ONE DOLLAR per Year, in Advance.
ELIZABETH CITY N. C, FRIDAY DECEMBER i, I899
ESTABLISHED 1 88 6
The Best Advertising Medium in the Albemarle District-The Finest Fish, Truck and Farming Section in North Carolina Circulation Doubles Anv Other Paner
Published m Tins Section. The Most i de-Awake and Successful Business Men use the Fisherman & Farmer columns with ffiert totiSi and Profit
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We have piles of
LIKE JACK THE RIPFEft.
A oman Murdered arid Body
Mutilated ct Pboebtis.
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Low.
The assortment is
iextensive.
We can suit yon
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high priced or
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cheap. Bring the lit t
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Newport News, Va., Novem
ber 23 Annie Benedict, a mul
alto denizen of the d if reputable
district of Ph( ebus, was murder
ed some time last night and tbe
body mutilated in a manner that
savors of the famous White
chapel crimes of "Jack, the Rip
per." The murder was discover
ed this morning by a Union vet
eran from the Hampton Sold
iers' Home. The body of the
woman was found in her room
shockingly m u til a ted .
About six months ac,o a crime
in tli is same section of Phoebus
caused great excitement. Min
nie Fargo, an unfortunate wo
man, was found dead in her
room, having been suffocated by
a silk handkerchief being forc
ed down her throat. Suspicion
feil on a young artileryman nam
I ed Louis August, who was ar
i : rested, but late released for lack
ii I of evidence, Auerust was know n
to be a frequenter of the section,
and when the character of the
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crime was made known to-aay,
the officers instituted a search.
August was found at the foit,
O Ik
and when searched, it was dis
covered that his clothes were
clotttcd w ith blood.
The Phoebus officers have
given out a statement to the
effect that August confessed that
he murdered the woman and has
turned over to them the knife
with which ho committed the
terrible crime.
The Coroner's inquest held
over the remans of the woman
to night revealed nothing more
than the facts brought out above.
The police authorities now
believe that August was also res
ponsible for the death of Minnie
Pariro, and will endeavor to
make out two cases against him.
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John Argond Seriously Hurt
By Highwaymen.
STOLE HIS VALUABLES
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Richard Croker Declares He
Is Stronger Than Ever.
And Then Cast Him From a
Moving B. & O- Railroad
Freight Train.
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Schedule in effect Aug. 28, '99
Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedv can al
ways be depended upon and i.1-
pleas nt and sale to take,
by Griggs : Son.
,oio
Kept Babies in Dark Cellar.
San Francisco, Cab, Novem
ber 26. At the Eureka Home
a private refuge for children, to
day nine helpless fondlings
Sorfolk vS: Southern R. R. Mail and 1 farmed out by indigent or shift-
K.X press trains, soutnuonna, aauy (ex
! Sundays,) leave Elizabeth City at
11:40 a. in., Northbound, daily, (excepa
Sundays) leave Elizabeth City at 2:45
p. m. trains Nos. 3 and 4 leave Eliza
beth City Southbound 6 p. 111.. North-
i ound 9:30 a. in. Tuesday, Thursd iv
and Saturday. The trains arrive at
and depart from Norfolk & Western de
pot, Norfolk; connect at Norfolk with
all Rail and Steamer lines, and. at
Edenton with Steamer for Roanoke,
Cashie, Chowan and Scnppernong
1 i vers; Transfer steamers to .(ackey's
V',' 1 1 v, thence by Norfolk Sc Southern
h. R. to Roper, Pantego, and Bell
haven, connecting with Old Dominion
steamer for iWakleyville, Aurora,
Washington and all intermediate land,
less parents, scantily clad and
unclean, were discovered in a
cellar, where for months they
had toddled about over damp
floors, lying down to sleep at
night upon wretched pallets
Without fires or coverings or.
the water-soaked floors. In
darkness that was impenetrable
even at the noon hour, withoul
the use of a lamp, these helpless
children, ranging in age from 3
years, have been imprison
ing.
