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T YOUR AD IS THE D ONE DOLLAO rm FISHERMAN & FARMER AND SEE rj,jt. illai-.s Gz-ow. FISHERMAN & FARMER FOR ONE YEAR. 4 Pages- 32 Columns H. Mitchell, Editor and Business Manager. Located in the Finest Fish, Truck and Farming Section in North Carolina. Established 1886. VF DOLcbAR yearir advance. EDENTON, N. C. FRIDAY, OCTOBER n, 1895. er0 aVTD COX,Jr.,B.E. " 1J!111TKCT and Surveying a special iy it1-' on application. i tir: Superioi Courts of . 1 naing counties, aud in Court at iialeigU. .;U i-iinptly made. 2JJuUl 5 , I j cq'-iestcd H. E. L. Wi.t'.cins t t ' 1 c AtisO, X. si View :lo-j : 1 v lie con ts OI the promptly made. ; :;;fiUI3Y MAY SAVE YOU liOLL AR'i "lite f'r prices boJ'vreplao ..r.'.crsfjr gravestones or 'ix'tvi-y work. D.'sins ent free. COUPKR'S -MAIIMI.K WOHK, - it ! I !o & 115 Hani; OT SO i v Having been appointed County Auch inar and given Dona thereto:, all persons are forbid- tiu'.tofiiee tinder penalty of law. A. J. Bate man, Broad Street, Iulenton, N. L. LAND FOR SALE That valuable tract of land at the head of Main street, known as '-Holmes," containing about 1 1 S acres. Also the "Quarter tricf recently owned by Mr. T. I). Warren, containing about 233 acres, which I will sell in sections of:, and 50 acres. Terms easy. RICHARD DILLARD. A tVORD TO THE WISE. ARE I IMMENSE. Tii is means dollars to the fanners and people gener- allly. This money will go into all channels of business and will be a rich harvest for alvortisers. "SB!. -W..W' H 'oit Id Impress lt on Your Mind ! ! THAT The 0 o and is carefully read by the farmers and laboring men of this section and if you want a goodly portion of the Fall trade you should insert your advertisement at once. 1. ..VI IMS 1 Vi POIPOISE FISHii OFF HATTERAS. Industries That Keep the North Carolina Islanders Busy. AN I7 - USUAL MKTlIOn OK CATCHING HSU, HUT MADli :;;:c KSSARY by the CON!) TIONS OK THE CHASE. THE BOATS DKIVE fTHE SCHOOL ON THE 15GACH AND TIIICN THS FISHERMEN Rl'-J INTO THE WATER ARMED WITH KNIVES. The principal industry of the hardy residents of Hatteras Is lauds, off the North Carolina ccast; is porpoise fishing. Isolat ed from the outside world, brav ing the furious storms that sweep over the island, the inhabitants have become accustomed to the energetic winds and maddening bid -ws which occasionally sweep away their fences, gates, aud in unusually severe weather, some times the lighter articles of household furniture fall a prey to the seething relentless waves, and are strewn along the beach or carried far out to sea. Still, they murmur not, but the indus try goes on with unabated energy. Somewhere in the neighbor hood of 66 rough, hardy fisher men are engaged in catching poi poises. This force of men is divided into three crews, or re lays of twenty-two men each, stationed on the Atlantic side of Hatteras, their field of operations comprising a stretch of ocean frontof about five miles in length. Each of these stations are de signated as camps, and the boats, nets and other paraphernalia used in capturing the poipoises, are kept in constant readiness, and can be "run out" with as much ease and facility at a mo ments' notice, as can the appara tus of the life saving crews. A man selected from each one of these crews is known as a "spy," or watcher, whose duty it is to be ever on the alert for the appear ance of the poipoise. Up and down the beach with measured tread, like the soldier sentinel at stated intervals he patrols his "beats," his vigilant eye con stantly turned seaward. A high pole is planted in each camp, but instead of a flag, how ever, a bundle of dried brush is utilized, and when this "waif," as it is termed, is run up to the top of the pole, it is the signal to the ere a- at ine extreme end of the camp limit that a school of poipoises are gyrating aud froliciug in the surf, and to keep 1 tlmrn lookout for them. The watcher keeps this school in sight, and follows them, walking along the shore noting every movement. Should the pilot carrv the school seaward the watcher returns to camp, the signal is hauled down, and the commotion in the distant camps quiets down, lor they know that the school has disappeared 111 deep water. In case, however, the school numbering all the way from 150 to 200 fish, continue to advance on a line with the shore off goes the distant crew.with their boats, silentlv but swiftly into the surf, aud soon an immense wall of net is spread to cut off their farther . . 