Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-02-16

can Indiana Romance" a fou
act drama, was presented Wed
nesday night at the Academ,
of Music by the Robert Down
ing Co.
Two dismasted schooners wer
brought here yesterday for re
pairs-one of them stopping a
SCOTS shipyard, the other at tn,
shipyard of E. S. Wiley.
At the M. E. Sunday School
on Pearl street, Jesus at Jacob!
| Well" will be the black boarc
lesson for next Sunday at :
! o'clock p IN.
And just think how socn i
will be when We will wear or
candle frocks, low Ecut slippers
wave fan and sit out in the
front porch until late in the
evening.
A very active business is now
going on at the oyster factories
IN this city. Hundreds of bush
els of oysters are opened daily
and shipments a'e correspond
ingly good.
We hear much complaint as
to the delivery of the FISHER~
MAN & FARMER at some of the
Postofhces. Unless we receive
better service we shall report to
headquarters at Washington.
The pulpit of the Baptist
church was filled last Sunday oy
Rev, E. E. Dudley, of Atlantic
City, Va, who preached two
very fine sermons. DR.. Owens,
OF Portsmouth, will preach here
next Sunday.
Sharber & White, hard ware
merchants, have purchased lot
on Matthews street OF W. N.
Gregory on which they will soon
begin the erection of a mann
moth brick warehouse.
J. R. Primer & Co., wholesale
grocers, have rented the Shar-
Der & White building on Mat.
thews street extending around
to Poindexter, having tive en-
frances. They are moving some
of their stock this week.
L. L. Winder & Co., have
closed out their grocery business
and will hereafter conduct a
brokerage and machine bust
ness with Offices On the second
hoor of the G. w. Overman
building. Poindexter street.
Write to or call upon M. w.
Mason Norfolk for full informa~
ton in regard to Port Norfolk
and Primers Point section. The
best opportunity for real estate
investments in United States.
F2-3t.
Mrs. Tillia Crawford died
Sunday night at her home on
West Main street. The funeral
service was held Tuesday after
noon at 3 O'Clock at the Metho>
dist church, conducted by Rev.
R. G. Beamon. To the bereaved
children and other relatives we
offer our sympathy.
Easter comes this year April
18th and Lent commences Feb
ruary 28th. The date for Easter
is unusually late this year, and
in fact is within one week of
the latest possible date for the
feast. The settling of the date is
by means of the paschal moon,
and on this account it is imposs-
IDLE for it to come earlier than
March 2Ist or later than April
18th.
Frank Sherwood was down
town to day, the first time since
he had his tussel with cholera
morbus. He says he drove thirty
miles after he was taken, and
never came so near dying in his
life. After this when he goes out
in the country he will take a
bottle of Cham be1lain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
with hin.-Missouri Valley
0owa) Times. For sale by w.
w. Griggs & Son Druggists.
On Tuesday night the ladies
of the Cemetery Society will
give a concert at the Academy
of Music. Solos will be rendered
by Mrs. l.. L. Winder, Mrs NJ.
r. Griffin, Miss Sue Russell, of
Norfolk, and Mr. Percy McMul~
Ian; also choruses and quartetts
by we'll known vocalists of the
city. The recitations by Miss
Sue Russell, who is a graduate
of the Boston Conservatory, will
be an interesting feature of the
program. The concert will
close with an amusing farce en-
titled "The Singing School. y
Reserved seats IS cents, general
admission IS and IS cents.
Specials.