WALTER I. LEAHY,
Druggist and Pharmacist
A full line of Drugs always on hand
Prescriptions Carefully
COMPOUNDED.
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BOND & JONES,
HARDWARE AND STOVES,
S Cultivators, Harrows, Plows and Castings, Hoes,
I Spades, ShoveU. forks, and Rakes. y
Carriage Material.
Paints Oil, Varnishes, Putty, White Leads and Tinting
Colors Oakum, Manilla, Hemp and Cotton Kopes.
Window Screens, Wire G a use, Fly a:is and Trap.
Canopies and Hammocks. Fishing Rods and Tackle.
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Cabinet Makei, Undertaker
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AND DEALER IN
FURNITURE.
Telegraph Orders Atteaded to Promptly Day or Night.
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FASHIONABLE
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Elegant Appointments. New Shop.
Polite and efficient service
The only white shop in Edenton.
Bakery.
JT 3VE. X7'OSS'EH23-iSS:. 2?ro'r.
First-Class in every respect.
Choices cakes. confectioneries, bread, &c, always on
hand- Everything fresh. We bake Every Day.
Nothing but the very best goods sold.
Clark's Cream Patent Family Flour a specialty The
best on the market. Wedding Cakes furnished
at short notice. Cor. Main & Queen sts.
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DENTIST.
BAY VIEW HOTEL for the present.
EDENTON, N. C.
Watch this space nextwceJc
A. B, McCoy & Co.,
will have something that will interest every housekeeper
in Edenton,
KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN!
MlLLINBiTf
jpANCY Goods,
DRY GOODS AND 'FKQ
ALWAYS if STYLE km SEASON.
BROAD STREET.
She harotna $ Jam .
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SCALES AND PLANTS.
ITEMS PURELY LOCAL CONDENSED FOR TI1E
BUSY READER
New houses continue to go up.
Mr. E. L. Woodard is at Norfolk this
week.
Mr. John Whetstone gave us a call
Tuesday.
Miss Annie Wozelka has return-d
from Plymouth.
Pay your subscription or we will
have to cut you off.
Mrs. P. Matthew and Mi?s M. A.Mooi
have returned hmne.
Miss Narsiasa Sawyer has returned to
her home U E. City.
It is said watermelons will be later
than us'ual this year.
Miss Allen, of E. City, spent Sunday
with friends in this place.
Our truck raisers are now busily en
gaged in shipping potatoes.
Capt. Tillery, of the Str. Ranger, ha
moved his family to Edenton.
Mrs. VVm. Spruill will leave today
for her home at Columbia, this state.
Miss Carrie Hall, of Scotland Neck,
is delighting Mrs. Pruden with a visit.
Miss Agnest Heath, of E. ity, is vis
iting the family of Mr. Joseph Spruill
The planing mill of the Pease Lum
ber Co. is ruxining both day and night.
Mr. W. M. Bond is having ereited
two nice dwellings on his lot on Church
street.
Mr J. C. Byrd has opened a grocery
store on King 6treet in the Woodard
store.
Several Edentonians will visit the
World's Fair during this and nex
month.
Miss Judd, who hns been visiting
Mrs. J. K. Rea, left Monday tor Balti
more. M'RF Jennie Bailey, of Williamston,
is visiting Mrs. W. Y. Warien near
Edenton.
Mrs. Shannonhouse and son. of Hert
ford, are visiting Mr. aud Mrs. E. J'.
Norman.
Give us more water. Sink wells. In
time of peace prepare for war. Fi rer
come unexpected.
Miss Helen Bond and Mis Verne
Boush have returned home from
Greensboro College.
Mrs. Walter M. Jewell, of Berkley,
Va., is delighting her sister, Mrs. A. II.
Mitchell, with a visit.
Read the new advertisements in this
issue, and patronize those who eoiicit
your trade in this way.
Mrs. O. F. Gilbert has returned from
her visit to friends and relatives in
Norfolk and E. City.
A young lady in town wants a grown
boy cousin. Can't some of our young
men accommodate her.
The Misses Stark, who have been vi?
ltinj friends in this city, have returned
to their homes at Norfolk.
The county commissioners will meet
Monday next. Our city fathers will be
in session Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Benj. Til ley, who has been visit
ing her son in this city, left Tuesday
for her home at Berkley, Va.
Mr. J. S. Jones and his young UDd
attractive bride, spent several days in
Edenton this week with relatives.
The showers. on Saturday and Sunday
were a great help to the crops as they
began te Buffer far the want of rain.
Pr. L. S. Fox. Dentist, has decided to
locate permanently m Edenton and is
preparing his office over Mr. W. O.
Elliott's store.
There is no excuse for any man to
appear in society with a grizzly beard
since the introduction of Buckingham's
Dye, which colors a natural browu or
black.
Mr. W. B. Felton. of Rocky Hock,
gave us a pleasant call yesterday. He
states that mad dogs are numerous in
bis neighborhood.
We acknc wlege a visit this week from
Mr. K. R. Newbold, representing Tay
lor Brothers, commission merchants,
Washington, D. C.
The Westleyan Female College at
Murfreesboro was burned to the ground
Wed .ttuay night. This is twice it has
been dtstroyed by fire.
