Fisherman
ONE DOLLAR per Year, in Advance.
ELIZABETH CITY N. C, FRIDAY NOVEMBER 24, I899
Established 1886
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Farmer.
The Lake Erummoad Canal
Opened.
The Lake Druramond Canal
and Water Company wish to
ive notice that the Old Dismal
Swamp Canal route between
Norfolk and Elizabeth City is
now open tor business and the
tug boat will leave every other
day except Sunday, commen
cing August 28th, making trips
as follows: Leaves Norfolk
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri
days. Returning, leayes 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
Company has dredged fifteen
feet in depth for a distance of
three thousaud feet below the
li)cks in Deep Creek. They
have also made deep water be
tween South Mill's 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 Caual Company
can insure a sufficient depth of
water.
The Canal Company would
1 ot at present guarantee a safe
passage between Norfolk and
Elizabeth City for boats draws
ing more than seven and a half
feet of water as the Pasquotank
lias one shoal place, and Deep
Creek at low v ater has not more
than seven and a half feet at the
present time.
The government has appro
priated money to deepen and
widen Deep Creek and also to
deepen aud 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 of
the boats landing can be had at
Hathaway Bros., corner Main
and Water streets, Elizabeth
City. N. C.
A DESPERATE BIGHT.
An Old
Man's Work
Axe.
With An
Norfolk Ac HoiitTi
ern I-fc. I i .
Schedule in effect Aug. 28, '99
Norfolk & Southern R. R. Ma and
Express trains, Southbonnd, daily (ex
cept Sundays,) leave Elizabeth City at
11:40 a. m., Northbound, daily, (excepa
.Sundays) leave Elizabeth City at 2:45
!p. m. Trains Nos. 3 and 4 leave Eliza
beth City Southbound 6 p. m., North
bound 9.30 a. m. Tuesday, Thursday
aud 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,
Cashie, Chowan and Scupperuong
rivers; Transfer steamers to 7ackeys
Feiry, thence by Norfolk & Southern
R. R. to Roper, Pantego, and Bell
haven, connecting with Old Dominion
steamer for 71akleyville, Aurora,
Washington and all intermediate land,
ings.
Eastern Carolina Dispatch
AND
Old x
The steamer Newberne leaves
Elizabeth City Tuesday. Thurs
day and Saturday at 6 p. m. for New
Berne Oriental, Roanoke Isbind con
necting with the A. & N. C, R R. for
Goldsboro, Kinston, Morehead City,
aud wiih theV.&W.R.R.forJa ksonvile
Wilmington, N. C, etc. Returning
leave New Hern T u e s d a y and
Friday.
Tickets on sale at Elizabeth Citj
station to all landings. Newberne
Kinston, Goldsboro, Morehead Cit?
and Wilmington, N. C.
Daily all rail service be weei Ehxa
beth City and New York Phi', delphn'
Baltimore and Norfolk.
Through cars and as low .ates and
quicker time than by any othe. route.
Direct all goods to b shipped via
Eastern Carolina Dispatch as follows
From Norfolk by Norlol & Southern
Railroad; Baltimore by W. & B. R.
R... President Street Stat: on; Philadel
phia, Philadelphia R. R., Dock Street
Station; New York, by Pennsylvania
R. R., Pier 27 North River, aud Old
iJominicm Line.
For furtker information apply to M.
H. Snowden, Agent, Elizabeth City, 01
to the General Office of ihe Norfolk &
Southern R. R. Company, Norfolk, Ya
M. K. KINO, General Manager.
H. C. HUDOINS. G. F. & P. Agt.
tyoijumerjts and Gravestones,
Our Illustrated Catalogue, No.
10, which we mail free, con
tains a variety of des gns of
Marble and granite Memorials,
and will help you in making
a proper selection Write for
it; we will satisfy you as to
prices. Our stock 18 me lar
gest in the South.
THE
Couper Marble works
(Established 50 Years.)
159 to 193 Bank Street. Norfolk.
There was last night a des
perate fight at the home of
white man named Johnson, who
lives some fifteen miles from
1 1 - "I -T
ixaicign, jn. j. seven men
were engaged in it, and four of
them were seriously wounded
tvvoof them perhaps fatally.
1 ne trouD'e ontnnated in a
fight between two young men,
lohu Butler and Henry Johnson
Friday afternoon, Both had
been drinking and when separa
ted Butler told Johnson he
would come over that night and
whip the whole Johnson family.
At 11 o'clock last night, true to
his promise, he went to the
Johnson home, accompanied by
three confederates, Bat Lowry,
Jep Warren and Henry Brid-
gers.
