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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-01-15

| The store of Williams & Cor
don, on Poindexter street, wa:
broken into some time during
Saturday night last, and robbed
of about $500 worth of goods.
The pulpit of the NJ. E. Church
was occupied Sunday night BY
Rev. William Yost, of Cleveland
Ohio, who was here on visit tc
his daughter, Mrs. R. 0. Pryor.
| Quite delightful and anus
ing card party was given Tues
day night at the home of Miss
Helen Martin on Church street,
which was largely attended and
much enjoyed by the participants
Examine the Ladies Wraps at
TheFair before buying elsewhere
Misses Bertha, Marion and
Pearl Minson. who have been
visiting their aunt, Mrs. L. A.
Winder, on Church street, re-
turned home Monday, much to
the regret of their many friends.
The FISHERMAN & FARMEL
job printing department has been
overrun this week with work.
The people are fast finding out
where to place their orders when
they want up>to>date printing.
Good work at living prices tell
the tale.
285 Overcoats that can be
bought at only a little more than
half their value at The Fair.
Place your advertisement i'll
the FISHERMAN & FARMER, a
paper that is read by more peo-
pie than any other paper pub
lished in Eastern Carolina. Don't
be deceived. We have the largest
circulation, then why not give
us your adj Our rates are low.
Some person fired at the south
bound train yesterday shortly
after leaving Elizabeth City, the
ball passing through the coach.
No serious result followed, but
had anyone been sitting near the
window through which the ball
entered they would probably
have been killed.
General Manager King offers
a reward for the apprehension
of the party who did it.
Let all editor say some sharp
cutting things about a man, no
matter how just the criticism may
be, and the fellow who is hit
will 60 around mounting for
weeks telling what poor editor
the man who has censured him
is. Let the editor put a compli,
mentary notice in his paper about
said fellow and not a word of
commentator does he hear, no
matter how proud the one COM
pli1nented may be, nor how many
extra copies he may beat the ed
itor out Of to send to his friends.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-01-15
a Siunificant Departure

With the departure of another year
when a review is made of the condition
of affairs, it is only right that some
thought be given to the physical body
which enables everyone TO battle with
life S problem and figure for themselves
the profit or loss on the trial balance
shee Though the bank account may
be large and each ones material gain
be great, it would not be surprising II
it suddenly dawns upon many that
good health has been greatly impover-
ished by the low condition of the
blood. It is in this state that the Tactic
acid in the vital fluid attacks the fiDrous
tissues, particularly the joints, making
known the local manifestations of
rheumatism Thousands of people
have found in Hood Sarsaparilla the
great blood purifier, a positive and
permanent cure for rheumatism.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-01-15
Bill Forbidding Bloomers.

The Populist Legislature of
Kansas will reform the morals of
the people if legislation can do it.
Representative Lambert will in
troduce a bill early in the SEES
sion prohibiting the wearing of
boomers by women, and make
it a misde1neanor for a woman to
appear in a public thoroughfare
astride a bicycle. He says emf
nent physicians agree shat wo-
men ale running their health by
riding the bicycle, and that the
habit units them for the sacred
duties of motherhood, and if con
tinued will soon extinguish the
race.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-01-15
SUBSCRIBE NOW.

Take advantage of the bad
winter weather by reading al
you can, and be sure that a good
newspaper, such as the FISHER
NAN & FARMER, is among your
collection of reading matter.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-01-15
The Best Way D Cure

Disease is to establish h,',ith. Pure,
ri III blood means godd health Hood S
Sarsaparilla is the One True Blood
Purifier. 1t tones up the whole system,
gives appetite and strength and causes
weakness, nervousness and pain to
disappear No other medicine has such
a record of wonderful cues as Hood s
Sarsaparilla.
Hoods Pills are the best aftcr-dinner
pill; assist digestion, prevent constipa-
ton. 25C.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-01-15
M arriages.

Cupid has been industriously !
"naking Matches since the ar
rival Of the New Year, and SO
far has perfected several cons
tracts.
On Sunday last at the brides
home near Kahuke, this county,
Mr.. Hodgers James and Miss
Kate Carter were married. After
the ceremony a brilliant recep-
ton followed. Several of the
brides friends of Elizabeth City
were present.
Mr.. Addison Stanton and Miss
Bette Fletcher were married on
the 9TH inst. near Weeksvllle,
this county, J. w. Stokely Of
floating
Mr.. BENZ. Wedbee and Miss
Louise Haskell were united in
the hold bonds of natrimony at
10 o'clock a. m, On Wedn esday
at the residence Of Mrs. J. II
Perry near Okisco.
Mr.. VIM. Stevenson, mer
chant of Elizabeth lily, and Miss
Webb, of New Hope, this coun-
ty, were married last Sunday.
Having just added a new LOT
of type, borders, ornaments, &c.
for the proper and effective dis
play of advertisements, this Of
fee is better equipped than ever
to do your work. Give us a
trial.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-01-15
FIRE.

