Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-08-01
LATER NEWS,


THE Brotherhood Of Locomotive Firemen
held reunion at Hartford, Conn. Over 500
delegates were present.
ALANsoN SEE. retired contractor Of New
York, was feeced out of 5000 in cash by
card sharpers at Asbury Park, n. J.
WHITE frost formed at Pine Hall, East
Canaan and other points in Litchf1eld
County, Connecticut. Damage was done to
plants.
LIGHTNING struck shed at Minerburg,
La, and killed Victor Marchand, fatally in
jured Edgar Charles and seriously hurt Ed
ward Williams. A dairyman was also killed
by lightning at Gentilly, La.
No elevator in North Dakota will store
grain this year, as has been the custom here
tofore, and hence 1000, 900 bushels of wheat
will have to be rushed on the market. This
action is taken because of the new law max
ing elevators pay license of $50 for each
100 bushels stored.
SUPERINTENDENT PORTER began sending
out checks in payment of the services Of CEN
sus enumerators. Checks are being sent di
rect to the enumerators, and are made pay
able at the Sub Treasury in New York city
About 500 checks will be sent out daily until
the whole number, something over $4,000
enumerators, are paid.
ALBERT HAWKINS, the colored White
House coachman, has been dismissed from
his position by President Harrison. He had
driven the carriage of the Executive family
for twenty-five years
MUCH damage to crops in Canada was
done by storm.
EMIN BEY, meeting DR.. Peters at Mpwa-
pwa, Africa, authorized him to recover the
ivory left by Emin at Wadelai. DR.. Peters
has returned to Germany, hopeful of organ
izing new expedition. He declares that
Uganda is entirely secured to German inter-
ests.
THOMAS OLIVER killed his three children
in Labrador and then committed suicide.
HENRY M. STANLEY, the great explorer,
has recovered from the illness with which he
was seized just before his marriage.
A MEETING of the residents of the Island
of Heligoland, whose cession to Germany is
provided for by the Anglo-German agee-
ment, was held, at which grateful farewell
address to the Queen of England was
adopted.
A wATERsPoUT has wrecked all the rail-
road beds between Switzerland and Italy,
and tourists are forced to continue their
journeys by carriage. Half the Tyrol is I'M
der water, and terrific landslides have de-
stroyed the railroad between Innsbruck and
Britain.
THE Bradley wooden mill of Allegheny,
Penn, was destroyed by fire. Loss, $75,.
900.
ONE man, the engineer, was killed and
thirteen passengers were injured in an acct
dent on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Railroad, near Limon Col.
A HOT wave still sweeps over Kansas, and
there is further damage to the corn crop.
The yield will not reach half that of last
year.
THE Wisconsin Prohibitionists nominated
DR.. Alexander, of Eau Claire, for Governor
THE Civil Service Commissioners are
promptly taking advantage of their in
creased allowance for clerical force, and the
new clerks will soon be at their desks.
GENERAL THOMAS L. CASEY, Chief of
Engineers, has been directed by the Secre
tary of War to superintend improvements
connected with the establishment of the new
immigrant station on Ellis Island, in New
York Harbor.
PRESIDENT HARRISON returned to Wash.
ington from Cape May, N. J.
FLOODS in the Hoang-ho River, in China
have destroyed the embankment at Lund-
wunnias. Shang Taing is inundated. The
Peiho River is rising, aud the waters now
cover the country into the walls of Peking.
HATLsToRMs have destroyed the crops in
upper Bavaria.
COSTA RIGA and Nicaragua have formed
an alliance with Guatemala.
A NUMBER of Turkish soldiers, who were
proceeding from their camp near Canea,
Crete, to well to draw water, were fired
upon from ambush by party of Christians
and five of the Turks were killed.
FARMERS throughout North and South
nal fol~ &ho