11. advance, m the meantime uie first crew discovering the school are ioiiowm& 1.1 - -1 . ,.of oc 1ipr nrl villi PP. WlQCIllUgtuc 11V-I. , while the middle crew has gone beyond the surf and is now pull in energetically for the shore. Finding their advance disputed the school suddenly turns only to find itself confronted by a similiar obstruction of net; now esue'a scene of indescribable con fusion. High out of the water they leap, lashing the water into foam with their tail and making frantic efforts to escape. Silent ly the crew close in upon them, they are surrounded by a great, strong wall of netting, and only cx fpw of the most agile succeed in overleaping the boundary and make e-ood their escape. Closer and closer the crews ! approach the beach and once in shallow water the most skillful manoeuvering is required to pre vent the escape of the school. The average catch is eighty fish. Each fisherman is armed with a long keen bladed knife, and as soon as the catch "strikes sand" (the beach) a certain number ol men detailed for the. purpose draw their knives aud proceed to stab the floundering fish in the neck. This operation is attend ed with great hazard, for the tail of the poipoise wields great pow er; and a whack sometimes breaks an arm or a leg. The catch ov?r, the boats and apparatus are made ready for another haul. If the haul has not been made too late in the day, in the presence of a great crowd of women and children, the skinning process begins. The fat 011 the skins runs from two to two and a half inches in thickness. The skin are taken to the factory, where they are soaked in large reservoirs, from which, after a sufficient length of time they are transferred to the spitting machine. Here the blubber or fat is shaved evenly and smoothly to a certain thick, ness usually requiring two run ning to accomplish the desired result. The skins are next upon the floor and sub- spread jected After : to a thorough salting. few lavs, when the salt iias permeated every pore, the skins are carefully packed in la: ge boxes and shipped North to undergo the final process of tan ning. For days at a time a hog, the proverbial North Carolina razor back, is net visible about Hatter as, but he knows from instinct when a catch of poipoises is made, and like hungry wolves in a Russi-v iorest, these ra?or backs emerge in great droves from the dense woods and feast upon the carcasses, that is if they have not been hastily gathered up and carted off to the boiling house. Here they are subjected to a long and thorough steaming, until the bones leave the flesh. The flesh is dried out into oil while the bones, mixed with other ingredients, are ground up in the rolling mill, and so the porpoile eventually reaches the maiket in 200-pound sacks of phosphate. A great deal depends upon the condition of weather as to the number of catches during the week. Sometimes, in extremely rough weather, the crews must content themselves with watch ing the school disporting tau ializingly in the surf but a short distance from the shore. In favorable weather, however, from four to five catches will be made in a week. Catches are made through the winter months but the severity of the weather off Hatteras renders the opera- t i o 11 extremely dangerous. Sometimes the overturning of a boat precipitates the whole crew into the chilly, boiling surf from which with great difficulty they exetricate themselves. Philadel phia Times. UMPIRE WRIGHT DEAD. HE WAS THE BEST POSTED BASE BALL MAN OF THE TIMES. Harry Wright, chief umpire of the National League and Amen can Association of base ball clubs and ex-Manager of the Philadel phia National League club, died Friday at Atlantic City, N. J., aged sixty years. He was the most widely known, aud perhaps the best posted base ball man of the times Always thoroughly honest and conscientious in his dealings with managers and players, he established a most enviable repus tatiou. He was born in England in 1835, but came to this country with his parents a year later. The Brooklyn Baptist Temple now building will be the largest church in that city. Its seating capacity will be 3000. Plymouth church, now the largest, holds 2500. Norfolk & Southern R. R. Co. Managed by Men of njzperienc No little city in the Union can boast of a better freight and . nasseno-er service than is given ! 