P'astern Carolina Dispatch 1 to
and ed. Their case has been taken
UKion Xj ino
The 8(pnmir Newherii" leaves
local society, and prosecutions
Elizabeth City
Tuesda-
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up by the Doctors' Daughters, a
societv
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beth Cit)
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Berne Oriental, Roanoke Island con- Dia) loliow.
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nccttng witn tne a- oc .n. v iv iv. iui
Goldsboro, Kinston, Morehead City,
and with theW.&W.B-R.forJ icksonvile
Wilminsrton. N. C , etc. Returning
leave
Friday.
Ticket? on sale at Eli?
station to all landings.
Kiu.ton, Goldsboro, Mo
and Wilmington, N. C.
Daily all rail service In; v
'eth City and New York P
Baltimore and Norfolk..
Tli t-rn.TVi nt- and as tO ateS
quicker time than bva iv ott'.ei route.
Direct all goods to u hipped vi9
Eastern Carolina Dispa' ch as follows
From Norfolk by Noriol Southern
Railroad; Baltimore by V-V. & B. R.
R., President Street Stat n, Philadel
phia, Philadelphia R. R., l Street
Station; New York, by P.-,iusylvania
k u Pii-r 07 North River, and Old
Ooniinion Line. i
For further information ipply to M
. r: :..'. .t1! Pile r: t
l"Z.:f.!lLi Ar.v.V. -' :-rfo"ik & tlip rate of forty miles an hour
Southern R. R. Company, Norfolk, Va
and
NO-HED-AKE Tablets put up in
: ice pocket size. 7 doses for 10 cents,
cu res all adacbes
Diamonds High In The Air.
Topeka, Kan , November 26.
To amuse a child, Miss May
Burns, of Baltimore, fastened a
toy balloon to a 2,500 brooch,
while riding on a train near
Kinsley The car window was
open, and a sudden gust of wind
carried the balloon and brooch
out into the open air with the
train running away from it at
(Wilmington Del., Star.)
John Argond, of No. 176
Brick Street, New York city,
lies on a cot in the Delaware
Hospital in a critical condition
as a result of rough treatment
at the hands of highway rob
bers. Argond ivas ruling on a speci
tl freight train that passed
through this city ovei the Balti
more and Ohio railroad at 7:1;
o clock last batnrdav evening.
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When the train reached the
Cast Junction, near Elsmere,
three men. who were rid in y on
he train, also, grabbed hold o:
lim While two of them held
his hands the third one went
through his pockets and took
Argond's watch and chain and
pocket-book, containing a large
sum of money. hen they had
obtained the articles mentioned
they threw Argond oft the train.
1 he man lauded on his side
ind his head .struck one of the
cross ties. Some of the railroad
employes who were in the vicin
ity at the time heard the man's
cries for help and went to his
assistance. They found the
man in a state of collapse and
bleeding freely about the head
and face. The injured man was
placed aboard a shifting engine
and then taken to the Delaware
avenue station. By the time he
artived there Dr. John Palmer
was summoned, and he ordered
! the removal of the man to the
Delaware Hospital. The Fhce
nix ambulance was called and
the injured man was taken to
the hospital.
When he was received at that
institution it was feared that he
was about to die. An examina
tion showed that the man's head
: was cut and bruised in several
places. The attending physi
ans could not tell whether the
injuries would result fatally or
not.
As scon as the railroad men
reached the Delaware avenne
station they telegraphed to New
ark, and by the Lime the tteighl
train readied tliat station t lie
town watchman and a posse of
citizens were in waiting. As
soon as the train stopped tht
three men jumped off and started
on a run down the road. The)
were given a lively chase for
half a mile, but were captured
As they ran along the road they
dropped several bundles.
Detective McVey had been in
formed of the robbery and at
tempted murder and was making
an investigation. When in
formed that the men had been
arrested he notified the Newark
people to take the men before
Magistrate Medill, who held
them on a charge of highway
robbery and assault and battery
with intent to commit murder.
Detectives McVey and Witsil
and Sergeants Kvans and Bayley
went to Newark Sunday morn
ing and carried the men to Wil
mington in order that Argond
might identify them.
One of the men arrested wT.l
be used as a witness,
TAMMANY IS FOR HIM.
