Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-09-18

wanna, Wnere they nave been IOT
several weeks.
Books for the Circulating Ii
brary, recently established in
this city have been left at the
store Of Benbury & Dawson, on
Water street.
Nothing Of importance this
week III the Mayors court.
Three tra1nps were ordered to
leave the city and negro fined
for being drunk.
Tell your ncighbor about the
big Far Elizabeth City will
hold this year. 1t will be the
81 eatest show Of its kind ever
held in the district.
The c. c. Allen cotton gin
began work this week. at which
a self packing press has recently
been put in, 1t is quite curl
osity 10 see it at work.
DR.. w ]. Lumsden is at Buff
falo, NY, attending the Ameri>
can Medical Association. DR..
Isiah Fearing is III charge of
his practice while absent.
Mrs. MOntrav CARTWRIGHT, a
widowed lady Of AZ years of age,
died Wednesday morning at her
home on Road street, and was
buried yesterday afternoon.
Col. r. G. Mitchell, of Eden
ton, is spending several days
with his son, 4. II. Mitchell, on
Burgess street He is acco,npa-
MED by his little daughter Edna
Miss Rena Dawson, Of the
firm Of Dawson & Benbury, has
gone North to purchase new
goods and to acquaint herself
with the latest millinery fash>
ions.
People who saw Elizabeth
City ten years ago will be aghast
with thrilling bewilderment
when they gaze upon the new
and thrifty city Fair Week--the
3rd week in October,
The FISHERMAN & FARMER
is daily adding new names to
its large list of subscribers. AL
ready we have the largest sub
scription list Of any paper pub
11shed at Elizabeth City.
Louis Selig, our leading jewel
er, invites the attention this
week 20 his advertisement which
OH this page. He is now
receiving daily a fine stock of
presents, watches,
diamond rings, &c.
Our citizens should be liberal
in responding to calls for assist
ance in doing ourselves honor
Fair week. Thousands
of people are coming and al
should be royalty welcomed and
entertained.
The trial of Joseph Cooper for
the murder Of Afford Stafford |
will take place i'll Camden to-
day, the grand jury having re
turned a true bill of murder in
the first degree. The jury was
secured yesterday with much
Next Monday morning at 81
D 'clock Elizabeth City's host Of
school children will begin march
ing to the sceue of their activity |
for another year, Both, the
Atlantic Collegiate Institute and
the Public School, will open OH
Monday next.
The case of State VS. c. c..
Winstow, who was charged with
house burning at Manteo, hay
ing been removed from Dare |
county was tried at Camden !
Wednesday, which resulted i'll a
verdict Of not guilty. The jury |
was out only six minutes.
Our Hebrew merchants closed ,
their places of business and OBJ
served OH Yesterday a holiday
known as "Yon Kipper' or the
Day of Atonement, which began
Wednesday afternoon at 8 o clock
and lasting 20 hours, during
which time they refrain from
eating or drinking.
The busiest place in town this
week is the store Of Mitchell, the
New Man, where the largest and
handsomest stock Of goods ever
brought to the city is being
opened, Mr.. Mitchell having just
returned from New York. His
will appear i'll
his paper next week.