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o eH&sS& m Largest Circulation j F ANY tfeehlu 1'ftpcr lublished In Eastern Carolina. fjl0lisn ml- H1 Tt. Tnnnln Vlir Arlvnrrffln ''aft'w w m m. w a w s In the Fisherman & Farmer ride in the Band Wagon. The music is not only heard, but -The JLTusicians aro S e DOLL AH per Year, in Advance. ONE ELIZABETH CITY, N G, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4 896 ESTABLISHED 1886 . Tlie Zjeaciln. Newspaper oJ tine IF'Irst .District. i isMfeirffiisiiri in1 siiriHniir t you xxtivc Tried . Others, oav Try XJs. And if you don't get perfect satis fac trm you don't pay a cent. Can we do more ? I i MITCHELL, Edimton , .TV. C. '. II OUT ON, Elizabeth City, N. C, Are our agents; goods left with them will receive prompt atten tion. r.S TABLISHED 1886. Til: Most Reliable House in Norfolk. BJERSTEIN & CO., f5 VIIOLESLE2- f:sh commission MERCHANTS, r))T OF ROANOKE DOCK. Norfolk, Va. Quick Sales, Prompt Returns. References by Permission: City National Hank; R. L. Dunn Mercantile Agency; Southern and Atlanis Express Co. We respectfully solicit a share ol our patronage. Stencils fur.iished on application. It is not so much what you say as what you do. k c n if UTS- c;.s, La lies' I-'iuj Dougpla Button Boots. V ue oiferiug the above line of -i t it $t t f to close them out. 5 i OOut $2.50 55.00 at $3.oo Only a limited number of Pair. Vrk- -s arc los-i than the ost ot the .shoe. DOYLE & SHALL, 302 Main St. NORFOLK, VA. Mention Fisherman & Farmer. ESTABLISHED 1887- COMMISSION MERCHANTS. ('nisijrumeiits Solicited. Siencils Furnished. 15NivisonSt, Normlk.Va. A. S. FOREMAN, Successor to J. R. Wyiia & Co. Wholesale Fish Commission Merchants, To. Ss, Roanoke Dock. Norfolk, Virginia. Reference Rank of Commerce; R. G. Dunn Mer cautile Agency; Adams and Southern Express Company, or any large busi ness firm in Norfolk. 1. MiMpm&M a MBTUIW3 LOST. A THRILLING STORY FROM WISCONSIN. ICE-GORGE FORMED And The People are Fleeing For Thei Lives. A report from Durand, Wis., on Tuesday, says thirty people have lost their lives and many are suffering from the cold which is intense. This report cannot be verified, and is proba bly exagerated. The ice gorge is unbroken, and tlie water is still running over tlie lower section of that city and steadily rising. All hope of breaking the gore is abandoned and all attention is given now to saving household goods and merchandise. Every team in that city is kept busy moving people and effects to places of saf.ty. At 9 o'clock Tuesday morn ing th? water had crept up to the bridge and postofnee, two blocks from the river. The river is now twenty-two feet above low water mark. The Wisconsin Central tracks are covered with water two feet mil the Omaha tracks are used in the transfer of trains at Eau Clair. Du.-ein creek, a tributary to the Chippewa liver near there, is also doing much damare as the water is backing up in it from the river Every resident and business man on River street has moved out. It is thought by many that this is onlv the beginniug as there is no possible hope of get ting a channel cut through the jam of logs and ice. Many farmers barely escaped with their lives, and in some places houses and barns are car ricd away. Live stock has been lost by every farmer. The suffering by those obliged to move is terrible, as the ther mometer shows from one to five degrees below zero. At 10 a. m. all hope was given up of saving the entire business portion of the city. Everybody is making preparations to move to the hill. A tepr. that another gorge is forming at Little Falls, thirty miles above Durand, Wisconsin, has increased the panic, as in ease of its breaking suddenly the whole city would be swept away. TO ADVERTISE NORTH CAR OLINA. Capt. W. H. Ramseur.of Char lotte, has placed a contract with the car-building firm of Jackson and Sharp, in Wilmington, Del., for a car to be used in advertis ing the resources, products, man ufactures and minerals of North Carolina. It will be patterned after the fashion of the Florida car and like which it will" travel over the United States. The contract price