1 our people by this road First! built in 1880 from Norfolk to;, Elizabeth City and extended to our town in the following year it has rapidly built itself tip un der the management of its genial I and conservative General Man ager M. K. King. Mr. King has j tQ a, the' details of h"js Work with been with it from its beginning, j care anci marshals his forces with and by assiduous work has so j -such precision that there is no directed all of its affairs as to I friction or jar in the movements , 1 4. -t J of his department. The Super bring his work up to its present . ' . 5 c t,,i; m';,, 1 f lutendent of the Pamlico Divis- high standard. Neat and tasty , ion Capt A M Hawkins, re buildings have taken the placesidesinourmidstfind his ge of the huts that once represented j niality his COUrtesy and strict its depots, and all its vast equip-' business methods render him one THE N. &S. PASSENGER ment of engines, freight and passenger cars are of the best. Iu 1S91 they acquired a line of thirty miles, just across the Bay trom our town. This line con nects the two sounds, Albemarle fresh water, and Pamlico, salt To convey their passengers and freight across the sound and to points a'.ong the various rivers, they run aud own about a dozen first class steamers. r. King has called to his help a superior corpse of workers. In Mr. H. C. Hudgius he has a Geul. Freight and Passenger Agent who is thoroughly conversant with all the details of his business and knows how to cater to the needs of our people, both as to passen- AN ENGINEER'S WILD RUSH. UPON AN APFROACHING TRAIN TIIK PASSENGKR COACH CUT LOOSE BY THE CONDUCT OR FROM THE ENGINE. Alex. Atkins, an engineer on the AtUuta and West Point Railway was killed in a collision SrUurdav morning- one mile be- low Red Oak, Georgia. Atkins was eng itieer on the New Yoric nnrl New Orleans fast mail, InVh left Atlanta at 6 o clock Saturday morning, fifteen miu- utes late. At East Point he re- ceived orders to pass a north - bound passenger tram at Red Oak. Instead of stopping at the station, he ran through at forty miles an hour. Cond ctor Law signaled the engineer to stop, but AtklUS paia no aiLcnuvu t- lhv . . . -1 .11 a bell. Then Law ran tnrougn the train ar.d threw a piece of coal over the tender to attract the engineer's attention, btill Atkins kept on. Law, who had sio-ned the order at East point, then cut the cars loose irom the tender. The engineer sped on and 200 yards further crashed into the approaching local train. The automatic breaks on tne fast mail stopped the detached train and the passengers escaped. En gineer McDade, of the north bound train, reversed his engine and jumped. Atkins stuck to his engine and was terribly crushed. He was not unconscious at first though aud begged the train men who went to work to rfsnip him to ffive him some thing to relieve his agony. He died three hours later. A postal clerk named Boyd, on the norths bound train was badly injured, but will recover. It is presumed that Atkins got mixed in his or ders as he had fiist received his instructions to pass the north bound train several miles below Red Oak. The coming Edenton Fair will be a hummer. Talk it up. Business and Railroad ger and freight transportation He gives us a double daily mail service and double freights, plac- ng our Prduce at all seasons in hours, and during the , , . fidno- and trucking season he gives us a fast freight shortening the time just twelve hours. No fa cilities could be better. The I Superentendent of the Norfolk I n;,M.;r, "r- r w Yirnr looks DEPOT AT EDENTON. ui uie mobi popular 01 an uie -f L 1 - - C -11 i.1.- many employees 01 tins line. notice of this road would be incomplete without a word about , , . our wiioie-souiea Ajrent, Mr. K.rl wn rd Wood To m en ti 01 1 th p name of Mr. Wood, is, to those nrhn tnnw him tn mmrfPP tli true courtesy of a gentleman of nrnmnt dkrhnrw of nil the duties that may be imposed upon him. Mr. Wood has been with the road, iu his present position 1 j since its beginning, and is held E- C. Welch, $22.80,. for ex iu the highest esteem by every penses in carrying Annie By officer of the road as well as those 1. 