Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-04-16
Interesting
Notes From Various Points
Around and About us.
Ola Personal and
Newsy Character.
Pencilings Reproduced From
The Notebooks of Fish
erman & Farmer Re-
pOrterS.
EDENTON, n. &.

JOnn bduHdIu mas lSluihCu
home.
Mr.. M. H. Dixon has returned
from Norfolk.
A. M. Moore has returned
from Pitt county court.
Mr.. S. Steel, Of Baltimore, is
visiting Harry Cason.
Mr.. Charlie Murden left We'd
nesday for Washington, D. c.
Mrs. G. P. Bogert has returned
home from Washington county.
Mrs Wake, of Avoca is spend
ing some days here with friends.
The fishermen are now catchs
ing all the fish they can handle.
R. S. Mitchell returned home
Saturday from his commercial
trip.
Mrs. J. w. Branning and Miss
| Makely left Monday for New
| York.
Mr.. J. H. Bell made a business
trip to Hartford county last
week.
H. E. Williams spent a few
days in Camden county this
week.
The streets are receiving an
other liberal coating of oyster
shells.
Mr.. Harry Cason arrived Mons
day from the Baltimore Medical
College.
The Methodist church gave
a feast on Friday night and did
quite we'll.
Mrs John Reed, of Washing>
ton, N. c., is visiting relatives
in this city.
The Edenton Base Ball team
played Friday with the Hartford
boys at Hartford.
Miss Ruth Rea has returned
home from visit to relatives at
Washington, N. c.
Mr.. +. S. Norman attended
the Norlnan-Elliott marriage at
Hartford on Wednesday.
A. G. Mitchell has returned
home from his trip. He speaks
we'll of Western North Carolina.
Mr.. John R. Stephenson, mans
ager of the Branning store has
gone to New York to buy new
goods.
Our election tickets are sure
7vluucrs.-The Elliott Printing
Co., cor. Broad and King Sts.,
Edenton, N. c.
Mr.. I. G. Berry, of Washing~
ton, N. c., was in the city Suns
day, the guest of Mr.. J. H. Bell,
on Queen street.
Mr.C.B. Ladd, of the Glouces-
ter Net and Irvine Company, of
Boston, is here looking after the
Company's business.
Miss Mae Spruill has returns
ed to Columbia. Mrs. VIM.
Spruill has gone also, after
spending some days with Mr..
Ralph.
One of our town boys, John
Norcom, son of James Norcom
and nephew of DR.. VIM. Nor>
com, was here with the Barlow
Minstrels. The young men
were glad to meet him.
The Edenton Light Infantry,
CO. D., has leased the Opera
House and will use it for an Ar
mory. The floor has been low
cred and the Company now has
an Arnory more suited to the
purpose.
Messrs. B. E. Byrd and J. M.
Deans will soon open a Jewelry
store Oh Broad street, and will
keep complete line of Watches,
Clocks, Jewelry, Gold and Silver
Novelties, Optical goods, etc.
We wish the new firm a full
measure of success.
Our soldier boys are prepar-
ing Minstrel performance
which they will put on at Rea's
Opera House soon. They have
been very fortunate in securing
frst-class talent, popular songs, |
and new jokes. and the enter,
tainment promises to be the best
ever given here.
Next Monday is the day for
the children to picnic at the
fisheries. For several years they |
have celebrated Easter Monday
i'll this way, and if the weather
is favorable on Monday, many |
buggles, carts, wagons, and other
conveyances will leave the city |
loaded with happy children.