Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-08-24


The fare to the State Fair will be
one cent per mile each way.
A Post Office has been established
in Mitchell county named Bandanna.
The Fayetteville Observer learns
that between twenty and thirty thou
sand gallons of sorghum was made
by the farmers of Cumberland county
last year.
Thos. nj. Hines, agent of the A. &
n. G. r. R., who skipped to Chicago
with about $500 of the company's
money has been arrested and the
Governor has made a requisition for
him.-News.
Mr.. w. NJ. Green, Of Iredell county,
has a pig about ten months old
which has six feet. The extra feet
come out at the knee joints on the
fOrelegs and reach to the ground, SO
that the pig walks on four feet in
front and two behind.
The South has raised another big
corn crop this year, larger probably
even than that of 1887, which was
the best on record. This means the
keeping at home of millions of dollars
which in former years went West for
provisions and corn. Southern farm
ers will soon be as prosperous as
Southern manufacturers
A Raleigh writer says: Some
people are disposed to find fault with
New Berne for establishing so strict
a quarantine, particularly against
Goldsboro. No Raleigh people can
get into New Berne now. An excuse
fo: the people Of the Elm City is that
yellow fever once pretty nearly
depopulated that place, and hence
they use the most extreme precaution.
There was an arrival here yer
terday from Callahan, Florida, Mr..
Geo. Upchurch. He came around by
way Of Birmingham, and by all
accounts must have had terrible
time running the gauntlet. He says
the panic is terrible where he came
from, and that Callahan is depopn,
lated. To get out of the danger it is
necessary, as one refugee said, to
''lie, fight and spend all your mon
ey.'
Hartford County Inferior Court
convened at Winton on Monday,
with Justices Barnes. Beverly and
Maddrey on the bench, and Solicitor
B. B. WinbOrne, and clerk T. D.
Boone. in their places. Mr.. @. w.
Mitchell was appointed foreman of
the grand jury, and Justice Barnes
charged the jury at length on it's
duties. The grand jury was dis
charged on Tuesday, and Court was
finally adjourned on Wednesday,
There were twelve convictions, one
mistrial. and no acquittals. The
fines and forfeitures amounted to
about $125. Lawrence Porter. (col.,)
was sentenced to the Penitentiary
one year for obtaining money under
false pretenses. The number Of con-
victions. with no acQuittals, speak
we'll for our County Solicitor, b. B.
Winborne, who uses all his efforts to
bring the erring to justice, and law
breakers are being made to respect
the law, as no offences escape his
attention -Murfreesboro Index.
One Of the most remarkable cases
of twins on record is at present in
this city. Yesterday afternoon a
coiored woman on the place Of Judge
Charles Harris gave birth TO child
or children, the like of which has
never been seen here before. The
following description will give the
readers some idea of it: The two
children were attached together at
the breast bone, facing each other,
being a veritable pair of Siamese
twins From the breast up they were
perfectly formed human beings.
Each had head covered with hair,
a perfect face with eyes, nose, ears,
mouth, and every part and feature of
the contensnce. Each had two arms
and abdomens. They had three legs,
two legs being perfectly natural, but
the third leg seemed to be joined at
the left hip of the other. This third
leg was only natural from the knee
down. On the foot of this leg were
eight toes in row, and a ninth toe
on top of the foot. The third leg
rested fat against the body. There
were double hip joints. There seems
to have been only one heart, and the
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