Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-06-26

Work will begin at once.
The lodge of colored Odd Fe
lows, of this city, celebrate
their eighth anniversary We
nesday by paradlng the stree
and giving a supper at their ha
On Lawrence street.
Owing to inclenent weathe
the announced picnic of tn
Presbyterian Sunday School q
the Park Tuesday was postpone
to date to be hereafter advel
tised.
Mr.. T. S. Robinson and Mis-
Emma Gilbert, both OF Game! :.
spent Tuesday III this city, " :
slbly for the purpose Of visiting
presumably for tn purpose =.
buying d wedding outtt.
Local physicians tell us tina
there is considerable typhoid
fever in Elizabeth City and its
nelghborhood. No fatal cases
have as yet, however, been re-
ported
Mr.. w. J. Swain, formerly
with A I. Davis & Co., of this
city, has accepted a position
with J. r. Wynn & Co., at Nor
folk, and left for that place Mon
day.
ChoWan Baptist Association
meets this year with the church
at Berea, five miles from Eliza
beth City. The tine is Tuesday
after the second Sunday in July,
which is the 14th day.
The w. c, T. U. ladies are cir
culatlng a petition to be pre-
sented to the City Council asking
that law be passed compelling
saloonkeepers to do away with
their front blinds and screens.
The hucksters' stalls i'll front
OF the city market were rented
yesterday at noon by Constable
Brooks at public outcry, the ag>
gregate daily rental amounting
to s4.SI daily.
The infant daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Ray Moss, of Money |
Point, Va, died on Wednesday.
Many friends and relatives in
his city and Edenton will sympa
h1ze with them in this their first
sorrow.
In the FISHERMAN & FARMER
nail of Wednesday, a note
cached this office saying that
'lr. J. G. Sawyer, of Camden,
lad so far recovered from his re-
ent illness as to be able to go to
work again.
Send to the FISHERMAN &
GARNER Office for printing of {
ny kind. Our stock of enve- {
opes, linen and white note heads,
ills, cards, posters, etc., is the
est and most varied of any in {
us section. Call, see us On the |
treet, Or order by mail.
DR.. J. II. White has returned +
rom the Dental Association, in
esslon last week at Morehead. /
". White, we notice from the
ewspaper reports, was placed s
n several prominent commit t
ees. }
Rev. J. Paul Spence was Or
aimed at Woodville last Tues c
ay. Revs- Blackwell, Wood, t
'llott and Graves acted as I
resbytery. Mr.. Charles Legion t
as set apart as deacon at the f
tne time. \
E. +. Aydlett, Esq, a delegate V
ppointed by the County Con- =
ention last week, left Wednes- :
ay to attend the State Demo l
ratio Convention which met in .
alelgh yesterday. He will
visit Ashville before
is return.
Mrs. Geo. A. Stevenson and .
tile daughter who have been p
siting the family of Mr.. NJ. H. +
nowden, on Burgess street, re-
Irned to their home at Snowden y
alton Oh Tuesday. -
Just as we went to press last
ght a report reached this Office 9
the effect that colored boy, f
hose name we failed to learn, fl
as killed by lightning during 81 ~
e storm yesterday afternoon c.
ar the Hollowell farm in this E.
unity. lc
Rev. w. O. Petty, of South s!
aroliaa, has been elected to the "
esidency Of Chowan Female n
stitute at Murfreesboro, to sue Z,
ed Prof. Brewer, resigned. Mr..
.ttY is a skilled man and stands Ii
1ong the foremost educators of -
e South.
The Old Dominion steamer =
ewberp will be hauled out to- a
y at Jewell & SCOTS railway a
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