1 i,:... tt : WI1U SCIVC LlUUti 1111X1. X11S UUU- ularity is well merited. MOVED THE BOUNDARY LINE. SHREWD trick oF A saloon KEEPER IN NORTHERN NEW YORK. An extraordinary case of re- moving a lanamaru: nas Deen brought to the attention of At- torney General Harmon, at Washington. The landmark 111 question is, in fact, the boundary line between the United States and Canada, 111 franklin county, N. Y. The facts, as reported to the Attorney General by J?. Lr. ; Paddock, District Attorney for j Franklin county, N. Y., are ; these: . ; He states that a man owning a saloon near the boundary line in , Malone has taken up aud re- , moved ten feet into the United .States an iron post which has 1 xr J 1.1. u J nereLOiorc ueaignaucu. Liic uuuuu- arv line between Canada and the United States. The object sought to be gained by this move is to bring a building own- ed by the offender partly within the boundaries of Canada and partly in the United States. The ulterior purpose, Mr. Pad- dock suggests, was to enable the trespasser to escape the penalties of the custom laws and its other restrictions on uie saie 01 nquor, in his saloon by making ltl was committed within the Uni. ted States or Canada. Attorney General Harmon has called the attention of the State Depaitment to the matter, and has also di- Frank Wood, 32.o, lor 10 rected United States District At- days as Commissioner, 1 dayset tornev Poucher for the Northern tling State tax with Sheriff, 2 f a i: t j a. District of New York State to investigate the affair. To remove the constipated habit, the only saie treatment 15 a cuur;e ui Ajcr s Pills, followed by a laxative diet, Most other cathartic do more harm than good, therefore leading physicians rec- 1- . . . - c 1 family nhysic. Preparations for the ' coming T?,'r arP heino- made elaborately and systematically for the' best -;,iifT-oi bhirirm pwr bad A. AW VA A fc- kAA .aaa T in this seqtion. GOUHTY CQMMISStONEHS ?V1c ct And Manage The County Affairs. New Tax Collectors Appointed. BILLS PAID AND OTHER IMPOR TANT BUSINESS TRANS ACTED. The County Commissioners met in regular session Monday t Oct. 7th, 1S95. A full board was present, and minutes of the last meeting read and approved. The following bills were or dered paid: Henry Hawkins, $2. 50, care of Emma Russell. J. H. Robinson, $166.65, board of prisoners, T. K. fees, from September 2nd, 1895 to October 7th 1895, washing, and waiting on Court. L. W. Parker, $50.05, for 4 days holding Court, summoning 36 jurors, care of Court House, mattresses and blankets for jail. h. W. Parker, $57.50, amount paid Solicitor Leary for j4 fee in 20 State cases. G. W. Goodwin, $41.60, serv ing 112 subpoenas on witnesses for grand jury, 4 days waiting on same, fall term 1895. J. Ii. bimpson, 9.00, lor 4 davs crier at Court, aud night waiting on jurors L. W. Parker, $2.60, for y, fees in witness tickets, State vs R. E. Coffield, Moses VVynn ud Garrison Carter. J. A. Northcott, $1.80, for fees in witness tickets, State vs. William Wills. Alfred Foxwell; $1.10, for Yz fees in witness ticket State vs Garrison ; Carter. F. F WnfT St-S 71. for re a ' ' " " J-J' building Bolton bridge, amount Gf material left over $6.56, male ing a cost of said bridge $ 1 2 1 .77 F. A. White, $12.00, lor 24 meals iiiriiisliPfl thf hirnrs fall " J term 1 b9 5 State vs. David Holdeu. J- iviCiviuuuu, pz0u, 101 T T TT HT-1T..11 r inc.uV:ai auenuancc iu jjiuucxa W. P. Jones; $49. 1 3 , for 3,050 feet of lumber, hauling same, nails and work on llocky Mock bridge. rum to trie Asylum T YY Snrnpll t ?n fhr i, J tr- fees in witness tickets, State vs. William Wills and David Holden. D. E, Byrum, $9.25, board and care of Bettie Bunch. H. C. Privott, $99.60, for y2 fees jn 26 State cases. t w Porl-pr eWifiF ir, for V2 fees in 1 2 State cases. T. H. Robinson, Cous't.Si 3.0;, for fees jn I3 State cases. j y. Spruell, $4.70, tor y fees in 6 State cases. Thos. Thompson, J. P., $1 5.72, for fees 111 12 State cases, fall term 1895. F. A. White, J. P., $2.85, for y2 lees 111 4 btate cases, tail term 1895. T. M. bmall, J. P. 2.07, lor y fees j 2 State cases, fall term C. S. Vann, $1.05, for y fees in State cases fan term l895. h. C. Privott, 23.70, for wit ness tickets iu State cases, vs. Richard Holly, Taylor Hunter, John Skinner and William Wills. tit rr tt j: 1 f . r w. 1. ntnuncKs, pi.iu, iui y, fees m witness ticket, vs William Wills. Geo. W. Goodwin, $1.35, for serving notices on 3 road over- seers. Dr T T Hoskins S17 2;. for medical attendance to prisoners, d examining- Mrs. Tohn S. jones for Asylum. T T rhaooell. S2.00. care of ji jza Chappell. oore $ or ds ,At, t, t?,!! i l VJ VlWiAW J J- f oran w-' 1"1au"i and lumber, repairing Blounts bridge. days revising rax iibt, 1 uay 10 County Home, and settling county tax With Sheriff. jy Bvrum. $ 1 7 1.8 K , making j .r mo out tax list, and copy of same for collector, 3 days clerk to