of the car is $10, 000; it is to hi finished in North Carolina woods, which are as prettv asany found m tli2 world. This is the enterprise of the North Carolina Advertising Co., of which Capt. Ramsair is man ager. The materials for stock ing tlie civ are being gotten ready and will be reaJy to be placed by the time the car is finished. There will be a fish and bird display of all kinds from the east; bears, decrs and various kinds of game from aM parts of the State; woods of all varieties; the different products of the soil, gold, silver, and the various other minerals, and in fact it will be an exposition on wheels. It will visit the people of all the cities and towns in the north, east and west. Rocky Mount Ar gonaut. This paper for $1.00 a year. IN A TRANCE FOR A DAY. Been Reading Books on Hypno tism, but will do so no More. Everybody in Wappinger Falls, N. Y., is discussing the mysterious case of Charles Moy er, 25 years old, who is just re covering from a trance in which he laid one day, and which is believed to be of hypnotic orig in. Moyer has always enjoyed good health, has a good educa tion, and is of an unusually alert temperament. He recently became much in- tercsted in the subject of hypno tism, and has been studying everything he could get on the subject. On Sunday he fell into a deep sleep, and finally lapsed into a condition that had some resemblance to a complete sus pension of animation. The us ual restoratives used in catalep tic cases were applied, but with no result. Several of the villagers, who think they know something about hypnotism, tried rubbing, and made passes, and went 1 through the regular formula, but still Moyer slumbered on. Finally a man named Agramonte was called, and (. succeeded in awakening Moyer. He was dazed and cannot explain what happened 10 him, except that he was conscious in a hazy way of what was going on around him, and when he was able to move his muscles telt a great sense of oppression leave him. He will not pursue his hypnotic invest ir?.tions further. A Novel Bet. Commonwealth. One of the most novel bets ever known, perhaps, was con sumated in Wisconsin during the late campaign. Two prom inent well-to-do business men who took opposite sides 011 the money question were each so sure of the success of his choice foi President that they made the following contract, signed and recorded by a notary public: The Bryan man contracted that il McKiuley should be elected he would sellout his business inter ests and leave the United States never to return; and the McKin ley man contracted to do the same if Bryan should be elected. They signed the contract in good faith and agreed to close out by next January. Their friends protested against their course, telling them what a loss it would be to have to leave the country in the full years of prosperity, but they signed the contract all the same. There has been no bulletin of the losing man's course since the election. Send to the Fisherman & Farmer office for printing of any kiud Our stock ot enve lopes, linen and white note heads, A. bills, card-, posters, etc., is the best and most varied of any in this section. Call, see us on the street, or order by mail. The family cxrclc is never so happy after the chain is broken and a link taken. Some family chains are strong: others weak. Have vou a srood family history? Or is tendency to couehs, there a throat at bronchial troubles. weak lungs? Has a brother, sister, parent or near relative had consumption? Then your family chain is weak. Strengthen it. Take SCOTT'S Emulsion of Cod-liver Oil with Hypophosphites. It makes rich blood, gives strength and vigor to weak lungs and run-down constitutions. With its aid the system throws off acute coughs and colds. It pre vents the chain from breaking. Shall we send you a bock about this, free? For sale by all druggists at 50c and $1.00 SCOTT & BOWNF, New York. I IT i oroKen 'if 1? Chain NORTH CAROLINAS VOTE! The Official Count of Vote For State Officers Finished. Following is the official vote for State officers: For Governor Russell, 154,052; Watson, 145, 416; Guthrie, 50,932. For