a familiar
conversance with the customs and
habits of the world, dignified him in his
intercourse with society at large.
Far inferior to Toussaint in vigor and
originality of mind, he was neverthe
less his superior in intellectual per
spicuity, which fact is in a great de
gree attributable to his early scholastic
advantages.
At the era of the revolution Christo
phe promptly attached himself to the
cause of his oppressed brethren, joined
the army under Toussaint, who, dis
covering his versatile qualities, made
him his Lieutenant, from which posi
tion he soon rose to second in command.
When Napoleon’s second expedition
reached Ste. Domingo, Le Clerc, with
the major part of his squadron, an
chored oft’ Cape City and summoned its
immediate surrender. Christophe said
to the herald, “Go! tell your master
that the French shall march here only
over ashes, and the ground shall burn
beneath their feet!”
Again, Le Clerc demanded the sur
render accompanying the summons by
an offer of high rank in the French
army to the black Chief if he would
submit, but Le Clerc found he had a
man and not a slave to deal with when
he received a reiteration of the brave
Christophe's determination: “Go! tell
your master the decision of arms alone
can admit him into a city of as'ies and
even on these ashes we will fight and
die if need be!”
After Toussaint had been betrayed
and sent to France, and Le Clerc was
engaged in disarming the blacks, and a
decree of the Colonial Assembly sus
taining slavery had been promulgated,
Christophe followed the example of
Clervaux and joined the insurgents,
met and defeated Le Clerc in one of
the most sanguinary battles of the cam
paign, and soon after shut up the
French commander in Cape Francois,
where he remained like a tiger driven
to his lair!
During the reign of Dessalines,
Christophe lived in partial retirement
“biding his time,” for although Dessa
lines had been made Emperor, Chris
tophe was the beloved of all classes of
the people.
The death of Dessalines opened the
way for Christophe, a provisional Gov
ernment was at once constituted and
the latter placed at the head of the
States.
This was a virtual revolution, and
Christophe regarded himself by the
provisional appointment, as the chief of
the army, to govern “ad interim” until
the formation of a new government.
But the Creoles, who had long been
in obscurity, rallied, secured a majority
in the convention and elected Petion
President of the Republic of Hayti.
Christophe, believing he had a right
to the succession, called his adherents
and determined to appeal to the arbi
trament of arras, failing in which he
would erect another government in the
North, with Cape Francois as its capi
tal. Confident, however, that his rival
Petion possessed at Port an Prince im
mense advantages over him, inasmuch
as he held his prerogative in accordance
with the Constitution and that any as
sumption of power on his part would
be regarded as an usurpation by the
people, he resolved to frame another
Constitution, which would confirm him
in the power he had assumed, and at
the same time furnish a legal excuse for
maintaining the attitude he had taken.
[concluded next week.]
PITTSBURGH.
A Strong Argument on the Reinstate*
ment of Ex-Lieutenant Flipper.
Personal—Marriages— Elopements
—Organizing a Musical Union.—
An Apology for the Non-Appear
ance of the Gazette’s Editor.
John W. Anderson and J. C. Delphey, Edi
tors, 38 Crawford Street.
Joseph Evans, agent, 31 Miltenberger Street.
I see where ex-Lieutenant Flipper is
going to invoke Congressional aid to be
reinstated, and I believe he has the
sympathy of his entire race. Con
gress will give his case a fair and im
partial hearing, and I am sure will re
instate him at once to his lost position.
Court-martials, though believed to be
full of honor and impartiality, are not
always asylums of justice. We don’t
claim Flipper should have been permit
ted to have gone unpunished, but we
do claim that the punishment inflicted
was in excess of the crimes committed.
The charge of embezzlement, as laid
down in the indictment, was not fully
sustained. The scheme of the indict
ment was hypothetical, and when
stripped of its branches exposed a
trunk filled with prejudice and rotten
with hatred. We would not presume
to say that every man who figured
against Flipper in that trial had his in
tellectual horizon overshadowed by
caste, his mental vision damaged by
prejudice and the impulses of his better
nature rendered inert by Negro offi
cialty, but there were some who perse
cuted him with all the hatred and
villainy their wicked natures could
conjure up, and pursued him
with a tenacity born of hell. Flip
per’s downfall was carefully planned
and ingeniously contrived long before
he left the bosom of his Alma Mater
He suffered almost every indignity, ex
cept personal violence, while in attend
ance at West Point. He was made to
keenly feel the estimation in which a
Negro aspirant for military honors was
held by those who received, in part,
their food, clothing and schooling from
the race with which he was identified.