The New York Leader Says
That No Running Mate
Has Been Selected.
New York, November 27.
Richaid Croker who is to sail
'or Europe tomorrow, was in
terviewed to-day at the Demo
cratic Club. He said ;
"I want to say before my de
parture for Kuropc that William
!. Bryan will be the standard
bearer ot the Democratic party
in the next national campaign
The fight will be made against
trusts and imperialism and Mr
Bryan is the only man to lear
such a fight. Tammany Hall
will give him its heartiest sup
port, and you may rest assure
of that. No running mate for
Mr. Bryan has been selected
yet. Several name, have been
under consideration, but no de
cision has been arrived at.
"There ifn't any truth at all,"
said Mr. Croker, "in the .-tate-nient
that Senator Gorman a"d
I have been talking together
about another candidate. Senas
tor Gorman and I had some talk
but it had no connection with
politics. I havent changed my
opinions about Bryan since I
came nack two month? ago. I
believe to-night stronger than
ever before that he is just the
man we want for next vear."
NO-HED-AKE Toblcts are iiarn
tted. No cure no pay. 7doses (or 10
cents. Cures all headaches.
Fitzsimraons' Hand Crushed.
Bob Fitzsiinnions met with a
serious accident at Jancsville,
Wis., Friday, which may sen
ously affect his hghting carter.
"e was entering the Hotel My
ers by the front door. The door
is a heavy oak and has a strong
spring to keep it closed. He
readied out behind him. think
iug to close the door, when it
closed on his hand with a crunch
He gave a yell and bystanders
ruslied to pull the door open.
Several guests at the house who
stood by when the hand was ex
tricated are certain the bones be
tween the wrist joint and knuck
les were broken, it bled pro
fusely. The ex-champion was
taken to Dr. Ktng, and no one
was allowed in the doctor's of
fice while the; hand was being
bandaged. Fitzsiinnions was
about the city nearly all day
with his bandaged hand. Mem
bers of his company are reticent
as to the extent of the damage
to his hand.
Beat and Burned Aged Couple
Until they Gave up Money,
Cumberland, Md., November
-3 Word reached here to-night
T dreadful torture inflicted upon
Joseph Earle, a miller, aged
eightyfive years, and his old
wife by masked robbers, near
jlencoe, on (he Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad, eighteen miles
lbove here, early this morning,
fhe men found the aged couple
in bed. Dragging them out,
upon their refusal to tell where
their money was hidden, the
beat them over the body and
head and lighted candles were
ipplied to the soles of their teet,
which were so badly blistered
that neither can walk.
The robbers were directed to
1 bureau drawer, where $500
had been secreted in a false hot
Lorn. This represented the sav
mgs of three years. About that
long ago the old couple were
similarly beaten and robbed.
Earle runs a grist mill. Both
he ai d his wife are in a precari
ous condition, their advanced
ago making recovery doubt'ul.
There is no clew t the robbers.
NO-HED-AKE Tablets cures all
neadaches. Price 10 cents. No cure
ho pay.
Mice Nibbled Dynamite.
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If a mau knew as much when
he is sober as be does when
drunk, Solomon would be con
sidered a Tom Thumb in wisdom.
. '-vy.
al. .K. &.1IM1, uencra! ' . . frtl,.wmnf the iewelrv
Miss Burns offers $500 reward
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tyon-uments and Gravestones,!
Our Illustrated Catalogue, io.
10, which we mail free, con
tains a variety of designs 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, is the lar
gest in the South.
THE
Couper Marble Works
(Established 50 Years.)
159 to 193 Bank Street, Norfoll.
Plere is a good pointer from
the Asheville Citizen, for adver
tisers who wish their advertise
ments to appear to the best ad
vantage in any paper : "Don't
try to put a gallon of advertis
ing into a quart of space."
