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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-11-03
Th, Lake Crummoni Canal
Opened.

The Lake Drummond Canal
and Water Company wish to
Jive notice that the Old Dismal
Swamp Canal route between
Norf,lk and Elizabeth City is
now open for business and the
trq boat will leave every other
day except Sunday. commeD
cling August 28th, making trips
as follows: Leaves Norfolk
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri
DAYS. Returning, leaves Eliza
beth City, Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Saturdays.
The Canal Company insures
nine feet Of water at present
time between the locks, and in
a few weeks they will have ten
feet of water in the canal. The
Compan has dredged fifteen
feet in depth for a distance of
three thousand feet below the
locks in Deep Creek. They
have also made deep water be-
tween South Mills locks, in the
waters of the Pasquotank river.
The Canal Company has dredg-
ed the Old Turner Cut to the
depth of ten feet at low water.
Thus far the Canal Company
can insure a sufi icient depth of
water.
The Canal Company would
! OF at present guarantee a safe
passage between Norfolk and
Elizabeth City for boats draws
ine more than seven and half
feet of water-as the PasquOtank
has one shoal place, and Deep
Creek at low water has not more
than seven and half feet at the
present time.
The government has appro>
priated money to deepen and
widen Deep Creek and also to
deepen and straighten the wat
ers of the Pasquotank river.
This work is to commecc at
once. The Company in the
meantime intend to improve
and widen the, canal, and in the
near future the Canal Company
believe that they will have a
canal and waterway between the
points named that cannot be ex
celled in this country.
J. B. SANFORD, V. P.
Information as to where to
leave and receive freight and o1
the boats landing can be had al
Hathaway Bros, corner Main
ard Water streets, Elizabeth
City. N. c.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-11-03
A GOOD SHOWING.

Mr.. D. A. Tompkins, of Char
lotte, seems to know more OF
matters pertaining to cotton and
cotton mills than any one, says
in his late book that North
Carolina raises $4,000 bales OF
cotton and manufacturers 45o,>
900 bales. With onr increase in
cotton mills, we will ere long
have to draw On some other
States to get cotton to run them
Concord Standard.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-11-03

81 wish to express my THANKS
to the manufacturers OF Cham-
berlain's Collie, Cholera and dlar-
rhoea Remedy, for having put
On the market such a wonderful
medicine, says w. w. Massin-
DILL, of Beaumont, Texas. There
are many thousands OF mothers
whose children have been saved
from attacks of dysentery and
cholera in fantum who must ais
so feel thankful. 1t is for sale by
Griggs & Son.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-11-03
MUMFORD.

Mr.. Eddie Overman and wife
of Berkley, Va, are visiting rel
atives and friends in Pasquotank
county.
Miss Buena V. Morgan, OF
Mumford, has gone to Roper on
a visit to her sister, Mrs. John
Messenger.
Mr. Abe Hewitt, Of Rosedale,
is visiting relatives and friends
in Virginia.
Miss Deborah Whitney, OF
this place, is visiting relative:
and friends at Roper this week
G. B. M.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-11-03
TWO sCHOONERS ASHORE.

The three-masted schooner
Chas. S. Davis, Somerspoint, N.
T., from Savannah to Phlladel-
phia, lumber loaded, is ashore
at Bogue Inlet, twenty-five
miles west of Morehead City.
The vessel and cargo are total
wreck. The crew of eight were
all saved. The vessel is COM
manded by Captain Jno. w. Ad-
ans, of Philadelphia. He is
now at Morehead with his crew.
The three-masted schooner
Thos. L. James, of Keyport, N.
T., is also ashore at Bogue Inlet
She is lumber laden, from Sa
vannah for Philadelphia. The
cargo and vessel are in bad con-
dition. The crew of eight were
all saved. Captain Pierce re
ports the worst storm ever seen
on this coast.
SUPPOSED TO BE LOST.
The two masted schooner
Stonewall, Captain Milliken,
from Wilmington to Shallotte,
N. c., with a cargo of merchan~
disc, was caught in Tuesday S
storm after she had entered Shal
: rotte river and was blown out to
sea. Vessel and cargo with
crew supposed to be lost.
Two -masted schooner Stella
Lee, Captain Williams, bound
for Shallotte, with cargo OF ma
, val stores and produce given up
as lost.
The little tug Woodward, OF
the Cape Fear quarantine station
and a small launch, also belong
, ing to the Government, were
{ broken loose from their moor
: ings and sunk in the storm.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-11-03
That Throbbing Headache