B , minutes for publication and recording orders Report of Grand Jury was read and considered Frank Wood was appointed to evamine the Bonds of tax col- lectors when completed, and if satisfactory, approve same. T. I). Hyrum, Clerk, lhe Commissioners met in M special session, September 30th, 1S95 to appoint tax collectors. Richardson Ihiiich was ap pointed to collect taxes for 1895, m 2nd and 3rd Townships. O. C. Byrum was appointed to collect taxes in 1st and 4th Townships, 1S95. The clerk was authorized to notify the collectors of their ap pointment, and the bond re quired of them. T. D. Hyrum, Clerk. THE BELL IN ATLANTA. A. LITERAL OI TPOVK1 NC. OK THE 1'EOPLE TO RECEIVE IT. Tuesday, Atlanta, the Exposi tion city gave the Liberty Bell the most cordial greeting that the historic mass of iron has ever received. It was literally an outpouring ot the people such as has never been witnessed in At lanta, aud it would be impossible to conceive a more notable exhi bition of patriotism. For fully two miles the bell train passed through solid walls of cheering people. They stood massed on tops of freight cars, on the bridges that span the railroad, on roofs, and, in fact, 011 every place that afforded a foothold. The Atlanta Light Artillery fired the presidential salute, and the first shot was the signal for every steam whistle in the city to shriek out its discordant welcome The scene in and around the station beggars description. The crowd seemed wild with enthu siasm, and from every window of every factory, store, and dwell ing there were waving flags and handkerchiefs. At the citv lim its Mayor Porter King, with a! big committee, met the party, but there was no formal recep tion until the visitors reached the Kimball House. There May or King said a few words of welcome, which were supple mented by ex-Mayor Hemphill, aud briefly responded to by May or Warwick, of Philadelphia. COFFEE DELIRIUM. REMARKABLE CASE OF AN IOWA WOMAN WHO LOVKS THE BEVERAGE. A remarkable case of delirium tremens from the use of strong coffee is interesting the physi cians of Wayne and vicinity, sa3-s a Wayne (Neb.) special in the Chicago Record. Mrs. H. M. Haushaw, the patient, is be tween 45 and 50, and is the wife of a farmer living a short dis tance from town. For many years she has been addicted to the use of very strong coffee in excessive quantities, frequently taking as many as a dozen cups at a meal. Her nervous system has suffered seriously as a result, and on several occasions she has attempted to break off the habit, but without success. A few days ago she resolved to make a last, desperate effort, and for a time managed to get along without touching the seductive beverage. At the end of the second day, however, her nerves were in a state of almost com plete collapse, and a few hours later an attack of what closely resembled delirium tremens set in. The physician called was at first. deceived by the symptoms, but when the nature of the case was explained to him he said the disease was undoubtedly caused by the sudden breaking off of the habit. Mrs. Hanshaw's recovery is probable, but her physicians say she could liarciiy survive an 14 - other attack. They pronounce the case one of the most remark able they have ever seen. Confusion as to the choice of a blood purifier is unnecessary. There is but one BEST Sarsaparilla, and that is Ayer's. This important lact was rec o-ni-efl at the World's Fair, Chicago 1893. being the only blood purifier ad mitted to be piacea on exmumon. Was Waybilled. 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Tell them what you have to sell they know a good thing when they see it. J. H. BELL, The Tinner. Manufacturer aud Repairer of Tin arid ;SI?ixt ji-or Ware. Roofing and Guttering A SPECIALTY. 1 tlnii-i- ol"StovcH. All work attended to promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. Only first class shop in Edenton POSTED. All persons are hereby notified that the grounds of the Edenton Agl. and Fish Fair have been posted, and that any one tres passing thereon for any purpose whatever will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Jno. C. Bond, Sec'ty. Clubs for ball practice may get special permit from the Sec'ty. It may be That the public have for gotten that I continue to fit Spectacles and Eye-Glasses upon scientific principles, which is very essential to those who are suffering from an eara of refraction in the eyes. u. n BYrtr, Watchmaker, Jeweler and Optician, J i