Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-01-04

Hi1~oOoli Nlty MoHudy ElSl
, last.
/ Miss Martha Bell, of E. City
delighted her brother, Mr.. J. H
Bell, with a visit during the
Xmas holidays:
Il 4 good many improvements
, III the way Of building and re-
pairing are going on in the city
now. Glad to see it.
| Christmas night very enjoy
| able ice cream supper was given
| by some young men at the home
of Col. r. g Mitchell.
| Mrs Pattie Finch will open
a school for small children on
Monday, the 9TH inst, at her
home on Magnolia street.
| Many of our girls have gone
back to college, and the hearts
|of the boys they eft behind,
beat with a hollow sound.
Mr.. 7. P. Jones, accompanied
by his wife and son, spent the
holidays with relatives and
friends in Hartford county.
The Old Dominion Steamship
Co., las taken charge Of the line.
Of steamers running between
Bellhaven and Washington, NC.
Mr.. Frank Delaplaine, book
keeper tor the Bran'ling Mfg,
Company, spent pleasant
Christmas in New Jersey, his
old home.
Shes called by some poem,
SO dainty sweet is she.
Alas, they re right; learned last night
She is aversc to me.
Mr.. Willie Leary, a student Of
the University College of Nell
cine, Of Richmond, is in the city
enjoying the holidays with his
parents.
Mrs Walter NJ. Jewell, of
Berkeley, Va, accompanied by |
her children, IS here delighting
her sister, Mrs. A. H. Mitchell
with a visit.
Misses Nellie and Fannie
Skinner Of Hartford, spent sew
eral days this week in this city
as the guests Of Miss Pencie
McMullen.
Our town was visited with a
heavy SNOW storm Sunday night
last. Monday sleigh-riders and
snow-ballers were enjoying
themselves.
Jess. Everett, the man who
was recently jailed for wife beat
ing and attempting to kill his
child, has been released from
custody under bond.
Miss Lille White, accompa-
MED by Miss Brewer. of Murfrees-
boro, spent the Xmas holidays
with her parents in this city, and
returned to school Saturday
morning.
Now is the time to loo.l over
seed catalogues and make select
ions. TAFT & Son, the Norfolk
seed men, will take pleasure i'll
sending YOU their catalogue Of
reliable seeds.
Mr.. Robert Williams formerly
of Roper, now Of this city, was
married Oh the 24th, i'll WASH
ington county. and arrived i'll
this city, accompanied by his
bride, Oh the 27th.
Gort0n's Ministries gave a first
class performance at Rea's Opera
House on Dec. 27th to very
large audience Their singing
was excellent, Jokes were refine
and new, and the music grand.
The house On King street
owned by Mrs Elizabeth Will
lia1ns took fire last Saturday
morning from the chimney, and
but for the timely assistance ren-
dered by the Hook & Ladder Co.,
there would probably have been
great damage done to the build
ing.
Subscribe for the Daily FISH
ERMAN & FARMER, which will
be issued in about two weeks.
This is a new enterprise that
should be encouraged and liber-
ally patronized. Ten cents
week.
Thos. J. Harrell and young
Jim Deans were sent to Jail OH
Dec. Goth, for giving two young
men a pie to eat which had been
dosed with crcaten oil. The
men who ate the pie WEI e critical
~ i'll for several hours afterwards.
Deans has been released under
bail: Harrell remains III the coop. |