Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-01-18
CUT TO THE CORE.
BRIEF ITEMS OF NEWS TAKEN
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

the office of President OF France.
The Fish, Oyster and Game
Fair will be held at New. Berne
February 18th to 23d.
The State of North Carolina
was the first to establish Board
of Medical Examiners.
The war between China and
Japan continues, with no indica-
ton as to how long the war will
last.
Roanoke river has risen about
thirty feet above low water mark,
and all the low lands are under
water.
The temporary lighthouse at
Diamond Shoals, off Hatteras,
has withstood the winters
storms we'll.
G. w. Cannon, postmaster at
Ashevi1le, NC, under Harrison,
has just been arrested for embez-
Element while in that office.
Corbett says he wants to fight
Fitzsirnmons just for the pleasure
of licking him. The negro
Jackson challenges Corbett, but
the latter pays no attention to 1t.
The Aldermen of Norfolk, Va,
have ordered all the saloons in
the city closed at ten o'clock at
night, instead of having an all
night session as formerly, Also
no screens shall be used.
VIM. H. Worth, the fusion
nominee for State Treasurer, who
is to go into office next week, has
filed his bond. It is for S255 600.
Among his bondsmen is Julian
S. Carr, of Durham, for SIS 900.
Eli Perkins 1ectured last week
at Suffolk, Va. He said the Pop
ulists in Kansas talked SO much
that when the cyclone came
along it caught them in the
mouth and turned them inside
out.
The last State Fair fell short
$4,000 in paying expenses. The
land is nortgaged, and the in
terest is four years behind. If
something is not done soon the
grounds, etc, will be sold this
spring.
Horsefesh is much eaten in
Paris. 1t is also a dish in the
North now, and is served in
many ways. There is an over
production Of horses now. The
flesh is pronounced good, savory
and cheap.
South Dakota's State Treasur-
er is bankrupt, and by becom-
ing SO, has sunk over one hum
dred thousand dollars of the
States money. He left the State
when the crisis came, and his
bondsnen are in the soup.
DR.. Talmage sa,'s he has had
nine splendid calls from rich
churches, an offer from a New
England syndicate and another
from a lecture manager. He will
continue to preach and Oh Sun
day afternoons in a New York |
opera house. He is busy writing
books.
Three members Of the present
Colorado Legislature are women.
They are married, and one of
them carried her children to the
House the first day of the session.
The three women Legislators
were appointed a committee to
escort the Speaker elect to the
FIX.
Miss Hart, a young lady at
Charlotte, entered store in that
city Monday and cowhided one
IF the clerks, Mr.. DeLane. 1t
seems that the couple were en-
gagged and he broke the engage
nent, and she now accuses him
IF writing her an insulting an
lony1nous letter, which he de-
lies.
A special grand jury has been
stirring up Lynchburg for some
lays past. About one hundred
'oung men, many of them socie-
y people, have been subpoened
md made to testify as to what ;
hey knew of the various dens of
i'll the city. AS a result, |
he grand jury returned thenty-
light indictments for selling
liquor on Sunday, eight cases Of S
Unlawful gambling. three cases
If selling liquor without license, :
The investigation has been
borough, and the city was stir
ed up considerably over it.
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