Would quickly leave you, ifyou used
DR.. Kings New Life Pills. thousands
of sufferers have proved their matchiess
merit for sick and Nervous Headaches
They make pure blood and strong ner
YES and build up your health Easy
to take. Try them. Only rs Gents
Mouey back if not cured. SOLD oy
Gripqs & Son Druggist.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-11-03

Iul ius Stevens, a negro native
and formerly school teacher at
Goldsboro, N. c., is now Attor>
nev General of Liberia.-Lex-
ington Standard.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-11-03
RELIEVED OF
$4,000.
A Daring Crime on a Busy
Corner of St. Louis.
THE POLICE BAFFLED.
The Secretary and Treasurer
of the Broadway Cable
Line relieved of Near
ly $4,000,

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, October go
Robert B. Jenning, secretary
and treasurer OF the Broadway
Cable Line, was robbed OF
$I,o43 in cash and $46,75o IL
checks while standing on the
rear platform of a Broadway car
at Broadway and Washington
avenues to-day. The police at
tempted to suppress the facts
and as a consequence the news
was not generally known until
three or four hours later i'll the
day. The robbery, committed
in broad daylight, in one OF the
busiest corners of St. Louis, is
regarded as one of the most dar-
ing crimes in the history of lo
cal police annals.
WATCHED BY ROBBERS.
Mr.. Jenning had just drawn
the money from the bank, in>
tending to take it to the railroad
companys Offices on North
Broadway to pay off the men.
The robbers evidently knew
this.
THE ATTACK.
AS Mr.. Jenniug was getting
on the car two men approached
and one of them jostled him.
This was done to attract bis at
tention while the other man
picked his pockets. Mr.. Jen~
ming soon discovered that he had
been robbed, but the men had
made their escape. When he
learned Of his loss he reported
it to the police and FIVE detec'
tives we're Immediately dispatch
ed on the case. The robbers.
however, had secured a good
lead and the police could find
no trace of theu.
| Payment Oh the checks, which
were drawn on the Boatmen S
Bank, has been stopped by the
railroad company.
ROBBED ONCE EEFORE.
Mr.. Jenning was robbed of {
large amount several years age
under somewhat similar circum
stances. Two men boarded
: Broadway car and grabbed a
satchel he had at his feet con
tanning $4,000. The robber
were captured and sent to tn
peniteDtiary.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-11-03

The ignorant negro who
pays not a cent in the Treasury
as taxes-whose life is the his
tory of criminal-wields as
great influence in our elections
as the most intelligent taxpayer
of our State. His vote kills
that of the of the cook citizen
It is well to thus place equal
power in the hands of the vic
ious to destroy and to always
threaten.-Smith6eld Herald.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-11-03
Norfolk 81 South
ern r.. r..

Schedule in effect Aug. 28, 80
Norfolk & Southern R. R. Nail and
Express trains, Southbonnd, daily lex
sept Sundays,) leave Elizabeth City at
II:4o a. M, Northbound. daily, (excepa
Sundays) leave Elizabeth City at 2:45
p. III. Trains Nos. ; and a leave Eliza
beth City Southbound E P. M, North
bound go a. III. Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday. The trains arrive at
and depart from Norfolk & Western de-
pot, Norfolk; connect at Norfolk with
all Rail aud Steamer lines, and at
Edenton with Steamer for Roanoke,
Castlie, Chowan and Scuppernong
rivers; Transfer steamers to Uackey's
Ferry, thence by Norfolk & Southern
R. r. to Roper, Pantego, and Bell
haven, connecting with Old Dominion
steamer for Maklcyville, Aurora,
Washington and all intermediate land,
ings.
Eastern Carolina Dispatch
The steamer Newberne leaves
Elizabe tn CITY Tuesday, Thurs
day and Saturday at s P. M. for New
Reane Oriental, Roanoke Island con
nscting with the A. & N. c. R R: fo1
Goldsboro, Kinston, Morehead City,
and with thew .&W. R. R. .forJacksonv1le
Wilmington, N. c., etc. Returning
leave New Bern T ue S d ay afo
Friday.
Tickets on sale at Elizabeth CITY
station to all landings. Newberne
Kiuston, Goldsboro, Morehead Cltl
and Wilmington NJ c.
Daily all rail service l'e-weeh El1.a
beth City and New York Ph;iadelpnN
Baltimore and Norfolk.
Through cars and as low rates an'
quicker time than by any otLe1 route.
Direct all goods to b shipped VII
Eastern Carolina Dispa: CHI as follow
From Norfolk by Nortol & SoutheT, r
Railroad; Baltimore by W. q b. 4
R., President Street Station; thl:aoel
phia, Philadelphia R. R., Dock stree
Station; New York, by Pennsyivanl
R. R., Pier ~ North River, and vi
Dominion Line.
For further information apply to NJ
H. Snowden, Agent, Elizabeth City, 9
to the General Office of the Norfolk
Southern R. R. Company, Norfolk' '
NIX. KING, General Manager.
He. HUDGINS. G. F. & P. Ag
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-11-03

