Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-08-27

tuesday, tor the burial of The
eight year old son Of Mr.. w. H
Bray, who died suddenly OF
Monday.
Mr.. Gideon Pendleton, of thi:
city, is off taking a we'll earned
vacation in Norfolk, Richmond
and the large northern cities
He expects to be gone about
three weeks.
Mr.. Charles c. Banks, town
clerk, was elected Mayor of ELI
beth City, at q special meeting
ct the town commissioners held
Monday last. Mr., Chas. CUR
kin was elected town clerk.
The Chas. Morgan residence,
at the head of Burgess street,
which is occupied by the family
of Mr.. w. d. Williams, has re-
Gently been beautiied by the
touch of the painters brush.
Why pay $500 TO $4,000 for
4 second grade Bicycle, when
We are offering the RAMBLER,
1897 model, at $500. Ladies
1896 models at s5o.oo3 Louis
Selig, agent, Elizabeth City,
N. G.
Mr.. +. c. Mitchell, a popular
salesman of Edenton, has accep>
ted a position with big Ike
the live merchant Of Newberne,
who has moved to this city and
is opening up on Poindexter
street.
The colored base ball club of
this city, is playing ball this
week in Newberne, aud from re-
ports that reached here yester>
day the E. City boys were Civ
ing the Newberne nine some
"llot stuff"
The Public School of Eliza
beth City will open on the 27th
of September Prof. w. l.. Hin
ton, principal, assisted by Miss
Rosalind De Lon, Miss Liza V.
James, Miss Minnie Greaves and
Miss Cllntonia Cartwright.
The FISHERMAN & FARMER
is the only OFFICIAL PAPER
of the Albenlarle Park Fair.
Don't be misled. What appears
i'll these columns in reference to
the coming exhibition you can
depend upon as being correct.
The negro, John Allen. who
was seriously injured at South
Mills last Friday, was sent to
this city by DR.. Lister and put
into the hands of Dr.. II. II. Ayd |
lett, under whose treatment,
we hear, he is rapidly improv-
ing.
Mr.. J. 7. McCabe, OF the firm
Of McCabe & Grice, has gone
North to purchase new goods
for the fall trade. Next week
Mrs Grice, manager of the mills
merry department, will join him
II New York to select headgear
or the ladies.
The Norfolk & Southern Rail-
Dad Company gave an excur>
'ion to Norfolk Wednesday 20
he employees of the road, and
will give another to day to those
Who could not 60 ON Wednesday.
Next week the colored employ
'es will be treated likewise.
That very desirable property
between Burgess and Cypress
treets, known as the Vaughan
containing II fine
lots, has been purchased
~ NJ. N. Sawyer and c. w.
stevens and are being sold at
cry low prices for building lots.
A very serious accident oc-
urred last Friday, on the canal
t South Mills. An ernbank-
llent caved in upon three men
Who were at work in the canal
which came near resulting in
he death of all of them. All
we're badly hurt and one very
eriously SO.
There were two interesting
,ames OF ball at the park Tues
Iay, Junior Giants VS.. Hartford
nd Cyclones VS.. Fairfield, Score
6 to 3 in favor of Junior Giants 1
nd IL toIo in favor of Frirheld.
Batteries Eaves and Fearing for
he Junior Giants and Blanchard s
}urton and Makeley for the
Iertford Simons and Parsons
or Cyclones, Mann and Gibbs
or Fairfield; umpires Dawson
nd Miller; scorer, 7. c. Bland.
Mr.. Hill HUMPHREYS, better
,nown as "Big Ike" of New
oerne, having secured a store on
street, arrived in the
:ity yesterday, accompanied by
lis wife, to begin business here.
lie is a wide-aWake, hustling
and his coming to our
own no doubt will create a
BOOM in business circles. The
& FARMER extends
O "Big Ike" a cordial welcome.