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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-01-31
Series of Farmers lnsti-
tufCS.

Commissioner Patterson an
nounccs the following Farmers
Institutes:
Sunbury, Gates county, Feb.
9TH and 8th.
Aulander, Bertie county, Feb.
4th and 5th.
Winton, Hertford county, Feb.
9th.
Currituck courthouse, Feb.
10 aud nth.
Elizabeth City, Feb. IS and ID.
Hertford, Feb. 18th.
Edenton, Feb 18TH and 18th.
Plymouth, Feb. 10Th.
Williamson, Feb. Goth.
Washington, Feb. 21 and II.
Mr.. Patterson announces:
"Thc Commissioner Of Agrl-
culture will be assisted by one or
more of the Professors from the
A. and NJ. College and by rep
rescntative of the North Carolina
Experiment Station.
"No politics about it, but such
subjects will be discussed as are
of general interest to farmers,
truckers, aud fruit growers" ."
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-01-31
A GEORGIA COLONY
includes People From Nearly
Every State in The Union
And is Growing Rapidly.

a special to the Manufacturers
Record from Fitzgerald, Ga, the
location of the Grand Armv
"Coiony, says: There are now
between 5000 and 1000 people
at Fitzgerald. and the COLONY is
growing rapidly. The Georgia
* Atlanta Railroad brought in
one day this mouth more than
hve hundred colonists, and Mr..
Fitzgerald, the organizer of the
movement, states that there will
be between $4,000 and 10000
within the next twelve months
The colony already includes
people from every State in the
Union except two, Canada also
being we'll represented. A care
tul investigation shows that
many Of the Colonists, all of
whom have come into this sec
ton within the last five months.
are all Well-to-do people fnan
cially, and that quite a number
OF them are worth from $500
to 100000 each. In this res
spect 1t Is probably different
from any great colonization work
ever seen. Three banks are al
ready organized and buildings
are under construction for them.
Two local papers have also been
established.
The sale Of the Abbevillc &
Waycross Railroad, extending
from Abbeville, Ga, to Lulavillc,
eighteen and one half miles, to
the Georgia & Alabama Rail
road, has just been consummated,
and the new owners began the
operation of the property. The
road will be immediately extend~
ed from Lulaville to Fitzgerald,
four and one-half miles. This
extension will be completed by
the 10th of FEBRUARY, and what
was five months ago an unbrokcn
pine forest will then be trans,
formed to a thriving railroad
town.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-01-31
Corbett Rude,y Handled.

Champion James J. Corbett,
while playing at a theatre in
Philadelphia, Saturday night, be-
came involved in a fight with a
fireman named William H. Muir
ply. Blows were struck on both
sides, and the actor pugilist was
uncerem opiously tumbled down
a fight of stairs.
The fight started after Corbett
had elected the fireman from his
lressing room, which he had ell
cred to order the champion to
stop smoking. Murphy was de-
tailed at the theatre to look after
and prevent fires, and while
passing Corbett's room smelled
cigarette smoke. He raped at
he door, and as Corbett opened
t saw him put the cigarette be-
hind him. Murphy told him it
was against the rules to smoke,
and Corbett denied he was doing
so.
Murphy insisted, and Corbctt
then forced him from the room
and lock the door. Murphy rap
ped for ad1nittance. The door
was opened suddenly, and he re-
ceived a stunning blow in the
face, which knocked him from
his feet. He arose quickly, how
ever, and landed one on Corbett's
mouth, drawing blood.
The men then grappled, and
reaching a stairway, Murphy
caught Corbett by the feet and
sent him sliding to the lower
door. Here they again grappled,
when some of the stage hands
and the company separated them.
The fireman is about twenty
five years age, and is of medium
build.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-01-31

A NEGRO DESPERATE.
Kills Two Persons And is Lynch
ed For His Crime.

