Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-06-29

on Monday last. The Edenton
Club played their part well. Scors,
Edenton 5, E. City O.
WANTED-To employ man, mule
and cart. A reliable and industri-
GUS man may contract for regular
employment and lot for a home.
Apply at this Office.
The Edenton Graded School will
close today. The public examina-
ton will take place at 9 80 o'clock
this morning at the Academy. Every
body are invited to attend.
Are you ready We are coming.
Nag's Head. Did you know that no
season at Nag's Head, within living
memory, has ever failed to make a
respectable profit.-Economist.
F. c. Mitchell & Bro, have opened
fruit stand in Edenton that will be
kept through the entire season in
first class order. They keep fresh
supplies and at very moderate prices.
| The members Of the Cornet Band
who have promised to play on the
4th of July will please meet to NOR
row night at s 80 o'clock. at the
Telegraph Office and arrange for the
occasion.
Read the ''ad'' of the University
of North Carolina in this issue.
Read also the lad" Of the n. :.
Railroads. route to Nag's Head.
Also posts for sale by Goe. Skinner
in this issue.
The egg question which have been
going the rounds of the press for
some time, have perhaps caused the
"chicks" to stop laying, We have
never seen hen fruit so scarce as it
is in Edenton at present.
Contracts have been made by the
Trustees Of the Edenton Graded
School with Prof. L. A. Williams
and Mrs R. +. Cheshire for the
next school year, and the school will
open Monday. September 18th. 1888.
Bateman's Jewelry Store is the
place to have your old watches and
clocks repaired as good as new, and
also your jewelry; everything war
rented to give satisfaction. Do not
forget the place, he will treat you
right, try him.
For several time the windows Of
the Catholic church have been
smashed by unknown parties throw
ing bricks. We warn them, for fear
they may be caught and severly pur-
nished. The punishment for such
crimes are great.
Mr. E. L. Brinkley was the first to
put on sale a Cleveland and Thur
man badge; Louis Levy was the first
to hang out the Bandanna, and r. j.
Mitchell the first to hang out handker
chiefs containing the pictures Of
Cleveland and Thurman.
FOR SALE-One 40 Saw Brown Cot
ton Gin and Condenser; warrented in |
excellent condition and good as new
will be sold cheap. A rare bargain for
anyone needing such a size Gin.
w. G. DOWNING,
Mackey's Ferry, N. c.
The Str. Lucy will ply between
Mays Head and Windsor, Hamilton,
Williamson, GAINESVILLE, Plymouth.
Edenton and Elizabeth City this
season. The Old Dominion steamers |
running from Norfolk to New Berne
will stop at Nays Head every trip.
We have received a correspondence
mailed at Barnitz, n. c., dated
Small's x Roads. N. c., June 27th,
and signed ga Farmer, Fisherman Of
Seine and Nets and Subscriber to
yonr paper" No other name is sent
with it and consequently we are
compel to leave it out. We publish
no letters that are not accompanied
with the names Of the writer's
When the name Of the writer is sent
we will then publish.
An exchange tells US thaS an
eclipse of the moon will occur on the
22d of July, and will be more inter
esting than the one of January 28th.
The diameter of the earth's shadow
will be much larger at that time in
to the diameter Of the
moon, darkening the surface more
totally. It will take place at. mid
night when the moon is higher in the
heavens, and it will be visible in this
section.
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