Bears the
Signature
of
The Kind You Have Always Bought
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need not lose flesh in summer
9 if you use the proper means
9 vo prevent it. You think 4
' you can't take SCOTT'S
EMULSION in hot weather, ?;
but you can take it and di- J
st it as well in summer as 4
Rochester, N. V., November
23 A. M. Goodman, a farmer
residing near Salamanca, had
his new farm house destroyed
through a dynamite explosion
yesterday afternoon. the dyn
amite had been secured to blow
up stumps on the farm, and
was stored in the pantry. Just
what caused the explosion may
never be known, but it is at
tributed to mice endeavoring
to eat the explosive, as the house
was known to be overrun with
these pests. Mrs. Goodman and
family were visiting at the time,
md Mr. Goodman had just left
the house to attend to his stock
when, with a shock resembling
an earthquake, the entire build-
e Don't Slant Yur JVIoney
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 sr. ve you on
Mens' and Boys' Clothing, Shoes,
C Ladies and Gents Furnishing- Goods, o
Ladies' Capes, achets, Fats, etc.
G-rowtb is the object intensely sought for in this
business. e 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
f ground than your self interest; we claim a
? Saving From 10 to 25 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
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ing was wrecked.
All headaches are cured
HED-AKE Tablets.
The Maine's Dead,
by NO-
Norfolk Public Ledger, Nov.
7, says The battleship Texas,
Captain Sigsbee, arrived in
t i am pton Roads this morning
and was coaling to day prepara
tory to leaving for the South.
The Texas is enroute to Havana,
where she goes for the purpose
of bringing to this country the
bodies of the crew of the battle
ship Maine, wdio were killed
when that vessel was blow up in
Havana harbor February 15th,
1898. The dead will be brought
to Newpoit News and from there
will be carried to Washington,
D. C, by the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railway. Their final rests
ing place will be in Arlington
Cemetery, just opposite the
National Capital.
Pains in the chest when a
person has a cold indicate a
tendency toward pneumonia. A
piece of flannel dampened with
Chamberlain's Pain Palm and
bound on to the chest over the
seat of pain will promptly re
licve the pain and prevent the
threatened attack of pneumonia.
This same treatment will cure
a lame back in a fewr horrrs.
Sold by Griggs & Sou.
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GIVING SALE
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Times are good. Money is plentiful. Everybody is busy. At least that is
our case. Therefore be thankful. We are thankful for your patronage. We 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. -Ve 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 euumerrte each item. We only give the classes for
each day. Look for our circular telling all about us and our doings,
i Saturday, Nov. 25.
E Satin and grosgrain ribbons.
EE: tics and sashes.
All widths and shades. Fancy ribbons for 3
g Monday, NOV. 2!1. Table Linens and Napkins.
Working Night and Day
The busiest and mightiest lit
tle thing that ever was made is
Dr. King's New Life Pills.
Every pill is a sugar coated
globule of health, that changes
weakness into strangth, listless
ness into energy, brain fag into
mental power. They're wonder
tul in building up the health.
Only 25c per box. Sold bv
I Griggs & Son.
inter. It is not like the
. n c .d-Siver oil, which is
difficult to take at any time.
If you are losing flesh,
you are losing ground and
you need
Sgi
i!f s Emulsion
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! and must have it to keep up f
I your flesh and strength. If
) you have been taking it and J
; prospering on it, don't fail to ?
continue until you are thor- J
jj oughly strong and well.
j 5Pft and $1.00. all druggists. j
I SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, New York.
Increase of the Navy.
Secretary Long will recom
mend to Congress the increase
of the navy by three armored
cruisers of about 13,000 tons dis
placement; three protected cruis
ers of about 8,000 tons, and a
dozen gunboats of 900 tons, mak
ing eighteen ships in all. The
gunboats are designed for ser
vice in the Philippines, and are
to be of light draft, similar to
the Marietta and the Wheeling,
but with more speed. The ar
mored cruisers are to be the
fastest in the world and have all
the strength of battleships.
Tuesday, Nov. 28.
DressGoods. Skirt lengths of black goods. Colored goods by the yd. under price
B Wednesday, Nov, 29
Wrappers and Shirt Waists.
THURSDAY, IOV, 30,
Our Thanksgiving Day.
H Friday, Dec. 1.
Ladies' and Childrens' Hose.
coriE i coriE i come i
S To The Fair and secure your share of bargains. Look for our circular on your
E door step.
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