Johnson's father refused to
admit them into the house.
whereupon t ley broke the door
down and forced an entrance.
Johnson's eldest son seized a
pistol and fired, wounding Low
ry in the arm. Lowry then at
tacked the boy. As he did so the
father seized an axe and struck
Lowry three times with it, cut
ting him on both arms and
wounding him in the chest.
Lowiy sank to the floor crying
for mercy. The father then turn
ed upon Warren, who had thrown
the second sou to the floor and
was beating him unmercifully.
Warren received two blows in
the back with the axe. The low
pitch of the room saved War-,
ren's life. The father in his ex
citeinent raised his axe so high
that it buried itself in the ceil."
ing, and thus weakened the des
cending blow.
Butler and Bridgers now fled,
but later returned and carried
Lowry and Warren to a neigh
bor's house. Both are seriously
wounded. Bridgers is under ar
rest but Butler has escaped.
Virginian-Pilot 18th.
VICjB PRESIDENT
IS DEAD
Garret A. Hobart Quietly
Passes Away.
BELLS OF THE CITY TOLL
His Death was Due to Heart
Disease.
Patterson, N. J., Nov. 21.
Vice-President Garret A. Hobart
died at his home here at 8:30
o'clock this morning Members
of the family were all at his bed
side when the end came. The
cause of his death was an affec-
on of the heart, diagnosed as
dilated right heart, due to myo
cardotis. His death was peace
ful.
Shortly after his death Presi
dent McKinley was notified by
teleplune. As soon as the news
became known the bells of the
city hall, churches and schools
tolled the sorrowful news, aud
flags were at half mast through"
out the city. His physician
states that at the time of his
death he was unconscious and
free from pain.
The news of his death spread
quickly, and messages of sym
pathy came from all quar'.ers
The President telegraphed to
Mrs Hobart from Washington,
and other expressions of condol
ence came from Attorney Gener
al Griggs, General Greeley, Sen
ator Sewall and o'hers.
It was practically decided to
hold formal services here Satur
day afternoon. The body was
embalmed to-day. The inter
ment will be at Cedar Lawn
Cemetery, on the outskirts of
the city. It was expected today
that a committee representing
both houses of Congress would
be appointed to attend the funer
al. The Vice-President's illness
dated back practically to the iall
of 1898.
MURDERER SHOT
DEFYING ARREST.
He
Kills One of The Two
Sent to Take Him.
THEN SLAIN HIMSELF.
Hunneycutt, Greer Phillips'
Murderer, Dead.
HER SECRET DIED WITH HER
Philadelphia Woman Doctor
Failed to Disclose a Formu
la for Which $50,000
Had Been Offered.
On Saturday ex Sheriff Prit-
chard and Tacob Blalock, of
Mitchell county, attempted to
arrest Huuneycut, the murderer
of Greer Phillips. Hursneycut
shot and killed Blalock, and
Pritchard a moment later killed
Hunneycut.
Pritchard, who killed Hun
neycut, is a brother of Senator
Pritchard. This is the second
man killed this year by a posse
of which he was a member. On
the other occasion Mr. Pritchard
himself was badlv wounded.
NO-HED-AKE Tablets cures all
neadaches. Price 10 cents. No cure
ho pay .
Sickness Causes Exodus.
JAIL BEFORE VACCINATION.
"Scientists" of the Upper Ten
Create a Sensation.
Greensboro, N. C. November
Nearly the entire membership 20. Of the 450 students at the
State Normal and Industrial
of the Christian Science church
in Americus, Ga., were in the
Mayor's court a few days ago to
answer charges of refusing to
submit to vaccination. Among
the defendants were twenty la-,
die?, many of them prominent
in the community besides a
number of boys and girls. The
court room was crowded with
welUdressed men and women.
Attorneys for the defense ob
tained a continuance of the
cases. The Scientists will be
given the alternative of being
quarantined at their own resii
denies or going to prison and
many of them, it is said, will
choose the latter.
The sentence of Mrs. Raines,
who was sentenced to thirty
days in the barracks or to leave
the city for refusiug to be vacci
nated, has been suspended until
the other cases have beeu dis
nosed of. The affair has caused
a tremendous sensation
and little else is talked of.