Dr. Frx aDd Mr. R. F. Cheshire have
purchased a croquet set for the use of
the ladies, which they will cheerf ully
put up on court house green any time
foi their enjoyment.
Whats became of all the fat sailing
boats? Last reason sailing was all the
talk, now we scarcely hear of such a
thing. What's the matter? Trot 'em
out aud let's have some fun.
Tha uip of a poisonous snake is but a
slight remove from being more darger
ous than the poison of Scrofula in the
biood. Ayer's Sarsaparilla purifies the
vital fhi it:, expels all poisonous -substances,
md supplies the elements of
life, health and strength.
Cards ie out for the marriage of
Mis Marie L. Brinkley aud Mr. A. L.
Baumgardner, which will take place
at uovmi June the 8th, at the M. E.
huroh.
Director of the E. A. & F. Fair will
meet at 11 o'clock Thursday, June 8th,
t oilice ot Mi . Julien Wood. By or
der ot Pittidtnt.
Jno. C. Bond, Sect'y.
If you dcsiie a beautiful complexior,
absftdutelv frt e from pimples and blot
ches, purify your blood by the ute of
Ayer's Sarsaparilla. Remove the cause
of these ciefigurements and the skin
will take care of itself. Be sure you
g-t Ayei Vs Sarsaparilla.
Dr. W. T. Wooodley left last week
f ir Guitfoid College, N. C, where he
will remain till about July 1st, at
which time he will go to New York to
finish a meoical course at the Sloan
?.Iaternitv Hospital. Dr. Wood ley con
t 'niplates practicing his profession at
(rrH--iif boro, at d we cheerfully com
mend him to the people of that place.
He is a good physician and a gentleman
of high standing and much prominence,
and his numerous friends doubtless re
grot to se hini leave Chowan county,
where he has so long resided. We wish
him all the success he may desire.
MARRIED.
Jnd General Repairer of
v . oi iv uone low rncv
Dr. B. "W. Haihaway, of Avoca and a
former resident of this city, and Miss
Arnette Pieot were married at Wins
f.'n, N, C Thu sday evening last, May
2oth. bv Fev. Dr. Rainey.
The hepn couple came to Edenton
Friday evening and received their
friends fit the residence of Mr. J. R. B
Hathaway, father of the groom, on
Water street, where a sumptious re
past was spread and where congratula
tions were tendered in matchless pro
f uion.
Our hearty congratulations and best
wishes ar1 freely tendered.
On Saturday they took the steamer
for Ayoca where they will reside.
POLICE COURT.
Mayor Rog.-rson disposed of the fol
lowing cases this week:
Frank Paxton and John Miller, fight
ing at R. M. Lee's bar, fined S3 50 each.
H'.nders'on Pessley and Joe Slade,
hrowint- sticks on s reet at Joe Blount,
345 each,
Lethia Martin, cursing Mary Carter,
fined 83.75.
Anthony Gregory, striking Andrew
Rawls, fined 3.75.
W. J. Hardereon, white, and R. M.
Lee, fighting, 86. CO each.
Ella Skinner, fighting Emily Lit
tle, 3.75.
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FOR RENT.
A desimhie residence and s'oreon
Broad stieet. For term apply to
Mrs. 0. F. Gilbert.
FOR RENT.
A rei drce We9t Queen street.
Terms reasr nable. Applr to
JULIEN WOOD.
r OR SALE.
The mft9t deniable hase and lot
at Nag's Heat, 2CO yards from hotel.
House is tro Mcry with .piazza all
around lower fl or. Terms easy.
Apply to J50. M. Jones.
with, neatness and dispatch.
Shp on Water street.
do Mo
ir M1M is
r DEALER INr
HORSES and MULes.
Wait until the Fall before you tuke our purc?as?. )
I will have a large lot of aood ofk and will '
sell ower than auy dealer.
Be on the watch. As soon as they arrive I will make it
known through tb'e colmuus
Don't Read This
without cons. dering your own mtwest.
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A.? I A 1 j , k ' ' I
is nelling Groceries, Country Prouute ixud the t-. of
LIQUORS AN f CIGARS as cheap as tl. cheap, st.
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JJiirliHHt prices iaid f r i
CORN" and ll .tln- J
CniTTTIiY !Ol)r 1
L Come to see h'rn A call will
convince you of the truthful -(neais
of this btateiuetit.
Remember the Stand, cor. Broad and Water Sis . tfxt
door to the ''G t Bargain Hiuse " Kdentow, N. (
I have sold my ftock Cor- Church ii Okum sts. to J. A North o'.t
Vea lor in-
' Tobacco and Cigars.
Fresh Beer On Drangh every day.
Your viMts m1 be .-ppreciatfcd.
TIN AND SHEET XROIT WARE
Only First-Class Shop in Edenton.
Best work done at i.oire.st Pricest
SATISFACTION GUARAMTkT).
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W. L LIPSITZ,
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Dry Goods, W o tions. Hats, Caps,
Boots and Shoes, fee and
A leader of Low PRICES. $o$
It i- a well known f;ict th-t I am sMiiii faliion-!i
os. and the le.t ffnods. itt;? omu a!.
Come To See Me. Cor Bryd rd Kmut -reet.
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