Lieutenant-Governor Reynolds, 152,915; Mason, 144, 930; Dockery, 32,940. For Secretary of State Thompson, 184,085; Cooke, 145, 109 For Treasurer Worth, 1840 948; Aycock, 144,666. For Auditor Aycr, 183,252;! Furman, 145,087. j For Attorney-General Walss ' er, 182,345; Qsborne, 145,874. For Superintendent of Public ! Instruction Mebane, 184,677; Scarborough, 144,840. Of these winners Russell, Rey nolds and Walser are Republi cans. The remainder of those elected are Populists. Rough on William. "William, I am going to Heaven, and you will never see me again." She was his mother in law, and she wrote the above on her dying bed. William im mediately went around to the church and gave up his pew. CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS Will be out in full force during the 25 m HOLIDAYS, 1 And the Merchant who places an advertisement 111 Fisherman & Farmer, NEXT FRIDAY, telling what he has in stock, and why it would be to their interest to trade at his store, will reap abundant returns from the investment. piacc your Ad NEXT FRIDAY IT HAS PAID OTHERS ! O t . WHY NOT YOU Largest Circulation of any City Paper ! ADVERTISEMENTS MUST BE IN THIS OFFICE BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 3 i" it 7 X 2 rl-K 1.L -tv ""'Cfc- "e- ''fc- A Thi'iiiing Experience. Professor Odell, who is well known in Elizabeth City and Edenton as a most daring aero naut, having made ascensions in both places, had a thrilling ex perience in Tampa, Fla., Friday afternoon. A high wind was blowing, and the balloon went Svveepiug westward. A dispatch describes the affair thus: "He was almost touching the ground, and the little yellow dog he takes up with him was still lower. As he went flying through the air he shouted to a lot of boys on the ground to get out of the way, aud they escaped injury. At the same time it was aonareut to manv of the specta tors that the man must strike the j clump of palmetto trees a little beyond, and many closed their eyes. A moment later the Pro fessor struck the top of the trees, the rope holding the dog tied up the great machine for a moment, when the rope was broken, and the animal fell twenty feet to the ground. The aeronaut then cleared, and away he flew to the westward and upward, dangling to the car. The people ran out to watch the parack .te drop When about 150 feet high and 300 yards distant he cut loose, the parachute spread, and he settled to the ground. A' number crowded around the dog as it lay on the ground breathing its last. Professor Odell sustained no injuries, further than a good shaking up and a few scratches." Do not allow your system to get weak and debilitated. It is easy to keep well and strong by taking Hood's Sarsaparilla. guns pointed seaward. Mortar Battery at Fort Monroe Ready for Armament.. Norfolk Yiminiau. . " Fortress Monr jc has been rap idly modernized in the past few months. Since November 1st the work has been pushed to such good advantage that the fort is now prepared to dispute the passage of Hampton Roads with any fleet. The 10-inch guns are practi cally ready for use, and the mor tar battery emplacements are complete. - Thr. platforms are now ready to receive the mortars of which there will be sixteen. A railway is being built from the Chesapeake and Ohio rail way tracks in order to transport wa the guns to the battery. 1 he track will cost about $6,000, and it will run along ,the beach to the fort, where a cut has been made in the covered way. Through this cut the road will run to the Chesapeake and Ohio tracks. The battery will be in position by January 1st, 1897. The cure of rheumatism has often taxed medical skill, but it's preven tion has been very easy by an occasion al use of Simmons Liver Regulator. It keeps the liver well regulated, and the system free from poison. Therein is the secret of health. "I have used it Hughes, Lordsburg, N. M. Post Masters May Lose Their Heads. A special irom Washington says: The Postorfice Depart ment has complaints against fifty or sixty Presidential post masters throughout the country, charged with violating the order of the Presideut, prohibiting them from taking