Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-10-04
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Peary, the arctic explorer, has
returned with a determination to
let the North-pole remain where
it is.
Fitzsirnmons and bad Jim Cor
bett are to fight in Texas. II
bad Jim gets licked many will
rejoice.
A New York Magistrate has
decided that the repair OF a
punctured bicycle tire on Sun
day is a work ofnecessity.
Senator Bruce, OF Ohio, is
quoted as saying that "there is
no difference between handling
millions and handling cents"
Another New Y Ork he1reSS mas
gone to extreme lengths i'll stir
ring up a sensation in the news
papers. She is to wed a plain
American citizen.
The negroes held a mission
and education meeting last week
in Atlanta. Over 200 delegates
were present, representing all
parts of the United States.
A Judge in Montana has de-
c1ared the anti-gambling laws Of
that sovereignty unconstitution-
al. On the ground, we suppose,
that they discriminate against
one of the principal industries of
the people.-Ex.
A New York Magistrate has
decided that it is legal to sell
soda water on Sunday, but no
chewing gum. The basis OF his
decision is that the former has
an established responsibility, but
the latter has not.
1t is asserted that eighty per
cent of the inmates of the Penn
sylvania penal and charitable in>
Stitutions are unnaturalized
aliens. An investigation will
soon be made to see how much
truth there may be in this asser-
ton.
The Valley Mutual Life Asso
citation of Virginia has made an
assignment. It's asserts are SILL
$50 and its liabilities $4,000 in
the shape of unpaid death losses.
The number of current policies
are $4,000 and amount of insur-
ance $4,5oo,Ooo.
In the Superior Criminal
Court of Boston, Mass, the jury
III the case of Joe Walcott, Of
Boston, and Dick O'Brien, Of
Lewiston, Maine. the pugilists
charged with fighting, rendered
a verdict of not guilty and the
defendants were discharged.
The E0eulng Meas, Sam
Small's paper, published in Nor
folk, Va, was sold Monday under
the terms of a trustees deed of
trust. Sam Small's newspaper
adventures seems to be very I'M
prohtable-this being the second
one he has started in Norfolk
that had to be sold.
Sunday night a child Was suf-
located at Norfolk. The parents
put four of their children in one
bed and went to church. When
they returned one of the child
rem, girl seventeen months old,
was found dead, having been
snothered by two of the others,
one Of whom was found lying
across the childs body and the
other directly On its head.
Governor Carr has issued
requisition Oh the Governor of
Virginia for George A. Gilman,
alias w. +. Rankin charged
with false pretense. Gilman is
said to have drawn bogus draft
from Elizabeth City on Austin,
Nichols & Co., of New York
with which firm he claimed to
be connected 1t is said that
Gilman played the same game in
Norfolk, where he was caught
and arrested after having escaped
from North Carolina. So that
it is quite likely that Virginia
will have the first pull at him,
before Governor Cars requisi-
ton is honored.