His conduct was defensive and left no
avenue open by which his enemies
could assail him. No trumped up
charges of failing in philosophy or clip
ping of ears could be brought against
him, and his enemies had to silently
submit to his graduation. But what
they failed in at West Point they ac
complished at San Antonio. Charges
were brought against him for
embezzlement but were not fully
sustained. Finally charges were pre
ferred against him of conduct unbecom
ing an officer and a gentleman, and a
verdict of guilty was rendered. The
Judge Advocate recommended a miti
gation of sentence, as the crime com
mitted did not call for excessive pun
ishment. Nor w r as the charge pre
ferred clearly proven. The Secretary
of War, for reasons best known to him
self, would not interfere. He had the
proceedings of the trial before him, he
had the opinion and recommendation
of the Judge Advocate, but in the face
of all he stopped up his ears to the cry
of justice, hardened his feelings against
the tender throbs of mercy ana closed
his eyes against the light of truth. Flip
per was dishonorably discharged. If
army officers were arraigned and justly
dealt with on account of their conduct
unbecoming officers and gentlemen, the
Government would not be at the expense
of keeping up barracks, for* and out
posts to accommodate a horde of offi
cial gamblers and depraved army offi
cers. The army of the United States
is not a paragon of virtue nor, at all
times, a tribunal of justice. Defaulting
paymasters, embezzling lieutenant”
cheating commissaries, disgraced offi
cials, only need strong pontical influ
ence, or those near the throne to restore
them to favor. To quiet public senti
ment the army has periodical fits of
1 morality. Some poor unfortunate
being with no influence and many hard-
I ships, “in no respect more depraved
| than hundreds whose offences have
been treated with lenity, is singled out
as an expiratory sacrifice.” His punish
ment is vicarious and extends over a
period of time commensqrete with
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
the lull of public opinion. “All
the other transgressors of the
same class are, it is supposed, sufficient
ly chastised by the punishment, of this
one individual, and he is pointed to a
an example of army virtue and moral
ity until public opinion, weary of the
sight, demands another victim. Our
army officials need to be purified; the
festering wounds made by vice, the
running sores of immorality must be
cured and healed. Conduct unbecom
ing a gentleman and officer must be
applicable to every rank, from the high
est official to the lowest private.
Riches should not be a cloak to hide,
the crimes of army officers, and politi
cal influence a lever to raise them to
positions to which they are unfit by
ability and unworthy by character.
Mrs. Myrtle Moore, of the Twelfth
ward, has gone to Winchester, Va., to
visit her sick mother.
Miss Jennie Jones, of Temperance
ville, was the guest of Miss Lizzie Ran
dolph last week.
Danny Mahorney has been appointed
local agent in the postal service be
tween here and Brownsville, Pa.
Mrs. Sadie Haliburton has returned
from a very pleasant trip to Steuben
ville, O.
Chas. Jones and John Askins are can
didates for the Council from the Eighth
ward.
E. O. Studervant. Jr., has been ap
pointed treasurer of the Grace Presby
terian Church. We congratulate the
church on their good selection.
Samuel Parr is one of the best dry
goods packers in the city.
Willie Steel, of Thirtieth street, it
one of our future druggists.
On Thanksgiving evening Mr. Thom
as Monroe and Miss Bessie Bell will be
united at the residence of the bride’s
parents on Hazel street. On the same
evening, at the residence of Mrs. Reed,
on Pasture street, Mr. Anderson Roy
will be united to Miss Hattie Branson,
of Germantown, Pa.
The Wylie Street Church Choir has
been improved, but is far from being
what it ought to be. We think that a
church having so many young people,
fjossessors of good voices, ought to
tave a first-class choir, and wt hope
that the stiffness that has existed so
long in this direction will be done away
with and a choir selected that can sing
excellently.
Invitations are out for a grand dress
reception to be given by the Union Club
oLAllegheny at the Lafayette Hall,
Wednesday, December 26. This prom
ises to be one of the grandest, recep
tions ever held, as the club is composed
of some of the best men in the city.
The names of those connected are
enough to guarantee a select gathering,
and we hope that all who are favored
with an invitation will attend, as the
’managers are making extensive prep
arfitWTto their guests^ v *" •
In our next letter we will do as we
have promised so many times—write
something concerning the Wylie Street
Church and St. Charles Hotel.
We see that Charley Palmer has vis
ited our esteemed friend, John G.Brown,
of Xenia, and are sorry to hear that he
is no better. John has many friends in
this city.
The elopement couple that created so
much surprise will return in a few days.
There has been four elopements with
in the last three weeks and the ladies
who were so foolish belong to first-class
families. We would say to the young
ladies who have such an idea in their
head, “don’t.” There is nothing which
will lower you so much in the estima
tion of society as this, besides the sor
row you will cause your parents who
have built all hopes upon being blessed
with a dutiful daughter. We think
that we can safely say that nine eases
out of ten result to the sorrow of these
ladies. If a man has not courage,
enough to win a young lady’s hand in
an honorable way he will never make
a good husband.
A large crowd of ladies and gentle
men, headed by Miss Bell Chin and
Miss Julia Jones, paid a visit to the
residence of Rev. G. W. Jenkins on
last Thursday evening, and surprised
that gentleman with a number of good
thi gs. A very enjoyable evening was
spent and every one went away feeling
happy.
Professor T. C. Dorsey is organizing
a musical union. We wish him success.
We owe several young ladies an
apology for the non-appearance of our
editor, H. C. Smith. We are sorry that
they made so many preparations to en
tertain him and only to be disappointed.
We will call the young man to task and
sue for damage. [Unexpected business
detained us in Cleveland.—Ed.]
The third quarterly meeting for the
Warren M. E. Church, Twelfth ward,
was quite a success. Rev. G. W,
Jenkins, the pastor, preached Sunday
morning—subject: “The Mixed Condi
tion of the Church of Christ,” Text:
Matt. XIII eh., 30th v. Many of the
members thought this was one of the
ablest efforts of the pastor. Rev. E. M.
Wood, D.D., pastor of the Twenty-fifth
Street M E. Church, preached an able
sermon from Ist Kings—subject, “Re
ligion is Right.” Rev. Jehu Holiday
and wife favored the church with their
presence. Reverend Holiday assisted
the pastor in the Lord's supper at 7:30
p. m. Kev. Thomas Chambers, of Al
legheny, preached a very spirited ser
mon from Romans—subject: “Faith.”
Upon the whole they had a grand time;
the Lord was with, and richly poured
his blessings upon them.
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