Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-01-24

mayor hAIua"Ay Is retaining
abou ut one hundred feet of water
covered property in front of his res.
idence. Good lick
Mr.. John E. Bonner, proprietor
of the Bay View, is continually i'm
proving the property. Every day or
30 he discovers to US something
new.
The old residence of Mrs. S. r.
Clifford is about disappearing to
give place to the new iron front bull
ding heretofore mentioned as contem-
plated by Mr.. Theo Ralph
Our Devil wants to know why
;he Worlds Fair is not claimed by
Elizabeth City. Brethren. of the
City" press, will you rise and ex-
plain for his satisfaction?
The 22d of February is a legal
holiday and should be generally OBJ
served. Can we not get up some
sort of celebration Or display that
will attract visitors to the city on
that day?
We congratulate our young citizen
Thos. White, upon his selection of a
life partner. She is pretty and Tom
is industrious and sober. They are
bound to be happy if the blessings of
good health attend them.
The fish. caught during the winter
months are poor and unsightly {.
They look as if they had never seen
their ocean home but. Matched in our
fresh waters. were content to remain,
even q: the expense Of suffering,
in their native element.
The death of Mrs. VIM w. Jones
nee Miss Bette Johnston, of Raleigh,
a daughter of the late Or. Charles K.
Johnston was heard by our people
with great sorrow. On Mondy, the
goth, she paid the last sad debt of
life.
Our enterprising Post Master has
recently improved the Office, which
he neatly keeps. by ian addition
which enables even ladies to trans
act their postal business without the
fear Of observation on the part of
the curious.
La Grippe, in a mild form, has
reached Edenton. Themost malignant
forms of the malady are found among
the colored people. In Washington
and Tyrrell counties it is almost invar
iably fatal. Several colored people
Lo,o J;oJ vr;Ab 4bo affiliations
The old homestead of Mr.. Wixon
and Mrs. Clifford, on Main street, has
been sold to Mr.. Theo: Ralph who
will tear down the old building and
erect, in it's stead, a handsome brick
store, iron front Good investment.
and an excellent place for business it
will be. -.
Two Of our town friends while out
hunting shot at birds and hit a negro
1t was a line shot and filed the
negro's face chock full. The Doctor
has job at the hunters expense
who kindly had the victim of the
accident attended to. Mind, boys,
flush beats 2s every time. A
steady hand and quick eye is re-
quired for any game.
HillsEoro and Edenton, two old
towns in North Carolina, have reco-
gnized each other, in the marriage
and consequent visits of their respec-
tive child-en, for many years. The
Woods 60 to Hillsboro and bring
from that town the Collins. The
Shepards 60 and bring the Camerons.
Hills and Collins. We rejoice at the
interchange for, to no people would
Edenton bow in reverential regard
sooner than to the good people of
Hillsboro. Some Of them are kin to
US and they all feel like they we're
blood relations.
We acknowledge receipt of VIck's
Floral Guide for 1890. 1t is replete
with instructions on sowing and
transplanting, descriptions OF flowers,
shrubs, fruits, &c, with
market prices for all seeds, bulbs.
plants and every article for garden or
conservatory. I'm all parts of the
civilized world, the refinement, limo
cence and happiness of the people
may be measured by the flowers they
Give him your order.
Mr.. A. j. Bateman, after a sojourn
in the good old county of Gates,
comes home filled with cheering
accounts Of what he saw aud heard
The naOnla of that county are in