Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-08-17
LATE NEWS.

Raleigh has colored infant six
weeks old with twenty teeth.
Wilmington is elated over the
starting Of her street car lines.
There are fifteen prisoners in Jail
at Oxford on charges Of murder.
There are 600 negro knights of
Labor in Edgecome county.-Ex-
Good news continues to come from
Judge Fowle and his canvass. He
is in fine spirits.
Last week fire in Windsor, n. c.,
destroyed seven thousand dollars
worth Of property.
There are Is criminals in Oxford
jail to be tried for their lives at the
next term of court.
The Democratic Candidate for
State Auditor, Rev. @. W. Sanderlin,
continues quite sick.
Rev, j. L. White, Of Shelby, has
accepted the partOrate of the Baptist
church at Elizabeth City.
A fire in Henderson last week
burned property to the value Of
$4,000. AL insured or partly So
News.
There are at present 90 children
at the Townsville Orphanage and
everything is in most excellent con-
ditiOn.
The Third Party has held a con
vention in Raleigh. On the ticket
are two negroes-for Legislature and
for Coroner.-Ex.
The Convention of Democratic
Clubs of the State to be held at
Morehead City has been changed
from August 18th to August 18th.
The Suffolk 6 Carolina Railroad is
making survey to continue their
Road through Hartford and BERTHE to
the Roanoke river via Windsor
Index.
There is a pear tree on Mr.. r. R.
Bells plantation that is supposed to
be 100 years old and has a full crop
on this year of good pears.-Clinton
Caucasian.
Charlotte is the next North Caro-
lima city to hurrah over the passage
of bill by Congress. appropriating
money for public building. She
gets $4,000.
A white man and his sister in-law
are in Granville county jail for MUIR
dering the mans brother who was the
woman's husband. Lust was the
cause.-Roanoke News.
During the Military Encampment
at Wrightsville, the Wilmington
Seacoast Railroad, an excursion
railway, hauled $4,000 passengers in
ten DAYS without a single accident.
S. w. Hearn, formerly editor of
the Wadesboro Intelligencer has sold
out that paper and purchased the
Job office Of the Observer Printing
Co, in this city.-Raleigh Observer.
A Raleigh letter states: There is
no news of any further trouble by
reason of depredations by Virginia
oy 3termen in the waters of this State.
At one time it appeared pretty GER
tain that big sensation was on the
cards. Gov. Scales was prepared to
act promptly and decisively.
An effort is being made to mark
the graves of the soldiers buried at
Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
Out of the six thousand soldiers
buried there, 1880 are from North
Carolina. Contributions may be
sent to Col. w. E. Anderson, Presi-
dent Citizens National Bank at
Raleigh.-Eastern Reflector.
Revised lists of State pensioners
are being returned to the State
Auditor by the various county clerks.
New applications are being made.
1t is expected that among the new
applicants, quite number will be
entitled to pensions under the law,
and that the amount for each pen
sioner will be reduced by the in
crease in their number. Last year
it was only $3.50 each from the
appropriation of 0,00O.-Ex.
The walters at the White Sulphur
Springs Hotel struck last week TO-:
.less time and more pay" The
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