Tuesday afternoon the dry
kilns Of the Elizabeth City Lum-
Der Company were consumed by
fire, together with all the lumber
therein. The Fire Department
responded promptly, and, with
four streams playing from the
engine, saved the mill and fur>
Their destruction of the compa>
ny's property.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-01-15

The men who advertise in the
FISHERMAN & FARMER are the
men who have faith in what they
have to sell. Having a good
thing to offer they want to sell
it because the more used the
better satisfaction it gives.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-01-15
-ENOr the next
80 days
fur Shoe Bargains

= for the next Thirty Days
will surpass anything that
' has ever been put before
the public.
= 800 pairs Ladies Shoes
q made to sell at $500, we
= bought the whole
> lot, while they last 81 Ok
} our price ....... 80.
D Shoes for everybody from
4 the coarsest Alaska to the
4 finest French Kid.
Rubber Shoes and Boots,
: from the little boys and
girls size to the largest
2 footed man or woman All
S shoes bought of McCabe &
/ Grice are SOLID; we buy
IL direct from the Factorys;
no middle profit to our GUS
{a toners.
IL When in need of any>
Ii thing i'll the Dry Goods,
n Clothing, Shoes, Hats,
II Notions, Gents Furnishing
N Goods, Cloaks and Capes,
" Silks, Satins, Dress Goods,
!. &C., be sure and try them.
McCABE & GR1CE,
.eading Merchants and Hustlers,
Water Street.
ELIZABETH CITY, N. c.
.8 Agents for Butterick Met
ropolitan Patterns.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-01-15

We wish to thank the volun-
teer Fire Company for the
prompt and efficient service
rendered at our fire. We also
wish to express our appreciation
of the sympathy shown and for
services rendered by our friends
generally.
ELIZABETH CITY LUMBER Co.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-01-15
Planting Time
For
Truck Peas

is some time off yet, but it isn't too to look into
the question of the kind you should use the coming
Don't take anybodys unsupported word as to
their peas-especially travelling salesman's-but get
all the information you the subject; talk with
the best truckers your section ask them what they
know about Tait's Extra Ely Nonpareil Pea, and
then send for the reports of your State Experiment
Station on peas.
Good Peas cost you more in cultivation than bad
stock and it will pay you to to trouble to get
the best We you to do it, because you will then
be prepared to accept statement that grow the
best peas Southern trucker can plant
Our NOnparei1-the earliest the purest and the
handsomest early pea in existence--is offered this
year to cash buyers at So. so per bushel.
!. TAFT ~ son. "a Commercial Place,
iced Growers. Norfolk, Va.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-01-15

Judge Clark is the oldest JUDI
ge on the State Supreme Court
Bench, i'll length Of service, hav-
ing served twenty years.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-01-15

Big cut in prices in Dress
Goods Department, all winter
goods marked down at The Fair.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-01-15
News Adrift.
PICKED UP BY OUR REPORT
ERS WHO ARE ALWAYS
IN "THE SWIM"
BRIEFLY RELATED.
The Pith of the News Especially
Prepared for the Busy
Reader.