Beforeyou leave for the sea shore be
sure and take NO-HED-AKE Tablets
with you. No cure no pay. doses
for 10 cents.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-11-03

NO-HED-AKE Toblets are guaran'
teed. No cure ITO pay zdoses tor 1o
cents. Cures all headaches.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-11-03
How To
Gain Flesh

Persons have been known to
gain a pound a day by taking
an ounce Of SCOTS EMUL-
SION. 1t is strange, but it often
happens:
Somehow the ounce produces
the pound; it seems to start the
digestive machinery going prop
erIy, 50 that the patient i; able
to digest and absorb his ordinary
food, which he could not do be-
fore, and that is the way the gain
is made.
A certain amount Of flesh is
necessary for health; if you have
ret got it you can get it by
taking
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-11-03
A Frightfut Blunder.

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Scald, Cut Or Bruise. Bucklen's Arnica
Salve, the best in the world, will kill
the pain and promptly heal it. Cures
Old Sores, Fever Sores, Ulcers, Boils,
Felons, Corns, all Skin Eruptlons.
Best Pile cure on earth. Only IS cts. a
box. Cure guaranteed. Sold by Griggs
& Son Druggist.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-11-03

NO-HED-AKE Tablet means exae.iy
what it reads, that you Will nav "a
headache if you take them as oiIe~'eo''
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-11-03

All headaches are cured by NO
HED-AKE Tablets.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-10-14
nnx aEsaaa.A 20.

The machinist employs a dog on bis
lathe. He takes a hog cut, IL the tool
viii stand it, and the castings are made
from pigs Of iron.
A mechanic puts his work upon a
horse, or buck, and punches or bends it
by a convenient bear. Hosting is done
by a crab, and n convenient cat is a part
Of the outfit of a shop crane and a kit
Of tools is ever on hand.
A crow helps to straighten work, a
jack to lift it. A mule pulley aids In driy-
ing machinery that a donkey engine
turns. A fish connects parts end to end
or strengthens a broken beam. Shells
are used all over. A worm does power
full but quiet work.
A cock shuts off the water, one kind Of
ram lifts it, and another docs heavy
work. A printing press has a fly, the
first locomotive had a grasshopper valve
motion, and drive and butterfly valves
are common.
Herringbone gears are used by the
best builders, turtles fit printing press
cylinders, and 1ywheels are running all
over the world. In drilling, even, an old
man IS called into service, and doctors
prevent faulty lathe work.-Cineinnati
Enauirer.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-10-14

arms. 10 Ems no ansyer was made' Gaps
tain Estrom, Oh the third day, IN fear Of
their own safety. resolved TO shoc5 fhe
ringieaders on the first opportunity. Ac-
cordingly In the afternoon the captain
and mate went forward, armed each with.
d gun ana a revolver. The matches were
raised, and the mutineers were summon
ed to come on deck and give up their
arms. The carpenter said YES" and
came up with the knives When all had
come up, the matches were fastened
down, and the captain ordered them to
stand separately, two on n side Of the
vessel and two on the other. lie then
leyeled his gun at Turton, shot him Ia the
side and threw him overheard. The car
nenter. fearing a similar fate, tried to
run aft, but was prevented by the mate.
He then got behind the others, so that
the captain could not get a fair shot at
him. The other men, however, stopped
down, and the captain shot hsn in the
shoulder. The carpenter did not drop inn
mediately, but rnn about the deck. The
captain followed and shot him In the
back, when he Immediately fell, and the
others, by the captain's orders, threw the
bodv overheard. The decks were then
washed down to remove the blood. The
other two men, on being asked if they
were willing to work and behave well, re-
piled In the affirmative and were given
food and went to work willingly enough.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-10-14