Alex. Jones, a negro desperate,
OF Elkhorn, West Virginia,
boarded a west-bound passenger
train Monday night at Keystone,
evidently for the purpose Of hav-
ing trouble. H was under the
influence of liquor and very
boisterous. He abused the con~
ductor and refused to pay his
fare. Jones then pulled two re
vOlvers and commenced firing at
random through the car, which
was crowded with people, enpt-
ing both weapons. After the
it was discovered that
w. II. Strother, postmaster at
Elkhorn, was shot through the
abdomen, causing death almost
Conductor McCul-
lou9h was shot in the side, not
seriously wounded. Peter Rice, a
colored miner, was shot through
the right breast and will proba-
bly, die. Jones was arrested and
placed on the G clock train for
Huntingdon. While passing
Hemphill the train was tagged
by mob of fifty men, who took
Jones from the train and hanged
him to tree and shot his body
full of lead
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-01-31
THE BEST OF MEDIUMS.

Won NAV talk about your posters aho
YOUR ads upon the fence,
Ru+ trcv amt the kind of mediums tha'
anDeal to common sense.
x-o,, Nv talk about your dodgers and
your circulars and such,
Rnt calculate they don't assist IN al
vcrtising much;
And especially in the winter, when the
snow is on the ground,
| wonder where your posters ana your
dodgers can be found?
Rut within the coy homestead, wheh
the parlor stoves agIow'
The ucwspapcr is read aloud to every
one, we know
The farmer sees the painted sign upon
his barn and grlns;
Five dollars for the place he usually
wins,
Aud +1ara his interest in the ad. begins,
and there it ends, =,
And the same is true Of nearly all ms
neiphbors and his friends;
And they read the local paper every
dav or every week,
Aud in It's welcome columns all their
information seek,
And YOU may be quite certain that 'ile
ads therein displayed
Arc also read with interest and are sure
to make some trade.
It stands to reason, anyhow, that what
a fellow buys
He's Going to read and get his moneys
worth, if he be wise.
The fathcr, mother, uncle, aunt, the
daughter and the son,
Are going to read the newspaper ana
50 is every one.
SO it all stands to reason that a local
merchants ad
Will attract attention, be it either good
or bad.
And the newspaper as medium leads
al other kind with case,
For that is where the multitude the "o-
vcrtiscmcnt secs.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-01-31
500 Reward 500.

The readers of this paper Will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
heen able to cure in all its stages, and
that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is
the only positive cure known to the
medical fraternity Catarrh being a
constitutional disease, requires CON
stitutiona1 treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF
the system, thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building up the b..
doing its work The proprietors have
so much faith in its curative powers,
that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that it fails to cure Send
for list of testimonials.
Address, F. J. CHENEY & CO, !
Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-01-31
Big Oyster Shell.

An extraordinary oyster shell
is owned by Portland man,
says the Boston Herald 1t is
almost two feet in length, and
one and a half feet in width.
The shell is very rough on the
outside, and white and smooth
and beautiful on the inside. 1t
is at least three inches thick in
the center portion and is very
massive and heavy. 1t tips the
scales at thirty seven pounds. OF
course, the two halves of the
shell would weigh at least twice
that, or seventy-four pounds
These huge oyster shells were
brought to Portland in the five
masted schooner Governor Ames
on the occasion of her last visit
there some years ago. The
oyster was secured alive in Japan
and made a stew that was more
than enough for the whole crew
of eight men. The whole oyster
when alive weighed eighty-twc
pounds. Leaving out the seven
ty-two pounds for the shells, ane
there is eight pounds that the
oyster itself must have weighed
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-01-31
COME TO GRIEF.
A Filibustering Steamer
Goes Down soon after
Leaving Port.
TEN LIVES LOST.
WAS BOUND FOR CUBA WITH
ARMS AND AMMUNITIO
FOR THE INSURGENTS.