Mr.. E. F. Aydlett has gone te
New York on legal business.
Oyster boats have been scarce
at Elizabeth City since Christ,
mas.
| Mr.. Carol G. Pool left yester>
day to accept a position in New
York.
A full attendance is requested
Tonight at the Odd Fellows
lodge.
A large number of buildings
are being erected in various parts
of the city.
Mr.. T. P. Nash has gone to
Norfolk to undergo surgical
operation. =
| Mr.. S. c. Whitehurst, of Sky>
CO, Dare county, was III the city
yesterday.
Street Commissioner Berry is
improving the sidewalks On
| Martin street.
Full dress drill by the Naval
Reserves next Tuesday night at
the Armory.
Mrs. W. H. Forbes of Curri-
tuck County is visiting her par
ents in this city.
Mrs. P. S. Sh1pp entertained
her friends last night at her
home in first ward.
Mrs. Bette Holley, Of Iert-
ford, is the guest of Mrs. c. l..
Weeks in this city.
\ slight SNOW storm struck
this city Wednesday, but was
soon followed by rain.
An enjoyable party was given
Wednesday night at the resi-
dence of Mrs. II. S. White.
The Miss Blancllards, Of Hert-
ford, are spending the week with
Mrs. +. S. White i'll this city.
Miss Ethel Mcmillan, OF
Hartford, is the guest of Mrs. O.
Mcmillan on Pennsylvania Ave
Miss Eva Palm entertained q
number of her friends Monday
night at her home on Main street
We regret to announce that
Mr.. Edward Y. Nash continues
quite i'll at his home on Burgess
street.
The Steamer Neuse left here
last night with the largest pas
senger list she has carried out
in quite awhile.
Mrs. c. S. Blackwell will be
at home to her friends Wednes
day, Jan. goth, from 3 to 6 O'Clock
P. III.
Miss Virginia Banks, Of
Greesboro, is visiting her aunt
Mrs. Keaton, at Nixonton, this
county.
"Wednesday Mr.. John Luton
a prominent farmer of this coun-
tv, died at his home near Nixon
ton.
Misses Fannie Kelley and
Mamie Needham have returned
home after a pleasant visit tc
friends at Shiloh.
Nice line of gloves at very low
prices at The Fair.
An oyster roast was enjoyed
by a numb of young ladies and
gentlemen at the iron foundry
on Wednesday night.
Rev. !. Paul Spence, who has
been visiting his old home fol-
some time, returned to Kinston
N. c Saturday last.
A party was given last Friday
night by the young men of the
CITY at the residence Of Mr.. VIM
Broughton in first ward.
Mr.. Joseph Grimm, a tonsoria
artist of Baltimore, has accepted
a position at the shop of W. {
Parsons on Poindexter street.
The firm of Dawson & Ben
bury having dissolved by mutua
cons mt, the business will bt
continued by the Misses Dawson
| Mr.. Isaac Meekins has gone
to Coluln bia. N c., to acconpa
nv his mother to Elizabeth Cit,
who will hereafter reside at thi
place.
GA Popping Social" will b
the feature at the Baptist church
annex Tuesday night, Jan. 10Th
under the management OF tn
B. Y. P. u.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-01-15
800
ReNard.

On the night Of December ISL
some person OF persons la1d
cross ties on the track OF the
Norfolk & Southern Railroad,
near the 48th mile post, aod also
placed some ties upright in cul-
vert I3I.
For evidence which will Sc
cure the arrest and conviction OF
those who committed the above
acts this company will pay
One Hundred Dollars.
The same sum will be paid
also for like evidence against
any other persons who may COM
NIT similar acts elsewhere along
the Railroad.
M. K. KING, Gen. Mgr.
Norfolk, Va, Jan. Ist, 81.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-01-15

IN the Heart
Of the City
} at the corner OF Water
} and Matthew SITS: up
! stairs, is the Office, of
! the FISHERMAN &
} FAM Pin: ing .>>om-
J pany. Persons having
. business to transact are
} invited to call.
We Do High Grade
COMMERCIAL PRINTING.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-01-15

WE DO NOT WANT BOYS OR LOAFERs, to
rite. but men OF ability. $500 to $500 per month
salary or commission. State and genera mana II.
gers. RACINE FIRE ENGINE Co., naehhe' >" -
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-04
CROWS NEST PASS ROAD.
Work Being Pushed and May BE Fin
ished This Fail.

Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer
NELSON, b. c.. Oct. 3.-Last Sunday
the deputy minister Of canals and deputy
minister of justice, NJ. ]. Nancy, manager
OF construction, and NJ. II. Mcleod, assis-
tant chief engineer Of the construction of
the Crows Nest pass road, came IN to
Nelson over the Crows Nest pass road on
horseback. Mr.. Haney was accompanied
BY his two daughters. They took the boat
AZ the foot OF the lake, going to Kaslo.
The entire party has gone 10 the coast,
with the exception Of Mr. Mcleod, who
Will go back over the road as he came.
In conversation with the Post-IntelH-
gencer representative, Mr.. Mcleod said
that the company had now 5000 men at
" ork, and that by the end of the week It
Will have outfits working on the grade
tEirty-fiye miles this side OF the summit OF
the Crows Nest pass. Thirty-dve engi-
neers are working on the line IN expecta-
ton OF having the trains running 10y next
fall. At all events work well be pushed in
every department, and nothing that money,
experience and earnestness can accomplish
VIII be left undone. At no place on the
Inc does the grade exceed one per cent,
while on the main line two per cent. grade
Is common and four per cent not unusual.
There are unnber Of coal mines along
the line. one OF which is even now being
actively developed. 1t is only i've miles
from the line. and a spur track Is being
built out 10 II. As soon as the construction
IS finished. shipments Will be made. Trains
viii be run over the line as soon as the foot
of the koOtenay lake Is reached. The
work Of construction from here 10 Nelson
WILL however. go on without any Interrupt
ton The wagon road from Fort Mcleod
TO Meyer lake has been all completed.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-04
EPIDEMIC or SUICIDES.
Two Nortbport Men Kill Themselves
and Another Attempts Ii.

Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer
NOkIhFUkT,t Oct. 3.-Northport has
been suffering from an epidemic OF suicides
this week. On Monday last Johnny S4mp-
son. formerly Of TraI. took his life with
big 4i-caLber pistol III TT OF Jealousy over
the attentions Of another man TO his mis-
tress. Simpson was one Of the proprietors
OF the hlondiks saloon.
On Tuesday evening John Young, a no.
torious local character and chronic drunk
ard, tried TO take hk life by the morphine
route. The dose. AoweveT. was so large
that he vomited everything up, and this
saved his life. The county commissioners
have now taken hRn IN charge and sent
HIM 70 the poor fGm at Addy.
Friday morning about 10 o clock two men
named Mcclure and Pauisen accidentally
came upon the body OF a well-dressed man
a Few yards from tie track OF the 5. l. *
y. Railway. and cDse TO the approaches
Of the Red Mountain railway bridge over
the Columbia rlveL The justice Of the
peace empanelled jury aud together q
careful examination OF thu remains was
made. Papers foura on deceased gave his
name as Thomas tArtle Bell. native OF
Massachusetts. He.had papers of recon-
mendauon which gave his trade as a tail
or's cutter. lie cane down from Rossland
on Tuesday evening By the wagon road
Bell had spent moa OF the summer pros
ptcling IN the Slocal, and has mining in
terests there. lie apparently did not meet
with much success. The jury found that
he took his own lIIewith S2-caNber Har-
Ilson * Richardson revolver, which was
found By his right hand on the ground al
the side OF his bod!. by shooting himself
through the right ample. and that 20 all
appearances he was mentally deranged.
The body was then turned over to the an
dertakur and buried n the Newport Gene
farv
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-04
SPOKANE FRUIT FAIR
THE DISPLAY NEARLY TWICE AS
LARGE As LAST YEAR.
Bogus Cheek Workers Fleece van
couver Merchants - Agricultural
College Opens With Good Attend

SPOKANE. Wash. Sept AT o'clock
tomorrow afternoon will begin the open
fuE exercises % Spokane's fourth annual
fruit fair. Every indication points 70 the
fair this year being an unqualified sue
cess. The exercises VIII open with
grand harvest festival parade through the
principal business streets. This Is a new
and novel feature. L IS patterned some
what on the Mar1 Cras parades In the
line VIII be q great number % handsome
floats. costing on an average SlEa each
Work on these has been progressing for
months and the results are well worthy
% the money. time and labor expended
This work has been done under the dfrec-
ton OF Al Bender, the well known scenic
artist. whose painting Of the Burning OF
Seattle drop curtain for the Third avenue
theater won much praise. Those who have
seen these noats say they are equal q. II
not better than floats used in the New
Orleans and Los Angeles parades.
The parade viii end In front Of the Fruit
Fair building. the doors 70 which wil then
be thrown open for the first time The
Goddess OF Plenty VIII be met a. the
gates and escorted TO the band stand.
where brief opening exercises will be he'd
Iris years fair IS much larger than
those previously held. The tented main
building has a floor space OF "a. 100 square
feet. while as much more space is provid-
~ 4oE IL the aLleAeS- The main building
IS in the shape OF a cross, broad aisles
transyersing the different els. In the
center is the band stand from which the
Fourteenth regiment band from Fort Sher-
man VIII discourse music afternoon and
evening Facing the stand from the west
Is seated gallery. In the main building
are the large district exhibits as Well as
those OF merchants and otaers. The dis
tr1cts each have forty feet square of space
Those represented are WalIa Walla. Whit
man, Asotn and Stevens counties OF
Washington; Umatilla county, Oregon: the
Potlatch and Neg Perez counties of Ida
no and Washington agricultural college
and the Northern Pacific Railway Com
pany also have large displays.
There IS but one Seattle exhibit, that of
Young Bros, tea and coffee dealers Their
booth Is situated near the center OF the
main building. A little Chinese girl is
employed by this firm and forms a great
attraction.
Adjoining the main building are tie plate
exhibits OF fruits and vegetables shown
on hundreds of feet OF tables. forming a
hah-circle around the long miner oalaae
The exhibits are OF unusual excel IT,. and
are in number over twice those 90 pre-
vious fairs. The mineral building con-
tains beyond question the finest collection
OF ores OF the surrounding country ever
gathered together. Every camp from
Slate creek 10 the west and Fort Steele
to the east, the Big Bend Of British Column
bia 10 the north and Baker City, OREGON
to the south, is excellenLy represented.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-04
IN EASTERN COLLEGES.
Washington Young People Who Are
Studying Away From Home.
Special Correspondence Of the Post-Interi-


