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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-27
WHAT is IT2
The Influence that Sometimes Guides as
against Our VIII

mo do not believe in ghosts, said
an old lady of greet experience; "5ut
do believe in the miuistrat!on of spirits. -
This is not the age, nor the country,
in which the supernatural hourishes.
Interest centers about the practical.
Haunted houses are rented without great
d .firulty, if the landlord is willing TO
knock off q portion OF the rent.
There are many, however, who will
admit the ezertiou at times, of some
peculiar influence, swayius our actions.
We are led TO do things we should not
do OF our own NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of
which We do not appreciate antil after
wards; then we wonder hogSwe came to
do them. We are forced tos learn that
worldly wisiocl is not always that which
guides into the w:ssss, coupsw
.gsssa this practioaEsaA gslnits aSss W aat
peotAe are LOGGING a a>NE TEeN3eli &c
in WNat 49,; "evid St&
futurS CIV DIE ma q sex he dSn So
get sSb; hfares tleE~ 81 saHH
meth is e;&oy ed ~ it SersAs ssGtH
it dog not Is he Con begins to dou Ia
the sEl of ~ phvsslSan AMI inquire in 81
his thodss@f meS&ation. A hapF&
thlalt is, ssnetiu's, If some intiuen'
iniErs invsM Gntiou Before it Is too late
@O. Higgins, IS Ferry st eet, FaiTf
Fl aEn, Conn, writes June 80, 1890:
'tAe year ago l was taken with terrible
pfffs IN my side and back suffering
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-27

| forehead OF tie other, or whether the
! entire form of the one baptized dlsep-
peared a momsnt beneath the surface of
! the flood, l do not now declare.
While ] cannot think without deep emo
| ton of the fact that my parents held me
in infancy, to the bapiisnel font III the
old meeting house at Somerville, and
| assumed vows on my behalf, 1 must tell
you now of another mode of baptism OBJ
! served in the river Jordan, on that after
noon in last December, the particulars
of which l now for the first time relate.
Il WAS a scene of unimaginsble solem-
nifty. A comrade in our Holy Land jour-
ney rode up by my side that day and told
me that young man, who is now study
ing for the gospel ministry, would like to
be baptized by me in the river Jordan.
got sll tbs facts l could concerning his
earnes:ness and faith, and through per-
soDal examination made myself con fident
HE WAS WORTHY CANDIDATE.
There were among our Arab attend
ants two robes not unlike those used for
American tapestries, aud these we o.
tanned. As We were 20 have lGrGaf
group OF different nstionalities preseut,4f
dictated 30 my daughter few verses,
and had copies enough made TO allow all
TO sing. Our dragoman had a man ia
mIliar with the river wade through and
across, to show the depth and the swift
ness OF the stream and the most aDpro-
pirate place for the ceremony. Then |
read from the Bible the accounts of
baptism IN that sacred stream, aud i'm
plored the presence OF the Christ on whose
head the dove descended at the JOrion.
Then. as the candidate aud myself
stepped into the waters, the people on
the banks sang in full and resounding
voice:
On Jordan's stormy banks stand,
And cast 4 wishtul eye
To Canaan'S fair ana happy land
Where my possessions lie.
oh, the TRANSPORTING. raptuTous scene
What rises 10 my sight:
Sweet feid s arrsyed in liv ing green
And rivers OF delight.
By this time we he / reached the mid
die OF the river. As the candidate sank
under the fiootis and rGse again under a
baptism in the name of the Father and
the Son and the Holy Ghost, there
rushed through our souls tide of holy
emotion such is we shall not probably
feel agGin untii we step into the Jordan
that divides earth from heaven. Will |
those waters be deep? Will those tides
be strong? No matter, if Jesus steps in
with US. Friends on this shore 10 help |
see US land. See! They are coming |
down the hills or the other side to greet !
us. How well we know thsir step! How |
easily we distinguish their voices! From |
bank to bauk we hail them with tears |
and they hail US with palm branches. |
They say TO US, els that you, father?'
"Is that you, mother?' and We answer |
by asking, 'Is that you my dariing!'
How near they seem, and how marrow |
the stream that divides Us!
could we but stand where Moses stood
AMI view the landscape DER,
Not Jordan's stream ncE Death cold flood
Gould fright from the shore
Ponds EStseGsSFfor Pains, Aches, Cuts, etc. |
Its power is pH4he over AL discs that comes |
within its ra2G fnever fails Try it once.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-27

