Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-06-19

PICKED UP BY OUR REPORT
ERS WHO ARE ALWAYS
IN "THE SWIM"
BRIEFLY RELATED.
The Pith of the News Especially
Prepared for the Busy
Reader.

Tomatoes in market are scarce
at 20 cents per quart.
r. H. Blount, Esq, of Manteo
was III the city this week.
Judge J. w. Albertson is con-
fined to his home by sickness.
Miss Mariah Jackson is visit
ing relatives in Notfolk.
Work on the new cotton mill
is progressing, but slowly.
Farmers say their crops are
suffering from too much rain.
A newspaper is to be estab-
llshed at Manteo, to be called the
Pioneer.
Mr.. Ed. Davis is spending the
week at Norfolk and Newport
News, Va.
Our job printing presses are
constantly at work. Bring along
your orders.
Mrs. Louis Selig is in Nor.
folk visiting relatives anC
friends.
Mrs. Jessie Askew is quite
sick at her home OH Church
street.
DR.. J. H. White is attending
the North Carolina Dental Asso.
citation.
Mrs. West, of Virginia, is Wis
iting her mother, Mrs. Judge
Brooks, Oh Road street.
Merchants have enjoyed quite
a large trade this week, mostly
from the lower counties.
There is some fruit in market
Notwithstanding the fact that
farmers report short crop.
Telephone stock is selling at a
premium, and the company is
preparing to double its capacity
Potatoes and cucumbers are
arriving here daily i'll large
quantities from the New Berne
section.
Mr.. H. c. Divers, the Poin,
dexter street photographer, is
quite i'll at his home in the frs
ward.
Druggists say that there i:
considerable sickness in this
section. No cases, however, of {
serious nature.
1t is nothing but a waist O.
words to discuss the subject O
tight-lacing. Isn't that the
truth, girls?
Local Republicans who have
been enthusiastic in the cause O
Mckinley, have been very ner'
vous people this week.
Mr.. Thos. D. Johnston return
ed from Davidson College Tues
day, having graduated in thu
English branches.
Mrs. S. E. Speight left Monda,
to visit friends i'll Mathew
county, Virginia, where sh'
hopes to recuperate her health.
The canal contractors hav
completed the two bridges owe
Tiber Creek, and the job look
| to be very creditable.
The attention of the stree
commissioner is called to the fac
that there is a dangerous hol
in the sidewalk OH Road street
near the new canal.
Ground has been broken TO
the manufacturing plant o.
Knobs Creek recently incorpC
rated with w. 7. Old as pres
idcnt.
The public cemetery on Law
renee street is badly in need c
attention. Many Of the privat
lots therein reminds one Of
wilderness.
Mr.. Newton Jones, an old an
successful farmer of this section
died Tuesday; aged about 5
wears. The funeral took plac
"Wednesday morning.
Zoeller having had such bi
run on his $500 Crayons 70
S.. 90 he will continue this 10y
price a short while longer. Larg
line frames to select from.
The much talked of Baptis
Sunday School excursion ha
been postponed from the 14th t
the 21st of July, on account {
conflicting church work.
The Chic Club gave a dellgh
full hay ride last Monday night l
! honor of Miss Fearing, of Wasl
iueton, and Miss Grandy,
Norfolk, who are visiting c
Lawrence street.
A special meeting of the Boa!
: of County Commissioners WI
he held on the second Monde
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