NEW YORK, Oct. 2.-The attendance at
the Eastern universities and colleges il
larger this year than II has been since 'SS.
All the universities except Columbia have
commenced their years work and Column
bia, which opens upon Monday is prepar-
ing for a large increase in attendance.
The number OF pupils from Washington
and the Pacific coast Is very large at all
the institutions, when the distance the pu-
pills have 70 come is considered. The list
IS as follows;
At Cornell University. Ithaca, N. Y.
Charles f. Mills OF Everett, IS registered
William c. Wheeler jr.. OF Tacoma, is
attending Beloit college, Beloit, Wis.
Denton NJ. Curen and Reed b. Cheering
ton of Spokane are attending Ohio Yves
leyan University. Delaware o.
T. Aury Paul. OF Walla W-alla, is attend
ing the University OF Virginia. at Char
louisville Va.
Archibald s. Isaacs, Of Tacoma is at
tending Dartmouth college, Hanover, N
II.
Albert Stellar. Of Ia Conner. Wash :
Amos II. Keeler and Walter IT, Nolan, Of
Tacoma. are attending Boston University
Boston. Mass.
Edward D. Hooper. OF Spokane is at
tending the PoIytechnique Institute. Troy
N Y
Giles c. Brown. Robert r. Brown. Al
fred r. Brown and Miss Jean H. Brown
Of Sumner Wash. Miss Mary c. Atkins
and Miss May J. Carsell. Seattle. and Miss
Helen G. Dwyer, of Medical lake. are at
tending Oberliu college Oberlin. ..
Miss Helen II. Talks. Miss Gertrude #.
Talks and Charles H. Talks, OF Whatcom:
Gertie s. Tandraleer. o. Tacoma: Frank
A. None OF Walla Walia. and Ralph H.
Hunt az Spokane are attending the
Northwestern University. Evanston. Ill
Yale University Is fairly well patronized
by the coast people. There are in attend
ance from Washington: Reed y. Cher
Burns. Of Seattle.
wlnIfred s. Gilbert % Spokane William
A Gilbert and Basil E. Adams Of spo-
kane: George II. Allen and Miss MAY r.
Nadeau. Of Seattle and y. strong. Taco
ma. are attending the University Of Michi-
gan. Ann Arbor. Mich.
John E. Walker and J. Earl Lawsha. OF
Tacoma: Calvin ". Stewart and Albert G.
9-swa~t Of sumner are attending Column
bia University. New York city.
Fritz Buck % Spokane IS attending
Albion college. Albion, Mich.
Sidney r. Wentworth and Charles Nc
Donald. % Spokane. and Waiter A. Peat
ten. Of Walla WalIa. are attending VIII
iarus college. WILLIAMSBURG, Mass.
Robert II Cay. Francis o. Fink and
Gerald Fink. OF Seattle and william =.
Bradley. OF Tacoma. arc attending che
Massachusetts, Institutes OF Technology,
Boston. Mass.
Henry Harris. OF Olympia e. attending
the johns Hopkins University. Baltimore.
ND.
Charles NJ sheafe. r.. Of Seattle: Henry
A Ye0Tnaus. Of Spokane. Alvin s. Wheel
er. OF Tacoma; Erastus l.. Phillip. ~ Ca
lena and Fred s. Fogg Of Tacoma are
attending Howard University. Cambridge,
Nass
Thomas Q. Piere~ Hevachel y. Rawlns
ard James w Rawlings. % Tacoma. and
George 7. Gregg. of ChehaIs are attend
Ing the University q Pennsylvania. Phila-
delphia, Pa