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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-27

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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-10-10

The Republican County Convention
was in session on Tuesday last. The
chairman was a cOlored man and all of
the members were CT the colored pur-
suasion. To say that there was some
wrangling among them would be put
ting it mildly, to say the least. It was
a rich and rare scene to witness a half
dozen negroes endeavoring simul tan
eously to gain recognition to the chair
man. Only can one appreciate these
meetings by once witnessing them. We
watched the proceedings with no little
interest. Every moment we expected
to see several of them clinch and have
free fight. Finally the ticket was
named, which seems to have bursted
the party into about five hundred parts
Some say / can't support this one. and
that one. while Others declare that the
ticket shall not stand.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-10-10
REMOVAL.

By the kind patronage of a gener-
Gus public in Edeuton, Chowar
County and surrounding country.
my trade has increased to such al
extent in the last few years. that my
old quarters in the Little Brick Store
has become entirely too small to &C
commodate my large and varied
Stock and to afford ample facilities
to properly disp ay nv Stock [ have
made arrangements to erect at thu
old site large and Handsome Build
ing, and in order to do this [ have
removed Temporarily to the New
Building recently finished by Mr.
Iheo. Ralph. just across the. street
next door to A. l.. White, where ]
hope to meet all my old Friends and
many new ones and tn have then
encouragement in my enterprise
Respectfully
E. l. BRINKLEY.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-10-10
DOCKET REPORT:

State VS. r. !. Mitchell. AT
regular session Of the grand Jury a
true bill was found again>'w the d =
iendanC, and he has III nnpnrtah'
rial by ii Jury OF twelve consisting
"a Merchants, Lawyers, TradeSnhe1'
and Farmers.
At 4:oG o'clock the jury retire ana
and were confined to their room
until 10 o'clock this ii. III whci
they were escorted to the box by
the Sheriff. Upon being aske | ~
HIS Honor, the Judge, ii they were
prepared to render - verdict. MIR
u. Heap, foreman and spokesman
of this august body. arose and
solemn tones Sas we are?'
Perfect silence prevailed, not {;
sound could be heard, save now anti
then deep, or strong pulsatlOn OF
the heart from some one of the anX
iOus spectators
At last this painful silence was
broken 10y this sad though true
words guilty of the following
charges:
LIST. That He is selling 10 quarter
white blankets at CSC.
2nd. That He is selling heavy
twi!led red flannel at 2lc per yd.
ord. That He is selling beautiful
worsted all colOrs at Ice per vd.
4th. That He is selling double
width cashnereS at 15c per yd.
5th That He is selling fall and
winter ginghams at Sc per vd.
9Th. That is selling latest
shades Of outings at TIC per yd
worth, I21I.
9TH. That He is selling all shades
of silk and satin ribbons for less thar
aay other market.
9Th. That lie is selling Ladies'
Wraps, Wa king Jackets, &c for less
than any other merchants could buy
them.
9th. That He is selling mems
white Linen shirts worth 75c for soc.
10th. That He is selling $25 and
$50 suits for $17z and $l8.
18th. That He is selling the fin
est line of Gents furnishing goods
ever offered in EdentOn for the least
money.
18th. That He is selling the best
and cheapest line of mems. wOmen'>
and chidren's shoes to be found any
where else.
18th. That He is selling Ladies
Misses and childrens Consumers and
rubbers for less than ever known OF
before
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-10-10
NOTICE.