d'Ancona a book full of the most enter
tanning notes and cabinets OF rare things.
She is a wide awake traveller. saw things
with intelligent and alert eyes and has
the rare faculty Of being able to tell all
about it In graphic narrative. She enter
ed into the very spirit Of the country,
dressed like the natives during her stay
among them and got more out OF her
weeks there than others have out Of
years. The voyage, she says, from the
time the ship left San Francisco until she
dropped anchor again In the home port
was like a sail upon a still pond. Through
the balmiest of days the Tropic Bird
slipped down to the islands in 81 days,
but the return trip, because the winds
were tickle and would not blow except In
zephyrs, took Is days longer Mrs. dan
coma enters a protest against every book
that has been written about these far
away islands. She says that they do not
give the reader even a suggestion Of
these happy isles, where no one Is busy,
where the natives lol while the food
comes gratuitousIy or drift about on the
c~learest Of waters on fishing excursions.
The longest stay was at Tahiti. whore
Mrs. d'Ancona dressed like the natives
and went among them. She journeye6
far into the country from the main set
Element and found the natives, whenever
they could, reyerting to their original
grass dresses and interesting ways OF
living.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-10-14
MEDIUMS AND THE LAW.
Michigan Supreme Court Makes
Decision Meeting sparftuaIfsts.

0eclSt8n AAecGAn8 6V1EfA0AAAsess
The supreme court of Michigan has Of
icially recorded its Judgment that spir-
itualists are not necessarily idiots, says
the Chicago Record. and in the same
opinion hns made a ruling relative to
fake mediums that is OF much impor-
tance both to the spiritualists and the
general public.
The opinion to which reference Is made
was handed down in the ease of E.. Med
ford Gilman, who was convicted In De-
troit OF the crime of c~0nspiring with 9TH
ers to cheat aad defraud, his victim in
this particular case being Detective Sad
Ter of the Detroit police department, who
parted compan with a silver dollar as
the result of his experience with Gilman.
The proofs showed that before the ina
terializing s~eances'' were entered Upon
the usual collection of 81 per head was
demanded and that Sadler and others
paid that amount.
The theory of the defense was unique.
It was that the information fled against
Gilman did not meet the theory Of the
evidence, because it was obvious that any
conspiracy to defraud that may have ex-
listed was not to defrand Sadler, but the
general public, and, furthermore, that no
crime was committed, because it was an
obvious humbug, which could not in the
nature of things deceive any rational be-
ing.
The opinion Of the court, which was
unanimous, comedies that the conspiracy
to cheat was not aimed especially at Sad
Ter when the scheme was concocted, but
at such persons as might be induced to
attend the meetings 1t may be that no
particular persons were in view, and had
no one attended the meeting M one could
have been named as an intended victim,
although the offense of conspiracy would
have been complete. An indictment in
such a case might charge conspiracy to
cheat sthe citizens or inhabitants of the
state and Others or "sueh persons as
should become purchasers"
In considering the claim that no crime
was committed because it was an obvious
hurnbug. which could not In the nature OF
things deceive any rational being, the
court says it is Of the opinion that 1t
should not be said as d matter of law
that a citizen is not a rational being even
Ii he be entrapped by false pretenses
which would not deceive persons of ordi-
nary Intelligence. The law Is more neces-
sary to the protection Of the unwary and
simple minded, who are not looking for
dupIicity and deceit. than shrewder per-
sons. Designing persons do not ply their
nefarious yocations among the latter
class, but seek for victims nmong those
whose credniity mikes them more easily
deceived.
"We cannot agree" says the court,
with counsel ID considering those who
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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-10-14

the captain rowed ashore and acquainted
the United States consul with the facts
In his possession relating to the crime.
The three prisoners were taken ashore
and subsequently sent to San Francisco
for trial The other member of the star
board watch and the captain md mate
also were obliged to go TO the American
port
Before the a~rraignment of the prisoners
the facts connected with the disappear
ance of Fitzgerald came to the surface.
The desire to escape punishment led
Sparf and Hansen to reveal the nature of
the plot to secure possession Of the bark
and incriminate each other and st. Clair.
Thomas Green also forged inks in the
chain OF evidence discriminating Spaff,
st. Clair and Hansen. The chief criminal
was st. Clair. He told Sparf, Hansen
and Green UaatF1 was tne custom Ipr
ships returning to California from Aus
fralia to carry a portion Of their freight
IN money and that there undoubtedly was
$4,000 or $4,000 IN the Hesper's bold
which might be divided among the crew
if the captain and his officers could be
put out Of the way. Gradually he worked
upon the cnpidity Of Sparf and Hansen
until they were ripe for numbering the
officers and taking possession Of the
ship. The evidence does moi alIude 20 the
captains wife. but there Is 10 doubt, in
fieE Of The b]podthirsty proposition of
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-10-14
100000 o@o0 o@o@o@o@o@o@o@
~
Alfred r. Rowley

