Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-09-17

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Will S. Dunton, the popular
and polite book keeper for Shar
Der & White. large hardware
merchants, left last Tuesday for
Currituck county, to visit his
mother AID sister, also his many
friends.
We are in receipt of poem,
Her Tragic Farewell" very
beautifully written by an Eliza
beth City girl. 1t was prepared
specially for the FISHERMAN &
FARMER and will be published
next week
We acknowledge the receipt of a
card announcing the marriage
of Miss Mary Mandelberg, Of
Baltimore, to Mr.. Moses Roser-
stein, of Edenton, which happy
event will occur at Baltimore on
the 10Th inst
Mrs. Mary Barnard, widow of
the late Wilson Barnard, of Cam
den county, and Mr.. lack Good
win, of this city, were married
Yesterday near Belcross. On the
6 o'clock train the happy couple
arrived in this city.
Mrs. p. S. Ship has returned
home, after a two months visit
to her old home in Canada, to
relatives and friends, and to
Michigan, visiting brother she
has not seen in twenty years.
She reports delightful trip.
The FISHERMAN & FARMER
is the only OFFICIAL PAPER
of the Albemarle Park Fair
Don't be misled. What appears
in these columns in reference to
the coming exhibition you can
depend unpo as being correct.
The superintendent Of the
electric light plant, Mr.. Dewey,
has been making some very
noticeable improvements on our
streets this week, in the erection
of new poles, lightning wires,
changing positions of lights, &c.
Rev. J. Paul Spence, of. this
city, has accepted a call as pas
tor of the Baptist Church at
HEREFORD. He is quite a fine
preacher, and We congratulate
our Baptist friends of Hartford
II their most excellent selec-
ton.
The story of a storm and sleet
last Thursday off Cape Hatteras,
an account of which is given OH
the first page OF this paper, reads
like fiction. If it occurred it is
evidently not lingering any
where near this latitude at the
present time.
Court was held this week III
Camden county, Judge Brown,
one OF the finest and most learn
ed Judges on the Superior Court
Bench, presiding. The session
consumed three days. The law
yers and many others from this
city, were in attendance
BY NJ. B. Culpepper, J. P, Mr..
William w. Slatery, of Newport
News, Va, was united in matri>
mony to Miss Gladys Downs. of
Long Island, N. Y, September
9Th. The witnesses present
we're Mayor Banks, Chief of Po.,
lice Brooks and Sheriff Wilcox
The FISHERMAN & FARMER
subscription list has greatly i'll
creased during the past ten days,
about fifty new subscribers hav-
ing been placed on the list du-
ring that time. We now have
the largest circulation of any
paper published i'll the district.
Rev. J. B. Jones closed his
labors here as pastor of the
Christian last Sunday. He left
on the $3.50 p. III. train Monday
for Lexington, KY, where he
goes to finish his college work.
His successor will be here soon
to carry on the work recently
begun in this city.
The boat sails, anchor and
tudder belonging to the boat
that was capsized with Messrs.
Griffin and Winder, are still
missing. They are supposed to
be in the vicinity of Pear Tree
Point. The finder Of them or
any one piece, are kindly asked
to return the same.
Miss Lucy Bell left Monday
for Kee Mar College, Hagers'
town, Md. to attend the conser.
vatory of music. accompanied BY
Misses Mae and Clara Weeks
and Miss Sadie Wilcox, also
Miss Vonie Leggett, of Ply
mouth. They have left many
sad heart and fearful eye behind
Cheer up boys, they will come
again.
The managers of the Able
marie Park Fair have left nc