The schooner Helen II. Bene-
dict, Of New Haven, Captain
Bracket, from Norfolk for Bos-
ton, arrived at New Haven, Mass.
Tuesday morning with twenty
five OF the passengers and crew
Of the wrecked steamer J. W.
Hawkins. which went down off
Montauk on the 10th inst, dur
ing a violent gale 1t is report
ed that this steamer left New
York OH the 10th with rs per>
SONS OH board, mostly Spaniards,
claiming to be bound to Bermuda
with an excursion party She
was making some water when
She left port, and when she ell
cOuntered the rough weather
outside with a heavy sea. she
flied III about twenty minutes.
Those on board had barely time
to ct INTO the steamers boats.
One Ol the boats was picked up
by the Benedict and her twenty
five occupants taken to Woods
Holl, whence they embarked by
train for Boston and New York.
1t was reported by those res
cued that the steamers true des-
was Cuba and that her
cargo, consisting Of SIS, 1000
worth of ammunition, one gun
on board having cost $1,000.
They were, without doubt, bound
OH a flibusterIng expedition to
Cuba.
The four masted schooner
Alice B. Crosby, Newport News
for Boston, fell in with another
boat from the steamer about O5
miles southeast by east Of Sandy
Hook lighthouse, which contain,
ed twenty-three persons, but ow-
ing to the rough sea only thir,
teen were saved, the other ten
being drowned The Crosby
landed the thirteen survivors at
Woods Holl Tuesday morning,
and they 1t on a train for New
York the same day. Another
Y, ssel, a three~mas ed schooner,
picked up seventy five OF the sur
vivors, and it is supposed put
back with them to Delaware
The men say but little. There
were three Americans among
those at Woods Holl, the others
being Spaniards.
They saw that thousands Of
dollars i'll money Went down
with those who were drowned
and i'll the private chests i'll the
steamer.
The u. S. cruisers Raleigh
and Montgomery were sent out
Sunday to Intercept the 6libusters
and enjoyed quite a wild goose
chase.
The Spanish navy also spent
two days trying to overhaul
them.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-01-31
The Bonner Murder Trial.

The lawyers are still arguing
the Bonner murder trial at Wash
ington, N. c. It's thought that
the Jury will get the case by
today noon. This is the longest
murder trial in the history of
North Carolina and will have
covered a period of three weeks.
The policy of the defense has
been to break down Credle's con-
tession. They take the position
that he has implicated the de-
PENDANTS in order to conceal the
true perpetrators Of the crime.
The State relies upon Credle's
confession and circumstantial
evidence to support it.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-01-31
FISH COMMISSIONER.
Mr.. Ferguson, of Maryland, is
Appointed.

The President has appointed
Mr.. Ferguson, of Maryland, who
has been United States Minister
to Norway and Sweden, to the
position of Fish Commissioner.
Mr.. Ferguson was formerly an
assistant in the fish commission.
is lover of fish study, and &C
cepts the position, not for the pay
there is in it but that he may
continue in the interesting work.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-01-31

When deciding where to trade
pick up copy of the FISHER
ERMAN & FARMER and look
over its advertising columns.
Wide>awake merchants have
their names therein, and they
will make it to your interest to
deal with them.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-01-31

A Missouri farmer figured it
out one rainy day that he had
walked 800 miles in cultivating
one acre of corn. He thereupon
sold his farm and moved to town,
where he walked 600 miles to
hnd a iob.-Arkansas TraOeler.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-01-31

Col. Ingersoll wickedly OBJ
serves that he feels toward those
who have been praying for him
as the girl did toward the young
man who squeezed her hand.
She said: alt pleases him and
doesn't hurt me-" Better give
him up.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-01-31
LIKE A PARD.
North Carolina Offers Her Sea
Serpent Yarn.
lEew YoTS Press. !