When Mr.. Charles Everson Macrum
was sent to Pretoria to represent the
United States as consul to the Transvaal,
there was little prospect that the post
would ever be nm important one. But
Consul Macrum is just now a rather
prominent official In diplomatic circles.
There are more than 1000 Americans In
the Boer republic, and they have been
subjected to the same kind of treatment
that the British residents of the Trans
vaal have so strongly objected to. They
belong to the uitlander class.
The situation is complicated BIZ the
fact that, while these wandering Ameri-
cans undoubtedly are in sympathy with
the British, the public sentiment of their
native land is divided, perhaps the major
part of the sympathy being With the Bo-
ers.
So you see Consul Macrum is placed in
a position which calls for the exercise of
diplomacy of a high class. He is q young
man and somewhat inexperienced in in
ternational tangles, but perhaps he will
come out all right. He is a native of the
favored state, Ohio, and comes from East
Liverpool He Is the son of N G.. Mac
run, q prominent citizen OF that town.
Consul Macrum has already been in
structed by the state department to fur
nish protection to all neutral Americans
in the Transvaal. Neutral Americans"
is defined by the department to mean a
citizen of the United States who has not
affiliated himself politically with the gov
eminent of Great Britain and the Trans
vaal by declaring an intention to become
a subject or citizen.
Americans who arp NOT neutral within
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-10-14
HOBO HABITS.
How Trnunps Beat Railway Trains
and Beg Lanches.

and Reg E4flmEhes.
ssThe commonest way to beat trains,
saws a professional tramp, is to get into
an empty box car, but on some western
roads one would make slow time if he re-
lied IN empties alone. Hoboes are close
students Of car architecture. Refrigera-
tor cars and cattle cars furnish many hid
ing places. Even the commonest games,
such as ~springing doors Of sealed freight
cars and riding on top of passenger cars.
would make a long list. An active man.,
by the help Of the handle at the bottom
of the side door, can swing under a box
car after the train is in motion. | have
seen it done.
"On every standard gauge passenger
coach there are four places on the trucks
where a man can ride. Crawl over the
axle and you will find yourself in a box
like space. About six or eight inches
above the ties Is a cross, formed by two
one inch iron rods. A man can sit on this
cross, facing the axle, with his feet on
the rod that he sits on that runs toward
the axle. Some professionals use a cleat-
ed board to make the seat more comforta-
Bile. The rods that control the brakes run
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-10-14
BOARD OF
romcial Proceedings.l

Regular meeting of the Board of Fl
nance held in its rooms at the City Han:
on Wednesday, October 4. 1879, at Z
| O'Clock p. NJ.
! Present-President Lembeek and Messrs-
Midlige and RingleS-
Absent-Messrs. Carnes and Mullins
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES
Minutes ssy q me { fol adlsdrgea m rseulgT'
September IA; regular. September 70: ad-
| journed regular, September n. and Id
| journed, September q, 1899, were approved
as engrossed in the minute book on mo-
CLAIMS.
The following claims were presented,
| received and referred to the COMMITTEES
on SALARIES and Claims:-J. c. Democrat.
$50; Postal Telegraph Gable Co, 80 cents;
John w. Queen, $15.A.
OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS.
The following resolutions adopted by
| the Board OF Street and Water Commits
sioners were presented, received and dis
4. Requesting the Board of Finance to
supplement the appropriation for clean
ing streets etc. by %:eoe.
Referred to Committee on Finance.)
.. Ordering paid certain claims.
PASSED October q. 1891
Referred to the Committee on Concur
rent Resolutions3
The Committee on Concurrent Resolr-
tions reported recommending that inc
following resolutions adopted by the
Board Of Street and Water Commission
ers be concurred in:
j. Awarding to John Nolan the contract
for the OF Jefferson avenue,
from Oakland avenue to Central avenue
testimated cost $5sSS0.oD.
Passed September 10. 1885,
q Awarding To Philip Iumuity, Jr., the
contract for the construction Of a sewer
in Union street. from q point Q 1T5
feet east Of Hudson Boulevard to and
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parallel with the shoulders and do to hold
On by. The back rests against the frame
work Of the truck. The head is near or
against the floor of the car. Unless look
ed for a man on the rods can hardly be
seen, even in the daytime.
Most men say that they viii always
go hungry two OF three days before they
can get courage enough to so against the
bach door. After they have once started
they don't mind 1t. always had an idea
that if l went broke | would start to beg
right away for fear | would get hungry.
"a cockney once went to a house
where two doors opened on to one porch.
He pulled both bells, and it happened
that both we're answered at the same
time.
Madam, he said, win you please get
me a clean shirt while this other lady
puts me up a lunchy"