The Meteoric Snower.
there
W:hile the expected meteoric
display did not present itself in
America, it seems to have favor
ed Europe with its presence. In
Russia the display caused a
panic in many places. It was
believed th&t the end of the
world had come. Churches
were open all night long and
hundreds of thousauds spent
three nights in open air, fear
ing earthquakes and a general
cataclyism. There are rumors
that in some villages Russian
parents murdered their children
to relieve them from an expected
worse fate. There was a rather
brilliant meteoric display be
tween 2 and 5 o'clock Thursday
morning at Berlin.
College for Girls at this pl&ce,
all those able to travel have gone
save thirty two. These will go
to night and to morrow. The
number in the dormitory infirm
mary has been reduced to forty,
eight, a grea many of the sick
having beeu strong enough to
return home to day. Four of
the patients have typhoid lever.
A diagnosis does not determine
whether or not other cases will
result in typhoid, The State
Board of Health has been in sess
ion at the college all day trying
to find tthe cause of sickness.
They have made no statement
It is generally believed here now
that the trouble is caused by the
breaking of a terra cotta ppe
leaking from the sink and under
neath the dining room
Wait A Minute.
Come on, said Noah, looking
at his watch. It's time we were
getting into the ark.
You'll have o wait a minute,
replied M :Coah from the top
of the stairway, I'm not going
out without my rainy-day skirt
on.
NO-HED-AKE Tobiets are guaran
teed. No cure no pay. 7loses for 10
cents. Cures all headaches.
The Jeffries-Corbett Mill.
New York, Nov. 21. James
J. Jeffries and James J. Corbett
were this afternoon matched to
fight a 25-round go or to a finish,
if the law permits, on or before
September 15th, next. The fight
will be under Queensbury rules.
A spring at Ellsworth, Me.,
yields no water irorn 10 a. m.,
to 4:30 p. m. daily.
All headaches are cured
HED-AKE Tablets.
by NO-
CHRONIC LOSER OF TICKETS.
Scheme Worked by An Aged
Woman With Profitable
Results.
A respectably dressed old wos
man apparently in deep distress
was noticed standing at the toot
of the steps of an elevated rail
road station the other day just at
the hour when the rush was at
its height. The woman had ap
parently lost something ol value
She searched her pockets, shook
out her skirts, and scanned the
ground on every side. Ol course
it was not long before her diss
tress attracted the notice of
passersby. "I have lost my tick
et," she said, in answer to the
query of a man who stopped for
a moment in his rush for the
train. "I don't know what to do,
for I have not a nickel with me
and I live away uptown."
The man pulled a string of
tickets from his pocket, tore off
one, handed it to the woman and
resumed his rush without wait
ing for her thanks. But the
woman did not follow. She
merely moved acrosss to the
flight of steps on the other side.
Here she resumed her search,
with the result that a nickel was
transferred to her pocket by a
passing woman. Next she cross
ed the avenue and gathered some
more nickels and tickets from
the passengers going in the op
posite direction, finally return
ing to her original stand, where
her plight attracted as much
compassion as before. While the
observer was looking on the
woman made two rounds of the
stairs, each round occupying
about ten minutes. Sometimes
she was able to conduct three or
four successful operations withs
out changing her position. It is
probable that her average earns
ings were at the rate of $2 in
nickels and negotiable tickets an
hour. New York Sun.
NO USE
TRYING
I can't take plain cod-liver j
oil. Doctor says, try it He ,
might as veil tell me to melt
lard or butter and try to taKe
them. It is too rich and
will uDset the stomach. But
you can take milk or cream,
so you can take
Scott's Emulsion
It is like cream; but will
feed and nourish when cream '
will not Babies and chil
dren will thrive and grow
fat on it when their ordinary
food does not nourish them. ,
Persons have been known to gain I
a pound a day when taking an
ounce of Scott's Emulsion. It gets
the digestive machinery in working
order so that the ordinary food is
properly digested and aawmflatau.
50c and $1.00, all druggist.
SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemist, Nw York.
Philadelphia, November 18.
The death in the almshouse of
Dr. Isabel Mitchell, of this city,
has disclosed a remarkable story.
Bruht to that institution a de
lirious sufferer from the garret
of a house in which she was
practically friendless and alone,
she died without relatives at
hand, and with a secret formula
locked in her breast for which
she had refused the sum of $50,
000. Dr. Mitchell's failure to get
along in the world was partly
brought about by her refusal to
accept terms for a scientific dis
covery. She was a practicing
physician for many years, and
while engaged in her profession
al work became interested in the
subject of preserving meats and
vegetables without the aid of
ice. After many experiments
she finally brought to perfectiou
a formula which she said was
absolutely harmless to the health
ot consumers and the food in
which it was placed. The pro
cess consisted in the forcing of
ozone into the articles desired
to be preserved.