an active part in politics. Most of these cases are in the West, particular in Illinois aud Iowa. It is hardly probable that the Postmaster general will take action against all the offenders, but will deal only with the most flagrant cases. The others will be left for the hatchet of the Postmaster gen eral appointed by Mr. McKinley. The terms of office of a number ot them will not expire for a year or two after March 4th next. How's This? "VV 3 offer One Hundred Dollars Re ward for any case of Catarrh that can not be cured by Hall's Catanh (Jure. F. J- CHENEY & CO., Props., ) Toledo, Ohio. J We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by their firm, "West & TruAx, Wholesale Grocers, Toledo, Ohio. Warding, KinxAn & Marvin, Whole-sale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter nally, acting directly upon the blood and. mucous surfaces of the system. Price 75c per bottle. Sold by all drug gists. Testimonials free. Hall's Family Pills are the best. There will be much to inter est you in the State this year. Better let us send you the FISH ERMAN & Farmer. ior years ior inuigusnuu auuv.uiuuju tion, and also found it gives one relief from a touch of rheumatism.1' N. EG )(.( MADE TO SEE. Interesting: Test in Boston SUBJECT OF THE X-RAY EXPERI MENT BLIND FROM BIRTH AND DIDN'T KNOW WHAT LIGHT WAS. An experiment to determine the value ot the X-rays in aiding the blind to see was made a few days ago at Hostou upon Dr. James Richard Cooke, well known as a scientist. Dr. Cooke has been blind since birth. When the electric current was turned on Dr. Cooke said: '-Ah, I get something; there is certain ly a sensation. It is indescrib able." "Was it light ?" was asked. "I do not know what light is," replied Dr. Cooke; "I never saw it." A number of tests were made with objects being passed before the light, and in every case Dr. Cooke was able to describe them with some degree of accuracy. Dr. Cooke said that the impress sion made by the rays were vibratory, like a general cerebral sence, and almost like the per ception of space. First English Settlers. A Raleigh correspondent of the Norfolk Virginian, Nov. 28, writes: To-day a memorial was erects ed on the site of Old Fort Raleigh on Roanoke Island, Dare county, North Carolina, to commemorate the first English settlement in America. It was erected under auspices of Roanoke Colony As sociation. The Base is of North Carolina granite, and the table! of Virginia granite. The table bears this inscription: "On this site in August, 1 585, the colonists sent from England by Sir Walter Raleigh built the fori called the New Fort in Virginia." The colonists were the first settlers of the English race in America. The monument was dedicated with appropriate religious exer cises and an address was deliver ed by Graham Davis, president of the association. The outlines of Fort Raleigh are distinctly visible and the angles are now permanently marked by granite pillars. Come to North Carolina. Progressive Farmer. People are on the verge of starvation in many parts of the country. And yet six pound turnips can be raised in North Carolina. There is enough land in cultivation in North Carolina to feed ten millions of people, and our climate and soil is so varied that almost any of the immense variety of farm, orchard and vineyard" products raised throughout the world can be grown to perfection here. We need more thorough, systematic farming. In the eastern part of the State our sounds are full of the finest oysters, our rivers and lakes are full of fish. The trucking lauds in the East are equal to the best in the world. In twenty or more counties we can equal Texas in growing cot ton, and Louisiana in the pros duction ot rice and cane. We supply the world with peanuts. We have fifteen counties pro ducing the finest bright tobacco. Our corn lands are equal to any in Illinois or Kansas. We have some good wheat land in the Piedmont section, Ohio can't beat the blue grass mountain counties for wool and cattle growing. No Southern State equal ours in the manufacture of cotton goods and fine tobacco. But, after all this, low