/
Frozen to death in the duck
ing district made famous BY
President Cleveland!
Such is the lamentable tate of
the serpent that Invaded the
waters of the North Carolina
coast off Currituck Whether
the death of the marine monster
was caused by a passing ship,
the extreme coldness OF the
water, or some of the "balt
thrown overheard by the Cleve
land party when on their recent
shooting expedition must res
main forever all impenetrable
mystery. Some of the North
Carolina sportsmen are inclined
to think that the serpent must
have swallowed a copy of Cleve-
lands last financial message,
which was known to have been
on board the Violet.
The monsters carcass was
found by two Norfolk business
men who were on a duck-hunt-
ing trip. They were on their
way home when they saw sight
that at first filled them with con-
sternation. 1t was about 0:3o
o'clock i'll the morning. To the
right of them and just beyond
reach of the tide, lay one of the
most hideous looking objects
they had ever seen or heard of.
They dropped their game and
ran toward the waters edge.
What they saw was a sea serpent,
and no mistake.
The carcass was inCrusted with
ice, and from the tip OF the nose
to tip of tail was no less than
thirty-six feet long. To make
sure Of the snakes length, they
paced it off several times. The
monster was about as thick
around as a beer keg, except the
neck part, which was no larger
tEan an ordinary mans leg,
though at least a yard long. The
head was frightfully hideous.
The wide-open jaws revealed two
long rows of teeth of razor-like
sharpness. The huge tongue
was swoolen and coated with ice
The eyes were shut and had
fallen into the head, leaving
holes large enough to put in
each socket good sized apple.
The most hideous thing about
the head, which was two feet
long, was the beard, or rath-
er what looked like beard. The
"beard" was in reality nothing
but a lot of "feelers" and "suck-
ers," they were about two feet
long, and stuck out in all dlrec-
tions like the quilts of a porcu-
pine. They, as we'll as the fore
part of the head, were crushed.
This was probably due to the
snakes carcass coming in contact
with some passing vessel; or,
perhaps, it became entangled
with the propeller Of a coast
steamer. Could it have been
that of the Violet?
The back of the snake was OF
dirty greenish gray. Its belly
was white as far as the duck
shooters could see. One of the
men, who had a camera with him,
photographed the serpent. Wien
they got back to Norfolk they
told their amazing story to their
friends, who, knowing them to
be men of business standing and
unimpeachable character, could
not doubt their word.
Whether the snakes carcass is
still on the shore or not is a matter
of doubt. Probably it has been
washed away by the tides.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-01-31

Five years ago." says Anga A.
Lewis, Ricard, n. Y, ~ had constant
cough, night sweats, was greatly re-
duced in flesh, and had been given up
my physicians. began to take Ayers
Cherry Pectoral, and after using two
bottles was completely cured"
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-01-31
David Hammell, Of New Jersey,
Lives the Life of Hermit,
Waiting the Election Of
a Republican Gov
ernOr.
W ATS THIRTY YEARS.
UPON HEARING OF THE ELECTION OF
JOHN w. GRIGGS, A REPUBLICAN
HE RETURNS TO HIS
FAMILY,

There was unusual rejoicing
at the home of David Hammcl
living in Warren county, New
Jersey, over what the resi-
dents termed the returning tC
life Of "old Hammcll" himself.
For the past thirty years, Ham
nell has lived the life of her
NIT and has spoken little, if any
to any one, and especially 30 his
wife and his three children, two
sons and one daughter.
Marcus l.. Ward was a candi-
date for Governor in 1866. Ham
NELL Laid himself out" in be-
half Of the Republican ticket.
Mrs. Hammcll was in spirit a
follower of Democracy,
Mrs. Hamme1l ard her hus-
band had many differences over
his political faith, and finally the
family quarrelled, Mrs. Hammell
being supported by her two sons
and daughter. Hamnell left
home ard told his family it
would be q lo1g time before he
returned, and further told a
neighbor that he intended to
work for the next Republican
candidate for Governor, and if
he was no. elected he would
not go home until a Republican
succeeded Ward.
Hammell went into the woods
and secured timber, with which
he built himself hut. He liv-
ed alone in this all the years un-
til the election of John W.Griggs
as Governor. Efforts were made
by his family to induce him to
return home, but he would not
go, saying he intended to live
alone until a Republican was
elected Governor. His wife and
family talked with him, but he
never replied. Hamnell took
his supplies from the house and
barn, and never said a word to
any one until the news was re>
ceived tlat John w. Griggs had
been elected last Fall.
Hamnell Immediately became
a changed man. Iie talked to a
neighbor, and said he would re-
turn home the day Governor
Griggs was inaugurated. Prepar-
ations were made to receive him
and wien he entered tie house
he was greeted heartily. Ham
NELL kissed his wife and children,
and his children S children whom
he had never talked to before,
and it seemed as though he had
returned from the dead.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-01-31
DOINGS Of THE WEEK.
News Gathered Here
There, and Everywhere.
OF INTEREST TO ALL.
OF INTEREST TO ALL.
PICKED UP AND PUT IN SHAPE FOR THE
BUSY READER.

