Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-05-04
NEWS Bx MAIL.

Goldsboro is to have an ice fac
tory.
The Elizabeth City strawberry men
says that there is a fine prospect for
big crop.
The costs in the Stone Hearn libel !
suit amounted to 1858 which Stone
had to pay.
Wilmington is making prepare
tons to receive the State Guard
Encampment.
The State Grand Lodge of Odd
Fellows will meet at Greensboro on
the 9Th of May.
The shad run in the Neuse river
this season has been highly satisfac
tory to the fishermen.
October 10th, 18th, 18th and 10Th,
have been selected for holding the
State Fair at Raleigh.
The next Young Mems Christian
Association State Convention is to
be held in Wilmington.
A woman in New Berne was tried,
convicted and fined for destroying
flowers in the cemetery.-News.
A large steam saw mill was burned
in Windsor, n. c., April 23d, the
property of R. G. Bazemore. Loss
$1,000. No insurance.
The citizens of Tarboro have
offered a bonus of $4,000 to North.
ern manufacturers to establish cot
ton factory there.-Carolinian.
The big celebration of the anniver-
sary of the revolutionary battle OF
Guildford Court House, will take
place at Greensboro tomorrow.
Local option elections have been
ordered in Raleigh, Durham. Char
lotte and Statesville. Asheville
liked three names of having one
fourth of the votes.-Ex.
Tuesday last was big day at
Morehead The corner stone of the
Teachers Assembly building was
layed. Several fine speeches and
some excellent music were heard.
The comptroller of the Currency
claims against the failed State Ma
tional Bank must present the same.
with proofs, within three months
from date.
There is now an almost unbroken
line of the portraits of North Caro-
lina's Governors in the Supreme
Court room, but that Of Governor
&c iS
person in possession Of any picture
of him. or has any knowledge Of
where one can be had, it would be
welcome Intelligence. COmmunica-
tons on the subject should be ad
dressed to Governor Scales.-South
ernor.
The North Carolina Teacher sends
out as a supplement very attractive
programme for the Assembly in 1883.
The session opens in the new Assem-
bly, building at Morehead City on
Thursday. June l4th, and closes on
Friday, June Doth. The topics for
discussion are we'll chosen, and many
able educators are put down for
lecturers. All teachers should begin
to prepare for the OCcasiOn.-New
Berne journal.
unusual occurance was prayer
meeting in passenger train, on the
Central Carolina railroad, Wednes-
day, bound for Wilmington. A
number of delegates to the 7. NJ.
c. A. Convention were returning,
and after singing a number of hymns,
one of them proposed a prayer meet
inc. and read a chapter in the
Bible, which was followed by three
consecutive prayers. The sight was
unusual and impressive, and is prob
ably the first instance OF the kind on
record.-Virginian.
Here is the way they deal with the
LIQUOR question in Florida, and it will |
be seen that the man who engages |
in the BUSINESS in the Land of
Flowers has a hard road to travel.
In the first place, he has to get three
hundred signatures to his application.
and the names must be published in
the county paper. He then goes
before the court, where his character
is thoroughly sifted, and if his appli-
cation is approved he pays u license