Under decree rendered at Fall Term
1890 of ChOwan Superior Court, by His
Honor 81. G. Conner, Judge presiding,
in the cause of James Mccoy against
Ebert Price and others / will sell for
cash by public auction before the Court
House door in Edenton. county of Chow
an and State of North Carolina. on the
10th day of Nov. 1890, at ~ oclk. M,
the following described real estate lying
aud being in said &C unity and State afore-
said to-wit: That part of the farm
known as Little Strawberry Hill, !"
commencing one hundred and fifty yds.
from the centre of the bridge on the
Hartford road and running west to the
Collins line and Mrs. +. C.. Hines line
north one hundred and forty five Yards.
from thence east to the Hartford road
then south along the said Hartford
road one hundred and foYty-five yards
to the first station containing five acres
more or less. W. J. LEARY. JR.
Oct. 7, 20. Special Com'r.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-10-10
PARAGRAPHS.

S. 90 in Gold will be paid anyone
who will bring US II yearly subscrib-
ers.
You can be cheerful and happy on
" when you are well. If you fee
out of sorts take DR.. J, H McLeans
Sarsaparilla Sold at H. A Bonds.
Agents are wanted to represent this
paper in every part of Chowan coun-
ty.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-10-10

The town paper is a constant adver
tisemenS of the town and section, and
no matter what is said in foreign pap
ers, outsiders desiring to locate in a
place first write for sample copies of
the town paper. The town is judged
by them, hence the importance of hav-
ing good papers well patronized.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-10-10
Register, Democrats

Frequently accidents occur in the
household which cause burns. cuts
sprains and bruises: for use in such
cases DR.. J. Ii. Mclean s Vocanic Oil
Liniment has for many years been the
constant favorite family, remedy.
Solo by H A Bond.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-10-10

The FISHERMAN & FARMER wants
a good, trustworthy and reliable agent
in all the surrounding ocaIities. Lib
eral commission will be given right
parties. Apply at once, by letter or
at the Office. ...
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-10-10
Have you registered

If you suffer from any affection caus-
ed BY impure hood, such rs scrofnla,
talt rheum, sores. boi.s, pimpies. tet-
ser, Ri gworm, taxi DIR. J r. Mclean s
Sarsapariila. Sold by H. A. Bond.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-10-10
EDENTON ACADEMY
Fall Session will begin
MONDAY, SEPT. goth, 1890

Fall Session will begin
MONDAY, SEPT. goth, 1890.
A competent Assistant, for the primary
department, will he employed.
Boys and girls prepared for College
or business.
RATES OF TUITION
Per Month of weeks: Per Year:
Primary Department, SLIGO. $1,000.
Intermediate $ $40. s24. 90.
Academic $500 S32. 90.
Latin and Greek each S 80. S 500.
French, $1.OO $1,000.
Ths Principal has had the experience
of many years in teaching.
Boys over twelve ,years,of age, who
are pro Lied with Cadet Muskets not to
cost executing five dollars each aid
Uniforms not to cost over ten dollars
each, will be drilled regularly in Mill
tary Tactics.
Boaro, at moderate prices can be Sc
cured for thCse pupils " NO live at a dis
lance and l will take pleasure in secur-
ing it for any who may wish to attend
the school.
For further particulars address
LA. WILLIAMS, Principal.
EdenCOn. N. c..
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-10-10

IF you have painful sense of fatigue,
fad your duties irl1somc, take DR.. j.
II. McLean's Sarsaparil'a. 1t viii brace
you up, make GU strong and vigorous.
For sale at II. A. Bonds.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-10-10
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

Three Cents per line for all locals under
this head. Elsewhere five cents.
Fresh lot CONTEMPORARIES at A. l..
Whites.
Buy your candy from A. L. White.
Best IN town.
Bananas and fresh candies at
Whites
Fancy cakes, crackers, &c, at A.
l.. Whites.
Trade at A. L. Whites and get
the hest.
IS Tons No. I Clover Hay for
sale by J. A. Woodard at $14 per
ton.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-10-10
GLORIOUS FEAST DURING FAIR
WEEK.

The Ladies of the Industrial Society
of The Baptist Church will have con
troll of the Restaurant at Fair grounds
during Lhe day and give feast at night
at Rea s Opera House.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-10-10
Scales and Plants.