For the first time in thirty
years New Jersey has Republi-
can Governor.
President Cleveland spent a
few days at Quantico, Va, this
week, duck hunting.
A severe epidemic of measles
is spreading i'll many towns in
North and South Carolina.
Charlotte will open a new cot
ton mill March Ist. This city
leads the State as a manufacture
ing city.
Theodore Ruuyon, Unit d
States Ambassador to Germany,
died i'll Berlin, on Sunday, Of
heart failure.
General Manager John c..
Winder of the Seaboard Air Line
has been summarily retired, and
Vice President St. John has
taken his place.
On Tuesday, Col. John E.
Brown, prominent lawyer of
Charlotte, shoots himself in the
head with a suicidal intent; the
wound is immortal.
Four white men at the Wash
ington navy yard cunning school
will be imprisoned and then dis
missed the navy for hazing
negroes in the same school.
Gen. w. p. Roberts, United
States consul at Victoria, British
Colum bia, who has been visiting
in this State for two weeks past,
has returned to his post of duty.
Old Kentucky Whiskey, in>
stead Of champagne will be
used to christen the battleship
Kentucky, when she is launched
from the ways at Newport News.
The Kentucky "colonel's" are
evidently not ashamed of their
raisin.
The balloon expedition to the
north pole, which will take place
under the auspices of the king of
Sweden III 1896, is progressing
favorably. The balloon will be
filled OH one Of the islands north
west of Spitzenburg and weight
ed to float about 900 feet high.
1t is said a horse can draw on
the worst kind of earth road
about four times as much as he
can carry on his back. On a
good macadamized road he can
pull ten times as much, on a
wooden road twenty-five times
as much, and on street railway
times as much.
The persons who recently ems
red suit to annul the lease Of
he N. c. Railroad to the South
ern Railway, both the represen-
tatives of the Farmers Alliance
and the private stockholders,
have withdrawn their suits. This
leaves the lease unquestioned.
The Board of Directors Of the
Tennessee Centennial and Inter
national Exposition have voted
to postpone the opening from
Sept. 1896, to May Ist 1897. The
exposition is planned to celebrate
the one hundredth anniversary
of the State, and as the State
was admitted in June Ist, 1896,
June I, 1896 is the anniversary,
but the directory decided the ex-
position could not be completed
this year.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-01-31

"NVho was it, asked the pretty
school ma am, "Who said, Give
me liberty or give me death?"
"Patrick Henry, ma am" replied
a small pupil. "And which did
he get?" Both, ma am. -
Harbey'S Bazaar.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-01-31

lfyou have not, you shall
see 1t at ouce. Why you
should see it at once, ISL, be-
cause tt is the wonder of the
ago. The Newest,
Latest,
Best,
Most Useful,
Most Cleanly,
Most Convenient
and above all the most fasci-
natlngand interesting Novelty
for every home.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-01-31
They Enter a Protest.

When people talk about there
being a better State. THAI. North
Carolina, every potato slightly
winks its eye, every cabbage
shakes its head, every beet gets
red III the face, every onion feels
stronger, every oat field is shock
ed, rye strokes its beard, corn
sticks up its ears, and every foot
of land kicks. The horses even
denounce the statement with a
neigh and the printers grab their
shooting>sticks, says the Durham
Sun.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-01-31
-AUctiOneer.

Having been appointed County
Auctioneer and given bond
therefor, all persons are forbid
den to exercise the virtues of
that office under penalty of law.
A. J. BATEMAN,
Broad Street, Edenton, N. c.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-01-31

For the first time in thirty
years New Jersey has a Republi-
can Governor.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-01-31
Ladies !!

See it, and please tell ne.
how you can afford to BE
without it. You can fill
your lamps in your parlor
if you should so desire, or
on your breakfast table
withou fear of soiline vour
fine da1nask.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-01-31

A severe epidemic of measles
is spreading i'll many towns in
North and South Carolina.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-01-31

To prevent failures on the
farm diversity your crops.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-01-31

President Cleveland spent a
few days at Quantico, Va, this
week, duck hunting.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-01-31

Charlotte will open new cot
ton mill March Ist. This city
leads the State as a manufacture
ing city
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-01-31

Theodore Ruuyon, Unit d
States Ambassador to Germany,
died i'll Berlin, on Sunday, Of
heart failure.