Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-12-18
Of Personal and
Newsy Character.
Pencilings Reproduced From
The Notebooks of Fish
erman & Farmer Pc
EDENTON, n. &.

| timore this week on business.
Mr.. G. c. Haste left Monday
| for Baltimore to visit friends.
Mr.. G. E. Brannlng was in
The city a few days ago on bust
ness.
The congregations at the Bap-
fist church last Sunday were I'M
usually large.
DR.. Vauncoy and wife, Of
Pennsylvania, are visiting Mr..
and Mrs. J. w. Branning.
Miss Jennie Pendleton has res
tturned home after a pleasant
visit to friends at Norfolk.
Mr.. Wallace Winborne, of the
firm of Winborne & Rea, is at
New York this week on business.
Bring your laundry to Mitch>
ellis store; he will have it done
up in style. Good work or no pay.
| Services at the Catholic church
next Sunday morning at 1890
and in the afternoon at $3.50. All
are invited to attend.
Mr.. Harry Warren, of New
York, is here to spend the holi~
days with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. Y. Warren.
Go to Mitchell's and see his
fine line Of Xmas goods before
you buy from anyone else; he
will save you money and give
you just what you want.
Mr.. E. D. Sawyer and wife, of
Camden county, have been the
guest this week of the family of
Mr.. NJ. B. Upton, OH West
| Church street.
The N. & S. depot is the bust
est place in town. Hands are
working day and night loading
and unloading steamers and cars.
Shipments are SO great that the
steamers are unable to free their
river wharfs.
Rev. N. NJ. Watson, who has
faithfully served the Methodist
Church here during the past two
years, has been sent to Green
Vile, N. c., much to the regret
of his many friends and admir-
ers in this city. Edenton's loss
is Greenville's gain.
At the annual session of the
colored Grand Lodge of Masons,
which held a most pleasant and
profitable meeting here last
week, James H. Young, of Raj
eigh, was &elected to succeed
Congressman>elect George H.
White as Grand Master. There
are now seventy colored lodges
in North Carolina, with 1000
members.
The North Carolina Confer>
ence has assigned Rev. J. l..
Rumley to the church at this
place. He has been stationed
at Hartford and has preached
here on several occasions. He
is a young man and a strong
preacher and we congratulate
our Methodist friends On his app
pointment. He has many
friends here and we believe his
coming will give general satis>
| faction.
The steamer Wagner left Coll
umbia Tuesday morning for
Edenton, and soon after enter>
ing Albemarle sound she en-
countered severe gale Of wind
Being unable to face the storm
both anchors were dropped, but
to no avail, and the steamer was
blown ashore. 1t is said she has
settled in three feet of sand and
will have to be dug out before
she can float again. The damage
is yet unknown. About dozen
passengers were on board, who
were rescued by the steamer
Thos. H. Newton and carried
back to Columbia, No lives
were lost and no one hurt.
Mr.. William B. Shepard, our
highly esteemed and popular
townsman, and Miss Mildred c.
Cameron, daughter of the late
Paul c. Cameron, of Hillsboro,
were married Tuesday at the
brides home. The Meas and
Observer gives the following &C
count of the happy event: COWS
ing to recent Affections the SER
vice took place at home in the
we'll known hospitable Cameron
residence, and was witnessed only
by the members of the immedi-
ate families of the contracting
parties. Notwithstanding its
lquietness, nothing could have
excelled the exquisite taste shown
in all the appointments OF the
service. The arrangement of rare
flowers and the numerous beau>
tiful and costly bridal gifts, the
| familiar strains of the Wedding