Charming weather.
Business improving.
Farmers are now dreading an early
frost.
Amusement at the Fair grounds every
evening.
On almost every farm .the cot ton
fields are white.
Every Democrat should not forget
that he has TO register before he can
vote.
Go and register at once. Under the
new law every voter is required to regis
ter again.
The two Bs-Branch and Blount-are
making things hum in their canvass, SO
We are told.
Solicitor Blount came to see US Tues
day. He was looking feeble but repor is
health improving.
The charming and attractive Miss
Minnie Etheridge, of Washington City,
is visiting friend and relatives in this
place.
Did you attend the powwow on Tues
day? Is it possible that our negroes
will never learn how to hold a. con
vention?
Read the ''ad'' in this issue of Col R
G. Mitchell, the place for bargains and
where you can secure for yourself a
fine watch free.
A complimentary ticket to the Eliza
beth City FAIR, to be held Oct. 21st, 22d.
and 23rd, to hand. A grand Balloon
ascension on the 22nd. Everybody
should be there.
The Job department of the FISHERMAN
q FARMER is a branch of the office
which we are proud Of We guaran-
tee satisfaction on all work in this line
The guild of St. Johns church will
meet next Tuesday night at the resi-
dence Of Mrs, j. r. Page. Every mem
Der Is reques ted to be present as i'm
portant business will be transacted.
Mrs. McCurdy has just returned from
the North with a full line Of millinery
Has also secured first class fashion
able Dress maker, and would be glad to
secure liberal share of the patronage
Of the community in that branch of
business.
The Township Democratic Executive
Committees of ChOwan TO. are REQUEST
ed TO meet at Edenton, c., on Tuesday
Oct. 14tn, 1890, at clock D. M, to
attend t., business of Importance to the
party. Please be prompt.
j. r. B. HATHAWAY,
Oct. y. 1890 Chr m. Elk. Com.
There is great dissatisfaction existing
among the Republican ranks on account
of the nomination made last Tuesday
at their County Convention. Many
staunch republicans declare out right
that they will not support any such
ticket. L. Is rumored on the streets
that the nominations were bought ana
s1me the most corrupt methods that
could De practiced were perpetrared on
the day Of the convention. We hear
that the better part of the party will
call mass meeting and will endeavor
to put in the field men better calculated
to represent the republicans of Chowan
county. ''Oh! me. Oh! my. Where
shall find rest The way of the
transgressor is hard. BE sure your
sins will find you out" Come home,
come home: Dear-dear-,come home.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-10-10

To allay pains. subdue inflammation,
hea foul sores and GERS the most
prompt and satisfactory results are OBJ
tanned by using that old reliable RENE
dv, DR.. j. H. Mcl.ean's Volcanic Oil
Liniment. For sale at III. A. Bonds.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-10-10
$50 Reward
FOR ONE
Spencer FELTON,, cold,
AN ESCAPED PRISONER!

Spencer FELTON, is about #. high,
Black eyes, hair and hide, small
side whiSkers and mustache, weight
about rs or $50 lbs. bench legged
and slue footed, when seen last was
dressed in blue coat and striped
pants. black SLOUGH hat. white shirt
and collar. wearing a "barber's'
scarf pin on left lappell of coat.
Ell. PERRY, Sheriff,
EdentOn n. G.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-10-10
OUR GOVERNMENT

CITY:
Mayor. r. B. Hathaway,
Clerk-A. T. Bush,
Treasurer-H. 4. Bond, Sr.
hief Police-J. ". Spruill,
COuncIImen-J. L. Rogerson, w. J.
Leary, Jr., IL. H Dixon, J. w. Bran
ming, Alfred King, Anderson Lew
ton.
COUNTY GOVERNMENT.
Sheriff Jos. Ii. Perry,
Superior Court CIerk-JnO. G.. Bond.
Register of Deeds-T NJ. Small,
Treasurer-K. r. Pendleton,
AuctIoneer--A. j. BaCeman,
Jaiier-JOseph Spruill,
COmmissioners-W. b. Shepard, A. J.
ard, W. J. Webb, w. z. Jones,
w. II. Bonner,
Board of Educational. 7. Bush, w.
IS. FELTON,, Miles w. Elliott.
Public School superintendent
r. Il. Drane,
Health overwhelmingly r. w.
WinbOrne,
Coroner, DR.. T. S. McMullen,
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-10-10
HORNER SCHOOL.
OXFORD. n. c.