prices, business stagnation and our weaknesses are holding us down with the rest of the country. The men who advertise in the Fisherman & Farmer are the men who have faith in what they have to sell. Having a good thing to offer they want to sell it because the more used the better satisfaction it gives. Bui NEW SHORT LINE. Atlantic Coast Line May Con nect at Newberne for Wil mington. Norfolk Virginian. The statement is made that the Atlantic Coast Line is planning a new short route between Nor folk and Wilmington, N. C, and that surveys are now being made for an extension of its system from Washington, N. C, to Newbern, a distance of thirty six miles. At Newberne the extension would connect with the Wilmington, Newbern and Norfolk Railroad, giving a route much shorter than by the press ent Atlantic Coast Line system between Norfolk and Wilming ton. The new road would enter the trucking section of Eastern North Carolina and compete with the Norfolk and Southern Railroad. BELIEVJES HE WILL SOON DIE Has Had a Revelation and is Preparing for the Summons. Thoroughly convinced that only a few days more of earth life remain to him, Levi Weed, of Walker Valley, N. Y., aN though at present in the enjoys ment of perfect health, is rapidly closing up his business in preps aration for death's summons. The little village of Walker Valley is nestled among the mountains, but a short distance from the spot where the noto rious Mrs. Halliday committed the triple murders, three years ago last September. For years Weed, always an eccentric char acter, has dispensed groceries to the residents of the villagers and surrounding country. Of late, however, his patrons have noted a decided change in his demean or. He has grown despondent and melancholy, but, when ques tioned regarding his change of manner, he would simply remark that he was "only meditating." Weed has at last informed his friends that he has had a revela tion that, at the longest, but a few days more remain to him on earth. He is disposing of his grocery stock at reduced prices and arranging his other busi ness affairs, in anticipation of the final closing of earth's scenes. His family physician says he has no physical ailment, but Weed contends that his as surances from a spiritual source warrant him in closing up his earthly affairs at once. He says he has not yet been informed of the exact day of his death, but it will not be many days hence. Swallowed his false tooth and Died. William S. Smith, proprietor of the Continental House, at Marysville, Ohio, is dead, as a result of having swallowed a faise tooth and the rubber plate to which it was attached. The tooth and plate lodged in Mr. Smith's esophagus, producing a series of hemorrhages. He tried again and again, without suc cess, . to have the obstruction re moved. A post-mortem exami nation showed the tooth on the plated imbedded in the esopha gus four inches above the stoms ach. It had severed an artery. A Significant Departure. With the departure of another year when a review is made 01 the condition of affairs, it is only right that some thought be given to the physical body which enables everyone to battle with life's problem and figure for themselves the profit or loss on the trial balance sheet. Though the bank account may be large and each one's material train be great, it would not be surprising if it suaaenly aawns upon many that good health has been greatly impover ished by the low condition of the blood. It is in this state that the lactic acid in the vital fluid attacks the fibrous tissues, particularly the joints, makintr known the local manifestations of rheumatism. Thousands of people have found in Hood's Sarsaparilla the great blood purifier, a positive and permanent cure for rheumatism. The Ladies Mackintoshes at "The Fair" were bought at a big bargain and you can get the benefit of it. ASK th rccorrad dyipepttra, txiiou aof fercn, rictim ot hrt jhI agu( th ncrcsnal diaeascd palieM, bow they recovered health. ft . u041 s - y fJ2J cheerful tpurita and good .