Confident of success, she iui-
pressed some of the largest bus
iness and financial men in New
York and Chicago with the val
ue of her invention, and often
appeared to be progressing to
ward the realization of a fortune
Her process had received the in
dorsemcnt of such men as Drs.
DeWoll and Gleason, of the
Chicago Board of Health, and
Dr. Billings, of New York.
P. K. Thurber and other
prominent New Yorkers, with
William P. Clyde, of this city,
were about to become interested
in her patents. She had re
ceived offers ranging irom 225,
000 to $50,000 for the perpetual
use and possession of the valu
able formula, but she always re
fused the offers in the hope that
she would be able to influence
a number of the capitalists to
incorporate a stock company.
Sle Don't Qdant ouv JVloney
Unless you are thoroughly satisfied with the values
we give you. We have bargains daily without any
flourish of trumpets and minus any circus perform
ances. Figure it out, compare our prices with others
and see how much money we can sare you on
Mens' and Boys' Clothing, Shoes,
o Ladies and Gents Furnishing Goods. o
Ladies' Capes, jackets, Rats, etc.
Growth is the object intensely sought for in this
business. We expect to attain it only by transac
tions that make good bargains for both buyer and
seller. Benevolence has no rightful place in buying
and selling, and it would be the height of folly to base
any appeal to you for the sale of goods on any other
ground than your self interest; we claim a
Fight With a Big Owl.
H. K Spencer had an excit
ing encounter ivith a monster
owl on Wednesday of last week,
whi h resulted in Mr. Spencer
coming off the victor with a
badly lacerated arm, aud in the
owl becoming a corpse. Mr.
Spencer was enjoying a days
outing with his gun ana ni
dogs, and along in the after
noon he saw two large owls rest
ing upon a branch of a dead tree
in a field. He concluded to take
a shot at the birds. He had
crept up close enough to secure
1 . - 1 l1 I-. J A 1-
a snot, wuen uoin uirus iook
flight, but he succeeded in wing
ing one of them. The owl fell
to the ground and remained mo
tionless. Mr. Spencer had had
some experience with owls be
fore and realized the fact that it
would be safe to take precau
tions before approaching it, lest
life had not left the creature.
Accordingly he placed his foot
upon the owl's feet, and was in
the act of cutting its throat,
when the bird suddenly with
drew one of his powerful talons
from under his foot aud with
lightning rapidity sank its claws
into his left arm. Efforts to re
lease his arm from the bird's
vise-like grip were of no avail
until he had killed it by crush
ing its head under hs heel.
Even then he was compelled to
cut the tondons of the bird's leg
before the claws could be re
moved from the flesh of his arm,
which had by this time s woolen
terribly. Mr. spencer brought
the carcass of the owl to town,
where it was measured. It was
one of the largest specimens of
the owl family ever seen in this
part of the country, measuring
four feet four inches from tip to
tip. St. Louis Glebe Democrat.
Saving From 10 to
per cent.
is strong enough to appeal to any person, no mat
ter how long they have held out against our bargains
Sooner or later we are bound to get your trade
VoV 1U
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ABRAHA IVI.
82 Poindexter Street,
ELIZABETH CITY, N. C.
I THANKSfilVIRfi SALE!
AT:
TSieFair."
Times are good. Money is plentiful. Everybody is busy. At least that is
our case. Therefore be thankful. We are thankful for your patronage. Wc en
deavor to merit it. We are going to show it by this, our Thanksgiving sale. You
have bought good goods of us cheap many times. We always give value for value.
We are going to do more this time. We shall offer for the next week beginning
Saturday, November 25th, several classes of goods one class each day which
will be greatly under price.
Do not be satisfied with coming to "The Fair" one day but come every day
for new goods will be offered each day.
We have not the space to enumerrte each item. We only give the classes for
each day. Look for our circular telling all about us and our doings.
H Saturday, Nov. 25.
Satin and grosgrain ribbons.
SE; ties and sashes.
All widths and shades. Fancy ribbons for
g Monday, NOV. 2"7. Table Linens and Napkins.
B Tuesday, Nov. 28.
5 DressGoods. Skirt lengths of black goods. Colored goods by the yd. under price
E 'Wednesday NOV 29. Wrappers and Shirt Waists.
H THURSDAY. NOV, 3Q.
Our Thanksgiving Pay,
Friday , DOC. 1. Ladies' and Childrens' Hose.
COME ! COME ! COME !
EE To The Fair and secure your share of bargains. Look for our circular on your
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