Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-10-29
FROM ROANOKE ISLAND
Newsy Paragraphs Gathered in
and Around Manteo by Our.
Wide-AWake Reporter.
Mrs. VIM. Casey is quite i'll.

Mrs. VIM. Casey is quite i'll,
Mrs. Leary has been quite sick.
Owing to her Ill health, Miss
Bessye Baker has not yet left for
St. Mary's College.
Mr.. w. J. Griffin made a hy-
irg trip to E. City last we, k.
Our merchants are stirring.
Mrs. Louis Hooper will re-
turn this week from a pleasant
visit to her mothers home near
Columbia.
The Methodist Sunday School
had fine attendance Sunday
last. Teachers aud pupils alike
are wide awake to the interest
OF the school.
Mrs. A. V. Evans returned
home last week from Chow
IN. Her mother died Sunday
at l o'clock. The bereaved ones
have our sympathy of all our
people.
Frank, the three year old son
Of DR.. +. z. Gates, found the
Pastor of the Methodist church,
consulting the Doctor in his Of
fee. Playfully locking the door
on the outside, the child rar
away with the key and the III.
mates patiently waited till sons
one came to their assistance.
LATER.
--Mr. Jno. Evans left last weel
for Baltimore, to purchase win
ter goods.
DR.. F. P. Gates has his new
office comfortably fixed at hi
home.
Miss Lula Charlatan is visit
ing her sister, Mrs. B. Gallop
| Miss Mamie Midgette is teach
ing IN the school room On tn
north end" of the Island.
The wife, son and daughter c
| Mr.. 7. Iannette, attended the I
City Fair.
Mr.. John Gibbs left last Wee
to ship as employee on the ligh
ship off the Diamond shoals,
Court will convene at Mantle
Nov. 8th. This session wi
probably last longer than usu;
Among those who attende
the fair were Misses Ella Cree
Ruth Evans, Christian Payn
I Mamie and Luray Smith, Re-
&c. D. Langstou, Mr.. Geo. Ros
> ers and Miss Mamie Midget
besides several others.
Sunday was a cold, rainy de
t -not hard showers but a steac
;. pour. No Sunday School
= church services were held, al
| oh such blue, disappointt
t young people who intended e
!. ing to Wanchese.
- Folding DOCS have be-
, placed between the two depa1
ments of our academy, that ;
;, may ioin in the morning servl
\ of prayer and singing. II
y new hymn books have arrive
and those who visit these Sc
vices will be greatly benefittc
Some Of our young peoI
went to E. City to attend t
fair, but the Indictment wealth
Kept them prisoners OH t
. steamer all day. They return
as they left, none the wiser
to the tair proceedings.
Uncle Ephriam Meekins
L turned Saturday morning fro
t. Shiloh, where he attended t
| Association. lie was loud
III his praises of the hospitality
50 the people there.
The little son Of Mr.. Char
lMeekins came near severing
liugular vein one day last wee
i by falling out doors On
tblade of knife held in his hal
The adjoining artery was ST
cred and would perhaps hs
proved serious if not fatal. /
not the physician been prom
i'll attending it. He is now
ing we'll.
We have been having so
terrible weather. Saturday '
windy, with sudden showers
rain, while heavy clouds ov
, hung our little town. Tow
y might the storm increased
by midnight had reached
terrific force. Houses rock
trees bent with a weird shiv
ing sound, and boats chafed
their moorings in the hart
Sunday morning the wind |
some what abated but was S
al quite fierce and the misty r;
" was driven hard BY a cold No
wind All dav the storm rag
calming by a small degree abb
night then rising again Il
P some cruel fever baiiied by
nhvsician remedies. By NJ,