-! . . . afliuv , inwy wilt nu you by taking Simmon Ijvsh RavLAToa. . iicpr, real ami tlat Family XvUirii.o In lliv World! r r v-n rsi . ro$TiP.Tior jauodw, H K HKADAl MK. Cc. lfepra ..1 iv'l MOM ACH, Hcanhani. ote. . . i' n ."!v i warranted do to coataia - -rttt ie .J Him t k, vr any mineral anbalaaoa, rURCLY VEGETABLE, oi.t jii.in iVe Somh. rn Root and Herha which M all Wio I rji.!ctue h: pUied la cotinirtea whor Uvrr licar mott prevail. It will OO re) aR IKactnra cnol r ImngemenC of the) ! ! arl IWtwt-U. - ih- bYMI'iOMM Livrr Complaint are Utter r i a.l Mtie in (He mxtth ; Tata in the lUtk. Sides or J ni, uftcn miMakrn f Rheumala: 8our Moiiiiu-Ii; I a, tf Apprcie; Howela ajtermatoly ciiivc and nr ; Hnttlaihe: 1 4u ' Memory, with a ii(..i miaiKa tl having tailed to do anmedhUif; h'h atifcht to have brcu done; I)eb4UtT IxW Spirit; a ihirk, yellow apearmace of the ikin asx Kyet : a dry C'euah, w.co mataken for Coftaunptioa. Nxncttine many i4 I line ayeacKoma attend tba dtaeaac, at other very lew : but th Lnraa, the Urgeat organ in the UmIv, la gnrra!ly the aeat of I be dtaeaao. and H not Reruuted in time, great auffering, wretch, dnraa and IKA1 II will cntur. The following highly esteemed j-erwint attret to the, virtue of Simxs I ivph Knurl atok t (rn. W. S. Holt. Trea. (U. S. W. k. k. Co. : Kev. J. R. Kelder, Perry. t,a.; Col. K. K. S mik, Albany. (U.: C. Maatee n,l q.,Sherift li.lb C., ia.; J. A. Iiutu, iiamhmlge, t.a. ; Rev. J. W. Ihute. Macon, lia.; Virgil Powers, Su.j. T.a. S. V. R. k. ; H..n. Alexander H. Stephen.. We have IfMnl it tirtuc personally, and know that for lyppia. liiiiouincti and Throbbing Head, at be, it la the mciiit me the world ever aaw. YY have tried forty other remodic tvfore Simmon Liver Regulator, ana none of them Kave u more lhaa tern, pvratry relief ; the Reu!atr not only relieved, but cured ua." I.e. Telbt-kai-ii and Mimini.ii, Macon, Oa. MANl'PA Tt aBU ONLY BV J. n. ZK1L.I.N CO., Philf jalphia. Pa. E.M. WALKER & CO.. Currituck C. H., N.C. Shippers and Packers of all kind of jlESH jATER jISH. BASS ami PERCH A Specialty. ail Kind of GAME. All orders promptly attended to when accompanied with a part cash and balance C. O. V. The?c goods arc all fresh and ship ped daily to all parts of the country. ve us Your Orders. SIMPLE INQUIRY MAT DOLLABB. SAVE YOU Write for prices before plac ing orders for gravestones o cemetery work. Designs sentfree. COUPER'S MAUnLE WORKS, lil, 113 & .15 Bank St., Norfolk Va. DR. C. P. BOGERT, Surgeon and Mechanical DENTIST Edciiton, N 0. Patients visited when requested. A WORD WITH MEN. The people of Elizabeth City, as well as visitors from the surrounding country, will find on Scaring street, one door from Water street, the retail Liquor, Cigar and Tobacco store, under the efficient aud popular management of Messrs Richard Kerry and Edgar Shannon who have recently purchased the business of J. 13. Brockett. This establishment, which has be come a favorite with people who appre ciate pure wines and liquors, fine chewing tobacco aud fragrant cigars, is largely patronized and regarded as thoroughly reliable. The best of order is maintained, the service is prompt aud courteous, the goods sold are of the best and prices reasonable. Messrs. Berry & Shannon arc affable gentlemen, who study to please and never fail in this particular. They have a large country and river trade aud fill promptly all orders, whether delivered in person or by mail, guaranteeing sat isfaction with the quality and price of their goods. Call to see them, or ad dress all orders to Bkrkv & Shannon, Elizabeth City, N.C, and get the best. S. H. Murrell, The Old Reliable Sail Maker, ELIZABETH CITY, N. C, can be found at his old stand at the Short bridge, over James Spires store, Zimmerman Hall. ! Canvas Furnished at Factory Prices, Awnings, Tents and Flags a specialty. All orders by mail promptly attend ed to. Old Canvass bought and sold. P. O. Box 132, Elizabeth Giy, N. C. For Sale. Several Houses and Lots in Edenton. One residence on Church St. Six on Queen street. One on Court street. Two stores on Broad street. Will sell either or all on easy terms. Apply to J. W. SPRUIU,, Edenton, N C..
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