FAt ULTY:
J. H. HORNER, NJ. A.
Univ. of NC, Founder of school 1851.
COL. T. J. DREWEY, CoM'D'T.,
Star Grad. Va. Mil. ms t.
!. c. HORNER, A. NJ,
Davidson College
g A. WAUCHOPE, NJ. A. PH,D
Univ: OF Berlin, Late Fellow " ash: & Lee Univ
J. M, HORNER, B IA, BID.
Univ: OF Virginia d Johns Hopkins Univ:
Fall session 1890 opens 4th August.
One of the best equipped schools in the
South. Course of instruction high.
Refers to nearly 5000 old students. For
catalogue, address
HORNER & DREwRY, Oxford, NC
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-10-10

Three Cents per line for all locals unde
this head. Elsewhere five cents.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-03-20
A Poor Jews Wanderings rs.

1t has just leaked out that poor old
crippled Hebrew from Persia. who
could speak no language but Persian
and ancient Hebrew, was recently put
into an insane asylum here and cruelty
treated, says a Globe dispatch from
San Francisco. His story reads like a
romance. Chaskel Halevy was a poor
man in Bagdad when two years ago
he was crippled by paralysis. He
heard that his brother in Bombay was
wealthy, so he set out for India. At
Bombay he found his brother had gone
to Hong Kong, and at Hong Kong he
learned he was iii Yokohama. There
he found his relative, but so poor that
Chaskel determined to return to Bag
dad by way of San Francisco. He
begged enough to reach here, where
charitable Hebrews gave him shelter.
He walked only with crutches, and one
days boys stole these, leaving him help
less, far from home. He begged aid
from a policeman, but as he tried, in
Persian custom, to kiss the officers
hand, the policeman thought he was a
vicious drunkard trying to bite him,
and dubbed Chaskel over the head I'M
til the poor Hebrew was insensible. He
was arrested for drunkenness and sent
to the aims house. He made frantic
appeals in Hebrew, but no one under
stood him. His efforts to escape led
the authorities to pronounce him crazy,
and two physicians certified he was
hopelessly insane, and committed him.
There his long white beard, held sacred
by his race in Persia, was shaven off,
despite his tears and appeals. Then he
tried to commit suicide, but was pre-
vented. Finally he was discovered by
rabbi, who raised money to send him
back to Bagdad by the China steamer,
which sailed recently. Halevy was
we'll educated, but the police records
show that he was entered under false
name, and no efforts were made to Sc
cure his story through an interpreter.
He was simply railroaded into an
asylum because he could not make
himself understood and had no friends.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-03-20
The Ocean Steamship of the Future.

She will be over quarter of mile
in length, and will do the passage from
Sandy Hook to Liverpool in thirty-six
hours, being one night out. She will
be driven by electricity, and in such a
fashion as to keep railway time, despite
of storm or fog. Passages can be Sc
cured by flash photo, Edison's patent,
and the ticket will include an opera
stall, or concert ticket, or seat in a
church pew-the opera-house, concert
hall and church being all on board. A
covered ring for horse exercise will
also be provided, and racing track for
fast trotters. A baseball ground and
tennis court will also form portion of
the attractions. For business men a
stock exchange will be operated, the
quotations being posted from the tick
ers every two minutes on the vibration
system. The leading papers of all
countries will be reprinted each morn
ing by the electric reflection system. A
spacious conservatory, containing the
choicest flowers of all climates, will af-
ford an agreeable lounging-place, and
bouquets will be provided gratis. As
at Monaco and Monte Carlo, a suite of
apartments will be laid out for play,
to be kept open al night-a sumptu-
Gus supper, with costliest wines free.
English tailors aud shoemakers will be
in attendance, and clothes will be made
and finished during the passage. The
millinery department will contain
French fashions of the previous day,
and costumes will be confectioned
while the ship is en- route, and delivered
complete on her arrival at dock Ac-
commodations will be furnished for 1O,-
900 passengers. Once Week